Quote from: old man villa fan on January 14, 2019, 10:50:10 AMPeople are talking about the effect of Grealish missing but we should not lose sight of how much contribution Axel was making by bringing the ball out of defence and putting us on the front foot.That's a very good point actually.
People are talking about the effect of Grealish missing but we should not lose sight of how much contribution Axel was making by bringing the ball out of defence and putting us on the front foot.
There are crazy people all over the place. Be concerned. Be angry. But calling for a manager to be sacked three months in is fucking bonkers. I don’t want us to be those types of fans or that type of club.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on January 14, 2019, 02:59:12 PMThere are crazy people all over the place. Be concerned. Be angry. But calling for a manager to be sacked three months in is fucking bonkers. I don’t want us to be those types of fans or that type of club.The majority of us including you, and I will add that I did as well, wanted RDM gone after 7 weeks.
Sorry, who has called for Smih to be sacked?
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on January 14, 2019, 03:12:08 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on January 14, 2019, 02:59:12 PMThere are crazy people all over the place. Be concerned. Be angry. But calling for a manager to be sacked three months in is fucking bonkers. I don’t want us to be those types of fans or that type of club.The majority of us including you, and I will add that I did as well, wanted RDM gone after 7 weeks. RDM had a pre season to work with and many, millions of £ spent on bringing in new players. The start we had with him was dreadful. So it wasn’t 7 weeks, more like 4 or 5 months overall where literally no progress was made culminating in that capitulation at Preston. Dean Smith by comparison took over a side that was going absolutely nowhere with Bruce after the best part of 2 years. Playing no defined style unless you consider smashing it fork. The back a style. He comes in and immediately sets on a different trajectory before being hit by injuries to arguably the two of three players he least wanted to lose (Abraham the other). So for me as much as the last month as been tough this isn’t the same as RDM. And considering we gave that fucking plodder Bruce two years we owe Smith time to fix this. He’s made mistakes and he knows it. But this is still Bruce’s stinky poop he’s cleaning up.
It also seems a bit daft to be beating ourselves up about the impatience of wanting him sacked so quickly when no-one has said anything of the sort.
Missing my point, I don't want Smith sacked, but the whole "not that type of club" when MON was probably the last full time manager to reach the 30 game mark without a large number of the support either wanting them gone or at least seriously questioning them is saft. We are that type of club, and I include myself in that as I wanted a fair few of them gone pretty sharpish and i'm not going to change how we've been as a fan base just because I'm in favour of Smith.And some gave Bruce that long, go look at the Bruce out thread that was started after 4 months to see plenty also wanted him gone after less than half a season, including me.