Dean Smith - Confirmed

[Tuscans]

What's Dean Smiths fathers name? Could be a nice gesture to add his name to the "My Lord" or "Claret and Blue army" songs. I dunno just an idea.

Nah. Would you want 30,000 people singing about your family?

As long as you weren't slagging them off then yeah, why not?

[XXVilla]

What's Dean Smiths fathers name? Could be a nice gesture to add his name to the "My Lord" or "Claret and Blue army" songs. I dunno just an idea.

Nah. Would you want 30,000 people singing about your family?

As long as you weren't slagging them off then yeah, why not?

Because there’s all sorts of other stuff to think about. Will the opposition fans pick it up and turn it into something unpleasant? Will other family members like it? Will it cause undue tension in the family dynamic? What happens when we go through a bad patch and the idiots are shouting derogatory things about his dad? Will Smith like it? As someone who’s mother passed away after suffering for years with dementia I have first hand experience of l the tensions and sheer misery that this disease causes.

[danno]

A firm no from me.  I know it came out in an interview and is public knowledge but I regard the condition of the managers dad mrs kids and wife as absolutely none of my business.

Dean Smith is the manager of Aston Villa a job he chose to take on knowing full well that he will be cheered when we win and jeered if we get humped 5-0 by Leyton Orient.

I sympathise fully as I did with Bruce losing his parents, but singing about the managers family?  Nope nope nope.

We're football supporters we sing about football, that's our remit. This is just an opinion but singing about someone's personal life (however well intentioned) is crossing a line.

[Mister E]

What's Dean Smiths fathers name? Could be a nice gesture to add his name to the "My Lord" or "Claret and Blue army" songs. I dunno just an idea.

You'd better check this out with Eastie.

[Sexual Ealing]

[Eastie] Ron [/Eastie]

[Des Little]

That Times article really brought it home to me.  Can you imagine Deano's feelings should we win the play off final?  All he'd want to do is turn round to see his old man.  What a vicious, cruel illness it is.

[chrisw1]

A firm no from me.  I know it came out in an interview and is public knowledge but I regard the condition of the managers dad mrs kids and wife as absolutely none of my business.

Dean Smith is the manager of Aston Villa a job he chose to take on knowing full well that he will be cheered when we win and jeered if we get humped 5-0 by Leyton Orient.

I sympathise fully as I did with Bruce losing his parents, but singing about the managers family?  Nope nope nope.

We're football supporters we sing about football, that's our remit. This is just an opinion but singing about someone's personal life (however well intentioned) is crossing a line.

I agree.  I really think this is a terrible idea.

[Roysmert]

Cheers, Dean, you beautiful, beautiful man. Since landing here yesterday at Haven Hafan y Môr I've seen more Villa shirts than those of any other single club.

I was in Burnham at the weekend. Same there. Villa shorts everywhere. Dean Smith has made us proud to show our colours again.

How odd. I own a van at Burnham and was there for part of last weekend. Am going to Hafan y Mor next month in a van swap owners arrangement thing.

OT stuart but how much do you reckon it costs you a year to have a van - er indoors wants one.

[KRS]

Just saw a clip of his press conference and he cleverly takes the pressure of us saying that Baggies should be the favourites despite what the media and pundits say. He quite rightly states that they have just come down, have a team full of Premier League players, have been above us all season and we haven't yet beaten them in the 2 games so far...those very reasons are good motivation for our management and players particularly after the cheating at their place.

[Steve67]

Wherever we are next season, I am looking forward to seeing what this man can do.  If we fail this season, we go up as champions next.

[pauliewalnuts]

Cheers, Dean, you beautiful, beautiful man. Since landing here yesterday at Haven Hafan y Môr I've seen more Villa shirts than those of any other single club.

I was in Burnham at the weekend. Same there. Villa shorts everywhere. Dean Smith has made us proud to show our colours again.

How odd. I own a van at Burnham and was there for part of last weekend. Am going to Hafan y Mor next month in a van swap owners arrangement thing.

[kippaxvilla2]

Thank you for saving our club.  Name where you want your statue.

[SamTheMouse]

Already a legend.

[Fred Crump]

Smith out ! ( of the Championship )
Deano, thank you for being a top class manager and bloke and taking us back to being an exciting footballing side that we can be proud of.  Even better that we’re in the First Division, but that’s just the icing on the cake.

[OCD]

A couple of months ago some were saying that the club was to big for him to manage.