Dean Smith - Confirmed

[dave.woodhall]

It's surely the most disastrous thing to happen to us since the Glenn Roeder appointment.

[Bad English]

Given the way they pulled Ings out of the hat, it would not surprise me if tomorrow they slapped a pic on Pravda of some top coach in his new Villa training kit shaking hands with Dean.

Is there such a bloke though?  I am sure there are good coaches about but most the best ones would be managers.

Fuck knows I was just wondering.

[Drummond]

I reckon this shows Smith's strength more than anything else.

[nigel]

I’d heard that we were bringing in Geronimo the alpaca to replace him.

Very topical.
I’m sure he’d have to isolate first, though.

[Footy-Vill]

Dean Smith such a hero! Lead us to the promised glory!
6 minute video Interview here from BT sports

https://www.bt.com/sport/watch/video/clips/2021/august/dean-smith-on-grealish-ings-and-all-things-villa-after-a-big-summer

[eamonn]

Does he address the O'Kelly departure? He should be asked about it in his pre-match presser but all the dumb journalists will care about is Grealish-grief.

[Damo70]

Shakespeare will clearly be Dean Smith's number two and Cutler will be heavily involved too. I would also imagine another coach will be brought in. Richard O'Kelly is at retirement age and John Terry was always likely to move on eventually. We tend to have a habit of taking coaches for granted and then when they leave we big them up as if we won't survive without them.

[eamonn]

Hasn't retirement age gone up from 65, not down? Pity the poor young fcukers today who'll be working til they're closer to 80 than 70 (unless climate change kills them first).

[Mister E]

The whole coaching team are at Brentford this evening.

[OCD]

Well, 3 of them (that I saw).

[Footy-Vill]

Daily Mails Midlands sports man Tom Collomosse:
Dean Smith is now interviewing for a replacement assistant head coach, with his focus on someone who has worked in Europe rather than a traditional UK number two.
Would expect Smith to add to his #avfc coaching staff after departures of Terry and O'Kelly. Perhaps an innovative appt - someone who has worked in other leagues, different cultures - rather than someone steeped in UK game.


Now this sounds exciting.

[Scott Nielsen]

Yeah, that sounds like a good, progressive step forward.

[ChicagoLion]

Someone with European cup experts, has worked over seas,

Tony Adam’s?

[Sexual Ealing]

Someone with European cup experts, has worked over seas,

Tony Adam’s?

I remain staggered that you once criticised my use of language.

[ChicagoLion]

Someone with European cup experts, has worked over seas,

Tony Adam’s?

I remain staggered that you once criticised my use of language.

the spell check on here does it’s thing.