Dean Smith - Confirmed

[steamer]

He/Villa did
they then recouped it by selling ******** which apparently was not in the plan.

[exiled on the wirral!]

The players let down Smith today. The lack of professionalism to see that game out, especially from the senior players is a real concern. The lack of desire and commitment smacks of complacency to me and Smith needs to rattle a few cages and dropping a few of the big hitters in the squad otherwise he might be in trouble fairly soon.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Smiths spent a astronomical amount so i am not suprised edens was furious.

Two pathetic results in a row.

He hasn't spent anything.

"Edens was furious" where has that come from?

[Allan C]

He’ll be a good manager in the premier league one day, but he needs a few more years, and we just can’t wait.

We need someone who knows the premier league well.

Not necessarily a good idea, it’s why we ended up with Bruce and people wanting Allardyce etc.

[Risso]

He’ll be a good manager in the premier league one day, but he needs a few more years, and we just can’t wait.

We need someone who knows the premier league well.

Not necessarily a good idea, it’s why we ended up with Bruce and people wanting Allardyce etc.

Does it look like we have the sort of owners now who would go for that type of manager?

[BC Villain]

The players let down Smith today. The lack of professionalism to see that game out, especially from the senior players is a real concern. The lack of desire and commitment smacks of complacency to me and Smith needs to rattle a few cages and dropping a few of the big hitters in the squad otherwise he might be in trouble fairly soon.

Very concerning given that one of the players we brought on is easily the most experienced player in the squad.

A large part of that defeat was down to arrogance from the players.  They thought the job was done, then Wolves scored and they retracted into panic mode.

[ROBBO]

Mings getting booked for slow play at the sixty minute mark tells you everything.

[Allan C]

He’ll be a good manager in the premier league one day, but he needs a few more years, and we just can’t wait.

We need someone who knows the premier league well.

Not necessarily a good idea, it’s why we ended up with Bruce and people wanting Allardyce etc.

Does it look like we have the sort of owners now who would go for that type of manager?

Which is exactly why I said “not necessarily” but who do you have in mind???

[Demitri_C]

Smiths spent a astronomical amount so i am not suprised edens was furious.

Two pathetic results in a row.

He hasn't spent anything.

Sean dyche hasnt spent anything. Not dean smith

[Risso]

Domenico Tedesco

[Demitri_C]

He’ll be a good manager in the premier league one day, but he needs a few more years, and we just can’t wait.

We need someone who knows the premier league well.

Not necessarily a good idea, it’s why we ended up with Bruce and people wanting Allardyce etc.

Does it look like we have the sort of owners now who would go for that type of manager?

Which is exactly why I said “not necessarily” but who do you have in mind???

Conte

Promise him a 100m+ budget and he will come with this squad.

[SoccerHQ]

I doubt it but no harm in asking....perhaps he'll be seduced by 3-5-2.

We should certainly be in mix for mid range and experienced european manager. I think with our squad we're ripe for one of those pressing managers from Bundesliga that half the prem seemingly has.

Probably get shot down for saying this given they've barely won a game this year but actually think Ralph Hassenhuttl would be a really good fit for our squad but people will look at his record and dismiss him which I understand.

[aj2k77]

He's done a good job but there isn't a chance in hell that we'll ever break the top 6 with him as a manager. He's very very limited.

[villa for life]

We’ve got ourselves a lower mid table manager working with an upper middle squad, so we finished mid-table last season and will probably do so again this season.

The challenge, just like it is with the playing squad, is to recruit better quality. At certain times, there have been and, no doubt, will be again some really gettable quality coaches available. When the next one becomes available, we have to pounce, in the same we pounced for Martinez or Ings, the players.

Nobody really thought we needed a new GK or striker, but when quality is available, you recruit anyway in order to strengthen the club.

We need to adopt the same strategy to find our next manager.

[ROBBO]

It's true to say that we all wished Dean would take us to the very top, he has done a lot for the club and deserves to be given every chance but his game management is going to be his downfall. It isn't just yesterday it's all the other days when it was clear changes needed to be made, when it was obvious a player wasn't performing. I call him the sixty minute man because no matter how bad we are playing he always leaves it til late in the game to make changes.
I believe that if Hause had come on instead of young we would have seen the game out and i wouldn't be the only one.