Dean Smith - Confirmed

[villa `cross the mersey]

If we are "spinning plates"what type of plate/player are we spinning?
Bread and butter, a charger, dessert ( icing on the cake)

[footyskillz]

Said in press conference played a practice  training match against Walsall giving Davis and  Jedinak some game time .
Also Courtney Hause got minutes which sounds like he still getting match fit

Its good Smith using an approach to have people match ready and Davis scored 2 goals.
Also to have  "squad pushing for places"

Still talking up capability of team performing and performing well to get results.
Smith indicated this by the amount of shots had in last match v Ipswich.

Also mentioned villa have "addressed balance
in defence " with signing of 2 left sided defenders

[PaulWinch again]

Not great again Dean. Are we going to start playing well at some point?

[Axl Rose]

I don't like the teams he is picking, the way his team are playing, nor the changes he is/isn't making.

I'm not a fan so far.

[wittonwarrior]

I knew we would ruin him. Sheffield was united/Brentford or bust

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Time for Smith to change things around as things are just not working out. The two wingers approach is pointless, neither play keys roles and it makes us extremely predictable and easy to defend against.

[Toronto Villa]

Time for Smith to change things around as things are just not working out. The two wingers approach is pointless, neither play keys roles and it makes us extremely predictable and easy to defend against.

I don't think we will see two wingers next season. It wouldn't shock me at all if we didn't see any as a regular approach other the odd game if the opponents have a weak FB or off the bench. I think it will be a more compact 4-5-1, 4-1-4-1 or 4-2-3-1. We're lumbered with wingers from Bruce and Tammy, while the beneficiary this season won't be here next  barring some miracle. And even then with him you don't absolutely need two wingers because of his excellent movement.

[dave.woodhall]

I knew we would ruin him. Sheffield was united/Brentford or bust

Three months in and you've written off his entire career. Way to go.

[john e]

I really really really want to believe in him I really do

but he just isn't learning, playing the same players every week in the same way,
He has to be better than this, he needs to try something new or he'l get himself bogged down

[Ads]

Who would you play?

[john e]

Who would you play?

I put my team down on this thread before the window, you will have to look for it if you want to know I can't be bothered to find it right now
it was a bit radical and full of youth but that's the way I would go

I still reckon by taking a few risks it would garner more than 9 points in 11 games

what have we got to lose

[Ads]

A chance of the Play Offs.

[john e]

A chance of the Play Offs.

but we are not taking that chance with this group of players
you were there you must see that

[Ads]

We dropped points in my view. Significantly though, I saw us defend well for the first time all season.

[Richard E]

We dropped points in my view. Significantly though, I saw us defend well for the first time all season.

Typical that the first time in recorded human history we keep a clean sheet we also fail to score.