Dean Smith - Confirmed

[kieron]

Smith and Terry in attendance at Man City vs Chelsea this evening.

[PeterWithesShin]

Probably checking in to see if either side has anyone worth signing in Jan. Not sure either of those no mark clubs do.

[wittonwarrior]

Think we will make a decent and correct judgment about him tomorrow as generally a manager who goes for a  win (has been the odd exception) against an old fat fart who prefers first and foremost not to lose.

[Flin5tone]

The old fat fart that is 4 points above us and has beat Spurs and United? 🙄

I can't see much difference in the style of football we play either now than under Bruce, the odd game of 'exciting' football

[dave.woodhall]

The old fat fart that is 4 points above us and has beat Spurs and United? 🙄

I can't see much difference in the style of football we play either now than under Bruce, the odd game of 'exciting' football

We're playing it in the Premier League for a start.

[PeterWithesShin]

He could be top of the league and it wouldn't alter that his 'style' of football is shit. Has always been shit. And will always be shit.

[CT]

The old fat fart that is 4 points above us and has beat Spurs and United? 🙄

I can't see much difference in the style of football we play either now than under Bruce, the odd game of 'exciting' football

You can't see much difference?

Holy fuck.

[Allan C]

The old fat fart that is 4 points above us and has beat Spurs and United? 🙄

I can't see much difference in the style of football we play either now than under Bruce, the odd game of 'exciting' football

You can't see much difference?

Holy fuck.

I can’t believe that comment either !!!

[ChicagoLion]

The old fat fart that is 4 points above us and has beat Spurs and United? 🙄

I can't see much difference in the style of football we play either now than under Bruce, the odd game of 'exciting' football

You can't see much difference?

Holy fuck.

I can’t believe that comment either !!!

It’s one of those horrible ones.

[LeeB]

The old fat fart that is 4 points above us and has beat Spurs and United? 🙄

I can't see much difference in the style of football we play either now than under Bruce, the odd game of 'exciting' football

You can't see much difference?

Holy fuck.

I can’t believe that comment either !!!

It’s one of those horrible ones.

Lol

[Flin5tone]

All this Anti Bruce nonsense is a joke, I for one will give him a warm welcome. His treatment from our fans was a disgrace and  he had every right to speak out, luckily our current manager (a decent bloke) feels the same

Villa manager Dean Smith says he has an "awful lot of respect" for Bruce and was unhappy at how things ended for his predecessor.

"I thought it was a disgrace," Smith, 48, said of the incident with the cabbage.

"I have an awful lot of respect for what he has done in management but, more importantly, for how he is as a man"

[ChicagoLion]

All this Anti Bruce nonsense is a joke, I for one will give him a warm welcome. His treatment from our fans was a disgrace and  he had every right to speak out, luckily our current manager (a decent bloke) feels the same

Villa manager Dean Smith says he has an "awful lot of respect" for Bruce and was unhappy at how things ended for his predecessor.

"I thought it was a disgrace," Smith, 48, said of the incident with the cabbage.

"I have an awful lot of respect for what he has done in management but, more importantly, for how he is as a man"

Giggles

[KevinGage]

All this Anti Bruce nonsense is a joke, I for one will give him a warm welcome. His treatment from our fans was a disgrace and  he had every right to speak out, luckily our current manager (a decent bloke) feels the same

Villa manager Dean Smith says he has an "awful lot of respect" for Bruce and was unhappy at how things ended for his predecessor.

"I thought it was a disgrace," Smith, 48, said of the incident with the cabbage.

"I have an awful lot of respect for what he has done in management but, more importantly, for how he is as a man"

I'm not anti Bruce as some.  He stabilised us first year (dire as some of the football was) and gave us plenty of games with goals in the second. People's interpretation of attractive football will be different, but any season where we have been scoring three, four or five goals in a game more than the odd occasion is a good year to me.

The time was right for him to depart but I have no real animosity towards him.

I'm not entirely convinced Smith is the best long term fit for us, but I can't argue he hasn't earned the right to have a proper crack at the top flight. His approach is way more modern and detailed than Bruce - even if we have been up and down this season and haven't closed out games as we should.

[brian green]

As DW has said more than once we have a fathomless capacity to re write our own history.  Steve Bruce was a terrible manager.

[Clampy]

We've had some poor managers down there but I don't think Bruce is one of them. He should have done better than he did with the players he had but I wouldn't call him terrible.