Dean Smith - Confirmed

[Joe S]

Telling everyone else anywhere near us in the league has undergone continual talk of management changes, yet us. I like the loyalty shown from above but I do feel it's shortsighted. He is not a Premier League manager. I feared this in August but hoped for the best...seems we all did.

[TonyD]

As previously said I think the players are just as frustrated with his bollocks as we are.
So sack him tonight and let them pick the team on Boxing Day.  Couldn’t do any worse.

[David_Nab]

Not called for him to go at all but after today I am starting to think he may have too , its not just the losing its the manor of defeats. Soton just copied Leicester , played 2 up top and we couldnt deal with the movement , we have little width and constantly seemed out manned wide yet we we attack with Grealish wide the opposition have 2-3 men near him.
 

[DB]

Out of his depth?

[Monty]

The fact is we've been worked out. This level is all about game preparation, coming up with plans for the opposition, anticipating what they'll try to do, having contingencies in place, and doing this differently for every opponent. We do the same thing the same way every single week. We must be so easy to prepare for, and we never seem to prepare for anyone else. It's just not adequate.

[Jon Crofts]

Owners need to act fast. Smith is cooked.

[curiousorange]

Who next? The fact I can only think of Allardyce is pretty depressing.

[mr underhill]

is stubbornness, inflexibility and an inability to do anything resembling in game tactics a problem unique to Villa managers? It seems to me that we have the same groundhog day discussion on every manager we appoint. At the moment it's a question of when, not if, Dean goes.

[villadelph]

Not called for him to go at all but after today I am starting to think he may have too , its not just the losing its the manor of defeats. Soton just copied Leicester , played 2 up top and we couldnt deal with the movement , we have little width and constantly seemed out manned wide yet we we attack with Grealish wide the opposition have 2-3 men near him.

You cannot play a midfield three who don't have any pace between them and expect jack and el ghazi to get back and defend. It's insane.

Jack's out of position, connor's on the left, john's on the right, luiz is a bit lethargic.. what the hell are we doing. Saints sucked all the air out of the middle of the park and we couldn't even get into their third, let alone feed our donkey.

It's just blatant stubbornness. Kodjia came on and made a fool of our management.

[hilts_coolerking]

The fact is we've been worked out. This level is all about game preparation, coming up with plans for the opposition, anticipating what they'll try to do, having contingencies in place, and doing this differently for every opponent. We do the same thing the same way every single week. We must be so easy to prepare for, and we never seem to prepare for anyone else. It's just not adequate.

Exactly.  Having one killer system in the Championship is one thing, but in the Premier League adaptability and versatility is crucial.

[mr underhill]

If he goes we have to think big.

[Joe S]

Who next? The fact I can only think of Allardyce is pretty depressing.

If it kept us up who'd argue?

[Nii Lamptey]

As silly as it sounds, how about trying for Poch? No matter our recent plight, we’re still potentially a massive club if steered in the right direction. He turned Spurs into a strong top 4 team, and did well at Saints before that. If we could lure him here, he'd have more cash than Levy was willing to hand out, and the team might actually last 90 minutes!
I’ll wake up in a minute!

[AsTallAsLions]

Who next? The fact I can only think of Allardyce is pretty depressing.

Benitez would come if we acted now I think.

[AsTallAsLions]

As silly as it sounds, how about trying for Poch? No matter our recent plight, we’re still potentially a massive club if steered in the right direction. He turned Spurs into a strong top 4 team, and did well at Saints before that. If we could lure him here, he'd have more cash than Levy was willing to hand out, and the team might actually last 90 minutes!
I’ll wake up in a minute!

Sources "close to Poch" say he'd only come back to the PL to manage City. It would make my decade if we got him, but we haven't a hope mate.