Dean Smith - Confirmed

[purpletrousers]

Come out as a big U2 fan, presumably given this Parish, the 'Out' thread might come a little quicker?

Amidst a very busy period of life, I also couldn't face travelling up to Brum to go see us so far this year.
Father & son will be reunited in the Holte a week on Saturday. Onwards & upwards.

[The Edge]

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1050419529858371585


"🎥 Dean Smith will meet the media on Monday from 4pm

You’ll be able to watch the broadcast press conference LIVE on our YouTube channel 👉 http://bit.ly/2gCsXCy"


Five days from appointment to presser is quite a while, isn't it?

Not really he's probably a bit busy

[Herman]

If he's a U2 fan, we should get rid. Obviously a wrong 'un

[Ad@m]

If he's a U2 fan, we should get rid. Obviously a wrong 'un

This is why it's taking so long for his first presser - he's spending that time playing Bonopoly, it's like Monopoly but the streets have no names.

[Dante Lavelli]

I know a Brentford fan as well

he said today that he doesn't know any other way but to play attacking football
his negative is he has no plan B (where have we heard that before) but he said he had no plan B apart from attacking football
late goals conceded and all that

Brentford had a weird system where success was not measured by goals/win/league place like the rest of the planet.  Smith was given other KPIs such as crosses made, passes completed in the final third as the basis of how he'd be judged.  The belief being that if the KPIs were achieved the results would take care of themselves.  Consequently there only was one plan anything else is likely to have inversely affected his chances of hitting his targets.

Weird? yes, but that's how Brentford roll.

[PaulWinch again]

It kind of makes sense, because results should ultimately follow if you’re performing to particular standards. However an approach like that is heavily reliant on the method being spot on and your reading of stats being correct, a slight miscalculation will knacker the whole methodology.

[Stu]

After so many changes in the past 8 years, I'm pretty much inured to whatever is coming our way. Whatever happens, happens.

[Lastfootstamper]

I think there's a lot to be said for a different set of KPIs. If you want long-term success, sustained high levels of things like completed forward passes in the final third, crosses that find their man, corners won, shots on target, etc., will be more indicative of what will most likely come to fruition when compared to how often you've jammed your way to four points from two shots in a fortnight.

[dorsetvillian]

I was thinking to myself last night that if it was Moyes who got the job it would have made think seriously about going to games. Waking to find out that Dean Smith had been appointed gives me hope and a good chance of seeing Villa play attacking football home and away.

[BoVillan esq]

Wish him well.

Good to see John Terry back, hope he can instill some good defending mentality into the Villa defence, this should be a good grounding for him, if he turns out to be as good a manger as he was player then somebody will reap the rewards of this very talented bloke.

[CT]

I think there's a lot to be said for a different set of KPIs. If you want long-term success, sustained high levels of things like completed forward passes in the final third, crosses that find their man, corners won, shots on target, etc., will be more indicative of what will most likely come to fruition when compared to how often you've jammed your way to four points from two shots in a fortnight.

I reckon we'll even be able to take a throw in and find one of our own players within a few weeks!

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

I was thinking to myself last night that if it was Moyes who got the job it would have made think seriously about going to games. Waking to find out that Dean Smith had been appointed gives me hope and a good chance of seeing Villa play attacking football home and away.

The thought of Moyes is unthinkable. But having Terry back guided by DS who has got an established ethic and philosophy of how he wants his team to play is refreshing.
PS say hello to Craig Willis. I am one of his Birmingham mates ……..

[Ads]

Brentford create more chances than just about any side in the league. If an emphasis is placed on that for us, chance creation, then you'd feel that our superior forwards would see us finish games off that Brentford aren't.

If they'd have had Abraham, Kodjia or Hogan up top against Leeds, they'd have buried them.

[sirlordbaltimore]

A fitting week on Saturday would be a full Villa Park, in full voice to welcome Smith and to also pay tribute to old Deadly

Plus a well won 3 points and a bit of unity back on the stands

[Chris Smith]

I think there's a lot to be said for a different set of KPIs. If you want long-term success, sustained high levels of things like completed forward passes in the final third, crosses that find their man, corners won, shots on target, etc., will be more indicative of what will most likely come to fruition when compared to how often you've jammed your way to four points from two shots in a fortnight.

I reckon we'll even be able to take a throw in and find one of our own players within a few weeks!

Don’t get carried away, CT.