Dean Smith - Confirmed

[old man villa fan]

He's gone Stuart. He's gone.

Yes, he has but playing devils advocate, people who still bring him up should maybe remember that as well.

he's gone

but his unbalanced disjointed squad remains as a constant reminder

The defence is a bit of a mess but I wouldn't call the squad disjointed overall. There are still some very good players in it.

I wouldn't call a squad that has a defensive set of players like ours, joined up, regardless of the number of very good players.

[GarTomas]

Dean has done good so far. There has been the implementation of a discernible style which recently has taken a hit with the loss of our best player.

Not that we are a one man team but Grealish on the pitch naturally creates space for others which we've exploited.

Transfer wise we've signed a keeper which all agree needs some work and recalled a centre half who may not be the best but is an upgrade on what we have.

In terms of pressure in the future the experience of Terry will be beneficial and the structure the club has put in place with Pitarch and co.

[brian green]

Like there were some very good notes on Eric Morecambe's piano.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Like there were some very good notes on Eric Morecambe's piano.

" Bring me sunshine " Brian

[Clampy]

He's gone Stuart. He's gone.

Yes, he has but playing devils advocate, people who still bring him up should maybe remember that as well.

he's gone

but his unbalanced disjointed squad remains as a constant reminder

The defence is a bit of a mess but I wouldn't call the squad disjointed overall. There are still some very good players in it.

I wouldn't call a squad that has a defensive set of players like ours, joined up, regardless of the number of very good players.

I did agree about the defence.

[ChicagoLion]

Without a defense you don’t have a balanced squad

[Brassneck]

Without a defense you don’t have a balanced squad

Call me old fashioned but last time I watched the team, we played with 4 defenders.

Clampy is stating (correctly) that the squad is not disjointed but needs improving.

[Clampy]

The defence aside (which should have had Elphick, De Laet and another left back in it), I think the rest of the squad is pretty decent but there's room for improvement like with every squad.

[Toronto Villa]

He's gone Stuart. He's gone.

Yes, he has but playing devils advocate, people who still bring him up should maybe remember that as well.

Unfortunately his stench remains Clampy. He's gone but impossible to forget the damage he has done to our club. MON set us back years and we discuss him. Lambert essentially relegated us and ok, he can't stop talking about us. And now Bruce. As a club we have done it to ourselves but these clowns have really screwed us over. It will take a few years yet to repair the Bruce fuckwittery.

I think it's also fair to mention the shit load of money Di Matteo and Sherwood spent.

Oh they are part of this too. It’s a litany of terrible managerial appointments and subsequently decisions made to support them. No long term planning whatsoever.

[ChicagoLion]

Without a defense you don’t have a balanced squad

Call me old fashioned but last time I watched the team, we played with 4 defenders.

Clampy is stating (correctly) that the squad is not disjointed but needs improving.

5 Right Backs 1 Left Back and because of the Summer transfer business no cover at Centre Back.

[brian green]

And an England youth team centre back playing right back for Grimsby.

[dave.woodhall]

And an England youth team centre back playing right back for Grimsby.

If you mean Suliman he played twice for Grimsby last season and he's back with us now.

[PeterWithesShin]

We've spent the last 4 months with 2 CB, 1 LB, 3 RB and 4 keepers. It's a total mess.

[Brassneck]

Without a defense you don’t have a balanced squad

Call me old fashioned but last time I watched the team, we played with 4 defenders.

Clampy is stating (correctly) that the squad is not disjointed but needs improving.

5 Right Backs 1 Left Back and because of the Summer transfer business no cover at Centre Back.

We do have an under 23s you know?

We're not Chelsea or Man United.  We had the option of playing kids just like Leeds and Preston have been forced to do against us recently but the manager chose to play more experienced players.

Nobody is claiming that the defence is perfect but it most certainly doesn't imbalance the entire squad.

[SheffieldVillain]

Without a defense you don’t have a balanced squad

Call me old fashioned but last time I watched the team, we played with 4 defenders.

Clampy is stating (correctly) that the squad is not disjointed but needs improving.

Yes. Three of them were right backs, two of whom were playing out of their favoured position 

Quite apart from the 5 right backs and 1 left back plus lack of cover at centre back:
-  a loaned goalkeeper who doesn't make the bench as part of now 6 goalkeepers who could be considered for at least the first team squad
- 5 wingers including Green but no effective cover for Grealish or Abraham.
- two of our highest earners are McCormack and Richards who will likely never kick a ball for us again.

The definition of disjointed.