Dean Smith - Confirmed

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This Thread still about Dean?

Or the Swansea  match ?

DS had little choices but ... imo.... mis-stepped in his selections v Swansea 

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Dean - imo - is a man without Charisma / Personality or potential media  celebrity 

He's not the image we need to project,,, in fact he's like an
ANTI - MANAGER... like Allardyce / Warnock / Pullis ... the guys that play percentages with HOOFBALL

 Probably another toxic  post from me, BUT my honeymoon is over.....

A Man out of his depth  with the 2nd most expensive team in the Champiionship... what gives ?  ?? ??

Holy fuck.

[ozzjim]

Some of the whinging about Smith is amazing. He's got one player that he has been involved in signing so far, got an awful injury crisis in that three or four really influential players are out and inherited one of the most ill balanced and lacking depth squads I can remember at Villa park. He's lost 2 of 12, one in the cup, and has all the Abraham crap to deal with on top. He needs years, not weeks to be judged on.

[London Villan]

Wrong thread.

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People are saying he got the selections wrong, which I think is fair. It's been that way since the Albion. JJ is right, injuries and lack of options in the squad have forced his hand, but there has been and there is no excuse for the likes of Whelan who cannot play the type of game Smith wants.

There's only been about 3 people talking drivel likening Smith to Bruce, anti-manager or seemingly wanting him to fail as they're still in love with wor Bruce.

[AV82EC]

Unfortunately Deano is at the moment reaping the benefit of turning it round so quickly after he took over. He had pretty much his first choice 11 available to him in November and early December and it showed. Comprehensive victories away at Derby and Boro, unlucky draws with West Brom and Forest and a simple win against the noses. Losing Grealish and Tuanzebe and Taylor that week then completely unbalanced the team and the wins have turned into draws and the odd defeat. He’ll turn it back around I’m sure but he must be swearing at Bruce’s supposed squad strength and the glaring imbalances it holds.

Until Grealish returns I’m afraid we’ll, to coin a phrase, be there or thereabouts with regards to the play offs.

[ROBBO]

If he keeps playing Whelan he will have supporters offside this is the one selection that has me baffled Whelan is the total opposite of the way I thought he would have Villa playing. Although his record is solid since he took over the squad this selection has me worried that the pressure is starting to get to him.

[Ad@m]

This is the thing, he's getting stick now but our "bad spell" had involved being largely unbeaten against the best teams in the league with our best players out injured.

Yes, yesterday was a horror show but we were never going to win the FA Cup this year so I'd rather that be the game we lose to Swansea than the league games.

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Our bad spell has been 3 draws, a defeat and a win.

For all the angst, very few will care about the cup in a few days never mind a few weeks.

[AV82EC]

Yep, no one will give two hoots about losing in the Cup if we sort ourselves out in the next 3.

[brian green]

The most depressing aspect about a depressing day yesterday was Dean Smith's post match comments that players had failed to respond to his half time demands.  Even accepting modern conditions of the players being incredibly rich and insulated from reality by agents and handlers, the managers and coaches are powerless if players simply refuse to follow instructions.

Dean Smith must be allowed to buy the players he chooses.  They will be his players to play the way he wants them to play. No short term gap plugging with old, slow, stubborn journeymen players.  No building the future on the shifting sands of loan deals.  He must be given however long it takes to buy and have under long term control the players he identifies.  There is no quick, easy answer to our problems if we are to rise to become secure in the Premiership.

[Hookeysmith]

Some of the whinging about Smith is amazing. He's got one player that he has been involved in signing so far, got an awful injury crisis in that three or four really influential players are out and inherited one of the most ill balanced and lacking depth squads I can remember at Villa park. He's lost 2 of 12, one in the cup, and has all the Abraham crap to deal with on top. He needs years, not weeks to be judged on.

Spot on.

And I can also see his thinking behind Whelan to sit in front of a shellshocked defence. Without  Grealish as an out ball we leave ourselves very exposed. The football he played when he first came with a full squad was superb considering they were the same players Bruce had.
If I had one moan about smith it would be I thought I would see a better Scott Hogan but after yesterday maybe that's more down to the player as his effort was so poor they could of hung his kit back up without washing it.

Smith needs a couple of fresh players to reignite this squad

[Neil Hawkes]

His comments from Villa website:
"We'll benefit from a week's preparation now, but I'm not sweeping this under the carpet. The players will look back and debrief this on Monday, as they should. I want questions answered about certain performances."

[mr underhill]

I'm not taking a pop at Dean but actions speak louder than words - Bruce trotted out this type of stuff all the time and did nothing to rectify it.

[Clampy]

I'm not taking a pop at Dean but actions speak louder than words - Bruce trotted out this type of stuff all the time and did nothing to rectify it.

True, but we won't know until Wigan next week so let's see how they react.

[john e]

the most disappointing thing for me about yesterday apart from going out of the cup
is I saw loads of posts on social media where because of the pricing  parents were taking the opportunity to take their young children to Villa Park for the first time

I reckon there would have been loads of first timers and not for a long time-ers  there the club did well to encourage a good crowd

I know you can’t guarantee anything in football and maybe that’s the lesson that will be learnt but a 3 nill thrashing and playing rubbish to boot
You would have hoped for better than that


Edit sorry wrong thread should have been in the post match thread but I’m hungover and not with it yet