Dean Smith - Confirmed

[Villa75]

A good manager would deal with any "power struggle". Not that I think that excuse should come out every time a manager fails to get the expected results. There was no evidence of a power struggle a month or so ago.

The players seemed to have been knocked by some disappointing results. It's the managers job to get them back in track.

[footyskillz]

Dean Smith is a head coach .
He's there for coaching skills .

Managing could be another story especially at this level

Maybe that is now the issue .

He's coaching them but not managing them and it's all a bit lost on the transition

[London Villan]

He doesn’t have one of his lieutenants on the pitch yet either. Bruce had snodgrass, elmo, terry and even chester who he had managed previously, to carry out his orders.

[CT]

I'd say many of the players have contributed to the poor results themselves by failing to put in the minimum of effort.

Maybe they're going down the Man U route and hoping for a Moyes, Allardyce type.

Whatever the reasons, we've gone from looking very, very strong to being an absolute shitshow in a matter of weeks. 

[Villa75]

The new manager bounce was 1 win and 2 losses, hardly a bounce

3 games is hardly a useful yardstick.

First 10 games (WDL) was 5-3-2

That's a decent 50% win ratio.

[Ads]

Occams Razor needs applying here. We're vastly over thinking without any evidence to support the hypotheses.

[Fred Crump]

Two or three more results like yesterday and we will be in full on crisis. The meaning evil will have a broken Villa badge on the back page and Talk Shite will be asking how long before Smith gets the bullet.

I have no other reason other than a gut feeling but I think we may be seeing a power struggle in progress. Like I say no other reason other than a strange déjà vu feeling of been here before. You don't go from playing like Barcelona (bit of an exaggeration I know) one week to Nuneaton Borough the next. Trouble is the managers never seem to win when it comes down to a clash of personalities.

Oi ! You leave my beloved Borough out of this ! 

[john e]

The new manager bounce was 1 win and 2 losses, hardly a bounce

3 games is hardly a useful yardstick.

First 10 games (WDL) was 5-3-2

That's a decent 50% win ratio.

3 games is nothing to judge a new manager on I agree
but 3 games is the 'bounce' a bounce doesn't go on and on its over in a jiffy
that's why they call it a bounce

[Villa75]

The new manager bounce was 1 win and 2 losses, hardly a bounce

3 games is hardly a useful yardstick.

First 10 games (WDL) was 5-3-2

That's a decent 50% win ratio.

3 games is nothing to judge a new manager on I agree
but 3 games is the 'bounce' a bounce doesn't go on and on its over in a jiffy
that's why they call it a bounce

Have you got a link for that 'fact'?

[Steve67]

Surely we can only judge a bounce over several games and not just three?  I totally agree that we have not bounced, no argument at all there.

[passport1]

I suspect the Hull game will be a defining moment for Deano.

[Ads]

I suspect it will be just another game.

We're very conceited in this age. Even this forum is but a means to exercise our narcissism. We have to give meaning and significance to the unremarkable.

It's just us playing them. A few thousand people will care for a few days before and after. Nothing more. Nothing less.

[Fred Crump]

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts...

[Ads]

Time is a flat circle.

Which reminds me to get Sky on record as this one looks like the first one and that is a good thing. Southern Gothica for the win.

[Ads]

Crikey other sites have people wanting him sacked.