So, the manager has one defined style of play, and imposes this on players he knows are not capable of playing it? How's that likely to turn out?Not only that. When we're losing, against a shit Wigan side, he decides to bring on the very player least likely to ever be able to play 'his way'?And that's good management?I call it not having a plan B.
I've plenty of faith in the guy. I want him to have time to try and turn around years of dreadful appointments and decision making.
Quote from: Villa75 on January 15, 2019, 09:42:02 PMSo, the manager has one defined style of play, and imposes this on players he knows are not capable of playing it? How's that likely to turn out?Not only that. When we're losing, against a shit Wigan side, he decides to bring on the very player least likely to ever be able to play 'his way'?And that's good management?I call it not having a plan B.Dean Smith has been brought in to make us a better and more attractive team to watch. To get us promoted asap playing an attractive brand of football. His style is to play attacking fluid football and we were all thrilled when we battered Derby, Middlesboro & WBA and who can forget the 5-5 v forest? Intoxicating stuff. He will plough on regardless until we have the team built in his image. He's implementing it come what may. Doubting him already and questioning whether he has a "plan b" is playing up to our "fickle" reputation. Admittedy mistakes are being made but I can forgive him as he is desperately trying to polish the turd of a squad that Steve Bruce left him with. The bigger picture is full houses at Villa Park watching us playing with style and panache and marching back into the Premier league. Rome wasn't built in a day though was it?
Quote from: The Edge on January 16, 2019, 08:58:54 AMQuote from: Villa75 on January 15, 2019, 09:42:02 PMSo, the manager has one defined style of play, and imposes this on players he knows are not capable of playing it? How's that likely to turn out?Not only that. When we're losing, against a shit Wigan side, he decides to bring on the very player least likely to ever be able to play 'his way'?And that's good management?I call it not having a plan B.Dean Smith has been brought in to make us a better and more attractive team to watch. To get us promoted asap playing an attractive brand of football. His style is to play attacking fluid football and we were all thrilled when we battered Derby, Middlesboro & WBA and who can forget the 5-5 v forest? Intoxicating stuff. He will plough on regardless until we have the team built in his image. He's implementing it come what may. Doubting him already and questioning whether he has a "plan b" is playing up to our "fickle" reputation. Admittedy mistakes are being made but I can forgive him as he is desperately trying to polish the turd of a squad that Steve Bruce left him with. The bigger picture is full houses at Villa Park watching us playing with style and panache and marching back into the Premier league. Rome wasn't built in a day though was it?You mean a squad that Smith has said is the best he's managed. Also a squad many of the Bruce haters were saying should be perofming better and that any manager would be able to get performing better. Howcome now we are performing worse than we were under Bruce it's all Bruce left a shit squad etc... Which is the total opposite to what they were saying when Bruce was here.
Quote from: stuart445 on January 16, 2019, 10:49:44 AMQuote from: The Edge on January 16, 2019, 08:58:54 AMQuote from: Villa75 on January 15, 2019, 09:42:02 PMSo, the manager has one defined style of play, and imposes this on players he knows are not capable of playing it? How's that likely to turn out?Not only that. When we're losing, against a shit Wigan side, he decides to bring on the very player least likely to ever be able to play 'his way'?And that's good management?I call it not having a plan B.Dean Smith has been brought in to make us a better and more attractive team to watch. To get us promoted asap playing an attractive brand of football. His style is to play attacking fluid football and we were all thrilled when we battered Derby, Middlesboro & WBA and who can forget the 5-5 v forest? Intoxicating stuff. He will plough on regardless until we have the team built in his image. He's implementing it come what may. Doubting him already and questioning whether he has a "plan b" is playing up to our "fickle" reputation. Admittedy mistakes are being made but I can forgive him as he is desperately trying to polish the turd of a squad that Steve Bruce left him with. The bigger picture is full houses at Villa Park watching us playing with style and panache and marching back into the Premier league. Rome wasn't built in a day though was it?You mean a squad that Smith has said is the best he's managed. Also a squad many of the Bruce haters were saying should be perofming better and that any manager would be able to get performing better. Howcome now we are performing worse than we were under Bruce it's all Bruce left a shit squad etc... Which is the total opposite to what they were saying when Bruce was here.What do you expect Dean Smith to say? Would you expect him to start his new job by slagging off the players? It's Brucies squad however you look at it. He left us with a shocking defence including 3 right backs, no centre half cover, a crap left back and poss poor cover in the goalkeeping position. An ageing midfield that includes a totally ineffective Hourihane and a geriatric pair in Whelan and Jedinack. So yeah I'd call that a turd of a squad that Bruce left us which Deano has had 3 fkn months to work with and half a transfer window to sort it.
"turd of a squad"?Not long ago, many on here were calling it "the best in the division" along with others saying "a better manager than Bruce would have us promoted".Also, this "turd" was producing some great performances not long ago, thanks to the new manager. The fact they have recently produced some diabolical performances is also down to the same guy.Smith needs to sort it out, and soon. The owners may indicate they are happy to stay in the division for the foreseeable, and even mean it, but I'm pretty sure the novelty of that idea will run out all too soon for the majority of the fans.
Quote from: The Edge on January 16, 2019, 11:17:24 AMQuote from: stuart445 on January 16, 2019, 10:49:44 AMQuote from: The Edge on January 16, 2019, 08:58:54 AMQuote from: Villa75 on January 15, 2019, 09:42:02 PMSo, the manager has one defined style of play, and imposes this on players he knows are not capable of playing it? How's that likely to turn out?Not only that. When we're losing, against a shit Wigan side, he decides to bring on the very player least likely to ever be able to play 'his way'?And that's good management?I call it not having a plan B.Dean Smith has been brought in to make us a better and more attractive team to watch. To get us promoted asap playing an attractive brand of football. His style is to play attacking fluid football and we were all thrilled when we battered Derby, Middlesboro & WBA and who can forget the 5-5 v forest? Intoxicating stuff. He will plough on regardless until we have the team built in his image. He's implementing it come what may. Doubting him already and questioning whether he has a "plan b" is playing up to our "fickle" reputation. Admittedy mistakes are being made but I can forgive him as he is desperately trying to polish the turd of a squad that Steve Bruce left him with. The bigger picture is full houses at Villa Park watching us playing with style and panache and marching back into the Premier league. Rome wasn't built in a day though was it?You mean a squad that Smith has said is the best he's managed. Also a squad many of the Bruce haters were saying should be perofming better and that any manager would be able to get performing better. Howcome now we are performing worse than we were under Bruce it's all Bruce left a shit squad etc... Which is the total opposite to what they were saying when Bruce was here.What do you expect Dean Smith to say? Would you expect him to start his new job by slagging off the players? It's Brucies squad however you look at it. He left us with a shocking defence including 3 right backs, no centre half cover, a crap left back and poss poor cover in the goalkeeping position. An ageing midfield that includes a totally ineffective Hourihane and a geriatric pair in Whelan and Jedinack. So yeah I'd call that a turd of a squad that Bruce left us which Deano has had 3 fkn months to work with and half a transfer window to sort it.Nice bit of history changing there but the main narrative when Bruce was in charge was that this was the best squad in the championship who any other club would love to have and that any manager would be able to get better performance and results out of.You can deny it all you want but you know that is what was being said.
Nice bit of history changing there but the main narrative when Bruce was in charge was that this was the best squad in the championship who any other club would love to have and that any manager would be able to get better performance and results out of.You can deny it all you want but you know that is what was being said.