Dean Smith - Confirmed

[wince]

Yeah anyway, about this bridge?

I saw it first.

Is it a bridge over troubled water?

[The Edge]

I'd agree, but then do we really want to be known as a barmpot of a club

It's called a cobpot.

I see what you did there

[Mister E]

Yeah anyway, about this bridge?

I saw it first.

Is it a bridge over troubled water?

Nah, a bridge of sighs.

[Mister E]

It's no different to any other club.  Look at Leicester.  Sacked Ranieri after the most amazing title win ever, then had two managers in two years.  Didn't stop Brendan Rodgers going there.  If Dean Smith proves he's the man for the job, then superb, I really couldn't be more pleased.  If he doesn't, then he gets the chop and we move on.  Fortunately for him, he's now got the three easiest fixtures of the year in a row, and he's got the opportunity to put some space between us and the bottom three. 

Yes, this is the right mentality; one that reflects the world we're in today.
References to Graham Taylor are not really relevant at all.

[The Moose]

Wayne?

[villa `cross the mersey]

I'd agree, but then do we really want to be known as a barmpot of a club

It's called a cobpot.

I see what you did there

Bap pot surely

[villa `cross the mersey]

Haven't we already burnt (burned) all of our bridges ?
Or do we cross that one when we get to it ?

[Footy-Vill]

Until Villa go out of this league cup Smith could well win something .
Poo chinos never won a thing.
He will never reach such heights with anyone.
Dean Smith is our man. He knows the club anyone else outside of that would be foolish at this moment.
Even Gareth Southgate.

[AsTallAsLions]

Edit: wrong thread

[Allan C]

It's not because he's a Villa fan. It's because he's been here barely a year,  worked one miracle already and we've had a few bad performances against better teams than us. If you want him sacked after that, good luck persuading any decent manager that joining the Villa would be anything other than disastrous for his career.

Villa Park has been a career ender for many a promising or decent manager for nigh on 30 years. Yet they still come, why is that?

Interesting comment. Name them then?? The “promising or decent” managers in the last 30 years who’s career was ended by coming to Villa??

[Risso]

It's not because he's a Villa fan. It's because he's been here barely a year,  worked one miracle already and we've had a few bad performances against better teams than us. If you want him sacked after that, good luck persuading any decent manager that joining the Villa would be anything other than disastrous for his career.

Villa Park has been a career ender for many a promising or decent manager for nigh on 30 years. Yet they still come, why is that?

Interesting comment. Name them then?? The “promising or decent” managers in the last 30 years who’s career was ended by coming to Villa??

Lambert
Gregory
O'Leary
Di Matteo

[Allan C]

It's not because he's a Villa fan. It's because he's been here barely a year,  worked one miracle already and we've had a few bad performances against better teams than us. If you want him sacked after that, good luck persuading any decent manager that joining the Villa would be anything other than disastrous for his career.

Villa Park has been a career ender for many a promising or decent manager for nigh on 30 years. Yet they still come, why is that?

Interesting comment. Name them then?? The “promising or decent” managers in the last 30 years who’s career was ended by coming to Villa??

Lambert
Gregory
O'Leary
Di Matteo

And which one of those falls into the “promising or decent” category ??

[Chipsticks]

It's not because he's a Villa fan. It's because he's been here barely a year,  worked one miracle already and we've had a few bad performances against better teams than us. If you want him sacked after that, good luck persuading any decent manager that joining the Villa would be anything other than disastrous for his career.

Villa Park has been a career ender for many a promising or decent manager for nigh on 30 years. Yet they still come, why is that?

Interesting comment. Name them then?? The “promising or decent” managers in the last 30 years who’s career was ended by coming to Villa??

Lambert
Gregory
O'Leary
Di Matteo

And which one of those falls into the “promising or decent” category ??

Lambert was definitely promising at the time. Considered an up-and-coming British manager.

[Lastfootstamper]

None of those people had their careers ended by the Villa. They were 'promising', seen as up and coming. All it does is show that we're systemically poor at picking someone who's actually any better than the level they're at when we employ them. Which to me means that if we want to head for the stars, we need someone who's already made that trip.

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