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Offline Smirker

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6210 on: January 28, 2020, 10:20:58 PM »
Thank fuck for this.

Delighted for Dean. SMITH IN.
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Online WarszaVillan

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6211 on: January 28, 2020, 10:25:16 PM »
Quote from: Smirker on January 28, 2020, 10:20:58 PM
Thank fuck for this.

Delighted for Dean. SMITH IN.

Absolutely. Him and Jack leading Villa at Wembley is a wonderful thing
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Offline Bad English

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6212 on: January 28, 2020, 10:29:18 PM »
BACK TO THE DARK AGES!
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Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6213 on: January 28, 2020, 10:32:07 PM »
If he gets a win on Saturday it will be some turnaround by him and the team and a brilliant week. The cup final is great but we need to carry this into a massive league game now.
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Offline danno

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6214 on: January 28, 2020, 10:32:49 PM »
Good subs big man!
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Offline Bad English

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6215 on: January 28, 2020, 10:33:20 PM »
Sorry wrong thread ⬆️
But fuck it, I'll leave it there'
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Offline Scovilla

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6216 on: January 28, 2020, 10:34:19 PM »
Quote from: Toronto Villa on January 28, 2020, 10:32:07 PM
If he gets a win on Saturday it will be some turnaround by him and the team and a brilliant week. The cup final is great but we need to carry this into a massive league game now.

That's sums it all up.
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Offline JJ-AV

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6217 on: January 28, 2020, 10:48:42 PM »
Third game in a row where his subs have changed the game. 16 months from midtable Championship to a chance of staying up in the top flight and a cup final.

There's been worse 12 months.

Credit to Dean.
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Offline The_ads

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6218 on: January 28, 2020, 10:55:20 PM »
Really weird how a bit of time, patience and keeping the fucking faith pays dividends eh.  Promotion and a cup final in 15 months but some called for Big Sam



Up the fucking Villa
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Offline themossman

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6219 on: January 28, 2020, 10:57:03 PM »
Just enjoy the win eh?
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Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6220 on: January 28, 2020, 11:58:49 PM »
I think this (alongside last week) was the springboard to safety for us. We showed at the end of last season that we're so much better at stepping up to pressure to maintain a good run than we are at halting a pattern of bad form.
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Online Nev

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6221 on: January 29, 2020, 06:43:14 AM »
We saw it last season, and Smith admitted it himself, his teams come good in the second half of the season. Let's hope it continues.
He talks a lot about emotional control and I believe it is this that has lead to our recent late winners. No panic, level headed, keep going.
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Offline manic-road

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6222 on: January 29, 2020, 06:56:06 AM »
Well done Dean, leading Villa to two Wembley appearances in less than a year. Also I believe he is the first English manager since Harry Redknapp to get a team to a Wembley final.
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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6223 on: January 29, 2020, 06:56:22 AM »
Quote from: themossman on January 28, 2020, 10:57:03 PM
Just enjoy the win eh?

He's right though. Smith deserved a bit of criticism but sometimes you do need to keep a bit of faith and have some patience. We're not safe from relegation by any means but that last night will have given us such a big boost going into league games now.
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Offline AsTallAsLions

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6224 on: January 29, 2020, 07:13:13 AM »
Fair play to Dean, he got it right last night. Tactics and subs were spot on.
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