Dean Smith - Confirmed

[ChicagoLion]

We'll beat Man Utd, Arsenal and West Ham, draw with Palace and Wolves and stay up. If I'm wrong I'll donate £1000

You might as well right the check out now.

[PeterWithe]

I’d imagine a £2 bet will cover that

[Sexual Ealing]

We'll beat Man Utd, Arsenal and West Ham, draw with Palace and Wolves and stay up. If I'm wrong I'll donate £1000

For real?

Yes*. Like Alan Partridge, I support three charities: Help for Heroes, the National Trust and Eton College.

*No

[brian green]

Hedge that bet Paddy.  It's about 200-1.

[Sexual Ealing]

We'll beat Man Utd, Arsenal and West Ham, draw with Palace and Wolves and stay up. If I'm wrong I'll donate £1000

You might as well right the check out now.

I was thinking of writing a cheque, but I like your way too.

[Rory]

We'll beat Man Utd, Arsenal and West Ham, draw with Palace and Wolves and stay up. If I'm wrong I'll donate £1000

Donate £1000 to whom? Can I nominate myself?

[Sexual Ealing]

Hedge that bet Paddy.  It's about 200-1.

I'm going to have to put it on now, Brian!

[Sexual Ealing]

We'll beat Man Utd, Arsenal and West Ham, draw with Palace and Wolves and stay up. If I'm wrong I'll donate £1000

Donate £1000 to whom? Can I nominate myself?

Yes*

*No

[PeterWithesShin]

This is a really worthy cause

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[Des Little]

We'll beat Man Utd, Arsenal and West Ham, draw with Palace and Wolves and stay up. If I'm wrong I'll donate £1000

Nurse!

[brontebilly]

Smith has many weaknesses as a manager but the main one has to be his inability to proactively make tactical changes to the team mid-game.

We were crying out for a tactical reshuffle at half time, AEG and that dog awful Trez could still be out there and wouldnt have made any impact.

Once Newcastle score, only then does he switch it up. Low and behold we equalise and finish the game very strongly.

[Footy-Vill]

Yes Smith times like yesterday needed to use the whole 5 subs and throw in another attacker if only for the last 10 minutes.
Tactically there could have been a change.
His biggest mistake v Newcastle was playing Mcginn for more than an hour when it was patentiently clear SJM  was not up to pace and struggle to have any impact

Villa defended well on the whole and it was the lapse in concentration that undid us.
Awful defending by several players . That's not entirely Smith fault. But his handling of McGinn was perhaps the biggest crime yesterday.

[Risso]

Yes Smith times like yesterday needed to use the whole 5 subs and throw in another attacker if only for the last 10 minutes.
Tactically there could have been a change.
His biggest mistake v Newcastle was playing Mcginn for more than an hour when it was patentiently clear SJM  was not up to pace and struggle to have any impact

Villa defended well on the whole and it was the lapse in concentration that undid us.
Awful defending by several players . That's not entirely Smith fault. But his handling of McGinn was perhaps the biggest crime yesterday.

That and starting both AEG and Trez, when neither of them are good enough.

[Footy-Vill]

Yes actually Trezeguet only on to inject the pace and as a form of rotation.
I think Hourihane or Davis may have been the better starting selection .

[ChicagoLion]

Yes Smith times like yesterday needed to use the whole 5 subs and throw in another attacker if only for the last 10 minutes.
Tactically there could have been a change.
His biggest mistake v Newcastle was playing Mcginn for more than an hour when it was patentiently clear SJM  was not up to pace and struggle to have any impact

Villa defended well on the whole and it was the lapse in concentration that undid us.
Awful defending by several players . That's not entirely Smith fault. But his handling of McGinn was perhaps the biggest crime yesterday.

That and starting both AEG and Trez, when neither of them are good enough.

Then not hooking  them at half time when it was so obvious how shit their contribution was. At least McGinn was trying to get involved.