Dean Smith - Confirmed

[pauliewalnuts]

Depressingly out of his depth. 2 points from 12 since the restart and literally zero sign we have improved at all.

[SoccerHQ]

so he finally caved to the pressure and goes with two strikers.. only to put out a team completely devoid of any width with three CMs behind Jack.

This guy man.. what on earth is he thinking sometimes? It’s almost like he wanted to say I told you so.

I didn't have a problem with the team today. 4-3-3 hasn't been working for a long old while either and we couldn't have foreseen Targett geting injured so early who would've got crosses in.

Would love to know what training schedule Samatta was on during lockdown as he's looked next to useless since we came back, long way from his promising early games.

[TonyD]

We have had our fair share of shit charlatan managers for years.  But at least most of them had some kind of a system or could at least motivate.  Smith has nothing, nada, ziltch, sweet FA.   We have also been cursed with dreadfully negligent owners. 

[wince]

I don’t care if it triggers people. The whole team stinks of cowardice. Most look like they don’t want to be there and smith looks likes he is out of his depth. 19 losses, 19th in table. Thanks for promotion but it didn’t do anything did it? Gash from first day and once again we make a terrible appointment that only serves us in the short term.

[PaulWinch again]

He has to go. It’s like the team has never met, let alone been coached. We are strolling to relegation.

[Toronto Villa]

He looks like all Villa managers do at the end. A zombie. He has nothing left to offer which is why we look the same week after week. And that we will stick by him makes me believe the club executives are comatose too.

[Risso]

He's a bang average Championship manager who was given the keys to the sweet shop in a lower league last year.  This year he's been found wanting by any criteria you could mention.  Absolutely dreadful manager, watching him standing there, arms folded with a gormless expression of resignation on his face while another game fizzles out to a depressing defeat is embarrassing.  Just go.

[AsTallAsLions]

Needs to go ASAP.

I'm not even angry anymore, he's squeezed all that out of me, I'm just depressed at the state of the club after 1 season when we started it with such belief.

Purslow's comments about not just wanting to survive but bringing the game to the bigger teams and wanting to push on as a club are beyond laughable now. If he has any integrity at all as a CEO he'll be on the phone to Sawiris and Edens right now and handing Smith his pink slip this evening.

Sadly, for some reason, I don't think that's happening.

[SoccerHQ]

Still don't see him getting sacked while we have chance of staying up. Club made decision in December to back him when we weren't looking too clever and then when it seemed Chelsea in March was going to be make or break the virus put the brakes on that.

What I couldn't understand though is if he keeps his job with us pretty much losing every game in the run in. We'd go down with a record along the lines of something like losing 12 of our last 15 games.

When things get that bad you need a fresh voice. Cardiff kept Warnock after they went down but he didn't last long this season and they've picked up again since and are now in the top 6.

[PaulWinch again]

Time has to be up now. It has to be. It’s been 9 games since we won in the league. It is unacceptable.

[Villan82]

Needs to go ASAP.

I'm not even angry anymore, he's squeezed all that out of me, I'm just depressed at the state of the club after 1 season when we started it with such belief.

Purslow's comments about not just wanting to survive but bringing the game to the bigger teams and wanting to push on as a club are beyond laughable now. If he has any integrity at all as a CEO he'll be on the phone to Sawiris and Edens right now and handing Smith his pink slip this evening.

Sadly, for some reason, I don't think that's happening.

Smith should have been sacked mid-way through the season.

[myf]

he's blaming 4 games in 10 days now. looks and sounds more like Bruce by the day

[AsTallAsLions]

Smith: "We're disappointed. It looked as if it was going to be a 0-0 game. I felt we matched a top 6 team today."

[Toronto Villa]

Such a fucking passive white flag waving subservient comment

[PaulWinch again]

Smith: "We're disappointed. It looked as if it was going to be a 0-0 game. I felt we matched a top 6 team today."

Christ almighty.