Dean Smith - Confirmed

[wince]

I would have all day long a manager who hates us and everything we stand for who delivers attractive, winning Premier League  football over a Villa fan who gets us relegated.

True and I’m glad smith is spared the baying hounds of a villa crowd. Let’s hope we still have a fighting chance but would be happier to be out the relegation zone with a win under our belts

[Drummond]

We've been promoted, to a cup final, and stayed in touch in the Premier League with an uninspiring squad.

The football hadn't been the greatest, granted, but how much further up the table do people expect us to be?

[AsTallAsLions]

We've been promoted, to a cup final, and stayed in touch in the Premier League with an uninspiring squad.

The football hadn't been the greatest, granted, but how much further up the table do people expect us to be?

Purslow, Smith, pretty much everyone connected with the club said before the season started that we were aiming higher than just safety. We were going to give the bigger teams a run for their money and push on as a club.

Honestly, all I was expecting was to be virtually safe by this point in the season. Instead, we'll almost certainly go down, which is frankly appalling given both the investment and the rhetoric.

[Big Ming]

I always thought David Wagner was going to be the next Klopp.

Perhaps if he'd had some money?

[brian green]

By a distance proportionate to the amount of money spent by the Villa fans and the Villa owners.   "stayed in touch in the Premier League"?

[tomd2103]

We've been promoted, to a cup final, and stayed in touch in the Premier League with an uninspiring squad.

The football hadn't been the greatest, granted, but how much further up the table do people expect us to be?

Purslow, Smith, pretty much everyone connected with the club said before the season started that we were aiming higher than just safety. We were going to give the bigger teams a run for their money and push on as a club.

Honestly, all I was expecting was to be virtually safe by this point in the season. Instead, we'll almost certainly go down, which is frankly appalling given both the investment and the rhetoric.

And the general standard of the teams in the bottom half of the league. 

[brian green]

Where we actually are could be described as never actually being out of touch with the Championship.

[cdbearsfan]

I imagine we will know by the end of tomorrow judging by recent dismissals. If Smith is still here at breakfast time on Tuesday, he's here till the end of the season.

[Sexual Ealing]

I imagine we will know by the end of tomorrow judging by recent dismissals. If Smith is still here at breakfast time on Tuesday, he's here till the end of the season.

I've been out all day - is there an actual possibility that he might be sacked?

[cdbearsfan]

Nobody knows. Except various people who are "In The Know". Their accuracy is questionable, in the same way that Chemical Ali's denials were.

[Sexual Ealing]

Anything credible in the press?

[RamboandBruno]

Despite the obvious fact that we are crap, we’re not actually down yet and the teams around us, including Pearson’s Watford, that is Pearson who lots were raving about when he took over their, are just as crap. Watford may have had a spectacular win over Liverpool but its the only win they’ve had in 10, that’s how long their new manager bounce has lasted. If after Liverpool and Man Utd, we are 3 or 4 points behind Bournemouth, West Ham and Watford then I think we are gone, if it’s 1 or 2 points and we have palace, Everton, arsenal and West Ham to play, then it’s all to play for.

And Dyche, I like Sean Dyche and his growl, but the irony that he got relegated with Burnley and they stuck with him, seems to have by passed a lot of Smith outers on here.We’re they heralded for then barnstorming football the year they last went down?
I’m almost past caring whether smith stays or goes, I’ve not enjoyed a game since Watford in January and that nearly gave me a heart attack. What I do know is, a lot of supporters would of realistically took 17th as an achievement this season after the way we came up and the rushed squad rebuild. Coming 17th invariably means you lose a lot of games, but this seems to have by passed a lot of people. However shite we are, and we are really hard to watch at the moment, coming 17th is not exactly the impossible given we’re on the same points as Bournemouth and West Ham and one behind Watford.
If the internet had existed in April and May 1989, it would of been interesting to see if SGT would of been getting this vitriol, as his Villa escaped an immediate return to Div 1 as it was,  by 1 point with a 1-1 draw with Cov on last day of the season. Just saying like.

[Sexual Ealing]

Despite the obvious fact that we are crap, we’re not actually down yet and the teams around us, including Pearson’s Watford, that is Pearson who lots were raving about when he took over their, are just as crap. Watford may have had a spectacular win over Liverpool but its the only win they’ve had in 10, that’s how long their new manager bounce has lasted. If after Liverpool and Man Utd, we are 3 or 4 points behind Bournemouth, West Ham and Watford then I think we are gone, if it’s 1 or 2 points and we have palace, Everton, arsenal and West Ham to play, then it’s all to play for.

And Dyche, I like Sean Dyche and his growl, but the irony that he got relegated with Burnley and they stuck with him, seems to have by passed a lot of Smith outers on here.We’re they heralded for then barnstorming football the year they last went down?
I’m almost past caring whether smith stays or goes, I’ve not enjoyed a game since Watford in January and that nearly gave me a heart attack. What I do know is, a lot of supporters would of realistically took 17th as an achievement this season after the way we came up and the rushed squad rebuild. Coming 17th invariably means you lose a lot of games, but this seems to have by passed a lot of people. However shite we are, and we are really hard to watch at the moment, coming 17th is not exactly the impossible given we’re on the same points as Bournemouth and West Ham and one behind Watford.
If the internet had existed in April and May 1989, it would of been interesting to see if SGT would of been getting this vitriol, as his Villa escaped an immediate return to Div 1 as it was,  by 1 point with a 1-1 draw with Cov on last day of the season. Just saying like.

I lean towards replacing Smith, but this is a good post.

[cdbearsfan]

Anything credible in the press?

A couple of papers which I don't wish to link to (Heil and Star) ran with the story, but they're only basing their information on the same Twitter ITK that people were discussing on here. So, no. That said, I don't really see any reason why the press would know before anyone else, unless he is already in the process of negotiating a leaving settlement.

[ChicagoLion]

We've been promoted, to a cup final, and stayed in touch in the Premier League with an uninspiring squad.

The football hadn't been the greatest, granted, but how much further up the table do people expect us to be?

Not in the relegation zone having won 7 games in 33, I thought we would be safe or close to by now.