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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9225 on: July 11, 2020, 02:25:11 PM »
I’d like to think there’s a lot of employees at Villa who would be suitably ashamed, especially watching Watford fighting like proper lions against Newcastle.

I doubt some of our players give two shits. They’ll all be back out tomorrow, jogging around, making sure they don’t get injured so they can move away in a few weeks.

2015/16 deja vu.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9226 on: July 11, 2020, 02:27:47 PM »
Maybe if we get relegated They don’t have to pay as much compo.  That’s the only thing I can think of for him still being here. May as well do it after tomorrow.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9227 on: July 11, 2020, 02:28:30 PM »
The most damning thing i can say about smith is that, Luiz aside, each player has got worse as the season has gone on. He seems a decent sort, but he's clearly not up to the job, but he's not the only one. I'd get rid of him and suso once relegation is confirmed. The idea of DoF and head coach is one i like, but it's been poorly executed.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9228 on: July 11, 2020, 02:29:11 PM »
C**ts, with exception of Heaton, Douglas Luiz, Wesley, Taylor, Konsa and Hause.

Hate them as much as I hated the 2015-16 team. They had everything behind them- packed stadium every week until the lockdown, resources, good will...you name it.

Bottlers, but this is on the management team. Those thrown away points at the start of the season finished us.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9229 on: July 11, 2020, 02:30:55 PM »
The owners need to explain why they didn't relieve Mr Smith of his duties in January or June.

If they dismiss him as our relegation is confirmed then that will be beyond a farce.


January was the time to do it and I said as much at the time. They should have thrown a contract until the end of the season with a big survival bonus included at Big Sam. He would have kept us up and we could have made a long term decision at the end of the season.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9230 on: July 11, 2020, 02:35:38 PM »
I never, ever want to again see a manager's portrait on the back of one of our stands.

We set ourselves up to fail.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9231 on: July 11, 2020, 02:38:08 PM »
Maybe if we get relegated They don’t have to pay as much compo.  That’s the only thing I can think of for him still being here. May as well do it after tomorrow.
The cost of relegation dwarfs the amount we'd save on compo.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9232 on: July 11, 2020, 02:38:26 PM »
We seem to employ managers that the owners are comfortable with when we should have a nasty angry bastard in charge.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9233 on: July 11, 2020, 02:39:34 PM »
it's just been a pathetic mess - I'd happily see all of them leave and start again.... Grealish I'd miss, but he knows he's off.
« Last Edit: July 11, 2020, 02:41:09 PM by N'ZMAV »

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9234 on: July 11, 2020, 02:39:54 PM »
Maybe if we get relegated They don’t have to pay as much compo.  That’s the only thing I can think of for him still being here. May as well do it after tomorrow.
The cost of relegation dwarfs the amount we'd save on compo.
I think he means now as opposed to when relegation is confirmed, assuming there is a relegation clause of course.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9235 on: July 11, 2020, 02:40:26 PM »
I never, ever want to again see a manager's portrait on the back of one of our stands.

We set ourselves up to fail.

We have it on one season sale or return.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9236 on: July 11, 2020, 02:42:44 PM »
Faces change, owners change, CEOs change but the meek, passive acceptance of, at best, utter mediocrity and at worst shameful under performance remains.

Where is the pride?

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9237 on: July 11, 2020, 02:44:44 PM »
it's just been a pathetic mess - I'd happily see all of them leave and start again.... Grealish I'd miss, but he knows he's off.

Grealish must be one of the few players in 140 years of Villa who can say he was relegated twice. Might sound harsh but I haven't seen much fight in him when we needed it. And, as captain, he let his club down during the lockdown.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9238 on: July 11, 2020, 02:56:28 PM »
The fact he’s still here makes me think they have absolutely no intention of getting rid of him. If we were going down fighting and showing some balls and playing good football I could sort of understand it but we are not. Maybe he could get us back up but really what’s the point? He can’t handle this division.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9239 on: July 11, 2020, 02:57:15 PM »
Faces change, owners change, CEOs change but the meek, passive acceptance of, at best, utter mediocrity and at worst shameful under performance remains.

Where is the pride?

And this is from a Villa fan in charge!  I think he knows he’s going and has given up.

 


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