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Offline N'ZMAV

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9285 on: July 11, 2020, 05:19:12 PM »
let's hope the owners have a plan for the championship

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9286 on: July 11, 2020, 05:22:47 PM »
We’re as good as relegated. Of course it was the wrong decision.

Not really, who would've taken the job during the lockdown and how well would the change work without proper training? If there was someone lined up ready to come in just before the lockdown then fair enough but if they didn't have that then I just don't think you can say for sure that a change would've been 100% the right call.

So the smart thing to do would have been to have friendly conversations with a number of targets before the season restarted and have one or two interested parties potentially willing to take over at short notice if Dean failed to pick up a win in his first 2-3 games. The promise of a £1m survival bonus would have been ample sweetener for the likes of Allardyce.

We've played 6 now and it's too late to affect anything ourselves at this point. I think it's a disgrace and it's total mismanagement from the top down, given the massive hole it's going to blow in Club finances.

I agree, but that's a different topic to whether we should've sacked him during the lockdown.  All I can think is that they know who they want to talk to and know he's not available until the end of the season so they didn't want to roll the dice and be stuck with someone they don't want long term.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9287 on: July 11, 2020, 05:29:22 PM »
We’ll never know, but I wonder if conversations with potential managers had taken place after the Leicester debacle in the days leading up to Chelsea. I can see why Covid made them step back but it may turn out to be a huge turning point in our history if we can’t turn things round quickly next season.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9288 on: July 11, 2020, 05:55:49 PM »
Trying to run a recruitment process when the country is in lockdown and the owners are on different continents would make the logistics of almost impossible so I can understand why the held off.

Have they heard of ZOOM?

Football isn't exactly your run of the mill business, if you want a survival specialist you pick up the phone and get Big Sam.

We all know what happened the last time Fat Sam was seen on video.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9289 on: July 11, 2020, 05:58:31 PM »
Smith has been our worst performer this season amongst some pretty strong competition. If he keeps his job he’s an extremely lucky man.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9290 on: July 11, 2020, 06:00:29 PM »
I just cannot get my head around billionaire owners sticking with him for so long when it’s obvious we are going down. How did they make their fortunes?
If you hire a CEO you entrust them with executive responsibility for the organisation.
Billionaires know that you have to allow the CEO to run the business, they can not spend all of their time hiring and firing CEOs, if they did they would not be billionaires.

Fair comment. So my my next question is how the hell is Purslow still on a job when he’s failed so miserably?

I’m sure these guys have sacked enough people in their time to realise they are going to lose a hell of a lot of money.
As said before, they would have been asking questions December, they must have backed him to sort it out Jan, then we get to the LC Final, then Covid.
I would hope that Purslow is fired soon.

Offline David_Nab

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9291 on: July 11, 2020, 06:13:22 PM »
Dyche's style of play is not  attractive I keep reading ,as if Smith style currently is. Infact we have no style  we are horrible to watch after almost a whole season inc a 3 month break we still resemble a team who have only just been put together.
Dyche plays long ball ..yeah because Mings rarely just punts it up the pitch.

Why didn't we sack him post Covid break , I can only imagine Purslow brought into the guff from Smith about getting the players to study how City and Liverpool play and with more coaching the team would come good.The only difference pre break is we concede less but this has been achieved by stifling the attacking aspect of the team and Luiz playing out of his skin.


Offline Big Ming

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9292 on: July 11, 2020, 06:42:39 PM »
Watching Sheffield Utd just now.

Average squad.

Fit, motivated and organised.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9293 on: July 11, 2020, 06:44:25 PM »
Watching Sheffield Utd just now.

Average squad.

Fit, motivated and organised.
you have to have that, it’s a given to compete.
Good teams work hard first, everything comes from that.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9294 on: July 11, 2020, 06:51:19 PM »
Watching Sheffield Utd just now.

Average squad.

Fit, motivated and organised.
you have to have that, it’s a given to compete.
Good teams work hard first, everything comes from that.

And that is the really disappointing thing about Dean - even if you can forgive the shit tactics, the bad use of Grealish, the piss poor game management, all of that stuff, you would at least expect to see some fitness and fight from the team.

There has been pretty much none of that, we've not looked really fit enough at any point this season, our fitness levels and application have been dreadful, nothing like good enough - these are things that should be an absolute given, a starting point.

Look at the state of McGinn since he has come back, for example. He looks Richard Dunn sized.

If we thought he had the players looking like they'd run through brick walls, like they could compete for 90 minutes, it would have bought him a lot more respect, but he has not, not at any point. That's really, really poor.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9295 on: July 11, 2020, 06:55:32 PM »
That he’s been allowed to appear back in the side looking like that is simply beyond understanding and I’m quite a clever bloke.  Who is it that looks at him and says ‘yep he’s in shape and ready to fight for our survival.’  It’s really, really unprofessional.  Everyone I’ve spoken to not linked to Villa have noticed it.

Offline Big Ming

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9296 on: July 11, 2020, 07:01:51 PM »
Watching Sheffield Utd just now.

Average squad.

Fit, motivated and organised.
you have to have that, it’s a given to compete.
Good teams work hard first, everything comes from that.
Watching Enda Stevens.

Wilder has turned him into a top left wing back.

Grrrr!

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9297 on: July 11, 2020, 07:04:18 PM »
That he’s been allowed to appear back in the side looking like that is simply beyond understanding and I’m quite a clever bloke.  Who is it that looks at him and says ‘yep he’s in shape and ready to fight for our survival.’  It’s really, really unprofessional.  Everyone I’ve spoken to not linked to Villa have noticed it.

Sports science people, physios, fitness coaches. I assume we employ them, and if so, what the fuck are they doing?

Who was monitoring McGinn, his weight, fitness etc? Shambolic. I heard much more professionalism from Wycombe Wanderers the other night. Could be interesting if we end up playing them next season.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9298 on: July 11, 2020, 07:07:57 PM »
I remember at the start of the season I was really looking forward to it because I'd bought into the Smith myth of no matter what the opposition we will always go and give it a go and try and win the game

What on earth happened


Offline hilts_coolerking

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #9299 on: July 11, 2020, 07:09:56 PM »
I remember at the start of the season I was really looking forward to it because I'd bought into the Smith myth of no matter what the opposition we will always go and give it a go and try and win the game

What on earth happened
It was bullshit from the get go.  You can't afford to be gung ho, all game every game, and definitely not in the PL.

 


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