Quote from: chrisw1 on July 22, 2020, 01:59:49 PMOh FFS, just when I was having a good day.Maybe for Chris’s peace of mind it wood be a good idea if a splinter group should branch out into a separate Punathon thread.....Ok, Ok , I’ll leaf it alone now.
Oh FFS, just when I was having a good day.
Quote from: Fred Crump on July 22, 2020, 02:08:50 PMQuote from: chrisw1 on July 22, 2020, 01:59:49 PMOh FFS, just when I was having a good day.Maybe for Chris’s peace of mind it wood be a good idea if a splinter group should branch out into a separate Punathon thread.....Ok, Ok , I’ll leaf it alone now.Don't lumber us with another thread.
Quote from: ez on July 22, 2020, 01:55:12 PMQuote from: Alex77 on July 22, 2020, 01:48:46 PMQuote from: paul_e on July 22, 2020, 01:42:39 PMQuote from: hilts_coolerking on July 22, 2020, 01:39:41 PMQuote from: dave shelley on July 22, 2020, 01:35:48 PMIf, and it's a big if, we survive playing as we did last night then it will prove, to me anyway, that the players are behind him which I really thought they weren't. That, going forward is a big plus.That's a very good point. Like you, I thought the poor, listless performances both before and immediately after the break showed that the players had lost faith in him. But the last three or four games show that even if that was true, he's got them back. Fair play to him.Last 3, the one before that was the worst performance under him by a log way.Yes, the performances were wooden. Or am I barking up the wrong tree?The last 3 games have been akin to must win games and we've played well in them. Maybe Smith's had a change of attitude. Don’t be a plank.
Quote from: Alex77 on July 22, 2020, 01:48:46 PMQuote from: paul_e on July 22, 2020, 01:42:39 PMQuote from: hilts_coolerking on July 22, 2020, 01:39:41 PMQuote from: dave shelley on July 22, 2020, 01:35:48 PMIf, and it's a big if, we survive playing as we did last night then it will prove, to me anyway, that the players are behind him which I really thought they weren't. That, going forward is a big plus.That's a very good point. Like you, I thought the poor, listless performances both before and immediately after the break showed that the players had lost faith in him. But the last three or four games show that even if that was true, he's got them back. Fair play to him.Last 3, the one before that was the worst performance under him by a log way.Yes, the performances were wooden. Or am I barking up the wrong tree?The last 3 games have been akin to must win games and we've played well in them. Maybe Smith's had a change of attitude.
Quote from: paul_e on July 22, 2020, 01:42:39 PMQuote from: hilts_coolerking on July 22, 2020, 01:39:41 PMQuote from: dave shelley on July 22, 2020, 01:35:48 PMIf, and it's a big if, we survive playing as we did last night then it will prove, to me anyway, that the players are behind him which I really thought they weren't. That, going forward is a big plus.That's a very good point. Like you, I thought the poor, listless performances both before and immediately after the break showed that the players had lost faith in him. But the last three or four games show that even if that was true, he's got them back. Fair play to him.Last 3, the one before that was the worst performance under him by a log way.Yes, the performances were wooden. Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Quote from: hilts_coolerking on July 22, 2020, 01:39:41 PMQuote from: dave shelley on July 22, 2020, 01:35:48 PMIf, and it's a big if, we survive playing as we did last night then it will prove, to me anyway, that the players are behind him which I really thought they weren't. That, going forward is a big plus.That's a very good point. Like you, I thought the poor, listless performances both before and immediately after the break showed that the players had lost faith in him. But the last three or four games show that even if that was true, he's got them back. Fair play to him.Last 3, the one before that was the worst performance under him by a log way.
Quote from: dave shelley on July 22, 2020, 01:35:48 PMIf, and it's a big if, we survive playing as we did last night then it will prove, to me anyway, that the players are behind him which I really thought they weren't. That, going forward is a big plus.That's a very good point. Like you, I thought the poor, listless performances both before and immediately after the break showed that the players had lost faith in him. But the last three or four games show that even if that was true, he's got them back. Fair play to him.
If, and it's a big if, we survive playing as we did last night then it will prove, to me anyway, that the players are behind him which I really thought they weren't. That, going forward is a big plus.
i for one won't pine for Dean if he goes.
Smith’s game-management was superb, particularly his timing and choice of substitutes to maintain Villa’s supreme enterprise levels
Quote from: mr underhill on July 22, 2020, 02:46:37 PMi for one won't pine for Dean if he goes.We would deal with it.
If he fails to keep us up I’m happy for him to stay as I think he’s a great candidate for getting us back up. If we stay up I don’t think he’s such a great choice for consolidating a mid table finish next year.