Dean Smith - Confirmed

[OzVilla]

He is getting more wrong than right, it is Mings Konsa and Martinez that are holding this team together.
We are in a terrible run of form with so many players off the pace and looking jaded.
Without Jack we are a lower league team.

“Lower league team” what like championship? 14 clean sheets in the PL (should just have been 15). We are bang average mid table in the form guide in 2021. Performances have dropped off. But lower league team?

[dave.woodhall]

Some of these latest posts are embarrassing. If it was any other club we'd be ripping the piss out of them. 

[SoccerHQ]

Season is petering out very badly, Smith needs to turn this around or I don't think he will survive the summer. There isn't anything remotely progressive about the style of football being played, it's as bad as anything I can recall watching Villa to be honest. His record as head coach without Jack in the team is verging on embarrassing.

Bit OTT.

It's a disappointing patch but ulimately teams that finish 9th or 10th like this one will don't win 20 + games in a season.

We're broadly having the same season we had in MON's first year and most seasons under Gregory. In 2000/01 season we won 13 games all season to finish 8th so one win off that total now.

It's a mid table season. Perhaps we could've done more but it will do for now.

Think last few weeks have shown to be a credible challenger for european football we need much more. One to stop our basic whole world revolving around Jack Grealish as good as he is. Another is we can't be taken seriously for europe while our backup striker remains Keinan Davis (and we need to be patient with Wes as 14 months out is a huge amount of time) so a good one needs to be signed. And we need real quality on the right.

Do all that and we can be better next season. A bit more rotation in the first few months with key players wouldn't go amiss either as in last 20 years we seem to have made it an art form to be in good positons in the league around Feb and then we barely win a game from that point as our first 11 has been run into the ground.

[Ian.]

Some of these latest posts are embarrassing. If it was any other club we'd be ripping the piss out of them. 

My thoughts exactly.

[Drummond]

Some of these latest posts are embarrassing. If it was any other club we'd be ripping the piss out of them.

It's always the same. Passions run high when we don't win.

[dave.woodhall]

Some of these latest posts are embarrassing. If it was any other club we'd be ripping the piss out of them.

It's always the same. Passions run high when we don't win.

Perhaps a bit of perspective might be called for.

[Rudy65]

Some of these latest posts are embarrassing. If it was any other club we'd be ripping the piss out of them.

It's always the same. Passions run high when we don't win.

Not sure about that. It’s when the performances are consistently poor to bang average that we all get frustrated

[tomd2103]

Still think his hands are tied somewhat by the fact that some of the squad aren't up to it and it limits his options.  The injury to Grealish hasn't helped and he's been let down by Barkley who was brought in to make a difference.

We have been struggling since the COVID break, but we have made strides this season so far.  If we can strengthen the squad again in the summer so that there are genuine options, then I think that next season will be the time to judge Dean Smith properly.

[brontebilly]

Season is petering out very badly, Smith needs to turn this around or I don't think he will survive the summer. There isn't anything remotely progressive about the style of football being played, it's as bad as anything I can recall watching Villa to be honest. His record as head coach without Jack in the team is verging on embarrassing.

Bit OTT.

It's a disappointing patch but ulimately teams that finish 9th or 10th like this one will don't win 20 + games in a season.

We're broadly having the same season we had in MON's first year and most seasons under Gregory. In 2000/01 season we won 13 games all season to finish 8th so one win off that total now.

It's a mid table season. Perhaps we could've done more but it will do for now.

Think last few weeks have shown to be a credible challenger for european football we need much more. One to stop our basic whole world revolving around Jack Grealish as good as he is. Another is we can't be taken seriously for europe while our backup striker remains Keinan Davis (and we need to be patient with Wes as 14 months out is a huge amount of time) so a good one needs to be signed. And we need real quality on the right.

Do all that and we can be better next season. A bit more rotation in the first few months with key players wouldn't go amiss either as in last 20 years we seem to have made it an art form to be in good positons in the league around Feb and then we barely win a game from that point as our first 11 has been run into the ground.

If this run continues do you think there is any chance of Grealish staying this season? I don't I have to say. Earlier in the season, even if results were patchy, we were still playing good football and looked a team of promise. Now we are playing a shite version of Pulisball. 

It's a strange season for various reasons but it's also a low quality league. Moyes West Ham who were also fighting relegation last season are up chasing a European spot. Having spent the bones of 90m this season and having one of the best players in the division in our team, I think we had the chance to really kick on this year.

[Villan82]

We all saw a short-cut to the big time opening up midway through the season. We saw a bright future where we could realistically play in Europe for the first time in a decade.

That is now looking unlikely and it is disappointing. Yes, would have taken it at the start of the season but it is disappointing to see it peter out (especially when one or two players might get itchy feet in the summer).

[Steve67]

We are still very much a team in the making and poor runs of form are quite often a sign of this. I have no doubts that the team will continue to move forward with a couple of positive purchases in the summer and we will steadily build over the next few years. Whilst it’s frustrating seeing performances like this, we are safely in mid-table and are likely to be up and down.  I am sure that Dean Smith sees exactly what we see and will improve talent in the squad going forward.

[ChicagoLion]

He is getting more wrong than right, it is Mings Konsa and Martinez that are holding this team together.
We are in a terrible run of form with so many players off the pace and looking jaded.
Without Jack we are a lower league team.

“Lower league team” what like championship? 14 clean sheets in the PL (should just have been 15). We are bang average mid table in the form guide in 2021. Performances have dropped off. But lower league team?

I meant lower as in nearer the bottom not Div 4 FFS.

[john e]

We are still very much a team in the making and poor runs of form are quite often a sign of this. I have no doubts that the team will continue to move forward with a couple of positive purchases in the summer and we will steadily build over the next few years. Whilst it’s frustrating seeing performances like this, we are safely in mid-table and are likely to be up and down.  I am sure that Dean Smith sees exactly what we see and will improve talent in the squad going forward.

Sorry I don’t agree with any of that
We are not a team in the making we are a team that relies on Grealish

Without him we are a bottom half side
Maybe not bottom three but bottom six probably

Without Grealish we are no better than Newcastle

Some of you guys that think we are progressing in the right direction and Smith has it all under control are going to get a very big surprise if Grealish leaves
And let’s face it why should the best in England stay and play with Players who aren’t good enough to lace his boots

we are not progressing into a very good side we can look a very good side because we have one of the best players in the world
Yes we will get wins without him the same way as Sheffield United Newcastle and all the other teams in the bottom half get a few wins

But we are very ordinary bang average slow no creativity with literally zero ideas from management side
Yes I might get accused of overreacting and my post being embarrassing but what’s more embarrassing is that shower of shit that I saw last night trying to play football
Absolute garbage on and off the pitch

Sorry for the embarrassing post Dave but I don’t give a shit

[Sexual Ealing]

I'm not sure that's true, because if Grealish goes we'll have more money than we've ever had to spend on players.

[john e]

I'm not sure that's true, because if Grealish goes we'll have more money than we've ever had to spend on players.

You’ll still need an elite manager to take the team into the top six though if that’s our ambition