Dean Smith - Confirmed

[Risso]

Got one too. Didn't mention if Jack was back on the grass or not, so binned it.

[Villa Lew]

There was a PS in my letter saying we would be signing Mbappe in the summer, he obviously forgot to put it on anyone else's.

[Clampy]

Good post RamboandBruno. I'm happy with Dean at the moment. He's doing ok. Room for improvement obviously but as it stands, I'm fine with him.

I've had a letter off him too, which was jolly nice.

[wince]

Reading through this thread in the last few days I have some thoughts. We are in one of Deans slumps at the moment. When we win we do well. When we don’t it looks like he hasn’t got a clue.
We are over reliant on Grealish. However he is a higher calibre than many at our club so who wouldn’t be? We need a team of that quality.

Our expectations have been clouded by what we achieved early on in the season. When we should have craved stability we got taken on a ride that had us looking at Europe and giving it the big one to wolves. When it turned and the results started sliding it is doom and gloom. But go back to the times we were stuck in the championship. The club teams wanted to scalp. Look at playing the likes of Burton and Rotherham and then look at where we are now. Safe in the top flight in March for the first time since 2011?

Puts it in perspective and we should not let ourselves win the league in our head due to the weight of expectation. This is a marathon not a sprint and I used to think dean wasn’t the one for us. Now I think he actually is. Just takes time.
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[CT]

There was a PS in my letter saying we would be signing Mbappe in the summer, he obviously forgot to put it on anyone else's.

I’ve just got mine in the post, but it says KDB on mine. He did ask me not to tell anyone though, so this is just between us ok?

[Villa Lew]

There was a PS in my letter saying we would be signing Mbappe in the summer, he obviously forgot to put it on anyone else's.

I’ve just got mine in the post, but it says KDB on mine. He did ask me not to tell anyone though, so this is just between us ok?

No problem your secret is safe with me.

[OCD]

It said Erling Haaland in mine.

[john e]

My PS just says I’ve been reading your posts and i’m keeping my eye on you
With a picture of some random stakes and a fire emoji

[purpletrousers]

My PS just says I’ve been reading your posts and i’m keeping my eye on you
With a picture of some random stakes and a fire emoji

Your sure that wasn’t an old Tony Xia equation?

I thought the letter was lovely.

Admittedly (in the midst of a generally tough phase of life) it’s arrival punctuated a fraught half hour where I thought I’d overnight lost £3k of electric car grant through the Govt changing the entitlement.

My feeling was it was pretty heartfelt and entirely unnecessary, which made it great. No idea if I’ll be able to renew practically with two nippers under two (little AV joined last month by her lil sis Luna) and financially, but nice to be remembered and written to.

[purpletrousers]

I should add she wasn’t knowingly named after our Antonio, which might have been understandable given my sole trip to the Emirates (thanks again Joe C) was witnessing Tony Moon’s Villa career highlight rampaging into nosebleed territory & slotting home. She was born on the full moon though.

[Sexual Ealing]

Dean Smith must hate me. I didn't get one - what did it say?

[purpletrousers]

Dean Smith must hate me. I didn't get one - what did it say?

He hates you.

[purpletrousers]

[Sexual Ealing]

Thanks PT. I don't know what his problem with me is, but he's cutting off his face to spite his nose as far as I'm concerned.

[kippaxvilla2]

PS it’s Fcukin shin splints okay!