Dean Smith - Confirmed

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Would you really change the formation and tactics just to accommodate Keinan Davis?

This is it. Move your number 1 goal scorer out of the central position to accommodate somebody who doesn't score.

If Spurs shunted Kane out wide for somebody similar we'd be delighted. I want Davis to have a bash though.

[N'ZMAV]

Absolutely no chance of us finishing top 6 with gormless in charge. Get rid.

I don't think there's a real chance of top 6 with any manager at the moment

[N'ZMAV]

I'd be happy to see Davis up front with Watkins - no way would I be shifting Watkins out wide to play Davis.

[Lastfootstamper]

Would you really change the formation and tactics just to accommodate Keinan Davis?

Of course. It's easy. You just move our one genuine actual goal threat into another position where we as supporters have decided he'll obviously be good.

[dave.woodhall]

Absolutely no chance of us finishing top 6 with gormless in charge. Get rid.

I don't think there's a real chance of top 6 with any manager at the moment

And that's something we should remember. How many clubs get promoted and finish top six within two years?

[Risso]

Would you really change the formation and tactics just to accommodate Keinan Davis?

This is it. Move your number 1 goal scorer out of the central position to accommodate somebody who doesn't score.

If Spurs shunted Kane out wide for somebody similar we'd be delighted. I want Davis to have a bash though.

It's a front three, so hardly like we'd be moving Watkins to right back, he's just be playing slightly wider than he is now, which he is more than capable of. In the place of one of our wingers, who are all abysmal, Traore especially.

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Yes, let's sack a manager because we haven't gone from 17th to 6th in a season.

I agree with you.

By the way, you don't have to defend him in every post that he's condemned. You aren't friends.

Thanks for the advice, step up from crying and calling me a twat.

I'm not entirely sure about the crying part, but the character description, I stand by. You won't be getting an apology that's for sure.

Please don't talk to me. I'm only just back from a ban and I'd prefer not to interact with you

Nearly half 1 in the morning and you're sniding on about somebody you've never met. Send your PMs, have a bitch, have a drink and relax.

[Axl Rose]

Absolutely no chance of us finishing top 6 with gormless in charge. Get rid.

I don't think there's a real chance of top 6 with any manager at the moment

You're probably right to be honest, mate. I should be a bit more understanding, I know.

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Would you really change the formation and tactics just to accommodate Keinan Davis?

This is it. Move your number 1 goal scorer out of the central position to accommodate somebody who doesn't score.

If Spurs shunted Kane out wide for somebody similar we'd be delighted. I want Davis to have a bash though.

It's a front three, so hardly like we'd be moving Watkins to right back, he's just be playing slightly wider than he is now, which he is more than capable of. In the place of one of our wingers, who are all abysmal, Traore especially.

Who do you want in the width of the goal though when Traore actually puts in a quality ball? Watkins or Davis?

It's best as a 2 with a diamond.

[Risso]

Absolutely no chance of us finishing top 6 with gormless in charge. Get rid.

I don't think there's a real chance of top 6 with any manager at the moment

And that's something we should remember. How many clubs get promoted and finish top six within two years?

How many are owned by one of the richest men in the world?

[Ketzster]

Would you really change the formation and tactics just to accommodate Keinan Davis?

Yes I’d give it a go. Watkins is often pretty isolated, as was Tammy Abraham for long periods in the championship. When we go through prolonged periods playing like this under Smith, and it’s obviously not working, it would be nice if he would try something different. I’m well aware you don’t agree, but giving Watkins somebody to play off up front can’t be any worse than what we have seen for a lot of the time over the last however many games. It would be worth trying. It might not work, but what Smith is doing now isn’t working anyway

[Sexual Ealing]

Unfortunately I’m beginning to think Dean may not cut it at this level. His starting line up was all wrong as were his subs. What the hell is Barkley even doing in the squad let alone coming on, completely useless. I feel very sorry for Davis who deserves to be starting games.

We lost to the champions, who scored an injury time winner. We didn't play that well but we kept at them and he made attacking subs - there was no MON/Bruce-style hanging on and hoping for a point.

I like Davis, and I'd have brought him on, but what in the universe has he done to 'deserve to be starting games'?!

You could say the same about Traore, but he starts every week, despite being absolutely terrible, week in, week out.

Traore's scored a few goals. Which isn't to have a dig at Davis, because he's not had a proper chance playing in a good team, but 'deserves to start'? I'm not so sure.

[SoccerHQ]

I tend to fall on the Axl Rose side of the argument. It is incredibly frustrating having a manager that never really makes any changes other than the like for like substitutions. We keep hearing he is learning, but is he really? I don’t see it because you know it will always be 4-3-3, no matter who we are playing and no matter what the situation in the game is normally. We don’t have the squad to do that. Liverpool can for example because they have better players than most teams in the league. Personally I do wonder whether we are wasting a golden opportunity. We’ve got owners who spend a fortune and it just feels like we are wasting the chance to do something. Eventually the owners might stop spending so much and will we look back and think if only they’d gone and given that money to a top manager?

Time will tell. He's certainly beyond doubt earned a crack at next season (not sure how anyone on here could argue otherwise) but ultimately the time to really have a go is with Grealish actually at the club.

Not convinced we'll just rise effortlessly up the league as many seem to think next season. For a start our defence might not be as good with injuries and stuff so we're going to need much more goal power in final third so pressure to get in two really good attacking players to get us scoring 2s and 3s more regularly. It's what twice in 2021 we've scored more than one goal in a game?

I don't follow american sports but wasn't it said Wes replaced a DS type manager at the baseball team with a more winning one? Think this time next year they'll have a bit of a decision to make, like when Man. City sacked Mark Hughes despite him being 5th/6th in the league as they wanted to be winning stuff and that decision was completely correct in the long run, same when Chelsea let Ranieri go despite finishing 2nd.

We have the Lerner period to look back on with horror at how quickly it all went tits up so I have a nagging fear we'll build slowly, other clubs will gamble a bit quicker and then we'll go into self destruct mode when Jack leaves and fall back down the table. Badly hope I'm wrong.

[Risso]

Would you really change the formation and tactics just to accommodate Keinan Davis?

This is it. Move your number 1 goal scorer out of the central position to accommodate somebody who doesn't score.

If Spurs shunted Kane out wide for somebody similar we'd be delighted. I want Davis to have a bash though.

It's a front three, so hardly like we'd be moving Watkins to right back, he's just be playing slightly wider than he is now, which he is more than capable of. In the place of one of our wingers, who are all abysmal, Traore especially.

Who do you want in the width of the goal though when Traore actually puts in a quality ball? Watkins or Davis?

It's best as a 2 with a diamond.

I'd really rather never see Traore in a Villa shirt again if it's all the same.

[Toronto Villa]

Absolutely no chance of us finishing top 6 with gormless in charge. Get rid.

I don't think there's a real chance of top 6 with any manager at the moment

And that's something we should remember. How many clubs get promoted and finish top six within two years?

It doesn’t need to be top six. But we are literally falling away dramatically. I get we’ve lost our best player but the drop off should not be this extreme. And there is every chance now we will finish in the bottom half with a recently promoted Leeds finishing above us having spent significantly less.