Dean Smith - Confirmed

[Sexual Ealing]

I don't get some of the anger to be honest. Disappointment, yes because it could have gone better but I think overall this season has been a positive one.

We were all quite optimistic earlier in the season (results and performances were very good)

Bronte, I have no beef with you, and I enjoy a lot of your posts, but I enjoy them in the same way I enjoy Leonard Cohen records. The idea of you being optimistic is a stretch far enough to break reality!

[BC Villain]

Villa are a big club and that brings expectations and demands, I fully get that, but I wonder if we need to think about the fan culture at Villa. I wonder if there had been crowds at games if some would have been booing by now. We've been hammered by mediocrity for about two decades, so I think all some of us know is to sack the manager.

Our downfall has being too sentimental, patient and allowing our expectations to be constantly lowered. Giving the manager 'one more window' soon turns into 'who better could we get' and before you know it you end up with Steve Bruce, dodgy owners and without a pot to piss in.

Let me put it another way; there's a big pile of shit in the room, some can smell it before entering the room. Others need to both see it and smell it. Some need to even touch it to support their sense of smell and sight. A few strange ones want to taste it before they will admit what it is and there's a very small group that claim to like the taste and see no problem with it.

Loved reading that while about to tuck into my evening meal....

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Bom apetite!

[john e]

We are currently in 11th place with 44 points
It wouldn’t be beyond the realms of reality that if Grealish had not got injured we could have picked up another half a dozen points in the last nine games,
Maybe more but let’s play cautiously

That would have put us on 50 points
Five points behind Champions League and possibly three points behind the Europa spot
We would have been calling Dean Smith a magician
He’s not a magician he’s just a decent manager

Grealish is the magician

[dave.woodhall]

It should be recognised that Leicester's win over West Brom yesterday means we mathematically can't be relegated. A sign of real progress surely.

Without looking, guess how many Premier League games we've played in the last ten years where you could say that?

11

Nowhere near.

5

Indeed. Which puts this season into a bit of context.

[Nev]

It's often been said that our little world isn't quite representative of the wider view and it's never more stark than now.

[Monty]

It should be recognised that Leicester's win over West Brom yesterday means we mathematically can't be relegated. A sign of real progress surely.

Without looking, guess how many Premier League games we've played in the last ten years where you could say that?

11

Nowhere near.

5

Indeed. Which puts this season into a bit of context.

Christ, is that true? Jesus, what a horrific decade in our history. Eaten by the locust.

[Meanwood Villa]

We've petered out but where we are is what everyone was hoping for at the start of the season. Zero relegation worries.

[dave.woodhall]

It should be recognised that Leicester's win over West Brom yesterday means we mathematically can't be relegated. A sign of real progress surely.

Without looking, guess how many Premier League games we've played in the last ten years where you could say that?

11

Nowhere near.

5

Indeed. Which puts this season into a bit of context.

Christ, is that true? Jesus, what a horrific decade in our history. Eaten by the locust.

One in 2011, one in 2013, two in 2014, one in 2015. 2012 & 2020 it was down to the last match and 2016 we went down.

[Ian.]

We’re on the long road to recovery, with a few bumps in the road and no quick fixes while we build for the future.

[Drummond]

It should be recognised that Leicester's win over West Brom yesterday means we mathematically can't be relegated. A sign of real progress surely.

Without looking, guess how many Premier League games we've played in the last ten years where you could say that?

11

Nowhere near.

5

Indeed. Which puts this season into a bit of context.

Christ, is that true? Jesus, what a horrific decade in our history. Eaten by the locust.

One in 2011, one in 2013, two in 2014, one in 2015. 2012 & 2020 it was down to the last match and 2016 we went down.

That is absolutely awful. Worse than I thought and highlights that in this season we'll play more games in that position than in the last 10 combined. Luxury!

[AndyB6]

2010-11 we finished 9th on 48 points. Blues finished 18th on 39. We must have been safe with more than one game left? I remember us beating Liverpool and Arsenal in our last two matches and West Ham away before those games that pretty much made us 'safe' if not mathematically.

[dave.woodhall]

2010-11 we finished 9th on 48 points. Blues finished 18th on 39. We must have been safe with more than one game left? I remember us beating Liverpool and Arsenal in our last two matches and West Ham away before those games that pretty much made us 'safe' if not mathematically.

We were only mathematically safe after beating Arsenal. The last game was that day when we went up five places.

[eamonn]

Does that mean we're an incredibly exciting team to support even in a decade of dirge ?

[eamonn]

I don't get some of the anger to be honest. Disappointment, yes because it could have gone better but I think overall this season has been a positive one.

We were all quite optimistic earlier in the season (results and performances were very good)

Bronte, I have no beef with you, and I enjoy a lot of your posts, but I enjoy them in the same way I enjoy Leonard Cohen records. The idea of you being optimistic is a stretch far enough to break reality!

You want it darker.