Pre-Covid we lost 0 points from winning positions and post Covid we've lost 19.
I really don't think there is any "decision" to be made this summer. This is the end of his 3rd season with us, and we have improved in each and every one of those seasons. Yes, there have been stretches of incredible form, and stretches of very poor form - but season-on-season, we're improving.Now, that said, we are now very much at the point where the law of diminishing returns REALLY kicks in. It is a LOT easier to go from 17th to 11th, than it is to go from 11th into the top 6. The pressure will really be on next season, particularly if we've invested a reasonable amount again this summer, and if we look like still being a midtable side by Xmas (and there aren't some obvious reasons that are beyond Dean's control), then I think his time might be up. But I'm very hopeful that with another couple of additions we will be genuine European candidates next season.
Quote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 07:38:47 PMPre-Covid we lost 0 points from winning positions and post Covid we've lost 19.so it’s still down to Covid?
Quote from: ChicagoLion on May 16, 2021, 07:40:43 PMQuote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 07:38:47 PMPre-Covid we lost 0 points from winning positions and post Covid we've lost 19.so it’s still down to Covid?Think that statistic demonstrates it was a significant event in the season. There's been other factors too, there is no single cause for the up and down nature of the season. But 9 of our players contracting a disease isn't too handy.
Quote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 08:00:18 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on May 16, 2021, 07:40:43 PMQuote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 07:38:47 PMPre-Covid we lost 0 points from winning positions and post Covid we've lost 19.so it’s still down to Covid?Think that statistic demonstrates it was a significant event in the season. There's been other factors too, there is no single cause for the up and down nature of the season. But 9 of our players contracting a disease isn't too handy.I don’t think any one can deny it had an impact.I just don’t think it can continue to excuse such poor returns from winning positions over 2 seasons.He never seems to make a proactive decision, at best it’s reactive at worst passive and indecisive.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on May 16, 2021, 08:15:52 PMQuote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 08:00:18 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on May 16, 2021, 07:40:43 PMQuote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 07:38:47 PMPre-Covid we lost 0 points from winning positions and post Covid we've lost 19.so it’s still down to Covid?Think that statistic demonstrates it was a significant event in the season. There's been other factors too, there is no single cause for the up and down nature of the season. But 9 of our players contracting a disease isn't too handy.I don’t think any one can deny it had an impact.I just don’t think it can continue to excuse such poor returns from winning positions over 2 seasons.He never seems to make a proactive decision, at best it’s reactive at worst passive and indecisive.He never seems to make a proactive decision apart from the times he has and we’ve won games, or again are the numerous games we’ve won only down to the players and not Smith, in which case he can’t win with you and the same posters on here who wanted him gone last season.There is nothing surer than Smith will get the sack at some point, it’s the nature of the beast of the last 40 odd years, unless your Alex Ferguson, or we really progress quickly and he moves on from us. However, despite the disappointments of 2021, he has done a good job and progressed us. He’s suffered this year from losing his biggest big game player for 1/3 of the season and one of his others being a gamble that has paid off. Let’s see who we get in, who we let go and how we do next season. Talk of getting rid now, strikes me as the kind of over privileged stuff, ‘we’re Aston Villa don’t you know who we are’. we’ve heard this kind of stuff from some Wolves fans moaning about Nuno.
Quote from: RamboandBruno on May 16, 2021, 08:43:03 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on May 16, 2021, 08:15:52 PMQuote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 08:00:18 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on May 16, 2021, 07:40:43 PMQuote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 07:38:47 PMPre-Covid we lost 0 points from winning positions and post Covid we've lost 19.so it’s still down to Covid?Think that statistic demonstrates it was a significant event in the season. There's been other factors too, there is no single cause for the up and down nature of the season. But 9 of our players contracting a disease isn't too handy.I don’t think any one can deny it had an impact.I just don’t think it can continue to excuse such poor returns from winning positions over 2 seasons.He never seems to make a proactive decision, at best it’s reactive at worst passive and indecisive.He never seems to make a proactive decision apart from the times he has and we’ve won games, or again are the numerous games we’ve won only down to the players and not Smith, in which case he can’t win with you and the same posters on here who wanted him gone last season.There is nothing surer than Smith will get the sack at some point, it’s the nature of the beast of the last 40 odd years, unless your Alex Ferguson, or we really progress quickly and he moves on from us. However, despite the disappointments of 2021, he has done a good job and progressed us. He’s suffered this year from losing his biggest big game player for 1/3 of the season and one of his others being a gamble that has paid off. Let’s see who we get in, who we let go and how we do next season. Talk of getting rid now, strikes me as the kind of over privileged stuff, ‘we’re Aston Villa don’t you know who we are’. we’ve heard this kind of stuff from some Wolves fans moaning about Nuno.do You need to see the stats regarding losing points from winning positions?
Quote from: ChicagoLion on May 16, 2021, 08:50:43 PMQuote from: RamboandBruno on May 16, 2021, 08:43:03 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on May 16, 2021, 08:15:52 PMQuote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 08:00:18 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on May 16, 2021, 07:40:43 PMQuote from: Ads on May 16, 2021, 07:38:47 PMPre-Covid we lost 0 points from winning positions and post Covid we've lost 19.so it’s still down to Covid?Think that statistic demonstrates it was a significant event in the season. There's been other factors too, there is no single cause for the up and down nature of the season. But 9 of our players contracting a disease isn't too handy.I don’t think any one can deny it had an impact.I just don’t think it can continue to excuse such poor returns from winning positions over 2 seasons.He never seems to make a proactive decision, at best it’s reactive at worst passive and indecisive.He never seems to make a proactive decision apart from the times he has and we’ve won games, or again are the numerous games we’ve won only down to the players and not Smith, in which case he can’t win with you and the same posters on here who wanted him gone last season.There is nothing surer than Smith will get the sack at some point, it’s the nature of the beast of the last 40 odd years, unless your Alex Ferguson, or we really progress quickly and he moves on from us. However, despite the disappointments of 2021, he has done a good job and progressed us. He’s suffered this year from losing his biggest big game player for 1/3 of the season and one of his others being a gamble that has paid off. Let’s see who we get in, who we let go and how we do next season. Talk of getting rid now, strikes me as the kind of over privileged stuff, ‘we’re Aston Villa don’t you know who we are’. we’ve heard this kind of stuff from some Wolves fans moaning about Nuno.do You need to see the stats regarding losing points from winning positions?Nope I’m capable of reading and absorbing those stats myself, just as I’m capable of reading the stats relating to the games we’ve won. You can use the stats in whichever way you want and you’ve wanted Smith out since last year apart from a brief interlude of non criticism pre new year. I’m sure you’ll get your wish at some point and you’ll be pleased enough.
Earlier this season we were all saying how disappointed we would be to finish behind a really poor Arsenal team. Well, we really have just sunk - 6 points behind them with two to play.