Dean Smith - Confirmed

[sickbeggar]

Worse thing for me is he sat there last night and saw Brentford do Arsenal, and then sends out a team with that half-arsed performance! They've just come up, you're gonna have to match them for effort at least.

[Villan82]

Smith had another stinker today. Again not responding to the danger signs until we're losing. He simply must break that habit.

Sarr tormented us from the kick off.

[SoccerHQ]

Team selection was always going to be difficult.

Bailey would've obviously started in normal circumstances but he's been in the country about 5 days. If he had his time again he'd have started Ramsey and probably benched Buendia with his lack of fitness but probably worried about lack of creativity otherwise so felt he had to start.

Can see reasons for Young and AEG starting.

My main issue today is Targett was having a shocker after 15 minutes up v Sarr and DS did nothing up to 40 minutes, no tweaks to our shape or system or even the extreme case of bringing on Ramsey after 30 minutes to try to stop Watford getting balls over to Sarr as it was far too easy for them and that tactic worked a treat.

That's simply my problem with how good DS can be for us at top level of premier league. He just dithers too much sometimes and trusts the players to sort it out on the pitch. Sometimes like today they don't have the answers and really 3-2 defeat is a very flattering scoreline as we didn't create anything for first 70 minutes.

[eamonn]

I know it is an over-reaction but would love to see someone like Potter at Villa

Swap one Villa man for another.

Need better than that. I’m not saying dean needs to go now or even this season if he improves, but when time comes I don’t want a villa man in the side living his dream. I want an absolute bastard. Dean is just too nice.

Graham Potter is even nicer. No edge to him at all. Great coach though.

[CT]

I know it is an over-reaction but would love to see someone like Potter at Villa

Swap one Villa man for another.

Need better than that. I’m not saying dean needs to go now or even this season if he improves, but when time comes I don’t want a villa man in the side living his dream. I want an absolute bastard. Dean is just too nice.

Graham Potter is even nicer. No edge to him at all. Great coach though.

Graham Potter has a beard now though.

[eamonn]

Good. Hopefully it will give him a Brummie shoot-from-the-hip confidence.

[wince]

I know it is an over-reaction but would love to see someone like Potter at Villa

Swap one Villa man for another.

Need better than that. I’m not saying dean needs to go now or even this season if he improves, but when time comes I don’t want a villa man in the side living his dream. I want an absolute bastard. Dean is just too nice.

Graham Potter is even nicer. No edge to him at all. Great coach though.

Graham Potter has a beard now though.

Still not sold on him

[Tayls_7]

I know it is an over-reaction but would love to see someone like Potter at Villa

Swap one Villa man for another.

Need better than that. I’m not saying dean needs to go now or even this season if he improves, but when time comes I don’t want a villa man in the side living his dream. I want an absolute bastard. Dean is just too nice.

Graham Potter is even nicer. No edge to him at all. Great coach though.

Graham Potter has a beard now though.

Still not sold on him

That's the future.

[Demitri_C]

If smith were to go we need to be looking at european coach with pedigree.

All ifs and buts. Too soon to call for his head but i have massive reservations  about him having no plan B

[Monty]

He's gone on about 'intensity' in the post-match, and yes we did lack it, but also our tactics left gaping chasms between the lines, which meant no cohesion going forward and huge trouble at the back if we lost the midfield duels - which, given it was 3-on-2 in their favour, we did rather a lot.

[ChicagoLion]

He's gone on about 'intensity' in the post-match, and yes we did lack it, but also our tactics left gaping chasms between the lines, which meant no cohesion going forward and huge trouble at the back if we lost the midfield duels - which, given it was 3-on-2 in their favour, we did rather a lot.

the opposition look at that team sheet and know exactly what to do to dominate the midfield and get attacks on our fullbacks.
He had 2 of his new purchases in the team so I am not sure what his defence is. This was fuvking Watford a strong candidate for relegation who put 3 past us before reply ffs.

[sickbeggar]

If smith were to go we need to be looking at european coach with pedigree.

All ifs and buts. Too soon to call for his head but i have massive reservations  about him having no plan B

yep I fear for him given the expectations from some. Early days but I can't see this side finishing any higher than last season. Already we're playing catch-up and the bottom line if you have aspirations for Europe you have to pick up something in these sort of games.

[Demitri_C]

Im glad he is angry. If he tried saying we played well or came out with excuses that would have irritated me.

Cant criticise any of those comments. But he needs tl learn when we are getting battered on one side to change it quicker. He should have whipped targett off alot quicker.

Targett was absymal and at fault fir the first and lost the ball again for the lead up to 2nd. He just bottled it after the first goal. Looked terrified.  I dont want to see that from our 1st choice left back

[PaulWinch again]

Today reflects really really badly on Dean. We looked woefully underprepared and frankly unaware that we’d be facing a challenge. He needs to sort that out fast.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh and playing Ash as a winger was a fucking dreadful decision.