The turning point

[Meanwood Villa]

A combination of Sweet Caroline and Jack coming back.

[olaftab]

I believe it was going to take some time for Smith's ideas to gel. After the initial burst team was not quite ready to consistently play in the new style. So whilst Jack's return added the confidence boost the team was always going to come good after the January signings to resolve the defensive issues.

[Sexual Ealing]

It's very simple. I stopped attending our away matches after Reading.

[john2710]

Bought a Villa tracksuit top at Xmas, but I didn't wear it until we played Derby. We've won every game since. If only I'd worn it earlier we'd be in the automatic promotion places.

[Sexual Ealing]

Bought a Villa tracksuit top at Xmas, but I didn't wear it until we played Derby. We've won every game since. If only I'd worn it earlier we'd be in the automatic promotion places.

Yellow card.

[mike]

I've managed to take my boy to three matches this season. Stoke, laboured, pedestrian, lucky to get a draw. Ipswich, comfortably the worst team I've seen at Villa Park and we made hard work of beating them. Derby... 'don't expect too much, son, we aren't playing well, Jack's still out, Derby are ahead of us'... I think it's partly Dean's ideas starting to work, partly Mings/Hause compensating for Bruce's criminal failure to provide a functional back four and largely Jack 'I'm a middle aged heterosexual but I'm starting to have doubts (although I also kind of love John McGinn too)' Grealish.

[Steve67]

I've managed to take my boy to three matches this season. Stoke, laboured, pedestrian, lucky to get a draw. Ipswich, comfortably the worst team I've seen at Villa Park and we made hard work of beating them. Derby... 'don't expect too much, son, we aren't playing well, Jack's still out, Derby are ahead of us'... I think it's partly Dean's ideas starting to work, partly Mings/Hause compensating for Bruce's criminal failure to provide a functional back four and largely Jack 'I'm a middle aged heterosexual but I'm starting to have doubts (although I also kind of love John McGinn too)' Grealish.

We have tended to struggle against the lesser sides.  We were comfortable against Millwall, Ipswich and Rotherham but the score-lines wouldn't back that theory up and yet, we seem to have saved our better performances against the sides around the play offs and higher.  We have started to manage games well though.  There is a lot of love for the players right now.

[mike]

I've managed to take my boy to three matches this season. Stoke, laboured, pedestrian, lucky to get a draw. Ipswich, comfortably the worst team I've seen at Villa Park and we made hard work of beating them. Derby... 'don't expect too much, son, we aren't playing well, Jack's still out, Derby are ahead of us'... I think it's partly Dean's ideas starting to work, partly Mings/Hause compensating for Bruce's criminal failure to provide a functional back four and largely Jack 'I'm a middle aged heterosexual but I'm starting to have doubts (although I also kind of love John McGinn too)' Grealish.

We have tended to struggle against the lesser sides.  We were comfortable against Millwall, Ipswich and Rotherham but the score-lines wouldn't back that theory up and yet, we seem to have saved our better performances against the sides around the play offs and higher.  We have started to manage games well though.  There is a lot of love for the players right now.

Yup, should have beaten Albion (away) and Leeds to add to all the good performances against Sheffield Utd, Derby, Middlesbrough etc

[robleflaneur]

The cabbage.The most missile ever in sport.

[Toronto Villa]

The decision to allow Whelan to take a penalty.

[brian green]

Handing Bolaise his bicycle clips.

[Dave P]

Handing Bolaise his bicycle clips.

Genuinely forgot about him

[Steve67]

Dean Smith said in his interview after the match against Millwall that he also thought the turning point was at half-time against Stoke, when he 'got into the players at half-time'.  Must have been some speech that!

[andyh]

Dean Smith said in his interview after the match against Millwall that he also thought the turning point was at half-time against Stoke, when he 'got into the players at half-time'.  Must have been some speech that!

Bloody hell, maybe I wasn’t a million miles away when I started this thread.

[Ad@m]

Dead easy this. It was when I walked out at 0-3 vs Sheffield United.

No need to thank me!