Quote from: hilts_coolerking on December 21, 2019, 08:36:59 PMI'd hate to think the owners might keep Smith on purely because he's just signed a new contract. I'd be surprised if they did that. If / when the time comes that they no longer believe he's the right man he should go then, new contract or not.They won't keep him because he's signed a new contract. And they won't keep him because it's expensive to sack him. They'll keep him because 22 days ago they thought he was part of the long term future of the club. This wasn't a Rodgers at Leicester new contract No one was going to steal Smith from us. So the only reason to give him a new contract was because they're genuinely committed to him. They're not going to turn around 3 weeks later and go, "actually, we fucked that up massively, he's gone".It's looking grim, but I don't think a new manager is part of the short term solution.
I'd hate to think the owners might keep Smith on purely because he's just signed a new contract. I'd be surprised if they did that. If / when the time comes that they no longer believe he's the right man he should go then, new contract or not.
Yes, I'm worried. I reached the tipping point today.The nature of the recent losses and the sheer number of games we have lost over the season are appalling. Players that were excellent earlier in the season are under-performing and some that have never performed have somehow managed to get worse.Sorry Dean, you have a very short time to turn this around and as nice as you are, Villa are bigger than one man and there is little room for sentiment.
Quote from: CT Villan on December 21, 2019, 11:39:12 PMYes, I'm worried. I reached the tipping point today.The nature of the recent losses and the sheer number of games we have lost over the season are appalling. Players that were excellent earlier in the season are under-performing and some that have never performed have somehow managed to get worse.Sorry Dean, you have a very short time to turn this around and as nice as you are, Villa are bigger than one man and there is little room for sentiment.A big thing in any walk of life is confidence, especially in sport. The players look scared apart from Jack. Confidence is shot to pieces and I'm not sure DS can turn this round. He should've signed Maupay and Benrahma not Wesley and Trezeguet.
Quote from: Ad@m on December 21, 2019, 11:19:33 PMQuote from: hilts_coolerking on December 21, 2019, 08:36:59 PMI'd hate to think the owners might keep Smith on purely because he's just signed a new contract. I'd be surprised if they did that. If / when the time comes that they no longer believe he's the right man he should go then, new contract or not.They won't keep him because he's signed a new contract. And they won't keep him because it's expensive to sack him. They'll keep him because 22 days ago they thought he was part of the long term future of the club. This wasn't a Rodgers at Leicester new contract No one was going to steal Smith from us. So the only reason to give him a new contract was because they're genuinely committed to him. They're not going to turn around 3 weeks later and go, "actually, we fucked that up massively, he's gone".It's looking grim, but I don't think a new manager is part of the short term solution.I cant believe the owners are so committed to Smith that they will take relegation to honour this new contract.