I don't think Smith will be fired unless / until they have someone else lined up and ready to go. The last thing we need is 2 or 3 weeks of fannying about trying to persuade people.
Quote from: hilts_coolerking on December 29, 2019, 11:44:42 AMI don't think Smith will be fired unless / until they have someone else lined up and ready to go. The last thing we need is 2 or 3 weeks of fannying about trying to persuade people.It depends on whether they think he has lost the dressing room.They can not afford to write off the Burnley game.
Let's not forget that Henry was wanted but chose to take Monaco and Rui Faria was a wanted candidate but rejected the chance .Dean Smith was I think if I'm right 3rd choice. He suited the situation and was realistic for the time. And still is. Its clear football coaches , head coaches are wanted rather than managers.
Quote from: Des Little on December 29, 2019, 11:16:20 AMIf we are to make a change, it should be with one thing in mind and nothing else - survival. I don’t give a tinkers cuss about playing it out from the back, all I want from this next 5 months is winning football, by any means.If that means Allardyce coming in to organise and ruffle a few feathers, so be it. I’ll bet the appointment of Pearson went down like a shit sandwich with Watford fans, but fcuk me they’re looking a lot better now with him in charge.This. I think some villa fans look back on the Championship years with rose-tinted glasses. Aside from the 10-game run it was absolutely shit. Have a bad weak in the championship and one of your rivals could have climbed 9 points clear of you. No, the championship was soul destroying and would cause the club to lose Grealish, Mings and McGinn. We got out of that quagmire and should do everything we possibly can to avoid ending up there again.
If we are to make a change, it should be with one thing in mind and nothing else - survival. I don’t give a tinkers cuss about playing it out from the back, all I want from this next 5 months is winning football, by any means.If that means Allardyce coming in to organise and ruffle a few feathers, so be it. I’ll bet the appointment of Pearson went down like a shit sandwich with Watford fans, but fcuk me they’re looking a lot better now with him in charge.
Not advocating Allardyce but I do like the players to a bit scared of the manager.
I don't think the championship was shit to be honest. It was entertaining and largely enjoyable for me as someone who hadn't been that regularly for a few years. Of course there were low points but by and large it was fun and novel seeing us win. Since Smith arrived the ground has been mostly full or nearly full, so the atmosphere is no different to how it is in the PL. It's certainly no fun being the top table's whipping boys, that's for sure.
Quote from: mr underhill on December 29, 2019, 11:59:08 AMI don't think the championship was shit to be honest. It was entertaining and largely enjoyable for me as someone who hadn't been that regularly for a few years. Of course there were low points but by and large it was fun and novel seeing us win. Since Smith arrived the ground has been mostly full or nearly full, so the atmosphere is no different to how it is in the PL. It's certainly no fun being the top table's whipping boys, that's for sure.I want villa to be successful. I respect your view but I disagree and feel another stint in the championship, this time without Jack, would be seriously depressing.
Quote from: mr underhill on December 29, 2019, 11:59:08 AMI don't think the championship was shit to be honest. It was entertaining and largely enjoyable for me as someone who hadn't been that regularly for a few years. Of course there were low points but by and large it was fun and novel seeing us win. Since Smith arrived the ground has been mostly full or nearly full, so the atmosphere is no different to how it is in the PL. It's certainly no fun being the top table's whipping boys, that's for sure.It's the same as any other league. We had long winless runs there let's not forget like in 16/17 which was largely a horrible season, 17/18 was better apart from the final game and last season had the epic run in but we were pretty poor for most of the period before that.I was enjoying us in the prem up to start of December. We were competitive in pretty much every game bar away ones like Wolves and Man. City. The Leicester game has totally changed it and since that match we've looked like a championship side. Also reflected in the 11s we've started putting out since a couple of injuries have occurred.Now we're in one of those depressing periods where we'll probably win once in three months as happened regularly under Lambert. I think we'll hit 19th rather than rise up to 17th in next few weeks.
Moyes to be announced West Ham manager tomorrow.