Aston Villa v Chelsea Post Match Thread

[hilts_coolerking]

We did it once and thought it would work.  If Dean Smith had not been a Villa supporting Brummie he would not got in the top six applicants for the job.  It was an appointment based on sentiment.  There is no place for sentiment in the Premier League.

I agree Brian.  There were some grounds for considering him as a candidate but none that were compelling enough to give him the job.  I'm not saying he got the job solely because he's a Villa fan but if he wasn't a Villa fan I don't think he'd have got it.

[Allan C]

This is the first time I’ve felt that we are going down. We just don’t have the quality to compete in this league and we may have just as well been a championship club against Chelsea. We have one quality player and he is out of form and that spells relegation. Our one hope is that both West Ham and Bournemouth look equally as bad without the one quality player but it’s a slim hope. I hope to god I’m wrong but I can’t see us winning another game this season.

[brian green]

We got to the play offs and came good.  Smith did not smash the second division by ten clear points.  He did well to get us up the way he did but there is a universe of difference between coming up through the play offs and being secure in the Premiership.  We all like Dean Smith as a man but the Premiership has exposed his managerial limitations.  It is tragic but it is true.

[Ads]

Brentford spent more in the summer than ever before. They've bet the farm on promotion.

[Taylor]

But he did get the job, and has been the only manager since MON to actually achieve something (except for perhaps a brief period under Tim Sherwood). To keep changing manager every bleedin’ season has clearly not worked, why does everyone think it’s gonna work this time?

[David_Nab]

Brentford spent more in the summer than ever before. They've bet the farm on promotion.

Wasn't that funded by selling Maupay ?

[Steve67]

Brentford spent more in the summer than ever before. They've bet the farm on promotion.

Wasn't that funded by selling Maupay ?

And Konsa?

[ASHTONVILLA]

We did it once and thought it would work.  If Dean Smith had not been a Villa supporting Brummie he would not got in the top six applicants for the job.  It was an appointment based on sentiment.  There is no place for sentiment in the Premier League.

We all wanted it to work and it did work in division 2, sadly he is out of his depth and this has been apparent for a long time.

And let's face it, at times it wasn't working in the Championship either. Whenever Grealish was out he was utterly clueless and the team looked awful.

Please get rid now, give Big Sam a chance to keep us up ant stabilize us.

[brian green]

I imagine the money they robbed off us for Hogan was put on deposit somewhere safe.

[PeterWithesShin]

We pissed it once we actually had a functioning team to put out, the rewriting of last season is bizarre. And what we did last season doesn't mean Smith has been good enough this season.

[Ads]

We go down we will lose a few players like Grealish, McGinn and Mings. But without FFP, financially, we get to do what the fuck we like. Which is fortunate when your owners have more money than everybody else.

[ASHTONVILLA]

But he did get the job, and has been the only manager since MON to actually achieve something (except for perhaps a brief period under Tim Sherwood). To keep changing manager every bleedin’ season has clearly not worked, why does everyone think it’s gonna work this time?

Works well for Watford, and at a higher level Chelsea. Also Leicester.

If it isn't working change.

[Taylor]

But he did get the job, and has been the only manager since MON to actually achieve something (except for perhaps a brief period under Tim Sherwood). To keep changing manager every bleedin’ season has clearly not worked, why does everyone think it’s gonna work this time?

Works well for Watford, and at a higher level Chelsea. Also Leicester.

If it isn't working change.

Watford have 2 more points than us.

[Ian.]

I preferred H&V when we didn’t have to play.

[eamonn]

We go down we will lose a few players like Grealish, McGinn and Mings. But without FFP, financially, we get to do what the fuck we like. Which is fortunate when your owners have more money than everybody else.

Apart from Bruce at Newcastle I'm not sure which PL club would take McGinn. He still has a lot to prove at this level.