I don’t understand how people know that Dean has no choice or say in the players that came. Lots of posters on here know a lot about how we do things. What if, they were Deans choice and he asked others to get them? Of course that couldn’t be right. I will admit I have no idea (unlike a lot on here!) but I don’t see how Dean gets away with this.
Quote from: AlwaysVilla on July 05, 2020, 09:23:04 PMFirst time posting, so be gentle please. Have been supporting Villa 45 years now, so seen it all, good and bad.It was clear in the Summer that the home market was massively overpriced and we needed to sign a lot of players. Having to pay £14 Million for Targett and £13 Million for Konza as examples, not recognised Prem players tells us how much established Prem players would cost. So we ended up buying from cheaper leagues abroad and hoped they would step up. In most cases they haven't. The truth is I'm not convinced Smith had a final or total say in many signings. This of course does not help when Smith himself has been found wanting tactically too many times this season, but he is still new to the PremSince Post lockdown some of the selections have been baffling I agree (particularly Trez). I do wonder now just how much Smith has a say in our signings. When you chose to play Davis (and I would have too) and leave out a £10 mil striker when we can't score goals tells me Smith doesn't rate him or know how to play him. Either way I'm convinced Samatta is not Smiths player, along with many others....and with that, even with relegation, Smith should maybe keep his job and Suso sacked. Smith must then have responsibility to stand or fall by his own signings and hopefully buy players that fit a system he wants us to playWelcome AlwaysVilla.Good post and I agree with a lot of what you say.I think he persists with Davies rightly or wrongly as believes he can hold the ball up and bring the wingers and grealish into play higher up the pitch. I think he’s decided post lockdown to go a bit more direct and doesn’t think Samatta can do this job as well. The problem isn’t necessarily Davies per se, it’s the fact when he does get hold of it there’s no one close enough to him. Although we did this better today I thought. I think Luiz played well but should of done a bit better with his half volley, grealish for me should of scored at 0-2 as well. Trez shouldn’t be in the side for the rest of the season for me not Jota, give the kid vassilev a chance.
First time posting, so be gentle please. Have been supporting Villa 45 years now, so seen it all, good and bad.It was clear in the Summer that the home market was massively overpriced and we needed to sign a lot of players. Having to pay £14 Million for Targett and £13 Million for Konza as examples, not recognised Prem players tells us how much established Prem players would cost. So we ended up buying from cheaper leagues abroad and hoped they would step up. In most cases they haven't. The truth is I'm not convinced Smith had a final or total say in many signings. This of course does not help when Smith himself has been found wanting tactically too many times this season, but he is still new to the PremSince Post lockdown some of the selections have been baffling I agree (particularly Trez). I do wonder now just how much Smith has a say in our signings. When you chose to play Davis (and I would have too) and leave out a £10 mil striker when we can't score goals tells me Smith doesn't rate him or know how to play him. Either way I'm convinced Samatta is not Smiths player, along with many others....and with that, even with relegation, Smith should maybe keep his job and Suso sacked. Smith must then have responsibility to stand or fall by his own signings and hopefully buy players that fit a system he wants us to play
Quote from: olaftab on July 05, 2020, 07:28:27 PMDid Smith play Reina at Anfield for sentimental reasons?Not one of your most perceptive posts, to be honest.
Did Smith play Reina at Anfield for sentimental reasons?
Davis like any other centre forward cannot function without support, even Danny Ings would struggle.
Liverpool bring on those 3 subs and kills us.The scales are always against you in this league.