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About 8 of the 11 could.survive easily.in this division. Unfortunately we dont have a winger or striker who is above championship level. That is absolutely not on Smith. We need to stick with Smith irrespective if we.go.down

We had plenty of opportunities. We played well unfortunately we didnt buy a decent winger or striker. Something to take into the next game....think positive

I'd rather play A West Ham team who are safe and dont care about the result and have Watford who will be on 34 points playing Arsenal, and us on 33 or 34 or 36 needing to equal or better their result.

I was just thinking about this. Surely we want a West Ham win, Watford are likely to lose the other 2 games which means we play West Ham who are thinking about their holidays!

Davis and Elghazi or Nakamba will be in because there are no other.options

Despite his goal he is still not.good and Smith wanted Benrahma. Trez was a late.buy because there was noone else

I honestly dont think it matters. You could argue trez works harder and is better for 60 minutes and el ghazi has more tricks up his sleeve so could have more quality when things open up!

Nothing random at all. Given the options on the bench I'd say the line up was well chosen

Nothing random at all. Given the options on the bench I'd say the line up was well chosen

None of the old.guard were worth keeping. They would have been murdered in the premier league.

When did all this Smith out start? I am bemused by it. Surely people can see the limitations in the squad bought for him. I also hear a lot of.people saying he shouldn't do that or play him without offering an alternative suggestion. His tactics are fine for me. The problem is the players.

What exactly did he get wrong?

What's your right team ?

How are they playing is it 5 32 with trez and el ghazi up top

I went to the game today. Positives: Mings back and did excellent. Hause was also excellent , its.important to recognise that we are poor at defending crosses but with hause and mings in we were much better. Grealish is world class. Best player on the pitch by far. Wesley did well Trez did well. He needs to start as he offers a bit of pace and support to wes. Burnley dont mix it up much and dean smith got it spot on with 3 centre halves Hopefully fans will realise Kodja needs to go. Play anyone up front apart from him! Negatives : we just dont stop crosses coming in. Must do better kodja injuries we need pace.iff the bench

Absolutely spot on. 5 at the back is not the answer against all teams. Never want to see.kodja in a villa shirt again

I just think we need to go back to basics. Wingers with jack in the middle as we did at the start of the season. Hopefully a couple of january additions . Although in response to your post haven't most CB changes been made because of injury and a need for a right and left foot combination

Maybe , but now is also the time to replace wesley and offer an alternative to Trez and elghazi. Either way it wont be easy. I honestly think were a good winger and striker away from being a top half side. Fingers crossed

Fair points raised. Either way let's hope we see improved results and new signings soon.

Yes. Agree completely. The first thing we should have done was buy a strong athletic nononsense ball winning midfielder and a similar big cente half with premier league experience

I get the point you are making but delph instead of nakamba, Cahill for Engels, anyone for wesley and it would have been so so different. The point you make about not being strong enough or technical enough is down to the signings not the coaching. I completely accept that performances haven't been good enough and Smith of course bears responsibility but the question is could another.manger do better. For me I would stick with Smith this season and next regardless.

Targets not a bad player. Not great but not bad. Buying unproven players from foreign leagues seems to be the problem

What makes you think he squandered the money! I suspect Smith bought Konsa. Mings. El Ghazi and Suso definitely initiated wesley, marvelous, Luiz and Engels. Smith also wanted maupay and benrahema. If all the above is true why blame Smith?

Agree with most of what you have said but not with Luiz. We need to start with Guilbert trez and el ghazi or a new winger to give Jack a chance in the middle and give him an outlet. Lansbury. Wesley. Elmo. Hourihane.jota all deserve to be benched

He needs to take responsibility for choosing a team which puts the opposition under no threat with no cohesion, at all. Isn't it blindingly obvious that premier league team need pace as well as ability. That middle 4 selection was criminal. No el ghazi, trez or Guilbert. We never look like scoring. Awful