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8 hours ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said:

If Fenerbahce win the Turkish cup final we will be seeded, and that is quite a likely event. 11th of June that is.

Not if Mitjyland win next week. That would bump us down 1 place

20 hours ago, StewieGriffin said:

Just one I think - we're the highest unseeded team, so one of those 2 happening bumps us up into the seeded teams. Or a shock in the early qualifying rounds

No the Mitjyland one is to not push us down another place…. BOTH need to happen, as I understand it

1 hour ago, VillaJ100 said:

We should know as villa fans by now that if you only need one of 7 games to go our way then that's the easiest accumulator ever 

Not really the case because the playoff draw is made before the 3rd qualifying round is played. And the seeded teams will be monumental favourites in 2nd qualifying round.

I think to be seeded we need both of the below:

Mitjyland to lose next weekend

fenerbahce to win next weekend

even if we are unseeded I fancy us to beat most teams; but it would be just our luck to get a Juventus  

40 minutes ago, VillaChris said:

Obviously not our season, Kane scores a top corner free kick for first time in a decade.

Didn't really need Spurs getting an early goal in this I'm afraid as they can open Brentford up now on the break.

Can't wait until he leaves them as then finishing above Spurs becomes much easier.

Agreed. Will be gutted to miss out on Europe but Gerrard squarely to blame.

Dog Shit!!!!!!!

Been looking forward to this day for so long….

is Gerrard the man? Really not sure 

Gerrard would be a fantastic appointment 

GOT

TO

GO

!!!!!

Bye bye Dean bye bye

1 minute ago, Villarocker said:

This is Dean Smith's last game - it has to be. If you can't compete against the team above you near the foot of the table they really are only going in one direction and it isn't upwards. 

Gotta be. Just got to be

The only thing that can keep Dean in a job is a win. Anything else not good enough. A plucky performance and loss is not enough to keep knucklehead in charge!!!!

The only ray of light is that our Sunday league manager will go after this. It’s not even relegation form… it’s bottom of the league form 

4 minutes ago, villabromsgrove said:

I think the writing is firmly on the wall for Dean. The appointment of Conte at Spurs, the expected appointment of Emery at Newcastle is a wake up call to our ambitious owners.

They may well have considered that they had a few more matches to make up their minds about Smith's ability to take us forward, but events at other 'financially well off clubs' may trigger a response.

Are we as ambitious as Spurs and Newcastle? If we are then NSWE will be monitoring our situation very closely. Dean may well prolong his management tenure at AVFC with a convincing win against Southampton on Friday evening, but with other clubs showing ruthless ambition can we afford to sit on our hands and hope for the best?

Agree and hope this is right. At the moment I firmly believe Smith is to blame and the board are blameless, but if they dilly dally over this then they also need to take some responsibility. A win at Southampton may end up a bad thing if it papers over the very obvious cracks and I just don’t think Dean is up to the job of taking us to the next level - sadly.

Can’t believe Smith hasn’t gone yet - surely this week it happens - hopefully

Get rid! Smith got to go - TONIGHT

Just now, picicata said:

I love Smith and what he's done for us but I think it maybe time for him to go. 

 

Likewise - GOT TO GO - TONIGHT!!

3 minutes ago, thabucks said:

And there we were being told all week by some on here that questioning Smith was ludicrous  and we should remember how far he has brought us etc . 

Yep. Morons

Only benefit of losing this to top of a terrible start to the season is that hopefully Smith gets the sack

Time for the board to be ruthless now and move Deano on. However much we like him for what he’s done, for the money we have spent this continues to not be good enough. I hope purslow and the owners do the right thing

**** off smith!!!! Useless prick. So thick, he should have changed it after 10 mins. Total moron he is

Just now, Digavilla said:

Smith’s looks really remind me of Bruce .. 

a less intelligent version

Dean Smith is the only manager in the league who makes Arteta look like a genius. Embarassing 

Rubbish. Ended up throwing this season away. Another summer of big spending and European qualification is a must. Let’s just get to the end of the season and hope we can keep jack

Just now, Don_Simon said:

This states we spent less than  Man Utd, Man City, Spurs, Inter Milan, Barca and Real. 

You've successfully obliterated your own point. Congrats.

Net spend. Just use basic mathematics.

Just now, barry'sboots said:

You watched a different game to me.

The fact that Emi won MOTM says a lot I think!!

Agree totally. 
 

and West Bum spent the second half behind the ball to try and hold on to their lead. A very poor performance on the whole (again)

5 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said:

Errrrrr