Blasterpocket68

No they all have cars

But his one of us

We’re dooomed

if only our spell is over I feel

Great value for money

Martinez great save

Another free kick out of the coaches top drawer

Absolutely shocking

Midfield FFS we need a midfield

Yep just nothing in midfield wingers not supporting and poor going forward

And the football

Bailey is like a headless chicken - so exposed on the left

I don’t think so , despite the recent results the actual crowd haven’t got on his back . (Yet) let’s hope we don’t get there, really tough tonight with out Douglas L. The game will be lost and won in midfield! I would take a draw !

Ings and Watkins are not Mane Or Salah , different types of players. we’re no where near the top six with any manager in charge. We’re desperately short in midfield .

It did with Man City totally in the football wilderness went from Erickson Rob Mancini Pelegrín’s to Pep , there pretty elite managers. money talks anyway as I alluded we’re not on this strategy.

Money talks - you offer any manager enough they will come . if the owners are really serious they could sell the project to any manager with the appropriate resources to back him. This Depends how Hungary and how quickly they want to get there. Dont think they are looking at a quick fix building sound foundations progression with good youth set up. it’s unlikely that Dean will be sacked based on the strategy we are on , unless the obvious poor form continues into the new year. let’s hope he turns this all around …

Not 3 5 2

I guess it’s all perspective and opinions as fans . As I have said I like Dean Smith and respect his achievements at villa. I personally feel taking injuries ref and var in justifications over the course of last 12 months things just are not right .

I’m not calling for Smiths head but take issue with some of your comments. yes we have had some injuries but so have other teams. We have not been playing fantastic all season . Man U we rode our luck Everton we had a short spell with Bailey on otherwise we were dreadful against them . We have been really poor as a team since Wolves debacle when we fell apart . I appreciate confidence is low but it’s the managers responsibility alone to tactically put the the team on the park. We have looked devoid of attacking ideas clueless defensively . The players look lost . If we had 15 players out against WH we would have lost , yes we had a spell when we went down to ten men but we were soon easily picked off on the counter attack . I’m all for Dean been given time but we have to see the basics return to the team structure . He is responsible for the team performance and results . He is responsible for the coaches and the dressing room. The dean smith villa fairytale holds nothing for me it’s a results business he has to turn the current slump around quickly, hopefully with a good performance and 3 points against Southampton Friday.

The owners are very wealthy and still hopefully ambitious for the club . I guess we will find out how ambitious if we were to change manager with potentially the new man . I believe however they will stick with Smith thru this current poor spell .

Disgraceful lack of respect , we still have a manager last time I looked .

Agree but if the owners are really serious and want to compete we have to move forward. I Like the Dean Smith Story but feel we have all become over obsessed with him . Football is about money and success . you either try to compete or you just make up the numbers and become a feeder club for the CL contenders in the league. We are the latter at the moment and that’s not going to change.

Red cards happen , we’re fortunate it wasn’t potentially 2 . Smith had to stop 5 3 2 simply wasn’t working - should have happened a game ago Bailey been injured had to start when fit Ollie finding the net is a positive but forced on him with the the Ings absence Buendia showed glimpse of a player - and clearly wasn’t happy when he got pulled by smith- storming down the tunnel Cash for me was clear MOM I want Smith to succeed but all your positives are weak from the game Sunday . We can agree the luck wasn’t with us but the shape of the team the tactics with and without the ball we’re appalling. The substitution I didn’t understand. The only period of sustained momentum and fight was when we went down to 10 men. That was another bad performance taking away the red card and poor ref decisions. Hope he turns this around but as many fans have pointed out the problems are really mounting and the demeanour of our players is a major concern.

Loosing 4 on the bounce happens , but the way we have lost them Is most alarming. West Ham was always going to be difficult, but our best period was when we went down to 10 men . Like most I hope smith can turn this around , but fear he may already have lost the dressing room . Players demeanour just isn’t right . The owners patience may be very tested with another defeat against Southampton.

If that’s how you feel about villa fans maybe it’s time to move on . VP has great atmosphere but the players are the spark to ignite the fans . Slagging off VP fans crazy . Plenty of spare seats over the other end of 5he city ,