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    Dean Smith

    in Other Football

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    Anyone saying Smith out can **** off as far as I'm concerned. How bloody short sighted can you get? Look at the MESS that Bruce and the old regime left us with? Hell, we were frightened of potentially going under just 6 months ago! Smith has come in, inherited a horribly unbalanced, but expensive squad, that needs time and recruitment to get right. Yes, I'm **** off at what I'm seeing on the pitch, aren't we all. But it doesn't take einstein to work out what a shambolic mess this squad is. Why do people think Smith was brought in? Because we were thinking of the long haul, not short term solutions. It's not what people like to hear but we HAVE to ride this out until the summer, and let Smith and co get on with it, sorting this squad out and reducing the age, bringing in some young, hungry players hopefully. Fans need to wake up and realise that we're a midtable championship club right here right now, and patience is needed whether we like it or not! The guy needs at the very very least, the summer transfer window to sort this squad out. I'm not saying Smith is totally blameless, he is the coach after all. However, the vast majority of this is NOT his fault and he deserves a proper chance to mould his own side, instead of this mish mash of 3/4 manager's players. 

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    Wolves

    in Other Football

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    About to pay a club record £20 million fee for Jonny at Atletico. Jesus, that 4-1 win over them seems an awfully long time ago now. They're far from perfect but definitely the benchmark for a promoted side. 

    Tammy Abraham

    in Other Football

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    The excuse from the dingles is that Tammy lacks ambition and doesn't back himself to break into their team ahead of Raul Jimenez, and they'll be looking for a higher profile signing. Talk about clutching at straws😂 

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    Tammy Abraham

    in Other Football

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    1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said:

    I think he will get plenty of game time at wolves. We’ve lost better players yes, but look where we have ended up. Losing him is as big a blow as losing Grealish. Infact it’s probably a bigger blow because he scores so many. At the end of the day, if we don’t go up this season, which is looking more doubtful we won’t  by the week, then Grealish will be gone too. No way will he stick it out another season down here. Then we will be in the shit. 

    This. Those saying this would be a bad move for the lad are plain bonkers. A top half premier league side, serviced by the likes of Joao Moutinho and Ruben Neves, it's clear why he'd want to go. The Wolves fan I know says Wolves have been playing two up top in a 352 for the last month or so but are lacking that finisher so judging on that it would make sense if they're after someone like Tammy to finish the chances they create. 

    End of the day I'm pissed off like everyone else about it but it can't be a surprise to anyone, the lad wants to give it a crack in the big league. As others have said, he has nothing to prove in this division. It sums up Bruce's pathetic legacy - building a team of short term fixes with no continuity or look to the longer term. Even looking at the game today - that is Bruce's legacy all over - a disjointed pile of shit. And that is life without Tammy folks. DS has a hell of a lot of work to do both in this market and the summer as realistically promotion was never on. 

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    Dean Smith

    in Other Football

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    Isn't it just great to hear a manager demanding improvement despite the win. Not the usual back slapping and we'll dust worself down all the time. Refreshing to listen to although there are tougher tests to come and we'll need to improve 

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    New Manager Speculation

    in Villa Talk

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    2 minutes ago, Godders said:

    https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2718752

    There's a long article that summarises Brentford's setup. A very interesting few paragraphs on Smith's role as well. He's a "head coach" as it's a conscious decision to limit the scope of his role at the club. 

    A lot of coaches have that title though. Nuno is 'head coach' at Wolves, so by that logic Wolves are having success despite him. Same with Fulham, Jokanovic is also 'head coach'. 

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    New Manager Speculation

    in Villa Talk

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    4 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said:

    Said a few times that if we can't get rodgers then fat sam would be the best option. He would get us out of this league (more than likely this year) and keep us up/get a mid table finish the first year in the prem. From there a decision can be made on his/the future but that would be step 1&2 completed of never ending up in this position again.

    He's an improvement on Bruce as he does actually have a game plan (dull as **** mind) but I honestly don't think I can take any more putting 10 men behind the ball. Just some excitement would be nice. 

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    New Manager Speculation

    in Villa Talk

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    He's not necessarily my first choice, but the idea that Brentford are doing well despite Smith is total nonsense. Don't get me wrong, I'd have preferred an Henry/Fonseca/Quiche Flores to be appointed and sure, Dean Smith is part of a system in place at the club but he still has to make it happen. The manager there before him in the same role was a disaster. The man still has to coach the players to a system and get the best out of what he has at his disposal on limited resources. Maybe he's not a lot of people's first choice but I feel some are doing the man a disservice. If it is to be him then I'd be relatively okay with it tbh although it still wouldn't surprise me if it's someone that nobody's even mentioned yet. One thing for sure, it can hardly be any worse than what we've had to watch for the last few weeks especially, regardless of who we appoint. 

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