villaglint Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 He’s set the bar very high with that performance and finally shown what this side is capable of. Funnily enough I don’t think the increased expectations will bother him one jot. No doubt lots of games won’t go anything like that, Blues is game is bound to be more of a war but so nice to have that positive feeling back. Really long 2 week wait now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villabromsgrove Posted November 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2018 I have a less excited view of Dean Smith than some views expressed recently. I mentioned DS regularly last season as a no nonsense improvement to the rubbish we were putting up with. I don't see him as a surprise, as a suddenly ultra brilliant coach .... I see a man who's come to Villa and continued to do what he's good at. I do see the dramatic difference between now and the last couple of seasons, and I see it as a failure on the part of the people running AVFC at the time. Smith and a few managers like him were always available, we were just to blinkered and amateurish to see them. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 6 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: I was one who was slightly pessimistic about his appointment, not that I thought he was a bad manager, just that I thought the job and club may be too big for him. Early days, but he certainly seems to be alleviating those fears. The turnaround in performances and mentality are clear to see and Smith deserves a lot of credit for that. They always say that you learn more about the manger in the way the team bounces back from defeat. Smith having had 2 away defeats in a week, could easily have adopted his approach to be more defensive in the next away game. He did not do that. He stuck to his beliefs and mentality and has just obtained a cracking away result. Long may it continue Sums up my position perfectly both pre and post appointment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, villabromsgrove said: I have a less excited view of Dean Smith than some views expressed recently. I mentioned DS regularly last season as a no nonsense improvement to the rubbish we were putting up with. I don't see him as a surprise, as a suddenly ultra brilliant coach .... I see a man who's come to Villa and continued to do what he's good at. I do see the dramatic difference between now and the last couple of seasons, and I see it as a failure on the part of the people running AVFC at the time. Smith and a few managers like him were always available, we were just to blinkered and amateurish to see them. I've considering this, but I still the improvement in style has been so swift Smith deserves credit. Many said we could have got almost anyone in and it would have improved our football from the trash Bruce was serving up week after week. We wasted so much time and money with that dinosaur. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa89 Posted November 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Tomaszk said: We wasted so much time and money with that dinosaur. Yep, he never should have got the job in the first place and was left in the job far too long. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I think we haven't even remotely scratched the surface with how we are going to play under Dean Smith. When he gets a few transfer windows i think we could be a serious force. I just hope Smith and Suso are singing off the same hymn sheet 're transfers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 15 minutes ago, villa89 said: Yep, he never should have got the job in the first place and was left in the job far too long. The appointment was sound IMO. It wasn't ambitious, but I wasn't dead against it. After 6 months you could see it wasn't right and he definitely should have gone summer of 2017. Did so little positive work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: I've considering this, but I still the improvement in style has been so swift Smith deserves credit. Many said we could have got almost anyone in and it would have improved our football from the trash Bruce was serving up week after week. We wasted so much time and money with that dinosaur. I hope I didn't give the wrong impression, I'm a huge Dean Smith fan. I was just trying to make the point that he hasn't surprised me .... it is exactly what I expected from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: The appointment was sound IMO. It wasn't ambitious, but I wasn't dead against it. After 6 months you could see it wasn't right and he definitely should have gone summer of 2017. Did so little positive work. Yes, I was OK with it though not overjoyed. He was worse than my lowest expectation, I expected the dour football but expected far more dull wins. Smith feels just right from the beginning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Just been watching some old video's from Dean where he names his fav things. Here is his top tracks: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Interesting 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) On 08/11/2018 at 11:25, KHV said: There were more encouraging signs in the Swansea, Norwich and QPR games. I was surprised by how awful we were against Bolton, I don't think the Hourihane, McGinn and Grealish experiment worked at all. Oops.....it does now. Edited November 12, 2018 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AvfcRigo82 Posted November 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Villan4Life said: Interesting For a second I thought Dean Smith was featuring in 'Fake Taxi' when I seen this... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 On 08/11/2018 at 11:25, KHV said: There were more encouraging signs in the Swansea, Norwich and QPR games. I was surprised by how awful we were against Bolton, I don't think the Hourihane, McGinn and Grealish experiment worked at all. Atleast it did against Derby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 ...welp 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 And to think I wanted him here. So far he is proving what an idiotic idea that was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 19 hours ago, peterms said: I'm happy to accept it's a failure of imagination on my part, or crude stereotyping, but I have some difficulty in conceiving of a destroyer named Tammy. Does you imagination stretch to calling him "Rammy" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 15 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: For a second I thought Dean Smith was featuring in 'Fake Taxi' when I seen this... What's fake taxi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, KHV said: What's fake taxi? A taxi that doesn't collect passengers, legally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 55 minutes ago, hippo said: Does you imagination stretch to calling him "Rammy" ? Too Scottish. Might fit McGinn, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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