PompeyVillan Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Yes! Do we get to sing "Deaaaanooooo" again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) You could see how excited he was about the prospect of taking the job in that interview a couple of days ago. Dean really wanted the job and that's a very good start. He's one of our own and he has served his apprenticeship at Brentford and Walsall. Others may have been in the frame but he's our man and will have our 110% support. Good luck Dean it's a big job but you know that and you're up for it. Oh Deno, Who-oh-oh Deno.... Edited October 11, 2018 by John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr600rr Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 one of my customers is in contact with john gregory..he wanted dean smith. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 7 hours ago, holtend4life said: Same old, same old? You’re blinkered by Bruceball mate. And a little xenophobic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, A'Villan said: I think some are just fearful without realising there is no basis for this mentality as there are no indicators to suggest what will happen just yet. Conjuring up efforts to draw parallels between the two is an exercise in pessimism and ignores a myriad of difference between them and their circumstances, while focusing on the worst commonalities the two share, for the sake of confirming whatever doubts they have given birth to. Based on absolutely nothing but the possibility that things don't go well. Excellently put. I'm really excited by this appointment. Just watching how brentford tear us apart each year. If he has playing like that, I will be delighted. Defensively though thats the area we are in trouble so hopefully between him and terry we can get that sorted out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted October 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 11, 2018 Good appointment .......Wonder if Terry was given the assistant job before the manager was appointed. Anyway time to stop throwing away goals and games. Will take some time to get us playing to our potential and to get some new players in, central defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I have to admit that I was a bit worried about Smith before but somehow this feels like the right move. We have a good squad of professionals now and arguably our best player has a lot in common with the manager, with his style of play favouring him too. Exciting times ahead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ponky Posted October 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2018 At risk of derailing the thread I think the comparisons to Lambert are valid up to a point. Lambert came up with Norwich on a smallish budget and had them playing fast-flowing, attacking football, and he seemed like a brilliant appointment at the time. Remember how Villa fans sang his name as Norwich buried us in the last game of the season? And we were just coming off an utterly depressing season of turgid football from a manager who also, it seems, mistakenly everyone thought we hated because he had managed Blues. There are some pretty clear parallels and I can understand why some people are wary of history repeating itself. I think looking back on it though many can see that Lambert was actually a pretty decent manager who pretty much had the rug pulled from under him by a club where the owner had pretty much given up and the decisions were being made by executives with zero football experience. Any hopes and dreams of playing vibrant and attacking football were drained away by the painful realities of "we go again" football. So I think this is where the difference might be for Smith. The new owners appear to be setting up a footballing structure rather than a business structure. Hopefully they will be backing Smith with the resources he needs (rather than just money) to re-create and re-brand Villa as a football club rather than a franchise. So even when/if the money dries up for a bit under FFP the structure remains as the backbone of the club and we don't disappear into a Leeds-shaped hole. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I’m happy with this. A championship manager showing constant improvement and playing some of the best football in the league along with a pure winner that knows the team as his number 2? I say well done to the club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I feel like the owners have scrapped promotion this season with this appointment. And I don't mean that in a negative way. Having looked at it they've seen the monumental mistakes we've consistently made over the years due to a lack of a plan or philosophy, and have chosen to build something that may take a season or two to achieve. I applaud that. In a perfect world they would have been here from the moment we went down. It feels really sensible. Not something we're familiar with. The added sprinkle of JT I think is a master stroke. Let's see what he can do. Go on Deano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Very happy with this announcement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I too went to bed early! I’m delighted with the appointments - it’s progressive yet effective for the championship and reflects that the board has been listening to the fans. It’ll give me goosebumps to sing ‘one of our own’ when he comes out at VP against Swansea. He’s living the dream AND he actually cares about the football his players play. I can’t **** wait. I’m interested to see how the three men work together but, if they can click, god, we’re onto something here. Welcome home Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Reasonably happy about this, especially with Terry on-board (just having his presence in the dressing room will be huge, shame he at to go and retire... we need him in defence). I think a lot of the names being thrown around were maybe more exotic but we need to remember we're playing in the Championship, not exactly the Champions League. Anything as got to be an improvement over the way Bruce had the team playing so far this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, tinker said: Good appointment .......Wonder if Terry was given the assistant job before the manager was appointed. Anyway time to stop throwing away goals and games. Will take some time to get us playing to our potential and to get some new players in, central defense. Terry officially retiring a few days ago points in that direction I think... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 9 hours ago, Rob182 said: I knew we’d get an exotic name! SMITH! UTV! Well for Aston that is an exotic name. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 Will we get a press conference from sir Dean today? What a not ideal is the amount of players away so smith wont get long with those like kodjia, hogan chester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob182 Posted October 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2018 58 minutes ago, One For The Road said: What were you expecting? This is precisely what I said would happen. People see these ludicrous names being banded around and get all excited and then when soneone like Smith walks in they feel let down. We were never getting those names that were being mentioned on here given our current position. People didn't want to believe that what I was saying was true and really believed we were about to hire a Champions League manager when the reality was always going to be someone like Smith. I am very happy with Smith because I didn't expect anyone of a higher calibre. Others are now feeling let down. There's that useless "hope" I was talking about on the speculation thread. Hope is of no use when it's not aligned to reality. Given our limited resources and lowly standing, this is the best we could have got. He is a good, proven Championship manager with a good attitude and an exciting, attacking mentality. Which is just as well seeing as though we have no defence. What a depressing life you must lead, not allowing yourself to ever dare of hoping for something. “I’ll never make any decent money, so I won’t even consider it or try. Stick with plain pasta, that’s where reality is”.... “I’ll never marry a supermodel so I’ll just stay single and die alone. I’m not going to be crippled by hope” Has it ever crossed your mind that people can handle hope and the minuscule disappointment that will come when it’s shot down? I was mildly excited by the prospect of an unknown gamble, but equally I knew it was a risk, so when Henry/Faria fell through, I looked on the bright side that we won’t be taking on unknown quantities. There was no giant hole of disappointment. This ‘consider the worst and you won’t be disappointed’ attitude is so self loathing, and not at all a way for people to live. I’m chuffed with Smith, by the way. He was always the sensible choice, and there’s nothing wrong with that! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Didn't realise lambert was a villa fan and loves the club? I really don't get one some keep saying this. Smith is nothing like lambert I think Wilder a better comparison than Lambert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted October 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 11, 2018 Is this the first since Lambert that we’ve employed a manager already in a job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Dean Smith!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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