villalad21 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Just now, Jareth said: Dude, I hate to say it but lately you sound like a reasonable, intelligent poster. Fair play. Promise me you're not some BCFC agent - cos you're living rent free in my head! My opinions are not set in stone. When new evidence is shown opinions may change, not just mine. After the 4-0 loss at Leicester fans had every right to ask questions about DS. We were going down with a whimper. He's turned it around which shows a strength of character so fair play to Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 27, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: My opinions are not set in stone. When new evidence is shown opinions may change, not just mine. After the 4-0 loss at Leicester fans had every right to ask questions about DS. We were going down with a whimper. He's turned it around which shows a strength of character so fair play to Dean. Damn likes are limited but have one nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PilkyMakinMusik Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 28 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: I haven’t got time to do a full write up of my thoughts on Smith, plus plenty of people have covered them in depth anyway in this thread. But one thing that’s always impressed me about him is his willingness to learn. He’s always striving to improve and has never claimed to be the finished article. I’m fairly confident that the mistakes of this season will be noted and worked on for the next campaign. His attitude is spot on. That's a great point. Being at the Villa helm was probably Deano's ultimate career fantasy, once he'd been in the game a few years and worked his way up. He's been given the opportunity relatively early in his managerial career and he's absolutly got the right qualities and philosophies, and will build up the experience. You don't get long at Villa to make your mark, he's managed to get us up from a position where the playoffs looked impossible and keep us up this year when we were 7 adrift and 1/10 on to go down. The way he's dealt with the pressure of that and delivered is incredibly impressive. You don't achieve that without also having great tactical nouse to get this team set up right for the games that count, and a great ability to instill confidence and belief in a set of inexperienced players and get them fighting, when they could so easily have capitulated given where we were. I do like the 'we got promoted a year too early' line that gets rolled out. Like it was nailed on. If we didn't go up last year we'd have had our pants completly pulled down on the Grealish price, no parachute money, no stadium to sell. No Mings, Konsa, no Wes, no Dougie. McGinn may have gone. We'd only have had about £25-35m from Jack sale to operate within FFP. So to assume if we were in the championship this year it would have been a walk in the park is mental. Going up and staying up is a massive turning point in the rich history of this great club and gives us such a big springboard now to go on and compete, but it wasn't a given, and the man Smith deserves huge respect for delivering, and he will get better! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 22 minutes ago, avfcDJ said: I thought we’d stay up right up to the Leicester game. Quite often I felt too positive, but that Leicester game drained all hope from me. We looked dead and buried. I’m very very happy for Dean. The last 4 games we looked like a decent mid table team (missing a good striker) so the work paid off right at the last minute. Onwards and hopefully upwards now. I think since lockdown, we've looked a decent striker away from being a comfortable prem team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jareth said: Dude, I hate to say it but lately you sound like a reasonable, intelligent poster. Fair play. Promise me you're not some BCFC agent - cos you're living rent free in my head! I'm pretty sure he was waiting for us to go down before the big reveal 'Hahaha I'm not a Villa fan at all suckers' but it got kyboshed yesterday Not much else he can do other than seem humbled right now and hope for better next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 minute ago, DCJonah said: I think since lockdown, we've looked a decent striker away from being a comfortable prem team. A decent striker would have us on 5/6 more points post lockdown, I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 17 minutes ago, PilkyMakinMusik said: That's a great point. Being at the Villa helm was probably Deano's ultimate career fantasy, once he'd been in the game a few years and worked his way up. He's been given the opportunity relatively early in his managerial career and he's absolutly got the right qualities and philosophies, and will build up the experience. You don't get long at Villa to make your mark, he's managed to get us up from a position where the playoffs looked impossible and keep us up this year when we were 7 adrift and 1/10 on to go down. The way he's dealt with the pressure of that and delivered is incredibly impressive. You don't achieve that without also having great tactical nouse to get this team set up right for the games that count, and a great ability to instill confidence and belief in a set of inexperienced players and get them fighting, when they could so easily have capitulated given where we were. I do like the 'we got promoted a year too early' line that gets rolled out. Like it was nailed on. If we didn't go up last year we'd have had our pants completly pulled down on the Grealish price, no parachute money, no stadium to sell. No Mings, Konsa, no Wes, no Dougie. McGinn may have gone. We'd only have had about £25-35m from Jack sale to operate within FFP. So to assume if we were in the championship this year it would have been a walk in the park is mental. Going up and staying up is a massive turning point in the rich history of this great club and gives us such a big springboard now to go on and compete, but it wasn't a given, and the man Smith deserves huge respect for delivering, and he will get better! Used up all my likes on funny gifs yesterday, but I completely agree with your post. There’s no guarantees in the championship, it was important to get out when we did and survive the first season. Smith has done that, and now gets the chance to build on a transitional season and lead us on. He’ll be learning all the time, as will the new players. The team spirit is there for all to see now. Exciting times ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I'm not feeling euphoric or deflated, just relieved. I've been super critical of Smith and his Team over the last few months and quite rightly so. I think many of our earlier season issues were down to naivety and not being self confident in what he was doing. I think most of us could see that at times which is where I think most of the frustrations with him lie. To the point that we/many of us had been tipped over the edge with regards to defending him and what he was doing. I personally felt although the squad wasn't/isn't great, they were worth more than what they were producing. I think that has in some ways been proven to be correct. I also though think though, on reflection the same has to be said of Smith himself. He was underperforming but turned his fortunes around when it mattered most and proved he can ultimately get his shit together at this level when necessary. I'm so glad he has managed to come out of this season on a positive because it's positive for us all. He's also come off the last few months with a major loss personally and had his professional CV battered by all and sundry. Including myself. Whether he is the long term future I doubt as managers are literally on a carousel but short term I think he deserves to keep his position and see f he can also push on now. He's earnt it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adbo9 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I must admit Im not overly enamoured on Smith and ROK and wasnt when they got the job.............. his career is littered with great runs of form sandwiched between massive runs of poor form........... for me you cant set a team up in this way and have longevity, especially at a big club All that said, hes come in, took us up, got us to losing finalists in the league cup and then kept us up which was his only job and I dont think we could have asked any more from him - so for me, would be extremely harsh to sack him............ and he deserves the chance to bring in 3/4 top quality players to push us on........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Slept in the training ground office last night after a heavy night on the shots with Grealish !!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 minute ago, hippo said: Slept in the training ground office last night after a heavy night on the shots with Grealish !!! Good man, I was getting drunk on my own watching MOTD but there with you in spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Well, we will have to see how he does next season, and if he has learned much from this season. I also hope we can recruit wisely, which will allow us to judge him fairly. Certainly he is going nowhere now, so I give him my full support and hope he can take us to where we and him would want to be. Perhaps the beautiful dream may still be alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 shots on target in the last 3 games and they both went in, only Villa. Should have been 4 out of 4 wins to close out the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I still cant forget the other 34 games (minus wins) where we didn't turn up or even try half the time End of season games Brilliant, stay in the Prem magical. Over the whole season not good enough 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 Sky sports confirming he is staying. Rightly so. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nick76 Posted July 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, Robtaylor200 said: I still cant forget the other 34 games (minus wins) where we didn't turn up or even try half the time End of season games Brilliant, stay in the Prem magical. Over the whole season not good enough Aim of the season: Survival Result: Survived Verdict: Good Enough 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Going forward we have a good base and structure now. Add some creativity on the wing and a striker and we wont be in the same mess next year 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 45 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: 2 shots on target in the last 3 games and they both went in, only Villa. Should have been 4 out of 4 wins to close out the season. you mean shots against us ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Just now, hippo said: you mean shots against us ? Yeah 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Herman22 Posted July 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 I was one of the people that said at the start of the season that a 17th place finish was a successful season. DS has managed that and he deserves another season. His hard work has paid off in the last 4 games. This stat caught my eye. Against Everton, Arsenal and West Ham we conceded 2 shots on target, both ending with a goal. So Reina didn't make a save in 3 games. And the goal conceded yesterday was a terrible deflection,. It shows the defensive togetherness that the team had. I really do think we have been good since the restart. Maybe that time gave DS and his management team some time to reassess things and I think they used the time wisely. All about recruitment and preparation now. We need to start next season as we finished this one, looking up not down! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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