Popular Post ferguson1 Posted August 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2020 He will have learnt a lot from his first season in the Premier League. Post lockdown we defended better and showed excellent togetherness. Some quality additions to a now settled squad should help. Very likeable character, so hope he continues to progress with us. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted August 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2020 8 hours ago, GENTLEMAN said: Really want him to succeed. Feel he will succeed. Such a unique proposition. Local and a Villa fan. Intertwined with the club. Local rivals are so jealous of this. Him and Jack together. I know I’m setting myself up for heartbreak but I’m a romantic. The thing is he has already succeeded here. If Smith was sacked after a bad run of form he will still go down in Villa history for his achievements so far. Luckily I think he is the type to want to improve on what has gone so far 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Was a bit surprised when it said one of his biggest strength is his team talks. Considering no other team have lost more points from winning positions to us. Especially in the last part of games. That suggest to me his team talks aren't that great. Especially not the half time ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Maybe one for a speculation or the JT thread, but if/when JT does depart... I think we should approach Thomas Frank as Deano's new right hand man!? Unless he his content at Brentford, I would definately ask the question. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Maybe one for a speculation or the JT thread, but if/when JT does depart... I think we should approach Thomas Frank as Deano's new right hand man!? Unless he his content at Brentford, I would definately ask the question. i think we should just change our name to Brentford Villa and be done with it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, MaVilla said: i think we should just change our name to Brentford Villa and be done with it. WBA to be added at the end. Edited August 6, 2020 by AvfcRigo82 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted August 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2020 11 hours ago, villalad21 said: Was a bit surprised when it said one of his biggest strength is his team talks. Considering no other team have lost more points from winning positions to us. Especially in the last part of games. That suggest to me his team talks aren't that great. Especially not the half time ones. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 11 hours ago, villalad21 said: Was a bit surprised when it said one of his biggest strength is his team talks. Considering no other team have lost more points from winning positions to us. Especially in the last part of games. That suggest to me his team talks aren't that great. Especially not the half time ones. Well I'll definitely take your word for it and not the players', who happen to be on the receiving end of said team talks for some weird reason. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 11 hours ago, villalad21 said: Was a bit surprised when it said one of his biggest strength is his team talks. Considering no other team have lost more points from winning positions to us. Especially in the last part of games. That suggest to me his team talks aren't that great. Especially not the half time ones. But his pre-match team talk must be good then if we’re regularly taking the lead... Maybe us throwing away leads is not down to team talks at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 18 hours ago, Keyblade said: First time in a long time, probably ever that I'm proud of a Villa manager. Like I actually beam with pride knowing Dean is our manager. And he's only going to get better. Been undecided about paying for the athletic I think I will now. Also got a mate who writes regularly in it so should already have stumped up really. Often see what I imagine are interesting bits in Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kiwivillan Posted August 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2020 16 hours ago, villan-scott said: He seems exactly what you’d want from a modern manager. He’s so meticulous with his work, and I can only see us getting better under him. He’s my favourite manager since O’Neill (before the Judas act!). I think MON prevented us from being more like Spurs with his pig headedness and wasting loads of money on old players on big wages that led to spiral of a shitness and ultimately relegation. IIRC Lerner wanted to appoint DOF after buying the club and MON refused to work under one. Can't stand him really 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Keener window-cleaner Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 On 29/07/2020 at 23:37, Keener window-cleaner said: I wonder if we would benefit by adding an experienced name to the management team, someone like Craig Shakespeare with loads of Premier League experience and a proven track record? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Just ask me if you want me to predict something else! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johnnyp Posted August 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2020 Excellent mark of a man when he can put the greater good of the club ahead of his own ego and pride and bring a well credentialed and popular coach into his setup. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KentVillan Posted August 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 06/08/2020 at 09:13, villalad21 said: Was a bit surprised when it said one of his biggest strength is his team talks. Considering no other team have lost more points from winning positions to us. Especially in the last part of games. That suggest to me his team talks aren't that great. Especially not the half time ones. You’ve been consistently wrong about Dean Smith for 2 years now. “He can’t coach a defence”, “his teams leak goals” was a common theme, and yet post lockdown he pretty much fixed the defence. There were other weird attacks as well - unable to break down 10 men, get worse in the second half, as though these must flow directly from the coach. At some point you just have to accept that a coach who can take a team from 14th in the Championship to Premier League survival in less than 2 years... is a half-decent coach. And there hasn’t been a single point in his time here where we’ve seen a Villa player signal that he thinks Smith is out of his depth. He’s never lost the dressing room. There have been frustrating moments, and we cut it too fine this season, but all the signs are positive now. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 He get out of a very difficult situations, with the worst attacking force in the league (well it's not fully true as Jack is something else, but our strikers goals number is pathetic). We found ourselves in a relegation battle with 3 established teams, most have a very good squad. We all thought we'd be among Newcastle, Norwich, Sheff Utd, Palace and Brighton. But it turned out to be Bournemouth, Watford and West Ham. That alone was huge mentally to handle, the quality in those teams isn't bad at all. They had some experienced managers, while it was Dean's first season. To come out of that situation is definitely something remarkable, same as last season in the Championship. Ok, some might say we've done much mistakes to be in this situation itself, but those 3 teams are even more in terms of that they shouldn't be down there. Things like that happens, but more importantly the character we saw! He's learning and that's much better than getting one of the boring managers which won't take us to the next level. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 06/08/2020 at 01:13, villalad21 said: Was a bit surprised when it said one of his biggest strength is his team talks. Considering no other team have lost more points from winning positions to us. Especially in the last part of games. That suggest to me his team talks aren't that great. Especially not the half time ones. Most of those games were against top teams which are expected. Yes he did some bad decisions tactically, but there was still some problems mentally. We needed atleast some two goals wins to secure wins and have more confidence. The team is young and new to the league and found themselves in a huge challenge. Smith is learning, and that's the most important part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 hour ago, abdulaziz1 said: Most of those games were against top teams which are expected. Yes he did some bad decisions tactically, but there was still some problems mentally. We needed atleast some two goals wins to secure wins and have more confidence. The team is young and new to the league and found themselves in a huge challenge. Smith is learning, and that's the most important part. Some problems mentally? An important job of a manager is to get his players mentally strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, KentVillan said: You’ve been consistently wrong about Dean Smith for 2 years now. “He can’t coach a defence”, “his teams leak goals” was a common theme, and yet post lockdown he pretty much fixed the defence. There were other weird attacks as well - unable to break down 10 men, get worse in the second half, as though these must flow directly from the coach. At some point you just have to accept that a coach who can take a team from 14th in the Championship to Premier League survival in less than 2 years... is a half-decent coach. And there hasn’t been a single point in his time here where we’ve seen a Villa player signal that he thinks Smith is out of his depth. He’s never lost the dressing room. There have been frustrating moments, and we cut it too fine this season, but all the signs are positive now. The only reason he got the defense right is because he's gone away from his ways. We didn't play Smith ball post lock down. Which proves his core philosophy has big flaws. Edited August 8, 2020 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 06/08/2020 at 08:34, ferguson1 said: He will have learnt a lot from his first season in the Premier League. Post lockdown we defended better and showed excellent togetherness. Some quality additions to a now settled squad should help. Very likeable character, so hope he continues to progress with us. Very likeable chap, completely agree, I wonder what he will have learnt from last season that he should already have know. When to use the subs, his strongest team, how to get the best out of people and what to do if they dont give their best. He needs to have a nasty streak too. I hope he continues to improve our play. But would not hesitate to move him on we find ourselves bottom 3 by Christmas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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