mjmooney Posted April 27, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 27, 2019 Thanks for that incredible interview. Actually made me cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted April 27, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 27, 2019 59 minutes ago, Villan4Life said: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dean-smith-dads-dementia-means-he-does-not-know-im-villa-manager-dvhkfj22t behind pay wall so here's full story Great article. It really is Roy of the Rovers stuff. Every Villa fans dream! If Dean takes us back to the Premiership he could become an almost instant legend. IF we get promoted it will be tough initially and maybe for several years, but with Dean and the new owners we may have a chance of returning to former glories. The club has great momentum at the moment. Obviously very different times but it feels a bit like 1975 when Ron Saunders took us back to the old division 1. I would love to relive the period 1975 - 1981. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post M_Afro Posted April 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2019 I am sat at home, next to my 4 year old son, reading that interview and thinking about my own dad, a life long villa fan, from Aston who died last summer. I was never behind Smith’s appointment but it does feel good to have a man who shares our feelings for this great club, as our manager. He really seems a decent man too. I hope it all works out for him and that he always gets the respect he deserves from the fans. It really feels we are back on the right track now. Keep it up Deano. Happy to be proven wrong by such a good man. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Good interview, shows how much passion he is and how important the job is. We’re in good hands. It says that there was time when no Midlands club were in the premier league.. that’s not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 13 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Mate you said yourself you remember names of our managers from over 50 years ago. I didn’t even have to try, Christ alive man, I guess you really don't have anything better to do eh? If you bother to read things (that aren't in the tabloid press) you'll see i quite specifically referenced 'in my lifetime'. I am 36, people from 100 years ago are not in my lifetime - does this compute? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted April 27, 2019 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2019 Way too early to start talking about Deano as being the best Villa manager ever, he's won nothing - yet. But for me, he's getting very close to being my favourite Villa manager - he's already ahead of Graham Taylor, John Gregory and Ron Atkinson, now neck and neck with Brian Little, and just behind Ron Saunders. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 2 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: Christ alive man, I guess you really don't have anything better to do eh? If you bother to read things (that aren't in the tabloid press) you'll see i quite specifically referenced 'in my lifetime'. I am 36, people from 100 years ago are not in my lifetime - does this compute? As you won’t be replying again I could pretty much say anything in this post. Then again maybe that comment only refers to the other thread and not this one. Anyway as you seem a little irritated and it’s the Dean Smith thread I will just say I think he is doing a sterling job just like all the tabloids said he would. UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted April 27, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 27, 2019 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Way too early to start talking about Deano as being the best Villa manager ever, he's won nothing - yet. But for me, he's getting very close to being my favourite Villa manager - he's already ahead of Graham Taylor, John Gregory and Ron Atkinson, now neck and neck with Brian Little, and just behind Ron Saunders. Way too early is right, this winning run is amazing, before it some people wanted him gone and myself and others argued for at least the summer and him being here next season to have a proper go. Even IF we do manage to go up, this should be viewed as a longer term project, rebuilding down here or rebuilding to stay up is still going to be a massive job in the summer. I'd like to have his influence around the club for a long time, the fact he's managed to turn it around this season so spectacularly is phenomenal. With the right backing, which hopefully we can give in terms of DoF and the new board, then the sky really is the limit. We have a huge following and if we continue to do things the right way then in 5 years time we should be established in the Prem again and looking to push on from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 I think he’s a breath of fresh air after the last manager. Many on here cried out for a young modern forward thinking manager and to be honest I used to wonder what that would even look like. Once the club recruited Smith I didn’t think we would see what his approach would bring until next season. Smith is starting to show us the value of a top manager earlier than we could have hoped. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screwdriver Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 I noticed on football focus they started the feature on Dean Smith with the music from what a waster by the libertines. I wonder what subliminal message the government propaganda channel was trying to program into the viewers brains this time? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villan4Life Posted April 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) Football Focus Interview here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8G3uWeezos Edited April 27, 2019 by Villan4Life 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 4 hours ago, screwdriver said: I noticed on football focus they started the feature on Dean Smith with the music from what a waster by the libertines. I wonder what subliminal message the government propaganda channel was trying to program into the viewers brains this time? Mind your bleedin' own you two bob... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 12 hours ago, MikeMcKenna said: Great article. It really is Roy of the Rovers stuff. Every Villa fans dream! If Dean takes us back to the Premiership he could become an almost instant legend. IF we get promoted it will be tough initially and maybe for several years, but with Dean and the new owners we may have a chance of returning to former glories. The club has great momentum at the moment. Obviously very different times but it feels a bit like 1975 when Ron Saunders took us back to the old division 1. I would love to relive the period 1975 - 1981. One thing you had to admire about the great Ron Saunders, stubbornness aside, was his sheer pride in being the manager of the most important club, historically, in the World. You certainly get that same sense of pride with Smith. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screwdriver Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Mile Jedinak as a lone striker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, screwdriver said: Mile Jedinak as a lone striker? I'm assuming that was to troll the game seeing as how farcical it got. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, screwdriver said: Mile Jedinak as a lone striker? Target man to defend our box during their attacks = genius! Get over it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 (edited) Dean Smith was furious and rightly so in the end, he did good to keep calm throughout the game, don't blame him losing it in the end, only so much you can take. I bet beilsa has been crucified for his actions on giving the goal, yet I think he only did it to save face because of his lack of sportsmanship. The Leeds players should be ashamed by there performance and if we play them at any point in play offs, I would do to them what they did to us and teach them a lesson if the opportunity arises. In all my years of seeing football I've never witnessed such a display from a team that would leave me speechless all for the wrong reasons. I thought the whinging from the players was bad enough, then Girls a got yellow carded and rightly so. After that I just didn't think Leeds could go one worse, but they did with that un-sportsman like behaviour. I have no sympathy for them at all and tbey deserve punishment alone just for being in the officials face so much as they were. I honestly thought Hourihane was going to lose it and wouldn't of blamed our players if they'd of walked off the pitch. The EFL needs to stamp down on this stupidity, Leeds have shown who they are, should be thrown out of the playoffs for such a display. I feel like they were more than a match for us today and mainly because Leeds antics. We really need to be careful they were catching us off guard way to much, hope we can improve on this and shut them out next time.. I feel sorry for many of our players having to put up with what happened today, this will be talk about alot over the coming weeks. Edited April 28, 2019 by Dave-R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rodders0223 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Good lad Dean, you tried to stretch the run and I don't blame you...I would have binned that game from the offset though. I have no doubt now the winning run has gone you will do the right thing and rest Jack and John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 5th place secure now, rest Jack and sjm and they can rip the tesco bags apart in a couple of weeks! UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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