villagaz711 20 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Rawly1966 said: Double seriously ? Holy good lord above 🙈 Give me a reason as to why when all was available we went for smith if the owners as they said wanted to make a statement of intent? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rawly1966 181 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 3 hours ago, villagaz711 said: Give me a reason as to why when all was available we went for smith if the owners as they said wanted to make a statement of intent? I ain't the owner mate ,you will have to ask them , but an awful lot of people believe this man given time will turn this club around . Who was avaliable ,and more to the point who wanted it ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick 193 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Yes it going to take time but he'll get there. The signs are there already. Whether there is time this season remains to be seen. Massive own goal in my opinion by the new owners not to sack Bruce in the summer and bring Dean Smith in then.  He would of had pre season with the players and time to implement his style of football. Instead Bruce was kept on to decimate the defence and to mess up the goalkeeping situation. He also bought in Bolasie an El-Ghazi on big wages neither of who seem capable of playing 90 minutes. Only good thing from the summer has been Bruce signing John Mcginn who has been brilliant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avstu 260 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 22 hours ago, Patrick said: Yes it going to take time but he'll get there. The signs are there already. Whether there is time this season remains to be seen. Massive own goal in my opinion by the new owners not to sack Bruce in the summer and bring Dean Smith in then.  He would of had pre season with the players and time to implement his style of football. Instead Bruce was kept on to decimate the defence and to mess up the goalkeeping situation. He also bought in Bolasie an El-Ghazi on big wages neither of who seem capable of playing 90 minutes. Only good thing from the summer has been Bruce signing John Mcginn who has been brilliant. Agree with you, Patrick. Everyone knew my feelings last year. I was bored and fed up of the style of football. It is clear that the football is better to watch - I am looking forward to see what he does after a week with them against Bolton. Quote "Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second." - Paul Bryant Link to post Share on other sites
Rawly1966 181 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 22 hours ago, Patrick said: Yes it going to take time but he'll get there. The signs are there already. Whether there is time this season remains to be seen. Massive own goal in my opinion by the new owners not to sack Bruce in the summer and bring Dean Smith in then.  He would of had pre season with the players and time to implement his style of football. Instead Bruce was kept on to decimate the defence and to mess up the goalkeeping situation. He also bought in Bolasie an El-Ghazi on big wages neither of who seem capable of playing 90 minutes. Only good thing from the summer has been Bruce signing John Mcginn who has been brilliant. El ghazi dosnt seem to be able to play , full stop ,balaban in disguise Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avstu 260 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 17 minutes ago, Rawly1966 said: El ghazi dosnt seem to be able to play , full stop ,balaban in disguise I thought he did OK on the left in his first game. Would agree from what we have seen since. Although saying that, I havent been impressed by anyone who has come on as a substitute this season Quote "Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second." - Paul Bryant Link to post Share on other sites
Rawly1966 181 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 1 minute ago, avstu said: I thought he did OK on the left in his first game. Would agree from what we have seen since. Although saying that, I havent been impressed by anyone who has come on as a substitute this season Whelan has been ok Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Larry-AV 123 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) 03/06/2019 : Now the 2018-2019 Season is over and successfully so, Dean Smith's record is superior to all other Aston Villa Managers since and including Martin O'Neill. Now it is very true that DS has not had much competition since MON, but he has done what he was hired to do, get AVFC back into the EPL and has done it in an entertaining manner too. Dean Smith's record includes the record-breaking 10 consecutive League wins so for posterity, here they are. Â Edited September 28, 2019 by Larry-AV Update. Quote AVFC RFC SAFC Link to post Share on other sites
rogerstan 143 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 the premier league is a different league altogether, he has to prove himself allover again. im sure he can do it, but time will tell if he does, we could lose him. also he has a long way to go before you can put him in the same class as mon,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Larry-AV 123 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 hour ago, rogerstan said: the premier league is a different league altogether, he has to prove himself allover again. im sure he can do it, but time will tell if he does, we could lose him. also he has a long way to go before you can put him in the same class as mon,, I agree that Dean Smith has to prove himself in the EPL, Rog. DS's record so far is so far, very good, but it is just the start. I hope he will be with AVFC for longer than MON was and as for 'we could lose him', I do not see who we could lose DS to, apart from England. Quote AVFC RFC SAFC Link to post Share on other sites
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