14 Feb 2019 21:23:24
Didn't want smith but when he came we looked good for 2 games now we look lost there is no team there they look like stranger's and you can't blame Bruce They're all professionals and ex prem at that over paid and Don t give a rubbish we are no longer that big club teams like Brighton and Watford more attractive than us doomed and stuck in championship for a good few seasons yet.

1.) 14 Feb 2019
14 Feb 2019 21:55:46
So you agree its the players then, and not the manager?

2.) 15 Feb 2019
15 Feb 2019 18:23:06
There is something terribly wrong at Villa Park it is rotten to the core we spend money we bring good players in who then become shadows of what they were at their previous clubs we get collective inadequate performances from the team no passion no bottle no will to win no drive no determination no distinctive playing style no philosophy we change managers and the same we change owners and the same.
I said at the time and I’ll say it again Dean Smith should never have been appointed manager of Aston Villa the job is to big for him and he is clearly out of his depth which is a shame because he is one of our own and I genuinely like him plus his contract is fairly short so the board must have had their doubts.

We took him due to his record at Brentford which was not brilliant with a very average win ratio, we took him because of the style of football Brentford play.

The Brentford way and style was not down to Dean Smith he has left Brentford and they are still playing good attacking effective football because in the background there is a structure throughout that football club and a clear philosophy which all at the club buy into which Dean Smith came into hence why he was successful if you can call finishing mid table successful.
Brentford did well under Mark Warburton and they would have done well under any other decent coach if Dean Smith had not gone there.

The current situation we find ourselves in is not down to Dean Smith the club he finds himself at has massive internal problems there is no philosophy no structure no clear vision where everyone has bought into to build the foundations of success we are on a merry go round of players managers owners continuously changing.
Hopefully the new CEO and the director of football have a long term vision and strategy to address my above points.

Aston Villa in my opinion need a big name to manage it someone who has been there and done it, if the owners are as wealthy as we think they are then identity that man pay him what he wants get him in at the final whistle of the season and start there clearing out the absolute rubbish we have then give him what he wants to get us out of the championship and before I get slated look at Leeds Utd that’s exactly what they are doing Marcelo Bielsa the night paid manager in their history and wolves did exactly the same last season.
Another point you build a team from the back that is where we need to start stop conceding goals I’m not interested in entertaining football I’m only interesting in winning football.

3.) 16 Feb 2019
16 Feb 2019 17:26:25
Well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.