Tomaszk

Oh my. I can see why Dean Smith isn't for you with a view like that.

Like that arsenal fan earlier, I thought yesterday was the first game in years I couldn't remember him being fouled. Looked up the stats, just the four times

And two cleared off the line, Leeds and Arsenal.

Not for me. We've just finally managed to get some good players round him. He'd have been doing this three years ago if he went to Spurs and had been playing with Harry Kane and Son.

The ball for the first is just wonderful. Trundled right across the danger zone. Purposely drove it in rather than curled it to stop the keeper getting a sniff.

It felt like just Arsenal right at the end of the "good teams" we beat. We deserved many more points across the season but kept losing late on or managed to screw ourselves over. The best thing about this season is I still only think we've been brilliant once and that's Liverpool. Yet, we've won five.

As well as largely being the best player on the pitch 75% of games he plays in, he does incredible things every game that don't come off that will be forgotten in amongst all the stuff that does. He pinged another shot direct from a corner that was flying in today. The cut back and shot from a narrow angle would have been an unreal goal.

Really good overall. Can't remember the score, but he flew in on someone up in the Arsenal half and it was a really poor challenge. I panicked because a fraction later and a card was definite and the colour was up for debate. He's done it a few times now and I hope he doesn't get caught out. Even though I think it was at 1-0, it felt like the only way Arsenal were getting back into it was a red on our side.

The Dean Smith 4-3-3 lives on. Trez a key man in getting it to work. The right mid/right wing back.

Couple of times a game he rises like Andy Gray and wins incredible headers over guys a foot bigger than him he definitely shouldn't be winning. Very very good today.

Thank you so much

Never known a genuine fan be so blatantly wrong all the time. Funny that.

Not massively for me no. He's fitter maybe, but still short of being a "good" PL player. Fantastic bit of play leading up to the second bringing down a long pass and dancing inside.

Ah, the McGinn way.

The spare part who can do any role in the side and must start every game. Showed off some great passing today. Is the run into the box when he slipped over twice anywhere? Would have been goal of the decade.

It'll be the same next draw or loss. The pied piper troll leading them along. Well in Deano.

Aston Villa currently have one of the best players in the world. No, it's not Neil Taylor. Drop him into any team, he'd make them better. Yes Liverpool, yes Bayern, yes Juventus.

Thought he was largely poor up to about 70 mins. Couple of nice touches from long balls, but so wasteful on the ball when in good positions. Looks really nervous on the ball a lot of the time. Honestly don't know why, that's what was costing him, nothing technical or work-rate wise or anything. Grealish got really annoyed with it a couple of times, I got Wes flashbacks. 70 mins onwards, that's what you pay for. Ruthless. He's there in that red zone every single time. Finish and timing of run also delicious for the third, just class. If he shakes those nerves on the ball, we won't be able to find a striker anywhere that suits us more. Keep up the good work Ollie.

Perfect description. He stinks of "Dean Smith football". Wreaks of it.

Owes Smith a performance today. Well off it last two weeks.

Perfect.

Steve Bruce was never held up to these standards. He was innocent even though we were underperforming with one of the best teams, and definitely the most expensive, in the league. Interesting Smith is.

Callum Wilson and Ryan Fraser hamstring injuries. Quite a weak league this year. How they've got more points than Leeds, Brighton and Sheffield Utd I do not know.

Yes. Yes. Yes he is. Yes he is. Yes he would. He always is against an opposition that we aren't battering. Would I start him against Brighton and Newcastle? Yes. Yes I would.