villalad21 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 After 12 games last season we had 11 points 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 22 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: Excellent tactics again today. Once we controlled the game I didn't think they'd do much. He made a tweak in that he dropped Barkley back a bit so we could get more possession. Just heard Dean Smith's interview glad he sees things like me lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 21 minutes ago, The_Steve said: In 90 matches, we've gone from 15th in the Championship to a 4 game winning streak, breaking a 90-year-old record. Huge credit to Dean and all the coaching staff. What a 2 years. Plus a 10 game club record winning streak as well and 2 trips to Wembley. Dean has done a fantastic job. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Just watched his post match interview. So level headed. Doesn't get carried away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Just now, Xela said: What a 2 years. Plus a 10 game club record winning streak as well and 2 trips to Wembley. Dean has done a fantastic job. Absolutely. Still amazes me that people were desperate to get rid of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Absolutely. Still amazes me that people were desperate to get rid of him. Saying that, lockdown came at the right time for us and Smith. I guess we'll never know how close he was to being sacked but there was certainly some noise about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted October 18, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, PaulC said: Just watched his post match interview. So level headed. Doesn't get carried away. Let’s hope we don’t either. When the inevitable dropping off in form happens, we need to remember how far we’ve already come. For now though, I’m having another beer. Edited October 18, 2020 by choffer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Absolutely. Still amazes me that people were desperate to get rid of him. I was one of them but after lockdown he changed things and has been on an upward trend since then and now he is a solid premier League manager. Hopefully he can continue to improve and I'm confident in his ability to bring the best out of players and hopefully win trophies for us. Edit. - his biggest improvement is in making in game tweaks and adjustments to the players out there. He did it again today by dropping Barkley closer to Mcginn and Luiz. This allowed us to get more possession and cut down their passing through us which they did in the first 15 minutes or so. Edited October 18, 2020 by Sulberto21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 18 minutes ago, penguin said: Did we need one? We were in the ascendancy more and more the longer the 2nd went on, why would we want to change the balance ?(Aside from Trez being dead on his feet.) I have moaned on occasion that Dean seems to make changes too late, or not at all, when it really looks like there is one to be made. Today is not one of those days. I'd argue that Smith puts a lot of trust in the starting X1 he picks and will only make the necessary changes when needed. Today was a prime example of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 It's good they stuck with Smith and it's paying dividends now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Goes to show coaches and players needs time, and yes lockdown gave us that time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Just now, gwi1890 said: Goes to show coaches and players needs time, and yes lockdown gave us that time Good coaches need time. Not any coach. You wouldn't give that time to Bruce? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Just now, villalad21 said: Good coaches need time. Not any coach. You wouldn't give that time to Bruce? Indeed agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tom_avfc Posted October 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2020 This man took us from the bottom half of the championship to the premier league in less than a season. He then kept us in the premier league having overseen the largest squad rebuild the club has seen. We now sit in second place in the league having won four in a row at the start of the season for the first time in 90 years. I’m sorry but those of you calling for his head at any point in this reign don’t deserve this man or the football that we are witnessing now. 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) Dean Smith's Villa are the only team in the top 5 European leagues to win all their games. Dean Smith's Villa have just won their first 4 games for the first time in 90 years. Two more accolades for Dean. Edited October 18, 2020 by Villarocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I wrote him off previously but he has proved me wrong and I’m delighted. Dean Smith has improved as a head coach, he has us drilled and I feel like he sets us up differently depending on which team we play. He is fastly becoming a tactician. Previously we have been known to dampen a managers reputation however this time around he has certainly enhanced his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Crazy to think that it took us until Boxing Day to register 4 wins last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I thought he looked like a broken man right before the Covid break. Fans had valid concerns about him. Managers just like players can improve. The turnaround really is remarkable and long may it continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 minute ago, The_Steve said: Crazy to think that it took us until Boxing Day to register 4 wins last season. and, I say and.... this season started late 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, villalad21 said: I thought he looked like a broken man right before the Covid break. Fans had valid concerns about him. Managers just like players can improve. The turnaround really is remarkable and long may it continue. But also Wilder hasn’t become a bad manager because he only has 1 point out of 5 games now who you loved last season. Some fans had concerns about Smith but some fans didn’t. I said we would survive because I believe Smith learns and adapts. Sometimes too slowly for my liking and yes lockdown helped us but there were so many new factors last season from players, experience, languages, injuries etc against established teams it was always going to take time, we were going to have really bad spells like pre lockdown but he also has really good spells. Like today Barkley said he switched McGinn and Barkley at half time, a slight tweak but made such a difference in my eyes. We’ll have a bad spell at some point but that’s when fans need to keep their heads. Meanwhile we enjoy the now. Edited October 18, 2020 by nick76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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