Popular Post El Zen Posted December 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 I love him. Football means a pathetically great deal to me, so he’s personally responsible for my quality of life being better. I am sincerely grateful for what he’s done with this team. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 49 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Give Ramsey 20 minutes. Yeah it is a small thing in a great win but missed opportunity. It was 1 nil at 70 minutes. That game ends up 1-1 because of a rookie mistake and Dean would have gotten roasted. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) What a guy. He has restored our Villa. Well done sir Edited December 20, 2020 by mikeyp102 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Could not be more pleased to be eating humble pie. Not only are we getting results, but the first time since I can remember we're regularly dominating teams and playing wonderful football. He's worked wonders here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 A fantastic appointment. Probably the best manager we've had since Taylor. Don't get me wrong, I fully trust him, but what's up with not using subs more? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 We're approaching 2ppg which we couldn't even hit in the Championship when we were supposed to be promotion favourites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 What a turnaround. Miracles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2020 On 18/12/2020 at 18:16, foreveryoung said: I guess your expectations have dropped somewhat over the years. Not me, I still expect the best, we are a massive club remember, have billionaire owners and one of the best players in the league, why should we not want more than be happy with midtable mediocracy. At some point though you have to factor reality in to the equation surely. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 In any case we're 1 point off a Europa League place and 4 off a CL place if European football is the barometer. We also have 2 games in hand on those above us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2020 16 minutes ago, vreitti said: A fantastic appointment. Probably the best manager we've had since Taylor. Don't get me wrong, I fully trust him, but what's up with not using subs more? He's about as convinced by the depth as a lot of the rest of us are I would think. He already had Hause and AEG on the pitch who would normally e on the bench you'd think. We've also had a bit more rest than a lot of other teams I spose but yes, I would have expected some subs at 0-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 About this time last year... We were struggling and I started to doubt Smiths experience at this level, was thinking the owners should pull the trigger and get someone else in who could get us in out of the relegation dogfight we found ourselves in... With 20/20 hindsight? I’m glad the board had more faith in me... What a turnaround in fortunes Dean Smith has engineered for this club, alongside the chairmen who saved us from oblivion... I’m sorry for losing faith Deano! You’ve given me more to cheer about as a Villa fan in the past 2 years than I’ve had to cheer about in the past 2 decades! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2020 Just now, Keyblade said: In any case we're 1 point off a Europa League place and 4 off a CL place if European football is the barometer. We also have 2 games in hand on those above us. European football is not the barometer for this season and never should be, priority was and is staying up comfortably and improving on last season's points tally by 10pts or so ideally. Anything else is a bonus, do that and then next year we can compete with the rest of them in terms of wages and add 2 or 3 real quality players in to the mix and THEN we can start dreaming about floodlights on VP midweek against Milan, Ajax, Red Star etc.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted December 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2020 If it wasn't for a freak loss against WHU and a frustrating draw against Burnley, we would be in the top 4 with 2 games in hand. To be honest I'm not too bothered about position this season, top 8 would be nice to keep hold of Jack but I just want us to continue playing this kind of football throughout the season. I haven't seen a dominant Villa team in my lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Just now, romavillan said: European football is not the barometer for this season and never should be, priority was and is staying up comfortably and improving on last season's points tally by 10pts or so ideally. Anything else is a bonus, do that and then next year we can compete with the rest of them in terms of wages and add 2 or 3 real quality players in to the mix and THEN we can start dreaming about floodlights on VP midweek against Milan, Ajax, Red Star etc.... Yup, I was being sarcastic. Even if it is the barometer, we're right there anyway. Just shows people want to have a moan by any means. I just love that Deano is not giving them an inch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) Still only one game this season where we've been outplayed and that was Leeds. Probably deserved something out of every other defeat really. Crazy season but fair play to Smith, staff and squad. My goal for this season was to finish 15th-12th and we look well on course for that. Edited December 20, 2020 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2020 Just now, Keyblade said: Yup, I was being sarcastic. Even if it is the barometer, we're right there anyway. Just shows people want to have a moan by any means. I just love that Deano is not giving them an inch. He's been **** amazing, we made more chances in the last two games than a season worth of not to be named managers over the last 10 years We actually play proper football and our punching way above our weight in terms of the squad we have Best of all we look to be improving too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted December 20, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 7 clean sheets in 12 games. There is no arguing with that. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Keyblade Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 Thread's about to fall off the first page. After a loss it's usually the #1 trending thread., 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) Excellent tactics again from the boss. We utterly dominated them. Going to have a few selection headaches now although Barkley can't play against Chelsea so that's obviously going to help in that regard. I'd love it if we could replay the Burnley west ham and Brighton games. Had enough chances in those to win a season of games. Edited December 21, 2020 by Sulberto21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I love when the camera is on Dean after we score and he looks pretty self contained, but you know he is absolutely flying. It means so much to have a real Villan in charge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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