16-10-2018, 20:28
I know that when a new management team starts at a club, the fans are usually supportive and enthusiastic for a while until reality sets in (Pardew excepted). However I am astonished at the reaction of their fans on the recruitment of their particularly motley crew of Smith and Terry. It's as if some them think, they are as good as up. Why do they do this to themselves?
Dean Smith has done well at both Walsall and Brentford and, like some in his position has shifted players along with him. What can Terry, who appears to be a manager-in-waiting, learn from him? Terry has played under Mourinho, Scholari and Ancelotti and now finds himself no 2 to Dean Smith? Is Richard O'Kelly coming too, as teaboy or is that Terry's job? They play Swansea at the weekend - a tough fixture against a former PL team. Fans will expect nothing short of a convincing win. A draw or home defeat will bring instant pressure on the "dream team".
Villa have a decent squad, no doubt. How much was it Bruce's fault that they failed to fire? What is going to change in the short run to bring them back into contention? Are they hoping to sneak Terry on in an unmarked shirt because their defence is as bad as ours? Don't get me wrong, I expect them to improve because this team cannot play much worse.
This obviously has a bearing on us inasmuch as there is only one place for us to play for if we want automatic promotion, according to their fans. Our man Darren Moore has made a great start and although we have issues in defence and possible key player loan recalls, we still have the talent of Sako to come in and the possibility of Bradley Dack, should things go our way in the January window. My money is still on us.
Dean Smith has done well at both Walsall and Brentford and, like some in his position has shifted players along with him. What can Terry, who appears to be a manager-in-waiting, learn from him? Terry has played under Mourinho, Scholari and Ancelotti and now finds himself no 2 to Dean Smith? Is Richard O'Kelly coming too, as teaboy or is that Terry's job? They play Swansea at the weekend - a tough fixture against a former PL team. Fans will expect nothing short of a convincing win. A draw or home defeat will bring instant pressure on the "dream team".
Villa have a decent squad, no doubt. How much was it Bruce's fault that they failed to fire? What is going to change in the short run to bring them back into contention? Are they hoping to sneak Terry on in an unmarked shirt because their defence is as bad as ours? Don't get me wrong, I expect them to improve because this team cannot play much worse.
This obviously has a bearing on us inasmuch as there is only one place for us to play for if we want automatic promotion, according to their fans. Our man Darren Moore has made a great start and although we have issues in defence and possible key player loan recalls, we still have the talent of Sako to come in and the possibility of Bradley Dack, should things go our way in the January window. My money is still on us.
