Just seven months after leading Aston Villa to promotion back to the Premier League, a number of the club’s fans are now calling for manager Dean Smith to be sacked.
The Villans dropped into the relegation zone following today’s comprehensive 1-3 defeat at home to fellow strugglers Southampton, who climbed above them after that result.
In a manner reminiscent of Fulham a year previously, Smith followed up Championship play-off success by investing heavily in his squad over the summer, signing 12 players for a combined £133.74m (according to TransferMarkt) – and Fulham were relegated last season.
Despite advancing to the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup this week, Villa’s Premier League form has been alarming, having now lost four consecutive top flight matches and seven of their last 10 games in the division (as per TransferMarkt).
The Villans’ next two league matches are against the only two teams beneath them in the table, Norwich and Watford, and as they go into those crunch fixtures in such poor form, these fans have lost faith in Smith:
£130m for this. Serious questions to be asked of Smith
— Dean (@deangarbay) December 21, 2019
Smith out I don’t care no more
— Villa Chat (@villachatdotcom) December 21, 2019
Dean Smith out. Imagine not making ANY changes at half-time. Doesn’t know what he’s doing. No strikers, no passion. Nothing.
— AngelicSlime (@Dekuzzed) December 21, 2019
Smith will get sacked soon.
— 🦁💜 (@RHUTV170) December 21, 2019
Can’t blame no one but Smith now, tactically has got it so wrong in the past few games. He makes the calls. His responsibility.
— Jon (@jon_utv) December 21, 2019
If smith has any feeling for this club or respect for himself. He will resign .at 5.00pm tnite
— Steven murtagh (@Stevenmurtagh2) December 21, 2019
Defended Smith til this day but enough is enough him n Wesley need to get out ASAP if we have any chance of surviving 3-0 down to a team who got spanked 9-0 is horrendous enough is enough
— dan (@danbeasley_) December 21, 2019
Smith has to go out of his depth now
— Trevor Newman (@NewmanTrnewman) December 21, 2019
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