Villa forever indebted to Dean. He built the foundations for the success villa are having now and in the future. Prematurely left villa and had impossible jobs at Norwich and Leicester and was also class and well loved at Brentford. Great coach.
Aston Villa fan since I was 6yo, over 40+ years now! Great to have a MLS Club I can follow at last, instead of just the Messi story! Hope every Villa fan follows Charlotte FC now! Didnt know it was a new club! Even better! We can all say we were there at the Beginning!! Villa has an American co-owner, now Dean Smith, I can see a beautiful Aston Villa - Charlotte relationship in the future! Amongst fams of both clubs anyway, both very family n community centered! Our owner from Milwaukee though, and nit sure who there Soccer is? All the best Charlotte, looking forward to watching MY new MLS club! Im gonna buy a shirt and wear to Villa Park!👍🙏
I wish smudger all the best. I'm not a Villa fan but he did a good job with them. I think the Norwich gig was a bit a of a suicide mission though. Fair play to smudger for picking up a gig in a place he likes. The MLS is okay and I'll watch it if nowt else is on but it's not the Prem. Still If he's getting $$$ for being a manager and likes where he living, it's a win win for him!
Lucky Charlotte. You have got one of the best. Aston Villa’s success today owes a lot to Dean. You will never find a Villa fan with a bad word to say about him and Charlotte will gain a new fanbase in the original (and still best) Birmingham.
Dean left the Villa having gained a great reputation for honesty, in his work and getting great results. Villa have some very good players all who Dean recruited and nurtured. He will help create something of real value which Charlottte FC will be able to see and enjoy for years to come. Great appointment, well done CFC and Dean look forward to hearing all about your journey.
Took Villa from floundering around the bottom half of the Championship to an established Premiership club once again. The club will be forever indebted to him and he's always welcome back. He took impossible jobs at Norwich and especially Leicester so I'm happy to see him take on a project that seems to have some stability behind it. Give him time - it might take a while but for sure he'll do well and get CFC established.
The Norwich job wasn't impossible, he had a great squad for the Championship. He lost the dressing room and criticised the fans that had been used to seeing exciting attacking football.
As a CLTFC fan, it makes me smile when I see fans from other Leagues chime in about a coach that is liked so much. I'm really hoping he can help us have an ACTUAL identity and have tactics. Seems like all we got to do is Let Dean Cook. Por La Corona!
Unfortunately I now have my hopes up. But we all know Tepper is going to fire him eight games into the season... smh... I hope he got a long term deal and still gets paid after he gets fired. Still For the Crown! But also Fuck Tepper!
He picks out talented players from the squad and gives them a role with freedom to roam during the game. He has an eye for talented youngsters too. So if you have some good younger players He will definitely help develop them
Charlotte are on the map in England now. Especially villa fans. We love dean smith he's one of us. Only manager I know who got a standing ovation when he was the oppositions manager. Good luck for the season I'm now a fan of Charlotte UTC/UTV
Dean left the villa with a great squad which has now gone on to the next level so I wish you all the best with your new job and thanks for the memories
dean is a fantastic coach. he done Villa proud and got us back into the Premier league and built the foundations that we are benefiting from today. I hope Dean and everyone at CLTFC go on a great journey together. All the best Dean.UTV
Speaking as a Villa fan, I absolutely love this man. If you let him and warm to him, he will build a beautiful culture in your club. A lot of Villa's success now owes to the players he brought in and the culture he fostered. He's a truly decent human being and a smart man too.
Great manager at the Villa really nice genuine bloke i also watched him has a player for Walsall many years ago. We are coming to Charlotte in June but only for 3 days as we are in Orlando and Clearwater also but i will come and visit the stadium and see what its all about with my 14 year old and would love to bump into Deano as hes our hero. UTV and of course Charlotte
DEANNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Villa fan here, so happy for Dean and this move. Charlotte fans, you have a very good manager at the helm. Enjoy the ride, I'll be keeping an eye on your results from afar and hoping you do well
UP THE MIGHTY VILLA!!!!! Huge opportunity for the man who did so much for our club, his boyhood club, and set a foundation upon which we thrive today! Give the man time to implement his system and get the players onside. His man management is phenomenal. Excited that the former manager from my favorite Premier League team is now the manager of our MLS team in North Carolina (hopefully another one comes to NC in a few years time).
Good luck to Deano and Charlotte FC. Someone else said this below but lots of Villa fans will follow this club now. Let's hope our clubs have a friendly at some point soon. He's one of our own, Dean Smith, he's one of our own.
