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to be fair, it was a few things, not just Terry. Terry left that summer, but so did Richard O'Kelly who was his assistant manager who had been with him at Villa, and also previous clubs, for a long time. Grealish was also sold that summer, and his "replacements" Bailey and Buendia were both injured for the start of the season. It all kind of went pear shaped from there, almost the perfect storm. Well done today btw, good win for you that, should build confidence.

Villa fan here, be nice pls Just wanted to say good luck to Deano, and good luck to you, i hope you dont get relegated, we need more midlands teams in the PL, not less..... With regard to Deano, i honestly think he can keep you up, Leicester (from an outside perspective), have quite a few quality players, and on paper your squad is too good to go down, obviously this needs to be backed up with reality though. In the 19/20 season, Deano kept Villa up with a worse overall squad than you have now (we had Grealish, but we also relied on players like El Ghazi, Trezeguet, Samatta etc, who were terrible), and in a way you have your version of Grealish (Maddison), so i can see Deano placing a lot of responsibility on him and just saying to him "go and be dangerous, wherever on the pitch that is, go and make trouble for opposition teams", thats exactly what he did with Grealish. Before i saw his interview, i thought Deano will tighten your defence up, will probably make you more defensive, and then try to hit teams on the transition/break with players like Maddison, Barnes etc, and after listening to his interview, i think thats exactly what he will do, as he said something like "i think Leicester have players good in quick transition", so sitting back a bit more and hitting teams on the break, which is basically exactly how he kept Villa up in 19/20 when he changed to that style in the last 10 games or so and we went from near certain relegation to survival on the last day. Terry (love him or hate him) is a good appointment also i think, terry was only with Villa 2 seasons i think, but there is no doubt an ex-player of his calibre, as well as his personality, had a huge effect on our defenders etc and the dressing room. Good luck anyways, i hope you survive.