A number of fans also reacted on social media.No1 will ever compare 💙❤️ the real goat ❤️❤️ https://t.co/Spp6ADIAo6
— Jack Grealish (@JackGrealish) November 7, 2021
Dean Smith has got us up, kept us up and made us a stable Premier League side. I think that's enough to be called a Villa legend.#AVFC pic.twitter.com/o3PGJO8CxB
— Villa Real (@AvfcEnthusiast) November 7, 2021
Top-level football is ruthless.
— The masked Cork-based blow-in (@Mr_Ro_Jangles) November 7, 2021
Eaten bread is soon forgotten
Thank you #DeanSmith. You turned this club - your club - around when it was at its lowest ebb. You deserved more time.#AVFC
Such a shame it’s ended this way for Dean Smith. I loved us having a local Villa man going up against the best in the world but recent performances haven’t been good and maybe a fresh start is what’s needed. #avfc
— Jack White (@jpjw) November 7, 2021
I’m absolutely gutted. I thought he deserved and earned more time considering where we were and what he did for us. That’s my opinion anyway. I’m a Dean Smith loyalist to the end. Best manager we’ve had in a long time. Devoed man. Thank you Dean 💜💙#avfc #utv #deansmith https://t.co/ThyF23rPFi
— J Harwood (@blondie26544) November 7, 2021
I don’t do huge amounts of tweeting about Villa these days as there are plenty more qualified opinions, but for me Dean Smith has been Villa’s best manager since Martin O’Neill. It probably was time for a change, but thank you Dean Smith, you did a super job. #AVFC #DeanSmith https://t.co/FMxT5dC8Mx
— David Scott (@davescottsings) November 7, 2021
Shocked and gutted to be honest, but that’s football nowdays unfortunately.
— Thomas Liversage (@TomLiversage) November 7, 2021
Lead us through the real bad times and turned us into a good premier league outfit. Deserves all the credit & adulation in the world 👏🏻
Thankyou Dean Smith 🦁 https://t.co/yLkU9GnZ5U
Join us on Telegram!/ Follow us on Twitter!Sad to see Dean Smith sacked by Aston Villa. !!
— Carol Ann Thompson (@CarolAn58003841) November 7, 2021