Eddie Howe refused to commit his future to Bournemouth after their five-year stay in the Asked whether he was determined to lead the club’s fight to regain its Premier League status next season, Howe replied: “I am determined for “It has been a hugely frustrating one from my perspective as we have not hit the standard of performance we would expect from this group. There will be a period of reflection but it cannot be too long as the next season rolls in quickly.”Howe added: “The next step for me is to speak to the owner and directors and see where we go from here. We need to have a strong vision of the future.
"Ron, who had recently been living in a care home after being diagnosed with dementia six years ago, contracted coronavirus four weeks ago and after a short spell in hospital passed away with his family at his side. I have a knee operation next week. To get to where we are is an unbelievable achievement for the whole of the group.”Smith will meet the club’s owners on Monday to discuss plans for next season and the future of the captain Jack Grealish, who may leave. All rights reserved. Dean Smith dedicated Aston Villa’s survival to his late dad Ron Smith who died from Covid-19 His dad’s orange stewards jacket had been placed at the stands at Villa Park since resumption Smith revealed he had been wearing a badge during the match at the London Stadium and he said: ‘It has been emotional period.
It’s tremendous because we’re all Villa supporters.
Then let’s see. “We’ve been written off by everybody. It’s something he’s always wanted to do and his dad would be so proud. The father of Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith has died after contracting Covid-19.The Premier League club announced 79-year-old Ron Smith, a lifelong Villa fan, had died after a four-week battle against coronavirus.A club statement read: “The Aston Villa Family are saddened to announce that Ron Smith, the father of our current head coach Dean, has passed away at the age of 79.“Ron, who had recently been living in a care home after being diagnosed with dementia six years ago, contracted coronavirus four weeks ago and after a short spell in hospital passed away with his family at his side.“A lifelong supporter, Ron was a steward at Villa Park for many years and passed on his love of the club down to his children.“As well as being a regular at home games, Ron was also there to witness that greatest of days in May 1982 when Villa lifted the European Cup in Rotterdam.“The thoughts of everyone at the football club are currently with Dean and his family at this most distressing of times and would kindly ask for the family’s privacy to be respected.”Ron Smith worked as a steward at Villa Park for 25 years and was often in charge of taking former chairman Sir Doug Ellis to his seat in the Trinity Stand.Dean Smith revealed after last year’s Championship play-off final victory that he had pledged to his father to return his bedside as a Premier League manager, even though dementia meant he did not know his son was the head coach.“I went to see my old man on Friday and he kept his eyes open for two minutes,” Smith said after the 2-1 win at Wembley.“I told him the next time I come to see him I’ll be a Premier League manager, and he smiled.”A month before the final, Dean’s mother Hilary laid bare the family’s love for Villa.“I’m so proud, so proud,” she told BirminghamTV. AFL AFL
I go to every home game and most games away. “I don’t know what the future holds. “Ron, who had recently been living in a care home after being diagnosed with dementia six years ago, contracted coronavirus four weeks ago and after a short spell in hospital passed away with his family at his side. There are plans for the former Benfica manager Bruno Lage to join that club’s coaching staff.
A club statement read: “The Aston Villa Family are saddened to announce that Ron Smith, the father of our current head coach Dean, has passed away at the age of 79. There’s no point standing and dancing around it; it is what it is.” I’m not saying it’s my last game but, if it is, I’m happy I went out on my shield and gave everything I had … If this is my last game in the Premier League, I can say I’ve made a contribution to Watford and made it so Watford v Arsenal is a big game now.“Things happen in football and you have to be man enough that things come and go. “I’ve just spoken to the whole family in their living room and they’re immensely proud. A long and fraught campaign culminated in a “It’s been an emotional period,” said Smith, after emerging from a jubilant Villa dressing room with a beer in hand. An emotional Dean Smith paid tribute to his late father after securing Aston Villa’s Premier League survival on a pulsating final day of the season. “We can’t say we got it right because ultimately we failed. Pressed on Grealish’s immediate future, Smith replied: “Well, he goes out and gets drunk with me. There were bigger and better players before me and there will be bigger and better after.”Asked whether Watford’s rotation of managers – Javi Gracia, Quique Sánchez Flores and Nigel Pearson were sacked during the season – had contributed to their demise he admitted soul-searching would be required throughout the club.“From top to bottom we do an audit and look at it,” he said. An emotional Dean Smith paid tribute to his late father after securing Aston Villa’s Premier League survival on a pulsating final day of the season. His dad’s got dementia and he’s in a home.“I knew nothing about football until I met my husband in 1964 and we followed them everywhere, ribbons on the car and everything. I have been here 10 years next week.