Dean Smith interview: Aston Villa manager on his journey to the job

Aston Villa manager Dean Smith talks through the experiences that have shaped the aspirations and his career that he has to the club since he was a boy he has supported. His is the heart-warming story of a enthusiast from Great Barr whose father worked at the aged Trinity Road Stand as a steward, but there was more than opinion at heart when Aston Villa switched into Dean Smith. This can be a mentor with worth and new ideas. Villa has been restored by him . He intends to maintain them there. The points return hasn't been what Smith would have enjoyed in the first four matches. Two early targets scuppered Villa against Bournemouth although everton were beaten and also that there was misfortune at Crystal Palace. The game that annoyed the director was that the defeat at Tottenham. He had been frustrated with the lack of intent at the final 25 minutes. "We're 1-0 up but we had been really heavy," Smith informs Sky Sports. "Then we were 1-1 and we were still deep. I know but I just feel you want an ball. A lot of our substitutions if we are currently leading have been attacking substitutions not types that were defensive and that's because I do not need to invite groups. I would rather us reach another objective. "I believe there is such a difference between trying to not shed and seeking to acquire. You walk off the pitch believing you might have had a go Should you try not to lose and end up protecting for 90 minutes prior to conceding in the minute. I understand this football team and I know these fans. The anticipation is that we try to win each match and we'll attempt to." He has no intention of dismissing his instincts and why should he? This is the approach that has characterised the type of mentality that made him such an admired figure after his job in Brentford and Walsall, Smith profession. The real surprise is that his move into direction might not have occurred. Is a sense of destiny to it now. The boy who cleaned the chairs at Villa Park, the child who got onto the open-top bus that paraded the European Cup around Birmingham, the young man who cycled to perform shift work at a powder-paint business in Aston, heading on to lead the club on what he calls among the greatest times of his life once winning the play-off closing. However, Smith did not even need the Walsall job initially. He was scarred by his own expertise as assistant supervisor whenever the set being in the base and never were cancelled after four decades. "I was a little stung by that," he admits. "I believed I had done my job pretty well." Mind of youth in Walsall's role was appealing. "There was job security inside," he adds. "I had a young family at the time and didn't