Zatman Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 39 minutes ago, Keyblade said: I like how he's basically morphing into Russell Crowe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zhan_Zhuang Posted November 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Weechops said: He was wanting to go after our defeat to Malmo. We snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. You could sense the drive ebb away from him. Pressers were beyond boring- same thing different day. We drew Motherwell at Ibrox in mid September and there were rumours that he was wanting out. I watched his presser today and he had the body language of someone not telling the truth about his approach timeline. Anyway, we got Gio today and the whole of the blue side of Glasgow and elsewhere are buzzing about it. It's always nice to employ someone as manager who has an affiliation with the club and the support. Wait till you see Hampden on Sunday. 43,000 Rangers supporters mainly wearing Dutch Orange. Good times ahead. Good luck for Saturday troops. 59 minutes ago, Weechops said: Rangers supporters love the colour Orange and we wore Orange at a cup final to honour Dick Advocat when he was our manager. Tune in at 4pm on Sunday. 3 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: Lange said they Interviewed 3 other candidates and chose Gerrard as he was far superior to the rest. It would be interesting to know who they were... But deep down part of me knows it was Joe Kinnear, Dwight Yorke and Dennis Wise. Lampard was linked too today but if true then I am worried if that was half the shortlist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vive_La_Villa Posted November 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2021 Seriously who gives a shit what the truth is about how we recruited Gerrard and what the plan was. Also what they tell us. You lot act like you’re shareholders and have some massive investment in the club. All that matters is what happens on the pitch. F**k the rest of it. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Seriously who gives a shit what the truth is about how we recruited Gerrard and what the plan was. Also what they tell us. You lot act like you’re shareholders and have some massive investment in the club. All that matters is what happens on the pitch. F**k the rest of it. There is a narrative being spun which is attempting to say that there was a selection process after Smith when in truth there was none. I am worried that we are being treated like fools - when we are not fools. It does not bode well. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Weechops said: Rangers supporters love the colour Orange and we wore Orange at a cup final to honour Dick Advocat when he was our manager. Tune in at 4pm on Sunday. No thanks. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, est1874 said: Simply untrue. I've done it myself in less, and that was without losing sleep. Got the job too. It's generally an exercise in gathering stuff you already have in other formats / presentations (modern football management does involve classroom-style work too, you know). If you know your shit and you're good at what you do, you don't need more than a few hours of hard work to put together something concise and yet powerful. Same... Modifying existing templates/gathering information from previous projects you've done is a huge part of this. Apparently Brendan Rodgers showed up to his Liverpool interview with a 180 slide presentation on the direction he wanted to take the club in and ended up getting the job for the same reason Gerrard apparently got the Villa job, for doing his homework. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post briny_ear Posted November 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2021 It really is bizarre that people are getting so het up about the detail of the interview process and massively over interpreting people’s body language in a press conference. What is going on? The only thing that matters is that the previous manager had a record of poor results throughout 2021 and had recently taken us into a downward spiral heading rapidly for the relegation zone. So he was sacked and they have got in someone who they think will do better. The only thing that matters is if our results pick up. The content of Gerrard’s PowerPoint presentation is irrelevant to that. Not good to overthink these things. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 40 minutes ago, Zatman said: Lampard was linked too today but if true then I am worried if that was half the shortlist Rumor on Twitter is that the four were Gerrard, Roberto Martinez, Kasper Hjulmand, and Frank Lampard. The rumor mill said Lampard was apparently underwhelming in their initial conversation and did not bother to speak to him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, KMitch said: The rumor mill said Lampard was apparently underwhelming in their initial conversation and did not bother to speak to him again. Why does that not surprise me Edited November 19, 2021 by Tom13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Why does that not surprise me Confirmation bias! (Just joking) Edited November 19, 2021 by Rolta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 If there were 20 people after the job, it takes a few hours of someone's time to narrow that list of CVs down to a few preferable candidates. Assuming those candidates don't have a calendar that involves 15 zoom calls a day, a private life that requires them to look after the kids through till bedtime, and a genuine desire to get the job, it would be a piece of piss to schedule 4 interviews with those candidates across 4 working days. Footballers and managers do not live in the same world as every day people. The fact Gerrard shone brighter than the other 3 says more about his desire to get the role than anything else. That goes a long way to me having faith that he will at least try his best. And based on the limited evidence we have from his time in Scotland, his best is not bad. Combine those two factors with his innate determination and you're on to a promising thing. Assuming that the interview also demonstrated a level of ability that they were after and there is no reason to think we screwed up. Let's see how it goes before casting judgement. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, KMitch said: Rumor on Twitter is that the four were Gerrard, Roberto Martinez, Kasper Hjulmand, and Frank Lampard. The rumor mill said Lampard was apparently underwhelming in their initial conversation and did not bother to speak to him again. Lsmpard will bomb out of management sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, KMitch said: Rumor on Twitter is that the four were Gerrard, Roberto Martinez, Kasper Hjulmand, and Frank Lampard. The rumor mill said Lampard was apparently underwhelming in their initial conversation and did not bother to speak to him again. How and why the holy **** would we have chosen those 4 to be on the shortlist? Eastie on here knew it was Gerrard a day before Dean was sacked. It was always Gerrard, because of Purslow being his number 1 fan. Maybe he gave the other 3 as options to Wes and Nassef as a token gesture to back it up. Let's just hope it isn't a monumental cock up. He was at least a winner as a player, like Steve Bruce was with Man Utd. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, KMitch said: Rumor on Twitter is that the four were Gerrard, Roberto Martinez, Kasper Hjulmand, and Frank Lampard. The rumor mill said Lampard was apparently underwhelming in their initial conversation and did not bother to speak to him again. Think Hjulmand was only on the list as Lange’s favoured candidate and he had already more or less ruled himself out because he has got Denmark to the World Cup finals. Wonder how Martinez did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Zatman said: Just love how RC is concealing that biscuit in is right hand, he needs social media calling him a fat gladiator like he needs another hotdog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 32 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: How and why the holy **** would we have chosen those 4 to be on the shortlist? Eastie on here knew it was Gerrard a day before Dean was sacked. It was always Gerrard, because of Purslow being his number 1 fan. Maybe he gave the other 3 as options to Wes and Nassef as a token gesture to back it up. Let's just hope it isn't a monumental cock up. He was at least a winner as a player, like Steve Bruce was with Man Utd. Because Aston Villa isn't attractive enough a prospect to managers with a higher pedigree than those 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 9 hours ago, gwi1890 said: Then why is between 8-9 am the most busy times on the road? Yes people work night shift and work a rota but for crying out loud a footballer turning up to training for 9.30 am or 10am isn’t much to ask? Surely it would be better for their well being not staying up late playing cod? Instilling a bit of discipline and going to bed early because “I have to get up early for work tomorrow “ isn’t much to ask? Playing COD you say? Well that would suggest that there has been somefin fishy going on. I just hope it’s not on a large scale and we don’t suffer a net loss as a result. I’m sure the press will be trawling the depths to fish something out on this. You know what it’s like when the sharks start to circle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 5 hours ago, briny_ear said: The content of Gerrard’s PowerPoint presentation is irrelevant to that. Not good to overthink these things. Could you explain this in depth please? Perhaps it would be best to break it down into a few main bullet points and then deal with these individual items in more detail. I’m not even sure if PowerPoint is still the go to presentation software these days, but it might be an idea to cover this as a starting point and then expand from there in more detail. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 4 hours ago, Laughable Chimp said: Because Aston Villa isn't attractive enough a prospect to managers with a higher pedigree than those 4. Lucien Favre nearly joined Crystal Palace, Fonseca has been selling himself to any Premier League club that is looking and Van Bronckhorst just went to Rangers Thats just 3 for a start with better CVs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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