tinker Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 17 minutes ago, osmark86 said: it's been 3 months. hardly a lot of time for a manager. still have faith in Gerrard. Is that you Christian? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCGB Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Always said we should have set the bar higher! Don’t ask me who though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshharris12 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Making Dean smiths b tactics look pro best I can describe the situation and Gerrard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LondonLax Posted February 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, osmark86 said: please stop making sense and allow the anger to flow without interruption kind sir I don’t believe in his system. He’s copied Liverpool’s blueprint but doesn’t have the players to make it work. Our fullbacks are forced to run the length of the pitch back and forth because we don’t control the play. They are knackered after a full sprint getting into position and are in no state to defend properly when getting back or put in a cross when getting forward. Our previous star midfielders of McGinn and Ramsey are pinned back as wide defensive midfielders, pressing the opposition wingers. Luiz is left in the middle of the park by himself getting over run. Our star attacking midfielders are forced to come deep for the ball and have too many players in front of them to do anything with it and our striker is isolated and well covered by defenders. We are barely recording any shots on target whilst regularly being cut open. My biggest worry is that Gerrard has all his eggs in this ‘system’ because it worked in Scotland and is not capable of finding one that actually suits our personnel. He’s not shown any kind of tactical flexibility as yet and his answer today to his plan not working was to throw on all the attacking players at once. It reminded me of Lambert against Bradford in the League Cup semifinal. 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 minute ago, AVFCGB said: Don’t ask me who though Who do you think? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 I think it is very fair to say he has to earn the right to manage us next season. He is under pressure, so needs to find quick solutions in the short term. The club needs to act if we continue to perform badly. I wouldn't be surprised if we tried for Rodgers in the summer if it goes south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Spurs lose two games on the trot at home to Southampton and Wolves and then go and beat arguably the best team in Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: If we played games on paper, you'd all be right, all the time, and we'd be in Europe. 17th placed Newcastle drew with 4th placed West Ham today. 8th placed Tottenham beat the Champions expect today. There are no " easy " games in the Premier League. Did you watch us today? Looked pretty easy for Watford to me . I'm sorry but the last 3 games we have declined game after game , today we showed nothing , no plan at all we looked lost all over the pitch, we never created anything of note and looked completely lost . Example Cash was part of an attack that broke down and had to run the full length of the pitch when it broke down, Watford nearly scored. We have 3 attacking players and a midfield that all want to play in the same part of the pitch and no width at all. I'm no football genius but it's clear we have no width , if Gerrard can't see it and continues to play this system with these players then he's not a good manager , he's clueless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 My biggest gripe with him is that he plays like we have Trent and Robertson playing for us. The fullbacks just can't be our main width, that only works for elite teams with elite fullbacks. That only worked in the SPL because you were Rangers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said: Spurs lose two games on the trot at home to Southampton and Wolves and then go and beat arguably the best team in Europe. Of course, SG can still turn it around. What Spurs or any other club does means nothing to us though. Edited February 19, 2022 by Villa_Vids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Keyblade said: My biggest gripe with him is that he plays like we have Trent and Robertson playing for us. The fullbacks just can't be our main width, that only works for elite teams with elite fullbacks. That only worked in the SPL because you were Rangers. Liverpool also have players who are more reliable in possession so the fullbacks don’t have to retreat and sprint back quite as often. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, Keyblade said: My biggest gripe with him is that he plays like we have Trent and Robertson playing for us. The fullbacks just can't be our main width, that only works for elite teams with elite fullbacks. That only worked in the SPL because you were Rangers. If we had Trent and Robertson it still wouldn’t work because we don’t control the play. Trent and Robertson don’t have to run 90 yards back and forth all match. Liverpool spend most of the game camped in the opposing half and their fullbacks just have to patrol the wide areas there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) I’m not going to spiral into a knee jerk ‘sack the manager’ position after a poor run, but today’s game management pissed me off. The subs and formation changes were just absurdly bad and probably cost us three points. Right now, were not playing nearly as well as the squad is capable of. That can’t go on for very long before serious questions must be asked. Today was awful. Edited February 19, 2022 by El Zen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 I wasn't on board with this appointment from the beginning because I thought the gap between the Scottish League and Premier League was to big. Encouraged by his start but now I think that inexperience is really showing. Eddie Howe and Roy Hodgson knew exactly how they should play to control us. It's very worrying with this performances. I wouldn't trust him with an overhaul of the squad. 2 - 3 big signings tops. If he survive to the summer because he has work to do with the current squad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 minute ago, NoelVilla said: I wasn't on board with this appointment from the beginning because I thought the gap between the Scottish League and Premier League was to big. Encouraged by his start but now I think that inexperience is really showing. Eddie Howe and Roy Hodgson knew exactly how they should play to control us. It's very worrying with this performances. I wouldn't trust him with an overhaul of the squad. 2 - 3 big signings tops. If he survive to the summer because he has work to do with the current squad. I don’t think we’d need an overhaul anyway. 2-3 big signings should be enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said: I don’t think we’d need an overhaul anyway. 2-3 big signings should be enough. I don't think we do either and I don't think we could afford one anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) The biggest concern with the Gerrard appointment was his experience and its showing in the last few games. Very naive and making some terrible mistakss. We expected better, a response. We didn't get it. Let's not kid ourselves Watford are hopeless and we **** lost to them. 0 points against them and Newcastle is almost unforgivable in my eyes Edited February 19, 2022 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: The biggest concern with the Gerrard appointment was his experience and its showing in the last few games. Very naive and making some terrible mistakss. We expected better, a response. We didn't get it. Let's not kid ourselves Watford are hopeless and we **** lost to them. 0 points against them and Newcastle is almost unforgivable in my eyes Imagine the reaction if Smith had served this up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Gerrard says the performance is on him, he's too blame. If he don't pick up a win in the next game hope sticks to his words and resigns. He speaking a good game atm, but we not seeing any actions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 31 minutes ago, tinker said: Is that you Christian? maybe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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