Zatman Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: I would never ever want the Villa to lose, it's not about the manager. Its about the club and the best thing to happen to the club is if the manager leaves 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Just now, Zatman said: Its about the club and the best thing to happen to the club is if the manager leaves No it isn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchnry Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) If losing to Forest doesn't get him the sack after the last 12 months then I really don't know what will get rid of him. On that basis I'd take a loss tonight and have him gone. I'd sacrifice 3 points in the hope we get someone else in that can secure us more 3 points long term. Edited October 10, 2022 by mrchnry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: No it isn't... What has he achieved so far that he has earned more time? I am curious as this question never gets answered from people that want him to stay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDVILLAN Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 In the recent past..any game that was a "must win" for us we have been beaten.... I am not as positive for a good result tonight and i think that gerrard is hanging by a thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Just now, Zatman said: What has he achieved so far that he has earned more time? I am curious as this question never gets answered from people that want him to stay? It's not that I want him to stay but sacking him is too soon; wait until the World Cup at least... Consistency, identity, patience all aspects Villa are trying to implement; Beale said it himself as much on Talksport today. Gerrard has attracted better players to the club: Carlos, Kamara, Coutinho, Digne etc are all top players. Villa will look like a basket-case club sacking Gerrard this early into the season; which will be duly noted by any potential manager who might be keen on the job in future. They will likely want to know if they will be afforded the same amount of time. Gerrard is the manager and ultimately I want Villa to win. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didiersix Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I'm so unenthused about watching Gerrard's Villa. It really does feel like he has sucked the life out of us. As others have commented, it feels like we are just 'circling the drain' with him - it's a matter of when, not if. Maybe a win tonight would kickstart things, but I just don't see it. It really has made me feel quite conflicted about Villa - I want us to win, but I also want to be able to feel excited about watching my team. Doesn't feel like both are possible under Gerrard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: It's not that I want him to stay but sacking him is too soon; wait until the World Cup at least... Consistency, identity, patience all aspects Villa are trying to implement; Beale said it himself as much on Talksport today. Gerrard has attracted better players to the club: Carlos, Kamara, Coutinho, Digne etc are all top players. Villa will look like a basket-case club sacking Gerrard this early into the season; which will be duly noted by any potential manager who might be keen on the job in future. They will likely want to know if they will be afforded the same amount of time. Gerrard is the manager and ultimately I want Villa to win. Are Bournemouth a basket case or Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Wolves or Chelsea Why would be some embarrassing basket case for sacking somebody out of the depth. Would you prefer we kept some League 2 level player at the club because releasing him would make people laugh at us? What's the difference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakefieldVillan Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 22 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Win. I guess the closest I’ve ever felt like wanting us to lose was that game against Blackburn (I think?) when a defeat would mean trouble for small heath. Even then it’s more of an ambivalent “Oh well never mind” shrug. Silver lining kinda thing. Ultimately if Gerrard is to be shown the door (and while I am in that group, I’m not vehemently in it), a win at bottom place Forest is only going to bring him so much credit. It’s likely to delay the inevitable. This is where I'm at. If we were mid table and the game "didn't matter" but if we lost it meant a team I didn't like went down (Blues or Leeds ) then I would be "ok" with a defeat. This tonight though. No way I want us to lose. Plus I have a couple of Forest supporting mates so the decision is even easier! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: It's not that I want him to stay but sacking him is too soon; wait until the World Cup at least... Consistency, identity, patience all aspects Villa are trying to implement; Beale said it himself as much on Talksport today. Gerrard has attracted better players to the club: Carlos, Kamara, Coutinho, Digne etc are all top players. Villa will look like a basket-case club sacking Gerrard this early into the season; which will be duly noted by any potential manager who might be keen on the job in future. They will likely want to know if they will be afforded the same amount of time. Gerrard is the manager and ultimately I want Villa to win. i disagree we will be labelled a basket case by his media mates who dont watch us play (even then carragher has called us out twice this season already for poor football) but statistically over a longer period of time we make for grim reading, any kind of in-depth analysis would show gerrard up, the problem is no one does that in depth analysis because no one cares, instead we'll get the opinions of insiders like gabby and danny murphy, if gerrard stays until the WC i think one of the miserable bastards will stick his head above the parapet and go for him, keane or souness go on the type of rant that lad bible exists for the world cup makes logical sense but only if behind the scenes the club have put the feelers out, if leicester sack rodgers which also feels inevitable and they get poch (i dont think they will but it's just an example) then us waiting starts to look worse, us sticking depends on who twists Edited October 10, 2022 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: It's not that I want him to stay but sacking him is too soon; wait until the World Cup at least... Consistency, identity, patience all aspects Villa are trying to implement; Beale said it himself as much on TalkSport today. Gerrard has attracted better players to the club: Carlos, Kamara, Coutinho, Digne etc. are all top players. Villa will look like a basket-case club sacking Gerrard this early into the season, which will be duly noted by any potential manager who might be keen on the job in future. They will likely want to know if they will be afforded the same amount of time. Gerrard is the manager and ultimately, I want Villa to win. A valid point I've not seen mentioned before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Gerrard is 'dead man walking' as the phrase goes, and I'm pretty sure that behind the scenes it's probable the club have been in contact with potential replacements, and those talks will probably have just as much of a say on when it is exactly he gets sacked as any one result. It's pretty obvious, if Gerrard is as bad as people thinks he is, then the bad form will continue, and the club will inevitably sack him, so not sure what people are worried about, it's just a matter of time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: It's not that I want him to stay but sacking him is too soon; wait until the World Cup at least... No, I want somebody in that has time to assess the squad over the coming games to then plan during the WC for the second half of the season. Bringing in somebody during the WC will have players missing, won’t know a lot of the players, it’ll waste a transfer window so we’ll be starting from scratch when footy returns. I think the WC break is the worst time to make a change. If they (surely) are going to move on from Gerrard, then give the new manager time to assess the team now so the WC break can be used effectively and make us ready for the rest of the season. 12 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Consistency, identity, patience all aspects Villa are trying to implement; Beale said it himself as much on Talksport today. Yeah that felt like he was trying to justify keeping Gerrard, just excuse after excuse rather than saying any positives. 13 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Gerrard has attracted better players to the club: Carlos, Kamara, Coutinho, Digne etc are all top players. That’s great but then he has to coach them and the others and that’s his problem. Fantastic at recruitment, poor at coaching. 14 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Villa will look like a basket-case club sacking Gerrard this early into the season The same Talksport section talked about how Villa are struggling as well as Forest, that’s the category we are being rightly perceived in. I’m not sure anybody would care apart from some of his media buddies because people in the media are talking about how we had a poor end to the season and again are struggling. Plus I don’t care what they think. 16 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: which will be duly noted by any potential manager who might be keen on the job in future. They will likely want to know if they will be afforded the same amount of time. Or they see our players and the club and think they could easily improve us slightly without major work and will be working in the PL and a very nice wage. 19 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Gerrard is the manager and ultimately I want Villa to win. I want Villa to win but I want Gerrard gone because I think he’s holding us back the longer he stays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted October 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2022 Win we need to pull away from the drop zone Gerrard will be replaced if we remain bottom half anyway! We cannot be dragged into a full on relegation battle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 My heart always says win regardless of opposition. My head has no clue which Villa turns up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Never want us to lose regardless of what I think about the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I always want us to win. But I'd probably take a loss over a draw if it meant Gerrard getting sacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 29 minutes ago, duke313 said: A valid point I've not seen mentioned before. It doesn’t really make any sense, there’s nothing early about sacking Gerrard. Saying ‘this far into the season’ suggests he started in August and not last November. Did Chelsea sacking Tuchel after 6 games put off Potter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I’m offering free medals to fans who couldn’t fathom thinking further than one game head by the way. Why risk our 0.88 points per game by taking an L and getting a manger who can work with what he’s given? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, a m ole said: It doesn’t really make any sense, there’s nothing early about sacking Gerrard. Saying ‘this far into the season’ suggests he started in August and not last November. Did Chelsea sacking Tuchel after 6 games put off Potter? I'm sure the £10m a year convinced him otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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