Made In Aston Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Remember when people were worried that Gerrard would leave us for Liverpool? Let's cross that bridge when we get to it, if we even do. That bridge has been blown up by a combination of Russian, Ukraine, US, UK, Chinese and South Korean missiles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Keyblade said: Remember when people were worried that Gerrard would leave us for Liverpool? Let's cross that bridge when we get to it, if we even do. There’s a big difference between those two though. For Gerrard to be offered a better job, he’d have to be successful at Villa first (sounds absurd now). Poch on the other hand has proven himself already and could receive offers from day one. I still think it would be worth it to appoint Poch if he said yes, but the risk of him suddenly leaving would be real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 5 hours ago, duke313 said: I’d love to know who is on Lange and Purslow’s list to replace Gerrard We should get a thread going to talk about it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 4 points from 2 games and an Australia Cup under his belt. Maybe Dwight Yorke was the trainee manager we should have hired after all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 16 minutes ago, Zatman said: 4 points from 2 games and an Australia Cup under his belt. Maybe Dwight Yorke was the trainee manager we should have hired after all You can see his letter to the board now. " Don't you think it's about time you appointed an actual Club Legend and born winner, my record speaks for itself " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLARETANDBLUEFOXY Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I just want someone with proven brilliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Zatman said: 4 points from 2 games and an Australia Cup under his belt. Maybe Dwight Yorke was the trainee manager we should have hired after all We hear a lot about Gerrard being a winner but Yorkie is arguably more of a winner than Gerrard. Gerrard has a UCL, Uefa Cup and a number of domestic cups, whereas Yorkie has UCL, 3 PL titles and a couple of domestic cups. If Gerrard had wanted to really win things then he would've gone to Chelsea in 2005 or Munich in 2012 but decided to stay with his boyhood club who while regular CL spots, only once were looking seriously like they might win the title once from memory in the Gerrard playing years yet Chelsea were winning the titles around then and obviously Munich win regular trophies. So he was one of the finest PL players ever but not a massively focused on winning mentality. We wouldnt have hired Yorkie obviously but he won more than Gerrard comparatively and moved to win trophies whereas Gerrard stayed at his boyhood club and while Liverpool was nothing to sniff at they werent really the powerhouse they are today under Klopp. Edited October 16, 2022 by nick76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sharkyvilla Posted October 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, nick76 said: We hear a lot about Gerrard being a winner but Yorkie is arguably more of a winner than Gerrard. Gerrard has a UCL, Uefa Cup and a number of domestic cups, whereas Yorkie has UCL, 3 PL titles and a couple of domestic cups. If Gerrard had wanted to really win things then he would've gone to Chelsea in 2005 or Munich in 2012 but decided to stay with his boyhood club who while regular CL spots, only once were looking seriously like they might win the title once from memory in the Gerrard playing years yet Chelsea were winning the titles around then and obviously Munich win regular trophies. So he was one of the finest PL players ever but not a massively focused on winning mentality. We wouldnt have hired Yorkie obviously but he won more than Gerrard comparatively and moved to win trophies whereas Gerrard stayed at his boyhood club and while Liverpool was nothing to sniff at they werent really the powerhouse they are today under Klopp. You could use so many examples of players having a 'winning mentality' but turning out to be inept at management. It's the dumbest argument in favour of Gerrard. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Just now, sharkyvilla said: You could use so many examples of players having a 'winning mentality' but turning out to be inept at management. It's the dumbest argument in favour of Gerrard. I agree, most of them turn into pundits that we see before and after the game on Sky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 1 minute ago, nick76 said: I agree, most of them turn into pundits that we see before and after the game on Sky. Yes Souness and Keane are prime examples. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 20 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Yes Souness and Keane are prime examples. I really want Souness to become Villa manager so that I can pretend to be a famous footballer’s cousin and get a game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StewieGriffin Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 2 hours ago, CLARETANDBLUEFOXY said: I just want someone with proven brilliance. Proven competence would be a start 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said: You could use so many examples of players having a 'winning mentality' but turning out to be inept at management. It's the dumbest argument in favour of Gerrard. Too true. To be fair if it was just about having a winning mentality a few of us could probably manage a Premier league club, maybe works a little better in Scotland where the skill level is not as high, but unfortunately it takes far far more than having a passion to win a game, down here, as Gerrard is now finding out. You can tell managing Villa in this league has hit Gerrard like a steam train, something he wasn't expecting so much, an I truly believe the end is nigh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I’d like a manager that isn’t Gerrard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Did we ever see a list of the managers Gerrard beat to get our job? They must have been truly shit, if indeed they existed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I want an expensive, moody, petulant, foreign manager, who gets us playing fabulous match winning performances, trashes journalists, stomps angrily out of press conferences and creates havoc on the touchline. Is that really too much to ask? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 32 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said: Did we ever see a list of the managers Gerrard beat to get our job? They must have been truly shit, if indeed they existed. Here’s a list of favourites just before Gerrard was announced: Steven Gerrard 1/25 Paddy Power Frank Lampard 14/1 Paddy Power John Terry 14/1 BetVictor Roberto Martinez 16/1 William Hill Kasper Hjulmand 14/1 BetVictor Paulo Fonseca 14/1 BetVictor Graham Potter 16/1 BetVictor Potter aside, an extremely underwhelming list. People need to temper their expectations if they think the list will be much different now. Poch and Tuchel ain’t happening. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I’d like to be ahead of the curve for once, so I just want to say the new manager has got no plan, he can’t coach, is tactically clueless, and we’ve got no pattern of play. Oh, and I’m sick of his press conferences already. New manager OUT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 3 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: You can see his letter to the board now. " Don't you think it's about time you appointed an actual Club Legend and born winner, my record speaks for itself " That was the letter Gerrard wrote to the Liverpool board but it landed on Purslow’s desk. He’s been intercepting Gerrard’s post for years now. A quick alteration to the signature, he writes letters from SG to himself all the time, and Bob’s your mother’s brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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