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Dentist? Hair? Doctor? Why on earth are you telling us?

From the quote I read, Beale essentially posed a rhetorical question and used recruitment as a possible example as to why 'two excellent managers' haven't worked out. This is more yellow journalism being Chinese whispered. Just move on.

Wow. He is essentially asking a rhetorical question and some asshole makes it out like he has questioned the whole set-up? Journalism. Jesus christ.

I don't understand why football refs aren't clamping down HARD on all the smack talk and crowding the ref after they blow the whistle. It's mindboggling it's still allowed. Give it a few weeks with straight reds if you are in the refs face shouting or crowd him and it will stop. I just don't understand it.

God, Chelsea - Man Utd is boring as ****.

If true it's not good at all. The manager circus isn't massive, and word travels fast. If stuff like that leaks publically you can only imagine what is being said in text messages, calls and behind closed doors as prospective managers are sounding us out with those in the know. Also, it makes Beale look like an unprofessional asshole airing stuff like that to the press.

haven't heard the segment, and considering how things work I am skeptical that is what he actually said.

Indeed. I got the same sense.

An older article, but still interesting if you like tactical analysis. https://totalfootballanalysis.com/article/ruben-amorim-sporting-cp

The man's passion is gone. He clearly has no drive to stay on top of the game, and he just looks like man ready to use the nepotistic league that seems hellbent on keeping the same old dross in the money for as long as possible.

It sounds like the are regurgitating the old stories that circulated.

Indeed, we might miss out on everyone we want and get Dyche. But we can't expect better than those results for the foreseeable future if that is the case.

I haven't seen anyone forward that argument to be fair. It's a false equivalence. Every foreign manager isn't Remi Garde.

I'm going to go drown myself now cheers!

England doesn't really produce very many good coaches. Not that I really care about that particular trait, but there is a reason German coaches are 'popular'; they produce good ones. Looking at his track record Garde was one of the worst gambles we've taken in years, and it didn't pan out. He went on to do **** all after us confirming how badly we **** that one up. At least we got rid quickly. Dyche is just a no. Rodgers as well, he seems utterly spent having lost all passion and drive to keep up with the ever changing modern tactical football, and listening to Leicester fans, he seems a right **** tit as well. Scary as it seems, we probably need to look broader than the current bunch of English coaches floating about in the nepotistic system that keeps them in jobs in order to kick on. That is why we have executives and a club hierarchy to do the due diligence needed. Hopefully that has improved under the new management so we can avoid the same mistakes we've made so many times before. Get someone in with passion, drive, skill and understanding enough to mold Villa into a successful club.

Thank ****. Now do Dyche.

Competent people have the ability and humility to surround themselves with people that equally, if not more competent than themselves. That is a good sign, and it speaks to him being humble and giving his team credit.

I think he seems like a good candidate on paper, but you are 100% right. We need to pace ourselves a bit. Hype is a seductive thing. Some outlet or youtuber creates a piece on someone, romanticizing or bigging up a person or thing ad that pice then sparks more pieces. It's all about the man, and there we can only hope the club does it best to nail down if he is a good fit. Our lad Ruben is now decidedly riding a massive hype wave. That's not to say he shouldn't be the man, but that we, again, need to pace ourselves.

Such sacrifices demands proper commemoration!

Well maybe name a stand after them or put up a massove plaque over the Holte End.

Maybe we suck at negotiations?

I am bit stumped by this sudden shift in narrative. I've had some really sharp posts thrown my way for suggesting that our squad is probably overrated and has a lot to prove, and it might not all be Gerrards fault. Now it seems a new consensus forming that our squad is 'unbalanced and poor'? I mean I think so too, but again, this is a silent narrative shift we are seeing. It was all down to him not getting their true potential out.

Maybe. Successful people generally don't give up just because they struggle or hit bumps in the road. They learn, try something different and tries to learn from that. Maybe at a different level, another league or whatever. We'll see.

Who the hell is Van Taag?

I think that is spot on. If Gerrard is clever, he will allow himself to be humbled by his experience here and actually learn.