Also, don’t forget that Gerrard is a globally known footballer and celebrity, with all the things that comes with that in terms of media relations.
He’s probably spent more hours on media training than Smith has on coaching badges. Dealing with media will be different for someone like him, no doubt.
Today was an absolute shambles. No press resistance, no proper out-ball plays, we didn't look like a team that new where the other players were when we got the ball.
Horrid
He can pick any **** 11 he wants, it's the philosophy that is wrong. It's just not working, and it doesn't matter who plays. They won't save us. Mings didn't , Buendia didn't. The philosophy needs to change.
No, it's much more than that. It facilities, culture, belief in what you do.
What you have outside the giants is a bunch of also rans who takes turn popping up and falling off. We're done. It's the culture. We are treading water.
Like Dan said on Claret & Blue 'I want to look as stupid as the Arsenal fans in the first episode of All or Nothing'. It reminded med they were complaining about the exact same thing we do.
Issue is, the docu-drama paints Arteta as competent, intelligent and like person with a plan.
Yeah, I was thinking something similar.
We sort of peaked with MON, then the modern Premier League outpaced us completely. No matter what we do, we'll never rise to the heights of the 80s or even thereabouts again. We are one of those perpetual supporting cast clubs showing up as faceless opposing teams to the gib boys in All or Nothing-like docu-dramas.
We should just embrace our fate and go with it. Not even Pep or Klopp would be able to get us into the running. The game's gone.
'We're shit and we know it!'
I think most sackings are. I doubt you sack a guy hoping some other guy will say yes. It's too much of a gamble, so yes, I think feelers went out and it was part of the reason.
My position really. Things look bad now, and I feel awful, but we can't predict the future and we know nothing of who is truly available to take over. Not like they can come out and say that Potter or Poch said no who we're stuck with Gerrard.
But yeah, we look like relegation candidates and that worries me.
Yeah, something smells here, and it isn't just SG. What has the club done in terms of staff, recruitment procedures and facilitating a proper club philosophy?
I'm worried. If we go down again, I'm not entirely convinced we'd be back in a hurry.