BG_Villa_Fan

How can refs in this league be so absurdly incompetent? 

Never in doubt!

Our Emi is a giant. 

Please please please make it so 

He used to be the kind of player who got mad at being substituted in the 80th minute when 2-0 up.

Now he’s the type of player who gets subbed on in the 96th minute.

All the money and trophies won’t buy him what he used to be and what he had.

I'd be very impressed if they have a replacement lined up already. Would mean they're professional and cutthroat. None of that 'we're scheduling interviews' stuff.

Also time to waive their big ... money  around and get someone good. 

9 hours ago, M_Afro said:

Whoever our new manager is, he will be stuck with the most over rated and over paid squad in thePL. There can be no quick fix. Gerrard has been rubbish but the players have not been much better. Anybody who gets this lot to 40 points is a miracle worker.

7 of the current regulars started in the 7-2 win against Liverpool not too long ago. The others were Targett, Trez and Barkley - all deemed not good enough. 

Finally! Couple of months too late but still. 

The club's statement is interesting , no thanks or pleasantries, basically the closest to GTFO a professional message could look. I imagine other heads might roll.

Get the next appointment right!

Every day he leaves Gerrard in charge is another day of actively sabotaging the club. Been so for a couple of months. 

One of the biggest issues with these types of ahem 'pragmatic' coaches like Bruce and Gerrard is that even at their projected best you're looking at poor football and entertainment, poor player development, no youth breaking through because results and so on. So even if it works for a while and they stumble upon a few 1-0 wins it's a bad long term strategy and only a matter of time before luck dries up. 

As if we needed any more reasons to love the big man!

The first few albums of In Flames were awesome and so creative for the time.

nvm

1 hour ago, MrBlack said:

How do you know what grade it is? Or can it only possibly be one of those two if we've decided to not perform surgery at this stage?

 Is there anyway we can determine if it's ACL or another ligament?

Seeming like you know a bit about this stuff, what's the success ratio of non-surgery recovery from these types of injuries? 

There are usually 3 grades for sprains - 1 is mild and 3 is a full tear, which definitely requires surgery. Since it appears that he won’t need surgery and judging by the time he’s expected to be off we, as internet doctors, can safely conclude it’s a grade 2 sprain.

He’ll rest some, get some therapy and will probably be re-evaluated in 6 weeks so we’ll know more by then.

5 hours ago, Keener window-cleaner said:

Can you play holding midfielder?

About as well as Dendoncker, judging from the last game. 

I had a sprained MCL not too long ago. Took me more than two months until I was able to run normally. Obviously I didn’t have the top treatment a premier league player would.

Hopefully it’s not more than a sprain. Fingers crossed.

1 hour ago, bielesibub said:

not wanting to start any war, but sacking a manager and then hoping the new one coming in will do a better job could also easily be seen as blind faith.

Ahh the irony..

Great job Deano, so happy for him. They play decent football as well and that little fella Nunez is a good player.

14 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

All his mates coming out to say to stick with him and defend him. The latest being his best mate carragher.

Why cant they be honest and just highlight his faults so he actually learns something instead of trying to polish a turd and say its the fans being inpatient 

If we saw anything improvement a glimmer then he would have the fans. But the truth  if the matter is we are significantly worse

This is why I never bother with pundits, articles, analysts, etc. - they’re openly dishonest, no real insight, heavily biased. Literally no one provides analysis that is more sophisticated than your average Joe in a pub would. It’s all so boring and useless it’s just a waste of time.
 

Avoiding listening to these frauds before and after a game, reading the articles and even watching games on mute is a genuine improvement.

Nowadays there are a lot of good podcasts, youtube channels and other similar avenues to get actually good information. TV and papers are way behind on provided value even for the more casual fans.

1 hour ago, CVByrne said:

I don't understand this situation. Luiz wanted to go to Arsenal. They bid £25m for him and he has under a year left on his deal. It is almost a certainty he will not extend that deal, especially now. 

So it's do we value Luiz services for the season over that of the money? 

The only thing I can think of is the youth players. Ramsey and Iregobunam and the level they will be at come next summer. Which combined with Luiz performance for the season is their preferred plan 

I'll try to explain. Gerrard is gone. They all know he is and he has no say in transfer dealings at all. And no, they should never have put themselves in such a situation - he should have already been sacked, but hey ho.

So, they've taken a stance that no one is leaving until the new manager could come and assess the squad.  

Also, as you've said, they're in a decent position financially, so it's not that much of a deal even if he ends up walking. More of an opportunity cost. 

3 hours ago, StefanAVFC said:

How can we be narrow when we have full backs on the wings and centre mids at full back!?

Well we're a special case of having the worst of all worlds - narrow offensively where we somehow manage to have players getting in each other's way AND having no one to pass to.

Then we're wide open on the flanks when other teams counter attack and wide open in the middle when other teams build their attacks. 

I think it takes a special ability to get so many things completely wrong. 

A truly dreadful signing who's destined to be on the next bomb squad with loans to Turkey until his contract is up.

Then we wonder why we never make profit on signings.