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Would you make a pit stop in a race to replace a puncture, or just keep driving along  on 3 wheels because you don’t want to lose too much time?

2 minutes ago, duke313 said:

Eye watering to me or you perhaps, but £5m a year is pretty average for a PL manager.

I’m still not sure which part of us sacking a not performing manager would put any potential managers off, considering this is football and it is what happens.

again, it’s not 8 league matches, it’s 35. The original point is not valid.

50 minutes ago, useless said:

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.

 

Very obviously people are ‘worried’ that he won’t be sacked, by evidence of him not being sacked yet.

13 hours ago, VillaParkAvenue said:

To me, Lange seems sidelined. I reacted to quotes from Purslow in February where he referred to a chat with SG about signing older players.

”Also, when I talked about Steven giving his initial feedback, he said, 'Look, I'd like to take the age profile up a little bit. We were the youngest average-age starting team in the league last season. I'd like to have proven winners'.”

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfer-news-purslow-22947333.amp

To me it sounds like Gerrard wanted to tweak the transfer policy towards older, established players and Purslow gave a green light. Not sure Lange has much influence on anything since Gerrard arrived (maybe he never had).

“Proven winner” has to be my least favourite football cliche, one of many 

1 minute ago, duke313 said:

I'm sure the £10m a year convinced him otherwise.

Well yeah, and I’m sure giving Gerrard’s eye watering salary to someone who can justify it would be enough too

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?

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?

Perhaps Gerrard and Beale could have focused on getting our good expensive players to work well together instead of forcing a failing ‘identity’ on them and the club. Maybe the identity of any team is what’s greater than the sum of its parts and it’s the coaching staffs job to achieve that. What a **** colossal waste of money.

Best we can hope for under the current regime is signing an entire new 11 tailor made to fit one very specific way of playing and then hope that works against every team we face. Awful strategy.

I was actually amazed to see he’s never had any association with Wolves, I was sure he’d been there before. Think I confused him with Steve Bull.

Shame for the Geordie Gerrard

3 hours ago, avfc1982am said:

I think anyone other than Ukrainians or those involved, paying to have messages put on rockets are dickheads. Donate by all means, but to have a message put on something used to take life when you aren't directly involved is scummy.    

feels very dystopian

2 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said:

This is going to be Gerrard's fault aswell isn't it?

That's it, I'm done with him...

#Gerrardout

No, and this is the New Club Crest thread 

sounds quite serious? Hopefully it’s nothing. I don’t like Henderson a lot but he doesn’t seem the type.

Maguire being kept out the side by a 5’4 centre back and Victor Lindeloff. Will start for every England game.

Harvey Elliot dives.

Klopp doesn’t have the squad anymore t get away with these random spanner in the works substitutions. Arteta has his number.

First time Liverpool have a real argument to be fuming at VAR. What a shame.

Odegaard is great

Salah is playing it seems 

Poor defending from Arsenal there

ah not a pen, but ball headed into the back of Digne’s hand is. Another one involving us that seemingly changes the rule forever.

1 minute ago, Villa_Vids said:

Of course they can. My point is people on here saying - "I am not going to another game until Gerrard is gone" "I have only been to this game...not going back" and the like. That is crap support imo. Just don't go! Actions speak louder than words. 

I am behind everybody at the club. Gerrard failure is Aston Villa's failure. If you are not rooting for Gerrard making us better then you are against Villa imo. All for one and one for all. 

I mean be fair, he is literally saying they’re not going to another game, they are staying home…

On the other point, I could say if you’re not upset by the complete lack of progress, the terrible football and concerned about the future of the club because you want to root for Gerrard then you’re against the club.

Celebrating the VAR decision and not the ball hitting the back of the net will never not feel strange.

Fulham go 7th, with their vastly superior squad to ours. Which former England midfielder rookie is their manager?