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I hope he wins every game but the implications of him not winning his first 2 are catastrophic, to put ourselves in this position in reckless, if we then lose to a Dean Smith led Norwich then his position is at risk. 90% of the fans I know will turn against him and Purslow at this point The fact he doesn't see this ( or doesn't care ) is arrogance beyond belief. Why have we put ourselves in this position, it's Purslow's long time love affair with Gerrard, if you haven't read the accounts of him at Liverpool with Gerrard then take some time to, Carragher and co laughed their bollox of at him patting Gerrards arse, "go Steve go". I'm out of here for a few months as I'm pissing myself off thinking about the shit mess I feel we have put ourselves and reading some posters , who I repsect , trying to polish a turd , is disturbing . UTV

Lampard has more experience.....

See your point on Ming's. However they will buy proven quality to keep themselves up at a cost most can't compete with.

Mmm he didn't know how to fix the weakness but I'm sure he has watched Newcastle and looked back on his tenure at Bournemouth and realised the issues he didn't address. Tbh with the money...... they will buy their way out of it. If they come in for Ming's at £60m, will our leaders let him go? Tunzabe for £20m , they really have a game changing amount of money and if they get fined for spending it .......so be it .

Check his record, apart from 5 games he did rather well. Bet Delia couldn't believe her luck when we swapped him for a world class top 4 manager from the SPL. A real no brainer from their point of view tbh. Unless they was tempted in taking a punt on a young up and coming manager who had managed Derby in the championship and Chelsea in the premier League, Probably to much of a gamble for them.

Their defence will be completely changed in January. Even Howe will see the weakness there. Apart from that the squad is good enough to stay up and they will imho.

This, and I'm so happy other fans see it this way. For me the only way around it is to link revenue spent to fans through the gate, I don't mean tickets brought , fans in the grounds. It will encourage bigger grounds and cheaper prices, for home and away fans. Add this to the chance of standing and we are getting close to the game we used to have and it was good , so good I pine for it even today.

We've got a stronger squad so we have nothing to worry about . Plus Smith will now have to pick the players he signs all on his own. He won't have the input and data that Purslows team generate to pick players that's are underperforming and offer good value for money. He's got one hell of a hard job in front of him. I think he can do it Bare in mind we have a fantastic manager with a proven ability to dig teams out of trouble and a squad that's being carefully selected by experts. UTV

Down to the manager then , we should be ok with Gerrard and this squad but Norwich do stand a chance they have to get some points in the next 3 games though to stand a chance. I think they can do it with the new manager bounce and all that. We play them 6 games into Gerrards rein .

He's got the job, going to announce it Monday, Shakespeare going with him as well. Hope they can keep them up, he deserves it.

Got some easyish games coming up as well and just won a game, I watched them, Rashica looked quality .

Smexit is smexit , now move on and get ready for Gerrard to prove Purslow right in throwing our kitchen sink at him ( and his lovely arse, check the independent article on him) Gonna be a great couple of months on here and it's bound to lead to a few Broken hearts, shattered reputations and cancelled subscriptions .

Give it a game or two and everyone on here could be bringing the lion to his front door , especially if Norwich win a few games with Smith in charge. Fingers crossed Purslow knows what's his doing and a "few too many" don't Our 6th game with Gerrard as manager is...... Norwich

Here's my prediction, If he goes there , they won't go down.

Quit after an hour , the lure of my phone was beginning to drag me away from the seemingly plotless action.

Must have spoke to Gerrard before he sacked Smith to make sure he was up for it and the speed in which it has moved. I wonder how many other managers were interviewed or even asked. Maybe he had spoke to him before the Newcastle job was offered as well, seems likely.

Social media allows these morons into your life.

Jesus, this site's doing my head in. I hope Gerard is the best manager we have ever had and we win every game in style. But his appointment is a big gamble and all the fans I have spoken to are saying the same thing, these are season ticket holders not keyboard warriors. Failure to them and me means pain , real pain, and that's why we are worried about this move , it's a big gamble and to pretend otherwise is niave, stupid or divisive. Anyway UTV and come on Gerrard, show us all the gamble has paid off with a strong performance against Brighton.

Interesting article in the Independent.....

Not the fans I'm speaking to , even Liverpool fans see the risk for him and us.

Cheers for that , maybe i will, can you open your eyes and see what's happened. We lose one of our own after he's performed minor Miracles and had a blip..... We then sign a "sky big 4 fan boy " who's coming to us for some experience before taking over his beloved lpool, if and when they want him. You keep happy clapping and I will sulk in the corner.

Now he's got his "Liverpool friends" here let's see how it goes, have a feeling they will all be leaving together this summer.

Have a feeling his cars gonna get awfully wet over the next few months.

Jesus christ what a mess. Smith for Gerrard , laughable .