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He didn't see it clearly on VAR either though, otherwise he would have seen there was no contact as the appeal did. It's a farce because of its poor implementation and the refs poor interpretation. Ultimately it probably cost Gerrard his job.

Well it's one better than a two horse race To come to a team as big as villa in a relegation battle is a massive task. I would argue its the hardest job in the Premier League atm. We need someone who has experience of a relegation battle pressure. If we get the next new thing in and they lose the first few games they will wilt under the pressure. I suspect the next appointment will not be a glamorous one , it won't be universally popular but hopefully it will be enough to keep us up and get a new manager in the summer to push us on. It would have been nice if Gerrard had enough to keep us up and go I the summer......but he didn't

Unbeaten for a whole season ........premier League experience is a requirement.

We're in trouble because of Gerrard. I hope we get a proven manager who can allow these players to find their feet again and play with confidence, like they have in the past. Ings is proven, to say he's crap, full stop, is just bollox.

Smith wouldn't have took us as low as we are now but he did need to go so we could get to the next level. Purslows timing was out and its out with Gerrard as well, both should have gone earlier, at a time we could have attracted a higher profile manager. We struggled last season and ended up Gerrard and the sames going to happen now, we will end up with a compromise. Purslow has failed on the football front ,unless we can attract Poch but I doubt it looking at where we are now. What's left for him to do, if he can't get a top class manager or hasn't got one lined up then he's failed at his main job, he should go

We were crap the ref was even worse than us, why didn't Mitrovic get booked for barging into Doug? A red card, just an unbelievable decision. Gave in watching after that , we wasn't going to score with him on the pitch. Think Gerrard has overseen the biggest decline in my enthusiasm for Villa in 40 years, like the Dracula of football managers , dreadful. UTV

Dyche has never managed a high pressure club, how will he react to that type of pressure is a gamble. We need someone who's proven at our level even if it's temporary to get us out of the shit.

He was forced to act, the owner stormed out of the directors box and he followed. Would love to have been a fly on the wall but guessing the owners will be discussing Purslow's role in the appointment tomorrow once the dust has settled. Purslow best have an appointment lined up otherwise my feeling is he will go in the summer.

He will never make it as a manager in the modern game.

Happy days, just hope they have a replacement lined up

We need someone to keep us up and then look again in the summer..

Back it, it's going to happen. The Tories are in total panic.

Big Sam until the summer.

We have a stronger squad than at least 6 of the teams in the league. We have a crap manager who's upset the team spirit and played a system we can't play with the players we have.. The right manager will sort this lot out , the wrong one won't and this is the issue, Purslow picking out saviour, or will he, I think he may have no choice but to go with Gerrard.

We have a decent squad , have to start at the back keep it tight , 4 in the middle . We can stay up we just need a decent coach who can operate under pressure. Enough to buy us some time to get a manager who can push us on to the next level next summer.

I think Mitrovic would have got a second yellow and Doug a red.

They seem a bit disinterested, reminds me of Lerner when he was on his way out.

Doug should have gone down holding his face a the same time as Mitrovic

1 point from the playing the 3 promoted teams , that's bad.

If our form continues then his career would be over. To much of a risk for him IMO. Don't get me wrong i would love him but it ain't happening. Disaster of an appointment from the moment we sacked Smith we had to get it right and we got it very wrong..

They wasn't relegation candidates playing like championship players.

We have no chance of Poch coming here after this performance, he would be mad.

Jesus , what a mess , whoever the manager is we are going to struggle to stay up. Worst start to season for years.

He's not though, he always had a bad rep for footballing decisions from his Liverpool days , Chelsea made sure he was employed on the commercial side of things only..

Come on villa , still to play for, early goal