Icarium

Worried about the knock on effects of this, Cutler had a lot of respect from the keepers at the club, hopefully the new guy is a clear upgrade

Need some wide men, particularly if Emery wants to play 4231, we are a bailey injury away from having to put mcginn or ramsey out wide

We could certainly do worse than Postecoglou, as an Aussie have kept tabs on him over the years, while he hasn't managed in the big 5 leagues, has been a success everywhere he has been

Thank **** for that

Not necessarily a bad thing since we have shipped off all but 1 of our wingers

With spurs currently sitting in a CL spot, even accounting for the game in hand? That would be a special kind of insanity to change managers, unless conte is off to barca or somewhere similar

That does seem to the the case, but I thinks it's more of a do you want chocolate chip ice cream or Neapolitan ice cream, either way it's better than the day old cabbage soup you are currently forced to eat

Didnt watch the game (not worth getting up before dawn to see this lot atm), but what i gather from match reports and comments is we were doing well while Chelsea were playing attackers as defenders and then stopped doing well when they played defenders as defenders. Fair assessment or was there more to it?

Getting my bag packed for the game

What are the current odds on a scoreless draw and both managers getting sacked afterwards?

For those who care about such things gerrard is now equal second in the Premier League sack race at 6/1 tied with lampard. Rodgers out in front at 4/5

I think the last 3 games have done a lot to illuminate the thinking behind Gerrards tactics and why he achieved what he did in Scotland. As we saw against Everton, its an effective tactic against teams that are coming to play for the draw. These teams are willing to give our defenders time on the ball to facilitate the build up play. If you have 70% possession you can usually turn it its a goal or two. This was much like how most Scottish teams would play against Rangers. Most of them play in damage limiting mode. Teams that come to play make it very difficult to play this way, as we saw from Bournemouth and crystal palace. Goes a long way to explaining the Scottish cup failures, as the opposition have to come to play and expose the shortcomings of the system. Very few Premier League teams are going to come and set up for the draw against us. Its why a version tactic was successful for Liverpool, as plenty of teams would set up to play for a draw/limit damage there

Jesus we look clueless at corners

I notice that Gerrard is now equal 3rd in the sack race (8/1) tied with brendan Rogers, behind lampard and hassenhuttle

This I just hope Mings has the patience to wait him out before wanting out

When has Gerrard shown any evidence of learning anything from previous poor performances?

You are quite right i don't want us to lose just to get rid of the manager, and I want every manager we have to be successful. I was even moderately hopeful when we signed Gerrard that he would be a step in the right direction. However to this point I have seen no evidence to suggest he is learning from his mistakes, his insistence on playing full backs as wingers and central midfielder as full back cover is baffling, especially now when he has the personnel to play different formations. I know he is unlikely to be sacked in the next month, but would really like the damage to be limited as much as possible

Its not like it will make us worse though is it?

As an overseas fan who can't be at the next game to express my feelings directly, all i want to hear through the broadcast next week is 90mins of "you don't know what you're doing" being chanted at Gerrard

No one even **** challenged him

**** me

Thats what i heard too

Awesome knee injury to the one useful player out there