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While this is a very poor run Gerard needs to be given time surely. Not even been there 12 months?!!?! His 2 signings are significant upgrades on their predecessors. he is obviously managing a fragile group with a lack of resilience/strength of character. This ongoing talk of captain seems unusual to me an highlights the fact he must be shaking his head at what he is witnessing both in the dressing room and on the pitch. easy for me to say but I don’t think it’s time to panic yet

You are by far the better team but the finishing has been diabolical. Although with these on the counter there is that risk it could end badly. Can’t believe some of them misses though..danny ings as a premier league striker has to bury the one from the coutiniho free kick

They are fighting for him an bar some appalling finishing you should be a couple of goals up..he needs time. Unless you gonna get an absolute elite manager they all need time

I think the Prem/FA really need to invest in the refs. The standard is so poor. When you consider we have the best league in the world it’s not acceptable. Need to put some money into it an no also give the refs some respect an stop the abuse from players

Ha ha I actually think the Everton fans hate him more. A scouser who supported Liverpool as a kid going onto play for Liverpool, win trophies an score against them numerous times. Oh an be better than any midfield player they ever had. It’s enough to make an evertonian’s balls itch. They can’t handle it trust me..but the reassuring thing for villa fans is gerrard won’t give a s**t in fact he used to love smashing the blue s**te an hopefully that continues tomorrow

I can’t stand the blue s**te but I think the sacking of Benitez is not good timing for villa. they will likely have ‘big dunc’ in charge Saturday / they cannot STAND Steven Gerrard (in fact he is probably the person Everton fans hate more than anyone ever) so the crowd an players be well up for it. you could do with a decent start to calm the place down. Won’t take long for them to direct their bitterness an anger at their players if villa take the lead.

I honestly wouldn’t worry about Coutiniho. I think he is here to play for Gerrard but also to be part of moving villa to the next level. He has been at Liverpool Barca an bayern. He plays for Brazil..what would be the point of him going to an Arsenal or a Spurs etc??? What would that do for him. I think providing he performs an gerrard wants him he will be a villa player for a few years. he wants to be somewhere where he is loved like he was at Liverpool an I reckon he has every chance at villa.

I agree. Not a massive fan myself. Although his career has vastly exceeded what I thought he would do

I’m just waiting till your linked with raheem Sterling. I can see that happening in the summer

True.

That’s what I thought until he came back to anfield an cheated like **** diving round kicking people an in 20 minutes managed to wind up a fan base that previously adored him. the thing with Suarez is he does not give a f**k thus is a guy who pissed off the African continent an then danced round after the game celebrating

One thing I would say about Suarez is his will to win is unbelievable (like gerrard). Gerrard may be looking at this as a signing that will help develop the younger players etc as they all say Suarez trains the same way as he plays.(hopefully without the biting). I don’t think there is a centre back who would enjoy playing against him. Even though he was constantly getting kicked he would always give it back. When I have seen a few of the Gerrard interviews he clearly doesn’t think the team is aggressive enough. Digne adds a bit an Suarez defo would ha

Suarez was the best forward I have ever seen play for liverpool. Granted dalglish was before my time an rush was on the slide but I rate him higher than Fowler Owen an Torres to name a few obvious ones. I’ve been really positive about the coutiniho an digne signings on the other threads (top players who can do it for 5 more years) but not sure about this one unless he being signed as a squad player. he is starting to get injuries an when I have seen him recently clearly isn’t the player who left us. that said if you want someone who would push his own nan under a bus to win a game of scrabble then maybe he could offer something as a squad player

I would suggest that there is big difference between getting a side promoted an stable in the prem to breaking into that top group. That’s why the likes of Steve Bruce an Neil Warnock have numerous promotions on their CV but don’t get near the top end of the league and/or a look in at the top jobs. Be interesting to see if Gerrard can get you amongst the top 6. I’m sure that it will be his aim. Players like coutiniho an digne haven’t signed to be mid table an I don’t reckon gerrard has either. The lack of patience in football is staggering at the min an must be at an all time low. Im not a villa fan but I can quite clearly see a step up in performance since Gerrard came in. The game on Saturday was so unfortunate with that early howler - an it’s so difficult to legislate for that.

To be fair mate I watched this clip a good few times myself…