mykeyb Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Just now, Mantis said: Oh FFS not this again. Even if Gerrard isn't the right man, the decision to get rid of Smith was absolutely justified. I agree with this but Gerrard wasn't and isn't the one to replace him. I am beginning to wonder how much the players are with him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 minute ago, mykeyb said: 2 minutes ago, R.Bear said: I dont blame Gerrard for this but a week after saying "we're a 45 minute side, I need to change that" and then having one of the best 45 minutes we've had then going on to lose whatever this ends up is the worst timing. Why don't you blame Gerrard? Because it's not Gerrard's fault that Ings and Watkins cant take simple chances. We should have been winning comfortably at half-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 He won't survive much of more this. I don't believe any manager can 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mantis said: Oh FFS not this again. Even if Gerrard isn't the right man, the decision to get rid of Smith was absolutely justified. We are no better, you sack people to improve, not to stand still 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Our algorithm is flawed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Just now, hippo said: He won't survive much of more this. I don't believe any manager can I'm not so sure, but even if we did get rid, I absolutely guarantee we'll be seeing the exact same underlying problems within a year. We are weak, pathetic and fragile. Rotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 minute ago, macandally said: We are no better, you sack people to improve, not to stand still Then the issue is the Gerrard appointment, not sacking Smith. But even then Gerrard has still done better than Smith, albeit not by nearly enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsdjw2 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Need a total clearout of midfield apart from Ramsey, and replacements for ings and Watkins, neither of whom can hit a barn door. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 How many more losses are we giving him before the end of the season for him to get the preseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andym Posted April 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2022 We have some glaring issues in the squad yes, but the whole point of hiring him was that he was meant to be able to get more out of it than Smith I'm worried about letting him loose in the summer with the money we have available 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Just now, andym said: We have some glaring issues in the squad yes, but the whole point of hiring him was that he was meant to be able to get more out of it than Smith I'm worried about letting him loose in the summer with the money we have available Me to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 minute ago, andym said: We have some glaring issues in the squad yes, but the whole point of hiring him was that he was meant to be able to get more out of it than Smith I'm worried about letting him loose in the summer with the money we have available Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Oof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) Seriously wondering if it wise to give him serious money in the summer as will he will improve us, another gutless performance Edited April 9, 2022 by rbcuk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, R.Bear said: That's not the point. He asked why we sacked Smith, I told him. Same person, try reading the post. Gerrard wants to play one way, but doesn’t have the squad for it, but is incapable of flexing to use the tools he does have. That is NOT a good manager, that’s a one trick pony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerner's Driver Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 If we stay up, but lose every game from now until the end of the season, would you keep him and if so why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 First major setback after all we did under him and Smith was gone. And we chucked that away for this? I continue to hope that we moved on from Smith to progress but that's just hope at the moment. There's not much to suggest it's going to happen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, andym said: I'm worried about letting him loose in the summer with the money we have available Gerrard signed Coutinho, Digne and Chambers. Almost everyone else was signed by Smith. What about Gerrard makes you "worried" about letting im spend money? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
string28 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 I seem to remember SG took over from smith and signed player's in jan to get us closer to the top half of the table not the bottom half? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Remember who signed most of thes eplayers oh you know that guy... Dean smith Mmm, no, we have a Sporting Director for continuity within the Aston Villa DNA. He supposedly finds the players. Gerrard has basically binned that DNA off for the only system he can coach by the looks of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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