gwi1890 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 minute ago, duke313 said: I'm sure it's more complicated than that, isn't Purslow a minority shareholder? NSWE would have to buy his shares i'd imagine. Dr Tony was also a minority shareholder, minority is the key word here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 If we are all honest, the last few months under Gerrard and the next few weeks(if he has that long), will not define us as a club in the long term. Especially to outsiders of the fan base. What it is doing though is opening up the owners/ceo to criticism from the fan base. It's okay having grand plans, throwing good money after bad, soundbites on the ambition. If actions don't start speaking louder than words though there is a very real possibility of the hierarchy disconnecting with the fan base instead of continuing the connection. Last season was bad enough with a changing of the guard and no improvement, but another wasted season is going to become a habit, one that we all could do without. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 hour ago, andym said: He's oblivious to the fact that its not picking 'technical' players that has been the issue; it been his tactics of having 'technical' attacking players play narrow to cover midfielders, who are in turn covering the fullbacks, who for some reason are being used as our main creative outlets. This is why he needs to go, regardless of whether there will be any short term improvement in results. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 11 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: This is why he needs to go, regardless of whether there will be any short term improvement in results. I agree, even if he starts winning games we need to sack him, we must. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcifer Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 hour ago, gwi1890 said: Dr Tony was also a minority shareholder, minority is the key word here. This is how much sway Purslow would have if the board wanted to sack Slippy G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 2 hours ago, duke313 said: I think Arsenal and City were free hits, if we revert to poor perforamces in next two games he'll be gone, I'm sure it's more complicated than just sacking Purslow, isn't he a minority shareholder? NSWE would have to buy his shares i'd imagine. Lots of people own shares in the company they work for, they can leave and still retain their shares. I doubt it would be a problem to buy his share out anyway if for some reason they felt he needed to be out out and not just out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 I finally watched his documentary the other night, im surprised he carried on playing for the club when the fans were calling him allsorts and burning the shirt. Not to mention the threats he was getting. I can't see Villa fans burning anything if he decided to move on. He has coped with a lot of 'pressure' over the years but that doesn't always translate into coaching or management pressure. I dunno, I want him to succeed with Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 18 minutes ago, Talldarkandransome said: I finally watched his documentary the other night, im surprised he carried on playing for the club when the fans were calling him allsorts and burning the shirt. Not to mention the threats he was getting. I can't see Villa fans burning anything if he decided to move on. He has coped with a lot of 'pressure' over the years but that doesn't always translate into coaching or management pressure. I dunno, I want him to succeed with Villa Gerrard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 07/09/2022 at 10:37, pacbuddies said: When was the last time we won 5/6 games in a row in the PL? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 23 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Gerrard? Yeah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 11 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Aston Villa got shown up a year ago appointing a manager at a similar time to one of our rivals. While Newcastle go from strength to strength under Howe we continue to waste time and tens of millions with Gerrard waiting for his payoff. Dearly hope we aren't shown up again this year. We'll be appointing a new manager within probably six weeks of both Brighton and Leicester. If we get it wrong again, Purslow and Lange have to go. I don’t think we have wasted money, the Gerrard appointment might turn out to be wrong but I think the players bought in have been pretty solid signings regardless of who was in charge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: I don’t think we have wasted money, the Gerrard appointment might turn out to be wrong but I think the players bought in have been pretty solid signings regardless of who was in charge. I do largely agree but they've cost an absolute fortune in fees and wages and we've got worse on the pitch. If the new man can't get anything out of them because they're all declining, it's a big fat expensive anchor around our neck going forward. The only successful path signing players like this is if you get immediate results on the pitch. I can't actually believe we've got even worse with them under Gerrard. He's never going to get a PL job again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Gerrards next game could be Southampton now and I expect us to win that comfortably. He ain’t going anywhere just yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AshVilla Posted September 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2022 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: Gerrards next game could be Southampton now and I expect us to win that comfortably. He ain’t going anywhere just yet! He must be the first manager in history where the death of a monarch has saved his job. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Wait, no football this week? **** Off 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, AshVilla said: He must be the first manager in history where the death of a monarch has saved his job. They have history together too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Why do Leicester and Southampton matter? 32 games do not lie, he will not make it as a Manager (certainly not as a coach) Surely most people can see that already? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 46 minutes ago, macandally said: Why do Leicester and Southampton matter? 32 games do not lie, he will not make it as a Manager (certainly not as a coach) Surely most people can see that already? I mean.. I know it’s only Scotland but he did win the league up there… plus built the team that go to the europa league final. Plus only 6 defeats out of 45 games In Europe. Not saying he should stay in charge if we lose the next two games, but I think it’s silly for us to declare how shit a manager he is, when there is evidence that he has got ability. He is no Graham Potter or Poch though, or even Tuchel, so not against him getting sacked if a better option wants to join us. (Shame about Potter, my first choice) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AvonVillain Posted September 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2022 Gutted that we've missed out on Potter in order to give more time to this doomed experiment. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Gutted that we've missed out on Potter in order to give more time to this doomed experiment. Certainly a man who's taking his craft seriously and who has the imagination and stomach to do as he sees best even if it's not commonplace. I think Gerrard may get it together enough to finish in the upper half of the standings. And I expect that even if he should that we will be keeping a vigilant eye on any managers that have the ability as well as the desire to make this club go another step up. Edited September 8, 2022 by A'Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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