jackbauer24 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Southampton were poor and everyone said they were, including their players and manager. Villa were, at best, marginally better and yet Gerrard seems fairly content... Between saying he was critical of the defence but protecting his players... No clue. Practically any lineup would have resulted in todays toss up of a result. A decent manager would have made that are far more convincing and comfortable win against weak opposition. A win is a win but we are underperforming as a squad and that's on the manager. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Yet another win under Gerrard where the opposition didnt turn up, not that we win that often anyway. Southampton would have been done 5 nil by most of the prem tonight. They were appalling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tomaszk Posted September 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2022 Can't wait for him to leave so I can get interested in Villa again. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 I am relieved to see people aren't as fickle as I suspected and suddenly are satisfied by that dire performance just because we managed to scrape 3 points against an opponent that was even more dire. I'm not pissed off we won but I am pissed off that it means he will be given more time. Honestly he has ZERO clue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 1 hour ago, GingerCollins29 said: We played differently against city - more open tonight Thing is, it kinda nullifies the sentiment as they are probably the best team at " playing football " in the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) Today was pretty shit but we won so I ain’t going to complain. Needs to be much better though because that was dire to watch . I guess Gerrard gets until the World Cup break. Edited September 17, 2022 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Smith > Gerrard Easy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 I feel sad for the fans who didn’t get what they wanted tonight 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 I never want to see us lose, but now this win has bought Gerrard at least another 8 games until the World Cup break. Just hope we aren't too far into the relegation battle that his replacement will struggle to get us out of quickly after the restart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 2 hours ago, viivvaa66 said: I’m guessing that you didn’t see the game. There are two types on here at the moment; The one that watch the match, can be recognised by the anger and hatred toward Gerrard, because they wasted 2 hours of their life. The one that didn’t watch the match, that say things like “a win is a win”, “hope we can build on this” and other rubbish. You didnt watch the game then. See its easy anyone can make stuff up! Try sticking to your own opinion and stop projecting on others who watched the same game but who disagree with you. You may even persuade others of your views by being respectful. Also you have "anger and hatred toward Gerrard" for winning a football match in a way you didnt like? I hope you can see thats ridiculous. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, KMitch said: I never want to see us lose, but now this win has bought Gerrard at least another 8 games until the World Cup break. Just hope we aren't too far into the relegation battle that his replacement will struggle to get us out of quickly after the restart. I wouldnt worry. if Gerrard loses games like he has been this season he wont last that long. I am surprised he got this far without being sacked (which I called for), but he has and I am happy with a win. I am not convinced by him at all but I saw enough to understand why Purslow wants to try and make this work. We shall see. Gerrard is still one game at a time for me. This game he won, so he gets my support for the next game. We shall see how it goes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: We're just boring I'm afraid.Play in a plodding manner with only real emphasis on getting crosses from deep which are mostly speculative from the distances the FBs or Bailey are hitting it from.The odd occasion we string together decent one touch passing it all falls down when Ollie isn't quick enough to control or move the ball on. We play so slowly we very rarely get a one v one anywhere around the pitch.All I can see this season is just doing the minimum of winning these type of games and hovering around 12-14th.It's basically a replica of what we were like post cup final under Gregory, group of experienced internationals just trying to grind wins out every week and hoping a flair player can come up with something to win a game. Its just Bruceball with more money and higher wages that some people like because he was a big name player once. Its absolutely disgusting, watching with other fans nobody celebrated it as was terrible 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2022 If you don't want to be " happy " for the Manager, be happy for the players and the club you support ffs. Shit housing another 45 - 60 points would still put us in a better position as a whole. ( Shit housing 16 - 20 before World Cup the same ) Would fantasy Manager e.g Poch prefer to come into a team in touching distance of still achieving something within a season after shit performances, or a team rock bottom with no chance of achieving anything willed into losses to get SG gone asap at the bottom of the table? And this is coming from someone who wanted MON gone after three 6 place finishes in a row because of what I perceived as shite decisions and football. I care more about results for Villa than my personal feelings. Getting results, even if ugly puts us in a better position to attract a " fantasy " Manager and better players. So whichever way you want to cut it, there is no negative to us winning games. If the board are smart, they will be monitoring the situation more closely than us on a message board anyway. Did I enjoy the game as a whole? NO Did I enjoy us getting 3 points? YES Do I think Gerrard is the Manager to take us forward? Not necessarily, leaning more to no. Am I annoyed that him and the players celebrated getting a shit win in turbulent times? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 The post game interview is just as bad, would think we were away at Chelsea or Liverpool from his comments and not against a toothless Southampton The delusion is too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted September 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2022 I wonder if the pressure is getting to him. Visibly relieved - even bouyant - over the win vs Southampton. I don't begrudge him the joy of a win - but that was the ugliest win I've seen. Hopefully it's a springboard to better things.... ... but I don't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) Whether you are in or out or shake him all about, the interview is honest and worth a watch. Edited September 17, 2022 by ciggiesnbeer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 I’ve deliberately stayed away from this thread for the last few weeks but I have to laugh looking at some of the comments. Before City apparently Gerrard was terrible because he was too attacking and not pragmatic enough to adjust his tactics and couldn’t coach a piss up in a brewery etc. And apparently now, despite 4 points out of 6 (including versus probably the best team in the world) and doing exactly what many were demanding of him, he’s too pragmatic and too boring. Hilarious stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterDad Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Did I hear Gerrard right? Pretty stuff - when did this fleeting moment occur ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) We will basically comfortably stay up by playing pragmatic football because our quality of players and squad depth easily trumphs the bottom clubs, over a season results will reflect that. But if we want Europe we need a coach who is able to successfully implement an attacking style of play. Edited September 17, 2022 by Pinebro 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post viivvaa66 Posted September 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2022 1 hour ago, DakotaVilla said: I’ve deliberately stayed away from this thread for the last few weeks but I have to laugh looking at some of the comments. Before City apparently Gerrard was terrible because he was too attacking and not pragmatic enough to adjust his tactics and couldn’t coach a piss up in a brewery etc. And apparently now, despite 4 points out of 6 (including versus probably the best team in the world) and doing exactly what many were demanding of him, he’s too pragmatic and too boring. Hilarious stuff. 7 points out of 21. 6 goals in 7 games. we have played 5 relegation candidates and 2 top teams. and you find it funny that people are unhappy with the season so far. how bad should the season have been before you think it justified to be unhappy? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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