Vive_La_Villa Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I understand those not happy with the appointment but now it’s done you have to try and change your mindset about it to get behind him and see how he does. Otherwise you’ll just find yourself looking for negatives and ignoring positives throughout his time here. Just like many fans that wrote off smith from day 1. They continually said he would fail and he continually proved them wrong (until he didn’t). How can this kind of support ever be enjoyable ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted November 12, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2021 4 hours ago, ciggiesnbeer said: I think we have a top half squad with excellent players. This club is well run across the board and Dean Smith left it in good shape. I absolutely do expect to win against most our next opponents and I expect us to be competitive against the likes of Man City or Liverpool. That's why the club acted quickly and Gerrard doesnt get the luxury of time, he has the luxury of better players than he has ever managed before, his own staff , plus the good Cutler and a superb infrastructure around him. He doesn't need anything else to start winning right now, January is a bonus not a lifeline. Its why we sacked Dean Smith was to see immediate improvement. That is my hope and expectation for any new manager. I am pretty confident we will see immediate improvement as well by the way. New manager bounce is real, any players who may have felt a little too comfortable wont now and any player is not going to want to let down a respected player like Gerrard as his first impression. No pressure then Stevie, get on with it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted November 12, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 hours ago, IrishVilla10 said: You could be in for a shock mate. We only finished on 55 last season and we’ve already lost 7 games. We lost 15 all of last season. We’ve given ourselves a big mountain to climb You are right, but in fairness we only drew 7 games. Converting losses to draws would help quite a bit even if we don’t win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLillis Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I understand those not happy with the appointment but now it’s done you have to try and change your mindset about it to get behind him and see how he does. Otherwise you’ll just find yourself looking for negatives and ignoring positives throughout his time here. Just like many fans that wrote off smith from day 1. They continually said he would fail and he continually proved them wrong (until he didn’t). How can this kind of support ever be enjoyable ? This is exactly how I think. What is the point of being the type football supporter who is constantly pointing out how bad things are going to be and how things are going to fail? Joyless Edited November 12, 2021 by MarkLillis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 12, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2021 8 hours ago, hippo said: What a load of rubbish. We got Morgan last January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 9 hours ago, hippo said: I thought he was starting Monday ? Is he? Well you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steero113 Posted November 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2021 9 hours ago, momo said: Appointing gerrard is small club mentality. Whatever else you are saying is coming from somewhere else than me. Yeah, planet earth. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Had a good chat with a Rangers fan last night - and I am slightly more optimistic. Plenty he said made me sit up and take notice. Turning a points deficit of 12 into a 25 point winning side over 3 years, recruiting well, making players better, adapting tactics slightly (although not always using subs when needed) but also the football was great, good pressing, commitment across the field. OK. Let’s do this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Really good discussion about Villa here: Is Steven a risk? Yes, but he has nearly 200 games as Rangers manager so he knows what he is doing, and Villa in our current situation have to take a risk on identifying a manager on the up, the next big thing. It would be far more difficult to attract a known entity. I'm also encouraged by the ambition of the board and fully expect a lot more money thrown at this team in the next two windows. Exciting times ahead. Worth watching as well just for Yorkie! LOL. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 9 hours ago, Peter Griffin said: With the coverage Sky are giving us and Gerrard today, there has to be a chance they will be looking for some way to broadcast the Dec 11 game live. I said this in the pre-match thread, Be amazed if it doesn't get moved for a Sky wank fest. Needs confirming one way or another so fans can book correctly with travel arrangements and potentially time off work. Not that Sky give a flying **** about fans anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted November 12, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2021 18 hours ago, Sulberto21 said: Gee whizz why on earth do Sky et al talk to Villa fans who are drunk by 11am??? kin hell! Have you watched Villa lately? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Just to change the pace of the conversation a smidge. Do you reckon in situations like this Gerrard and his team sit down and basically watch videos of villa games from the past few months? Id love to know the inner workings of how these things work. I think anyone watching the past five games will see glaring problems in the team, whereas just seeing them on the training pitch may give a totally different impression of what kind of players he has inherited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 16 hours ago, PerryBarrPet said: Who was the first? Mine is Eric Houghton. You go back further than I do sir. I remember Tommy Cummings , The Doc (Tommy Docherty) and then winning the third division championship with Vic Crowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I'm sure Gerrard will, I would. He needs to know what he is up against. I'm sure he will be considering who will be captain, the temprement of the players, why some are not playing to their potential. I'm sure some will be moved on. So this is a perfect break for him to get his homework done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, TheMelvillan said: Just to change the pace of the conversation a smidge. Do you reckon in situations like this Gerrard and his team sit down and basically watch videos of villa games from the past few months? Id love to know the inner workings of how these things work. I think anyone watching the past five games will see glaring problems in the team, whereas just seeing them on the training pitch may give a totally different impression of what kind of players he has inherited. Without question. He may already have had one eye on us and started watching our games? That will obviously intensify now. He’ll bring fresh ideas but I wouldn’t expect to see wholesale changes in system and personnel next weekend. Think he’ll have a watching brief in training over the next few weeks. Edited November 12, 2021 by ferguson1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, Wurzel said: Really good discussion about Villa here: Is Steven a risk? Yes, but he has nearly 200 games as Rangers manager so he knows what he is doing, and Villa in our current situation have to take a risk on identifying a manager on the up, the next big thing. It would be far more difficult to attract a known entity. I'm also encouraged by the ambition of the board and fully expect a lot more money thrown at this team in the next two windows. Exciting times ahead. Worth watching as well just for Yorkie! LOL. Not a fan of Wright but respect to him for mentioning Ramsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted November 12, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, TheMelvillan said: Just to change the pace of the conversation a smidge. Do you reckon in situations like this Gerrard and his team sit down and basically watch videos of villa games from the past few months? Id love to know the inner workings of how these things work. I think anyone watching the past five games will see glaring problems in the team, whereas just seeing them on the training pitch may give a totally different impression of what kind of players he has inherited. If I’d just taken over I’d be watching every video and getting all the performance data together I could possibly get my hands on. I’d also be sitting down for hours with data analysts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: Not a fan of Wright but respect to him for mentioning Ramsey. Yes, at least Wrighty does his homework, unlike the Lineker's of this world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HKP90 Posted November 12, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Not a fan of Wright but respect to him for mentioning Ramsey. Wrighty is one of my favourite pundits. Loads of passion, talks sense (imo), and I don’t think I’ve ever heard him have anything but respect for Villa. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 12, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2021 18 hours ago, Mazrim said: There's always some ape ready to make an absolute bollix of themselves on camera. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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