Steven Gerrard

[AV82]

There's no more 'give him time'. No more 'give him signings' or 'give him a pre-season'. I'd genuinely sack him after that showing. 100%. I'd rather see Critchley, Beale or even Dean Smith have another crack.

[DCJonah]

Just now, holteend1982 said:

Dean Smith towards the end was some of the worst football ever witnessed

It wasn't any worse than today.

[rbcuk]

1 minute ago, holteend1982 said:

Dean Smith towards the end was some of the worst football ever witnessed

Tbh I think this football under gerrard is worse than the end of smith 

[Villarcana]

From what I can see, we get the ball, pass it around the middle , get it to the overlapping full back, by this time everyone is back, we then pass it back inside and outside , inside and outside, then the looped cross comes in either to the keeper or headed away and then we are on the back foot, rinse repeat.

We get it wide with Digne or Cash and there’s a cluster of villa players in the middle of the park all being man marked. No ones stretching play it’s boring, predictable.

 

I understand if we have Roberto Carlos and Cafu as our wingbacks but what are we doing ? Can someone clear this up for me, I thought I knew football tactics to a certain degree , but I’m baffled by Gerrard ball.

 

When the other team push up wing backs we are overloaded and the players don’t seem to know what to do.

We need a manager that can get a tune out of these players and play to the strengths, not try to mould them to a fantasy tactic created by Gerrard.

We don’t need more players, we have a squad full of talent, we need a manager that actually knows the tactical side of football.

Gerrard has his reputation but I think he’s blagging it as a manager.

Wtf is this tactic. It’s odd, it doesn’t work. Not based on just this game , it’s been the majority of his tenure. Play a normal 433 just play the players in a normal system , it all seems too complicated for the players to get a grasp of. Do other teams play like this?

Rant over.

[Tom13]

Time's up

[AshVilla]

That's the worst I've seen us play in a very long time.

[Davkaus]

Just now, av1 said:

I’ve finally lost faith. 
 

1) We have no style of play. 

2) Mings is better than Konsa.

3) Beundia is better than Coutinho 

4) Our worst midfielder has been made captain. 
 

This Bournemouth result is awful. Though Watford went down last season I thought they were very good on the first game last season and deserved the win. I don’t see the same thing today, I just see one poor team betting another. 
 

This is shit. 

 

I agree with every word.

He's not getting sacked after a game, we'd be a laughing stock, but he's a dead man walking if he doesn't make some significant improvements very quickly. 

[AV82]

QPR currently winning 3-2 with their new head coach Michael Beale.

[Newry_Villan]

Just now, holteend1982 said:

Dean Smith towards the end was some of the worst football ever witnessed

And apart from Gerrards new manager bounce we've played horrific stuff on par with Smith.  

[villa4europe]

As @Daweii kind of said in the match thread how would you describe how Steven Gerrards Villa play football?

Because I honestly don't know what the answer is

At least with Smith we could say we pass the ball to grealish 

 

[rodders0223]

2 minutes ago, AshVilla said:

Critchley is more of a manager than Gerrard is.

Put him in charge.

Well yeah Gerrard doesn't actually do anything. Just plays his mates. Doesn't even **** coach.

Stealing a living. Not a coach. No style of player.

"Manager" apparently. Paid about 3m above his worth because his pal is part owner.

The club stinks.

[Lerner's Driver]

Gerrard talks shit.

He never sounded convincing to me.

He personally, may have high standards, but that on its own is not enough.

He can't bring people with him and persuade them of his vision.

Reputation is important, but it's not enough. He's not likeable.

W.A.N.K.

 

[Chicken Field]

What worries me is that he already has his favorites. Ramsey has offered nothing for ages, yet starts every game, McGinn plays 90 minutes no matter what, preferring Coutinho to Buendia etc. Worrying stuff.

Also found it a bit worrying that he "ditched" his formation after only 45 minutes in the first game of the season, have we ever played with just 2 midfielders under Gerrard? I don't see what we are trying to do on the pitch, I don't see how we are going to score goals, unless individuals do something spectacular. Terrible start that mirrors last season

 

[KentVillan]

I can take an opening day defeat. Always weird results this early in the season.

But we’ve gone into this game with everything in place, in terms of personnel, fitness, etc, for a really good season - and we look shite.

I’m not convinced Gerrard has the ideas or the tactical understanding to lead this club to where we want to be. Even as a player he always seemed like raw ability and fighting spirit rather than a natural reader of the game.

I like his attitude, and all the signings he’s made, and definitely happy to give him a chance up to Christmas. But this is the premier league, the managers he’s coming up against half the time are world class. It’s a massive step up from the SPL, and anyone who thought otherwise was deluded.

[Thug]

9 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

We don't need more players we need a manager

He doesn't know what to do

FTFY

[Spoony]

He’s basically riding the wave of being a great footballer and being reasonably good looking. That’s it. There is nothing more to him. 

[LondonLax]

The thing is you know he’ll rip into the players and blame them but this style of play is all on him. We are so unbalanced as a side. 

[penguin]

2 wins from the last 12 Premier league games (Burnley and Norwich), 9 points out of the 12 games.

The squad is excellent on paper now and I hope the owners are as ruthless with Gerard as they were with Deano if this trend doesn’t quickly reverse, particularly as there has been further investment.

 

[rodders0223]

Just now, villa4europe said:

As @Daweii kind of said in the match thread how would you describe how Steven Gerrards Villa play football?

Because I honestly don't know what the answer is

At least with Smith we could say we pass the ball to grealish 

 

It's a roll your sleeves up side with a proper lad as captain that tries to be at it most weeks and show great character and give it 110% and battle for every ball and be a good teammate side 

Basically. We have no style of play no clue. A stubborn brexit Barry in charge who thinks it's 1999 who doesn't coach doesn't have a style of play but has a great aura and was a great character.

[VillaChris]

1 minute ago, villa4europe said:

As @Daweii kind of said in the match thread how would you describe how Steven Gerrards Villa play football?

Because I honestly don't know what the answer is

At least with Smith we could say we pass the ball to grealish 

 

Today had echoes of 15/16. Some interesting names on team sheet but awful quality on pitch. Memories of Hutton being given free reign to run down the right and teams just letting him cross out of play. Midfield not being able to control play at all.

Hopefully we'll beat Everton and get some optimism going but this has been a very depressing watch and little chance we trouble any of the top teams with this style.