nick76 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Fwiw I’m not using stats at all. I’m just going on how poor the players look. I’ve tried to support the manager and look for the positives. It’s just hard to find any at the moment. I really hope the place doesn’t turn in to a ‘I told you so’ smugness. Although to be fair it’s probably justified in many cases and would happen if it was the reverse. So all I can say is those that have said Gerrard is isn't the answer from the off, please get it out your system No, I’m not a ‘told you so’ kind of person I’m more lost that I have nobody to argue with today because everybody is agreeing with me Edit: I may have to go into off topic to argue with somebody Edited August 21, 2022 by nick76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, nick76 said: No, I’m not a ‘told you so’ kind of person I’m more lost that I have nobody to argue with today because everybody is agreeing with me 20+ still don’t want him sacked just yet so they’re still out there mate! Edited August 21, 2022 by Vive_La_Villa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_sun_never_sets Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Thug said: Make him head of recruitment. just keep him away from the training ground and the chalkboard Serious thought this triggers.... I wonder if he'd do a job as DoF ? More aligned to his skillset than manager/coach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Our next 10 league games taking us to the ⅓ of the season stage: West Ham (H) - 1pt Arsenal (A) - 0pts Man City (H) - 0pts Leicester (A) - 1pt Southampton (H) - 3pts Leeds (A) - 1pt Forest (A) - 1pt Chelsea (H) - 0pts Fulham (A) - 1pt Brentford (H) - 3pts Total = 11pts So 14 pts after 13 games and the way we are playing under our clown of a manager I think I have been generous with my predicted points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 21, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 21, 2022 Yet another request to use the appropriate threads for Next Manager discussion Tactics and Selections Upcoming fixtures and your level of optimism and so on This thread is exceedingly time consuming to moderate because of all the diversions into other subjects against the site's guidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I have a feeling he will be sacked if he doesnt win any of the next three. That would be 3 wins in 17 and that for me is sackable offence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 30 minutes ago, pacbuddies said: Our next 10 league games taking us to the ⅓ of the season stage: West Ham (H) - 1pt Arsenal (A) - 0pts Man City (H) - 0pts Leicester (A) - 1pt Southampton (H) - 3pts Leeds (A) - 1pt Forest (A) - 1pt Chelsea (H) - 0pts Fulham (A) - 1pt Brentford (H) - 3pts Total = 11pts So 14 pts after 13 games and the way we are playing under our clown of a manager I think I have been generous with my predicted points. I don't think we will get that many points with Gerrard. Not even close. I don't see us sacking him this week but if we lose against West Ham there's good cause to make a change so the new manager can come in for a decent run of matches starting against Leicester, which really could be season defining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 58 minutes ago, nick76 said: No, I’m not a ‘told you so’ kind of person I’m more lost that I have nobody to argue with today because everybody is agreeing with me Edit: I may have to go into off topic to argue with somebody Why don’t you step into the Davis thread. Someone hold my beer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I've slept on it and I'm still certain he is the worst manager we've had in recent memory. Dare I say I'd rather have di Matteo or Tactics Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I genuinely don't get what we're supposed to discuss in here. His sartorial choices, hobbies outside of football and hairline? I guess press conferences don't have their own thread yet... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmirch Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 2 hours ago, foreveryoung said: That's just laughable. When you start to look at his stats, if he wasn't a 'name' he would have gone last season, they are just awful. Yep. I would’ve sacked him after losing 4 or 5 in a row last season. Clearly wasn’t working then. So much money and time down the shit pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Just now, Sam-AVFC said: I genuinely don't get what we're supposed to discuss in here. His sartorial choices, hobbies outside of football and hairline? I guess press conferences don't have their own thread yet... Pop your head in every now and then and throw a bit of abuse his way. It helps. It's very therapeutic and helps ease the pain when the realisation sinks in that we're stuck with him for the time being and when we do eventually cut him loose we'll have to pay him a few million pounds for being shit at his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 hour ago, the_sun_never_sets said: Serious thought this triggers.... I wonder if he'd do a job as DoF ? More aligned to his skillset than manager/coach He wants to be the swaggering gaffer, he wants to be interviewed and speculated about for the Liverpool job. His ego is too big to accept his failings and move to a front office job. Would we even really want him there making big decisions? This only ends one way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 The problem here is that by sacking Gerrard, Purslow admits his mistake. And he might not be ready to do that. As noisy as all this clamoring is, I doubt Gerrard is close to the sack. It will have to get much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Just now, maqroll said: The problem here is that by sacking Gerrard, Purslow admits his mistake. And he might not be ready to do that. As noisy as all this clamoring is, I doubt Gerrard is close to the sack. It will have to get much worse. If Purslow and co aren’t on red alert right now it’ll be very disappointing. If Gerrard doesn’t come out with a new formation and players on Sunday he’s delusional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Even marsh doing a better job than gerrard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I'm not a big fan of comparing managers to current flavour of the month, but if you look at the positive changes Newcastle, Palace and Leeds have had with a change of manager compared to us it really doesn't shine a positive light on Gerrard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maqroll Posted August 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2022 It appears that his only applicable talent is convincing players to sign on the dotted line. We could just send him around the world dressed in a furry lion suit and a set of pens. Sorted. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 minute ago, maqroll said: It appears that his only applicable talent is convincing players to sign on the dotted line. We could just send him around the world dressed in a furry lion suit and a set of pens. Sorted. Let's be honest it's not really just him. It's huge wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 minute ago, DCJonah said: I'm not a big fan of comparing managers to current flavour of the month, but if you look at the positive changes Newcastle, Palace and Leeds have had with a change of manager compared to us it really doesn't shine a positive light on Gerrard. You’re not allowed to compare, we have to be patient apparently. 10 months isn’t long enough to make a judgement. We also have a better squad than Newcastle and Leeds and arguably palace, they’ve just been coached a lot better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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