UpTheVilla26 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Gerrard is making Bruce look like a tactical genius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted August 31, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: Can i ask of Villa fans this - genuinely. I’ve seen some say we want a manager who is elite in coaching himself, smart footballing IQ and tactically top drawer. Granted Gerrard is none of those things. However, the very fans that will say that also call for almost instantaneous success. Want Europe. Top 4 mooted about at times. Are folk mature and grown up to realise that if we do this properly, and it’s a systematic approach with good structures and actual coaching - it still won’t come overnight . I’ve been alive to see Villa win the sum total of 2 league cups in the 90s. I’m not gonna put 1982 in my mouth or dine out on it because i didn’t live that. It’s the younger Villa fan that has the sense of entitlement that i don’t understand. It’s short termism, Purslow vanity projects - it doesn’t work. Get a proper coach but it will still be slow, just want us to do things right. I'd be prepared to wait as long as there was clear progress in results and playing style, and a sense we were moving in the right dimension. Mid table with some great results/performances thrown in there and maybe a league cup over the next 3 years would be brill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Hopefully it's being refined as we speak Hopefully it was refined last week, and contact has been made already. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Whilst I want to believe we’re identifying and speaking with potential replacements for Gerrard, I can’t help but think he’ll be given a bit more time. Even though it’s apparent that things won’t improve. Please NSWE, give me some optimism, let me look forward to Saturdays again, instead of that feeling of impending doom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: If he ain’t sacked tomorrow then he might even get until the break because there is no way we get anything against City. Just give Critchley the game - it's a free hit either way. Just don't embarass yourself with the scoreline. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just now, The_Steve said: Just give Critchley the game - it's a free hit either way. Just don't embarass yourself with the scoreline. i agree, drop Gerrard now, give Critchley the reins until we get a new manager. It literally couldnt be any worse, and im not even joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Unfortunately we need to sit through another 2 defeats before we find a new manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: Can i ask of Villa fans this - genuinely. I’ve seen some say we want a manager who is elite in coaching himself, smart footballing IQ and tactically top drawer. Granted Gerrard is none of those things. However, the very fans that will say that also call for almost instantaneous success. Want Europe. Top 4 mooted about at times. Are folk mature and grown up to realise that if we do this properly, and it’s a systematic approach with good structures and actual coaching - it still won’t come overnight . I’ve been alive to see Villa win the sum total of 2 league cups in the 90s. I’m not gonna put 1982 in my mouth or dine out on it because i didn’t live that. It’s the younger Villa fan that has the sense of entitlement that i don’t understand. It’s short termism, Purslow vanity projects - it doesn’t work. Get a proper coach but it will still be slow, just want us to do things right. I wanted Lucien Favre last time as he would be someone with a track record of working with and improving young players of which we had plenty of promise last year, while also being a good tactician. It would have improved us in the long run and aided our progress towards becoming a team competing for Europe. Gerrard's record in Scotland consisted of him overspending to take advantage of Celtic's decline and collapse under Neil Lennon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Pathetic and unacceptable 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 At this points I'd even go with this inanimate Rod 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 13 minutes ago, one_ian_taylor said: I'd be prepared to wait as long as there was clear progress in results and playing style, and a sense we were moving in the right dimension. Mid table with some great results/performances thrown in there and maybe a league cup over the next 3 years would be brill. Exactly. Success is relative . If pochettino’s Spurs were measured on trophies you’d say they were a failure - which obviously wasn’t the case. That’s all id want too. Just to see an upward trajectory, that we are going somewhere. I can accept that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viivvaa66 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 We need a replacement in before Leicester or else it will be another 3 point lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I am at the point of firmly believing that is Purslow is so blind or weak that he won't sack Gerrard tomorrow, he needs a director of football under him with the final say in the manager. I do believe we need a director of football. I think all of the footballing decisions should be taken out of Purslow’s hands. Let him carry on with the commercial side of it, building the brand which to be fair, he’s probably good at . He is a disaster at making footballing decisions. Why were no candidates interviewed when Smith was sacked. This is so obviously the case. Purslow should be taken to task on that alone at a fans forum etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, sne said: At this points I'd even go with this inanimate Rod out of our reach surely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I would be amazed if anyone joins this basket case currently. May need the new guy to steady the ship with an eye on January window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just now, Demitri_C said: I agree getvon the phone to poch ASAP I'm really hoping that they've already been sounding him out and he's the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccfcman Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 12 minutes ago, sne said: At this points I'd even go with this inanimate Rod Almost unlimited energy and very volatile but it does work well under pressure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I never thought Pochettino would be attainable but the more i think of it, his experience at PSG may of reignited his love for what he actually likes doing - coaching and working with players who have an appetite to learn. PSG sold him a shoddy bill of goods. Same was thrown at Bielsa. Couldn’t work with top players. He most likely could but his forte was players who bought into a team ethos and had an appetite to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Anyone but Gerrard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) Critchley as caretaker until we find a proper replacement. Axe Gerrard NOW before he does any more damage. Edited August 31, 2022 by AV82 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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