CVByrne Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Don_Simon said: Maybe, just maybe... Villa hire Gerrard. Villa utilise Gerrard's name and stature in the game to bring in Coutinho, Digne, Carlos and Kamara. Who many people have said we wouldn't have been able to sign without him. Villa sack Gerrard as he's a truly terrible manager, but have already utilised his main strength, his abiilty to bring players in. Villa hire Emery, a proven winner and exceptional manager, who is now more keen to coach Villa due to the higher calibre of players and utilise him to bring the best out of the excellent players Villa brought in, due to Gerrard's name. This is a mother **** masterplan! Your thesis would prove correct if we fired Gerrard in June after they'd all signed and got Emery in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 It seems that Unai is a deep thinker of the game, and his forensic approach is like Mourinho and Pep. I do hope our players are able to take it all in and as importantly, execute it. Lets not get ahead of ourselves, that this will be all plain sailing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 17 minutes ago, TRO said: It seems that Unai is a deep thinker of the game, and his forensic approach is like Mourinho and Pep. I do hope our players are able to take it all in and as importantly, execute it. Lets not get ahead of ourselves, that this will be all plain sailing. His training is, if you listen to journalists and commentators from Spain, is ultra intense . More so the mental aspect. I think if you can engage a group though, get them interested in what you are trying to teach - the sky’s the limit. And i think he’s experienced and intuitive enough to know the one’s who are capable of taking this on board early doors - and the ones who are not. Gerrard used to always come out with “ if i can’t get these players to do what i ask, I’ll find ones who will “ He couldn’t change anything. It was empty rhetoric. Emery won’t be as vocal in that sense. If he’s intent on making change, he’ll make it without flapping his gums to the media about it.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ender4 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, MaVilla said: TDLR - Why did he join? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, ender4 said: TDLR - Why did he join? cake. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 8 minutes ago, ender4 said: TDLR - Why did he join? Nothing we don’t already know. But that croissant dipped in his cappuccino looks so good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccfcman Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, ender4 said: TDLR - Why did he join? He was bored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 39 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: His training is, if you listen to journalists and commentators from Spain, is ultra intense . More so the mental aspect. I think if you can engage a group though, get them interested in what you are trying to teach - the sky’s the limit. And i think he’s experienced and intuitive enough to know the one’s who are capable of taking this on board early doors - and the ones who are not. Gerrard used to always come out with “ if i can’t get these players to do what i ask, I’ll find ones who will “ He couldn’t change anything. It was empty rhetoric. Emery won’t be as vocal in that sense. If he’s intent on making change, he’ll make it without flapping his gums to the media about it.. It's amazing how inflammatory Gerrard's comments regularly were, even as far back as January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post catanzaro Posted October 28, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) 43 minutes ago, maqroll said: It's amazing how inflammatory Gerrard's comments regularly were, even as far back as January. Agreed, funnily enough I was comparing it to when Dean came in, Dean kept very quiet about the quality of the players.. then it became clear to the squad that he was looking for players during Jan and we had a pretty bad run during that period (if I remember correctly), once he got past the window and got Mings in, then he settled it down again and with the return of that chap that used to play for us, we hit that winning run.. Contrast that with SG.. He got the bounce but alluded to the fact that the players were only worth their position in the league.. the subtle and not so subtle narrative was that the players were not up to his standard.. Beale, in my opinion, was counteracting SG's negativity so hence the team flatlined, however once Beale left the team then (unsurprisingly) went on to fulfil SG's prophecy. As someone who manages people myself, I am really looking forward to seeing how a top coach like Emery handles the same situation. Handling the players' confidence and ego is what fascinates me about all this.. The tactics, for me, come after in terms of my personal interest. Edited October 28, 2022 by catanzaro 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 hours ago, CVByrne said: Your thesis would prove correct if we fired Gerrard in June after they'd all signed and got Emery in That would have been really good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alreadyexists Posted October 28, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 45 minutes ago, maqroll said: It's amazing how inflammatory Gerrard's comments regularly were, even as far back as January. And many pundits and media were baffled as to how he lost some of the players… FFS ! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccfcman Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: And many pundits and media were baffled as to how he lost some of the players… FFS ! The guffawing and sheer unimaginable inability for Gerrard to be successful has caught his media buddies out big time. Every one of them has to preface it with their surprise or hard feelings. He'll be collecting Qatari cheques with Keys and Gray soon enough. Edited October 28, 2022 by ccfcman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) If what I read in the upshop gold (popbitches dedicated sport eshot) is true then I'll be amazed if we spoke with Tuchel at all. Wow. I won't say here. Feel free to DM me. So glad Unai is the one we seem to have targetted from the off. Edited October 28, 2022 by stewiek2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, ccfcman said: The guffawing and sheer unimaginable inability for Gerrard to be successful has caught his media buddies out big time. Every one of them has to preface it with their surprise or hard feelings. He'll be collecting Qatari cheques with Keys and Gray soon enough. It demonstrates that there is a huge difference between talking a good game and producing a good game. I’m sure with a bit of media training, many of us could make a decent pundit. But being a good manager isn’t so easy. As proved by Neville, Keene and especially Alan Shearer. To be fair Jamie Carragher went up in my estimations a few days ago when he said that there was no way he’d ever want a manager’s job, not even the Liverpool job. He recognised he had a great life, watching football with his pals and getting very well paid with none of the pressure. I think that in a similar vein JT has come to the same conclusion. I have no problem with anyone who falls on their feet and lands on a cushy, well paid number. But it’s always good when they appreciate that they’ve been lucky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alreadyexists Posted October 28, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 21 minutes ago, stewiek2 said: If what I read in the upshop gold (popbitches dedicated sport eshot) is true then I'll be amazed if we spoke with Tuchel at all. Wow. I won't say here. Feel free to DM me. So glad Unai is the one we seem to have targetted from the off. I’ve no idea what this means… 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Johnnyp said: His training is, if you listen to journalists and commentators from Spain, is ultra intense . More so the mental aspect. I think if you can engage a group though, get them interested in what you are trying to teach - the sky’s the limit. And i think he’s experienced and intuitive enough to know the one’s who are capable of taking this on board early doors - and the ones who are not. Gerrard used to always come out with “ if i can’t get these players to do what i ask, I’ll find ones who will “ He couldn’t change anything. It was empty rhetoric. Emery won’t be as vocal in that sense. If he’s intent on making change, he’ll make it without flapping his gums to the media about it.. Spot on. As much as people see Gerrard as mentally strong - I actually think the opposite is true. Hence why he was constantly trying to explain himself to the media. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted October 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I’ve no idea what this means… I'm so glad you posted that. I was scratching my head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, HKP90 said: I'm so glad you posted that. I was scratching my head. Its actually a rather clever jab at interoffice politics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Moustache of Teale Posted October 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 Friend of a friend works at a golf club where a number of the Villa players are members, and spoke to Mings, Ings, McGinn and Chambers this week. Chambers said that Emery’s an absolutely top bloke to work for and they’re all really excited about him coming in. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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