Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread

[LeeB]

I'm clutching at that straw too, that's cheered me up a bit, ta.

[Beard82]

The thing that makes me feel worse, is all the people that seem to back want him on-line have pretty shit reasoning.

Things like - "he won't tolerate errors".  I think that's bollock's - "you fucked up their Ollie, so now were playing Davis upfront next game"?  I can't believe any manager tiolerates errors, but ultimately you're limited by the ability of the players

And people quoting his possession stats - of course Ranges have better possession stats - their playing in a league where Scott Sinclair looked like Pele.

If he comes in, ill obviously support him, but it feels like a massive opportunity missed - and our acceptance of our place.  If Spurs can get Conte, we can surely get someone who has down well in a big league

[Beard82]

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[Brazilian Villain]

Could it be the old trick of leaking out a candidate's name, one that is known wouldn't be popular so that anyone else sounds like a better option.

Or it could be the trick our current Government do, release a statement, see if there is backlash and make a quick u-turn

Speaking of which it wouldn't be the first time the good people of H&V were out of step with the popular mood.

[Rory]

Well, you did it to yourself, and you've actually provided a silver lining to this saga. If we take him we'll pissing them right off. That is a sizeable crumb of comfort. And they could then employ John Terry. A match made in Hades.

That is the only positive outcome and perhaps, on some subconscious level, I felt the need to make myself feel better about it if it pisses off Rangers fans.

Maybe we could tempt Gerrard to resign, and then not appoint him. Fucking Govan troglodytes.

[cdbearsfan]

The speculation on that forum is if prince stevie gets the Villa job and fucks it up, it'll scupper his chances of ever landing the Liverpool job

Surely he has to try, though? Stay at "Rangers" and they won't give him the job because they considered Sounness a failure.

[KevinGage]

Adolf Hutter at Monchengladbach might divide opinion (and other things).

But would be a more popular choice than Gerrard.

Or young, eh, English coach Nestor El Maestro who's currently out in Turkey with Göztepe.

The future Potter - with an infinitely cooler name.

[nigel]

Well, you did it to yourself, and you've actually provided a silver lining to this saga. If we take him we'll pissing them right off. That is a sizeable crumb of comfort. And they could then employ John Terry. A match made in Hades.

That is the only positive outcome and perhaps, on some subconscious level, I felt the need to make myself feel better about it if it pisses off Rangers fans.

Maybe we could tempt Gerrard to resign, and then not appoint him. Fucking Govan troglodytes.

Didn’t that happen with Mark Hughes?
Resigned from Fulham, thinking he was coming to us, then we appointed someone else

[Rory]

Adolf Hutter at Monchengladbach might divide opinion (and other things).

I had to look that up to check you weren't joking. Unsurprisingly he goes by 'Adi'.

[Stu]

The speculation on that forum is if prince stevie gets the Villa job and fucks it up, it'll scupper his chances of ever landing the Liverpool job

Surely he has to try, though? Stay at "Rangers" and they won't give him the job because they considered Sounness a failure.

Another prevailing opinion on the forum is that Gerrard would be trading consistent European football for bumbling around in mid-table with the Villa, never doing much. They don't see us as a club that will get anywhere basically. Ofc, this misses out the logical step of it being beneficial to his career if he were to get us into Europe. They're not considering that because they don't want him to go.

[Sexual Ealing]

Adolf Hutter at Monchengladbach might divide opinion (and other things).

But would be a more popular choice than Gerrard.

Or young, eh, English coach Nestor El Maestro who's currently out in Turkey with Göztepe.

The future Potter - with an infinitely cooler name.

It tells you something that getting Adolf H. from Germany feels a more attractive option than Gerrard.

[algy]

Adolf Hutter at Monchengladbach might divide opinion (and other things).

I had to look that up to check you weren't joking. Unsurprisingly he goes by 'Adi'.

I had to check that too.

He'd put the fear of god in to Mateusz Cashki.

[Risso]

Adolf Hutter at Monchengladbach might divide opinion (and other things).

But would be a more popular choice than Gerrard.

Or young, eh, English coach Nestor El Maestro who's currently out in Turkey with Göztepe.

The future Potter - with an infinitely cooler name.

Adolf and Goosestepper, thought you were taking the piss!

[PeterWithe]

Went looking through a Rangers forum to see what they make of Gerrard coming here, as you do:





Nice meltdown.

There is some very strange reasoning going on in that thread, a lot of them seem stuck in 90s when half the England team played for them.

If anyone at all in the PL wanted him I’d expect him to have his head turned as, despite them being a huge club, they are hamstrung by the league they are in and cannon fodder every year in Europe. I’d be really surprised if Liverpool appointed him without a step between.

But its still a no from me anyway.

[KevinGage]

I could live with that sort of ridicule.

As opposed to the ridicule that comes with the Stevie G freakshow, and every bastard press conference being dominated by what the Redscouse are currently doing and his helpful opinions on that.

I don't see any similar club of our size (or smaller, for that matter) in this division being so desperate for insta likes and Sky Sports coverage that they go this route.

Bristol City or Wigan, maybe.  Not Villa.