Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread

[edgysatsuma89]

Time to park the reservations, give him the chance he deserves and back him unconditionally. The same as we did for Bruce, O'Leary and other berks that spring to mind.

Yep, definitely. I'll happily be a fatter prick on heaps of humble pie.

Meanwhile I'll be a skinny prick on a hunger protest at his appointment. Bobby Sands did not die in vain, for his spirit lives on in me!

Thankfully, I'm a bit of a bloater, so it'll take me a good few years to waste away. Long enough, hopefully, for Gerrard to win one of the three European Cups you have PROMISED me.

Fuck me you're good on the up-sell. To be fair I can't get much fatter so this is literally life and death if he succeeds.

[Rory]

Time to park the reservations, give him the chance he deserves and back him unconditionally. The same as we did for Bruce, O'Leary and other berks that spring to mind.

Yep, definitely. I'll happily be a fatter prick on heaps of humble pie.

Meanwhile I'll be a skinny prick on a hunger protest at his appointment. Bobby Sands did not die in vain, for his spirit lives on in me!

Thankfully, I'm a bit of a bloater, so it'll take me a good few years to waste away. Long enough, hopefully, for Gerrard to win one of the three European Cups you have PROMISED me.

Fuck me you're good on the up-sell. To be fair I can't get much fatter so this is literally life and death if he succeeds.

The stakes are getting quite high! Just give me one of those three European Cups and we'll call it quits.

[Drummond]

Mings reported to be furious with him when he was dropped. Sanson giving him the finger, Buendia ignoring him and stropping off down the tunnel when subbed. Buendia and Konsa having a bust up after the West Ham match. Not a happy camp at all.

Storm in a teacup stuff. We argue in here quite a bit, doesn't mean I wouldn't go for a beer with you and have your back if we ever ended up cornered by some dickheads at a match.

[Rory]

Mings reported to be furious with him when he was dropped. Sanson giving him the finger, Buendia ignoring him and stropping off down the tunnel when subbed. Buendia and Konsa having a bust up after the West Ham match. Not a happy camp at all.

Storm in a teacup stuff. We argue in here quite a bit, doesn't mean I wouldn't go for a beer with you and have your back if we ever ended up cornered by some dickheads at a match.

I reckon Risso has a private security team escorting him at all times.

[Drummond]

Mings reported to be furious with him when he was dropped. Sanson giving him the finger, Buendia ignoring him and stropping off down the tunnel when subbed. Buendia and Konsa having a bust up after the West Ham match. Not a happy camp at all.

Storm in a teacup stuff. We argue in here quite a bit, doesn't mean I wouldn't go for a beer with you and have your back if we ever ended up cornered by some dickheads at a match.

I reckon Risso has a private security team escorting him at all times.

Why else do you think I'd have said it?!

[Rory]

Mings reported to be furious with him when he was dropped. Sanson giving him the finger, Buendia ignoring him and stropping off down the tunnel when subbed. Buendia and Konsa having a bust up after the West Ham match. Not a happy camp at all.

Storm in a teacup stuff. We argue in here quite a bit, doesn't mean I wouldn't go for a beer with you and have your back if we ever ended up cornered by some dickheads at a match.

I reckon Risso has a private security team escorting him at all times.

Why else do you think I'd have said it?!

Good point. I'd also like to offer to cover Risso's back, preferably for money.

[Scott Nielsen]

Time to park the reservations, give him the chance he deserves and back him unconditionally. The same as we did for Bruce, O'Leary and other berks that spring to mind.

Yes. I've transitioned quicker on the grief scale than I expected and have reached Acceptance this morning. I shall now studiously ignore all the nay-sayers and cherry-pick only the bestest praise of Mr. Gerrard's qualities that the Internet can find. Even if that turns out to be a short search.

[edgysatsuma89]

Time to park the reservations, give him the chance he deserves and back him unconditionally. The same as we did for Bruce, O'Leary and other berks that spring to mind.

Yes. I've transitioned quicker on the grief scale than I expected and have reached Acceptance this morning. I shall now studiously ignore all the nay-sayers and cherry-pick only the bestest praise of Mr. Gerrard's qualities that the Internet can find. Even if that turns out to be a short search.

Good reach, strong right hook. Surprisingly good at sudoku and can bake a mean cake.

[Scott Nielsen]

Time to park the reservations, give him the chance he deserves and back him unconditionally. The same as we did for Bruce, O'Leary and other berks that spring to mind.

Yes. I've transitioned quicker on the grief scale than I expected and have reached Acceptance this morning. I shall now studiously ignore all the nay-sayers and cherry-pick only the bestest praise of Mr. Gerrard's qualities that the Internet can find. Even if that turns out to be a short search.

Good reach, strong right hook. Surprisingly good at sudoku and can bake a mean cake.

I consider all those things extremely valuable and must-have attributes of any decent manager. How we even worked off a list is beyond me when the answer is this obvious.

[purpletrousers]

Mings reported to be furious with him when he was dropped. Sanson giving him the finger, Buendia ignoring him and stropping off down the tunnel when subbed. Buendia and Konsa having a bust up after the West Ham match. Not a happy camp at all.

No. They were behind him.

Quoted our of chronology to make a point. I know whose word on this I give more weight to.

I’m still a Potter man. sigh.

[ChicagoLion]

When he wins Aston Villa three European Cups, and then writes and performs a deliciously satirical skit just to prove he isn't a frowning humourless prick, I will indeed forget all about it 😊

Would you settle for him doing 'Born Slippy' as his initiation song?

I think it’s Hang the DJ

[Allan C]

For me this is the first real test of the owners ambition for the club. Spurs went and got Conte when they were 5 points better off than us. If it’s true about Gerrard, that shows a total  lack of ambition on our part and frankly I’d argue he is no better than the guy he is replacing.

[Demitri_C]

2m in compensation isnt that much.

One other thing that i think is important is Gerrard has experience of maanging a club with high expectations.  Rangers fans are probably even worse than ours in terms of what they expect. As we know how tough villa park can be at times.

This is key for any manager that comes.

[wince]

Reading through this thread is depressing. I agree with the thought that appointing Gerrard is an absolute mates race and one as shit as the shortlist of 1 when tactics Tim was given the job. It’s just a lazy lazy approach by the board and a gamble that smells a bit of contingency if we get relegated. Can’t we for once not get nosebleeds when we get in the top half of the table? Least the press will love us.

[algy]

I'll support the Villa always. There have been players and managers I don't like. Gerrard is my least favourite appointment. I'll support his team.

My impression of him is of an arrogant, unsavoury character, he fought hard on the pitch but thought nothing of cheating. There are allegations of attempts to pay people off, of assaults.

I'm not sure why people seem so happy about this. I just don't get it at all.

Our captain last season broke lockdown rules after posting a video in support of the NHS, and also crashed into parked cars. John Terry was in court for assault as a younger man, but seems to have turned his public perception around.  I don't think I've seen anybody "happy" about this, just seems people are prepared to give whoever the new manager is, a chance.

Absolutely. I've got reservations about the appointment, but I'll give the guy the same chance as anyone else. I was very anti-Terry when he came to the club, but you couldn't really fault his time here and he left with the aura that, whatever his past was, the person who was at the club was a genuinely decent chap.