Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread

[AV82EC]

On a purely football level I’m tending to agree with what’s been said by Chris here, but I just can’t get away from the star fuckery this is showing and maybe that’s the difference at Villa we like a bit of substance underlying the style. If it ends up being Gerrard then he’ll have to show that substance as chancers get minimal time at this club.

What this has shown, not on H and V, how small c conservative and traditional our fan base is and maybe that’s part of the DNA of this club and the owners have recognised it.

Anyway if he comes he’ll have my support like for all other managers but I can’t say I’m particularly enamoured. Hope he proves me wrong.

[aev]

In terms of moving forward it looks like it's going to be Gerrard.

Not my favourite choice, but this is nothing to do with who he played for, media love ins, possibly losing him in a few years or who he currently manages.

On the upside he comes with a highly regarded coaching team and, pub league or not, had the wherewithall to manage a team that stopped Celtic winning a 10th title in a row.

More importantly for me, I understand his style of play is very similar to how Liverpool set up.  This is by some distance my favourite type of football in the modern era and I think it will suit most of our players very well.  Watkins, Ings and Bailey could be an excellent front three.  Obviously we'll need to upgrade at least one fullback and will need a better DM (which we'll need anyway however we chose to play) but otherwise I think we're well set up for it.

I'm confident Gerrard will conduct himself with dignity in the same way Terry did and I don't for one minute expect to see the Liverpool fawning so many are fearful of.

I've heard people talk about Gerrard as a player (including Peter Crouch on his podcast) and one common theme was he demanded incredibly high standards.  I expect our fitness and running stats to massively improve.  I know people scoff at the 'born winner' tag, but there's nothing wrong with having a manager with the fierce drive and ambition Gerrard has.  If it's backed up by an excellent coach (as it seems to be at the moment) then it could certainly be a recipe for success.

I remain a sceptical about his level of experience and of course this could go both ways.  But now it's almost certainly him I'm all in.  He has my 100% support and I'm very excited to see what we can do.

+1

[ozzjim]

There is a 3rd guy that seems pretty important, Tom something, that Rangers fans seem to think is integral to what they do.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Ooo!

Just heard Simon Jordan on Talksport.

He reckons Gerrard is a smokescreen.

What does he know?

[nigel]

I think it’s common knowledge that we’ve informally approached a few others.
These others may have been the Favre’s Emery’s and Fonseca’s of the coaching world, but they may have said ‘no’ leaving Gerrard in pole position.

Gerrard will be, without question, a gamble, but McAlister has been around a bit and has a good reputation.
If I recall Houllier wanted him to take over when he retired. I thought at the time that McAlister and Houllier, as DOF, would have been a good thing for us.

One thing Gerrard has in his favour is that he is well know throughout the footballing world and will have no trouble attracting players to the club.

[sickbeggar]

Just been trying to remember how I felt about various appointments after reading that avoiding the G spot piece - Not enthused - Venglos, Lambert, Gregory, Smith, Sherwood, Houllier. Really not pleased - Mcliesh, Garde, Bruce

Gerrard is a whole new level. Probably replacing Smith with him doesn't help.

[chrisw1]

Not sure if it's been posted but here's a video interview with Michael Beale, Gerrard's first tem coach.  It's a long watch a 30 mins and not been through it all yet, but there's some good stuff there.

[Gary Penrice]

There is a 3rd guy that seems pretty important, Tom something, that Rangers fans seem to think is integral to what they do.

Tom Culshaw

[Brazilian Villain]

There is a 3rd guy that seems pretty important, Tom something, that Rangers fans seem to think is integral to what they do.

Are you sure it wasn't Tim?

[cdbearsfan]

He wouldn't be my choice, but who knows what the right appointment is. Remember when we all got excited about Ole maybe coming  because there was a film with people saying nice things about him from Norway. If he comes I hope it will be with his full backroom staff, because at least he seems to have a good team around him.

Not all of us did. That was stupid fanboy wank and so is this.

Did you not change your username using Norwegian letters?

No, mate. I was moaning about it being a fanwank appointment with no experience. I could probably have saved a lot of time in the last few days if I'd just copied and pasted those threads and randomly interjected "St Johnstone" every couple of paragraphs.

[JUAN PABLO]

Simon Jordan says we should be going for the Ajax manager. That would do.

can we swap him for Purslow

[JUAN PABLO]

My eyes! My eyes!

No more mega quotes please

fuck me lads . agree , im on a shitty mobile phone with a weak connection.

[LeeB]

Beale seems an interesting coach.

Ive done a bit of reading about him. He looks like a really impressive coach. Some rangers fans were even callimg for him to be manager at one point.

This definitely be a welcome addition. Be delighted to see mccalister back. He was great last time round with houllier.

Well give him the fucking job then instead of that suedeheaded bellend.

[ChicagoLion]

Simon Jordan says we should be going for the Ajax manager. That would do.

can we swap him for Purslow

Good idea.

[Villan82]

There is a 3rd guy that seems pretty important, Tom something, that Rangers fans seem to think is integral to what they do.

Are you sure it wasn't Tim?

When I want on yesterday they were speculating on whether a journalist linking SG with Villa was a 'Timmy'. In 2021.