Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread

[Demitri_C]

I just checked i was wrong 11th dec game is at anfield FFS. At least its not on sky so we wont see a slysports wankfest

[ozzjim]

Oh he gets it, that game is moved to be on sky

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

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.

That's where Sherwood's popped up then!

[cdbearsfan]

Oh he gets it, that game is moved to be on sky

I don't think it can be now.

[murgsy]

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.

Micahel Beale is very impressive. Both his experience in great coaching setups, as well as the comments from players - are very attractive.

[john e]

My son just text me saying ‘this project bullshit is becoming more and more a load of crap to me’
He’s 33

My other son is 13 and he doesn’t seem against the idea
Probably because he swayed by the big-name

[Demitri_C]

Oh he gets it, that game is moved to be on sky

I don't think it can be now.

I think YOUR right

That was deliberate  😉

[BC Villain]

My son just text me saying ‘this project bullshit is becoming more and more a load of crap to me’
He’s 33

My other son is 13 and he doesn’t seem against the idea
Probably because he swayed by the big-name

Still is a project.  A Purslow vanity project

[Nunkin1965]

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.

Micahel Beale is very impressive. Both his experience in great coaching setups, as well as the comments from players - are very attractive.

Really good watch.
Very impressed.

[Villan82]

If we didn't find this regime in 2018 we might not have an Aston Villa to support right now, yet alone one back in the  top flight. Some of the comments are ridiculous.

[Monty]

If we didn't find this regime in 2018 we might not have an Aston Villa to support right now, yet alone one back in the  top flight. Some of the comments are ridiculous.

I think I've praised pretty much everything about this ownership, from hiring Dean to letting him go at the right time. I'm mightily underwhelmed by the Gerrard appointment however. He seems to want to play the right football and he has a good coaching staff so I'm not entirely pessimistic; the trouble is, take the same record, style and coaching team and remove the name 'Steven Gerrard' and I don't think we'd be looking at the Rangers manager, and therein lies my problem.

[aev]

If we didn't find this regime in 2018 we might not have an Aston Villa to support right now, yet alone one back in the  top flight. Some of the comments are ridiculous.

I think I've praised pretty much everything about this ownership, from hiring Dean to letting him go at the right time. I'm mightily underwhelmed by the Gerrard appointment however. He seems to want to play the right football and he has a good coaching staff so I'm not entirely pessimistic; the trouble is, take the same record, style and coaching team and remove the name 'Steven Gerrard' and I don't think we'd be looking at the Rangers manager, and therein lies my problem.

Probably not, but should we have been looking in that direction?

He has done well there, albeit in the 2 horse race.

And the Dutch league is not far off a 2 horse race either.

[edgysatsuma89]

My son just text me saying ‘this project bullshit is becoming more and more a load of crap to me’
He’s 33

My other son is 13 and he doesn’t seem against the idea
Probably because he swayed by the big-name

Your 13 year old's soul hasn't been crushed yet. It'll come.

[Villan82]

A lot of posts questioning our ambition. Is not fair to say that them not sacking Dean Smith, and thereby suggesting that 18 defeats in 35 games was acceptable, would be an even more worrying sign with us averaging less than a point per game?

[Beard82]

A lot of posts questioning our ambition. Is not fair to say that them not sacking Dean Smith, and thereby suggesting that 18 defeats in 35 games was acceptable, would be an even more worrying sign with us averaging less than a point per game?

That's very true.  For me, it feels like since the summer a lot of bollocks have been dropped - and Deans taken the more than his fair share of the blame.

Not sayit its wrong that he went - but I would expect SG to get us at least 12th by the end of the season - otherwise I'll be expecting the same logic to be applied to him