Steven Gerrard - yes or no

[astonvilla82]

Wouldn't put it at championship level anymore,

[Toronto Villa]

No Based on his qualifications for the role. Nothing at all to do with him as a person, Liverpool connection etc. I only care about him as a manager and whether or not he can end my current post match thread misery.

[brian green]

Wrong thread. Apologies.

[Drummond]

NO             NO                   NO NO NO
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Without irony - and without question - your best ever post by a distance, SB.

Apart from the rogue 0.

[LeeB]

NO             NO                   NO NO NO
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Without irony - and without question - your best ever post by a distance, SB.

Apart from the rogue 0.

Once you've seen it you can't take your eyes of it, like a large hairy mole.

[Monty]

NO             NO                   NO NO NO
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Without irony - and without question - your best ever post by a distance, SB.

Apart from the rogue 0.

I think that's the touch that makes it.

[Exeter 77]

I hope this isn't Wes and Nassef's 'McLeish' moment.

[Clampy]

NO             NO                   NO NO NO
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Have you been listening to 2 Unlimited again?

[villa `cross the mersey]

We had threads like this when it looked like we'd appoint McLaren.  The club did a U turn and rocked up with McCleish.

Given some of the candidates it's suggested we're interested in, Stevie G looks like the best of a bad bunch.

It's remarkable.  When you're discussing whether Villa should make a change, you kind of assume with our hugely rich owners would we'd go out and get someone outstanding.  Someone that would make people sit up and say bloody hell!  Not make do with a big name player still cutting his teeth.

Next time people say stuff like 'we're a huge draw', 'people would walk over broken glass to manage us' etc just remember what a shitlist we managed to come up wit this time.

The club plays its cards close the chest these days and say little or nothing in the press - so we don`t actually know who is on a short list or if one exists.

[Smithy]

Given our new analytics-based approach to player recruitment, I wonder if the club is doing something similar with potential managers?  There must be a whole raft of data out there about how managers are performing compared to things like the quality/age of their squad, money spent, the club's traditional league positions etc etc.

Surely there must be a list somewhere that says "these five managers have consistently over-performed with the resources at their disposal".

Am I naive in thinking that level of analysis is taking place somewhere at VP right now?

[usav]

Maybe I'm an island all of my own here, but I actually liked Gerrard a lot as a player.  Can't question his loyalty, thought he always played well for England as well even when some of his peers did not.

Not sure how any of that translates to being a good manager, but when I think of good leaders I like people who are good at leading by example and I can't think of many better examples than him in recent memory.

[Chris Harte]

Given our new analytics-based approach to player recruitment, I wonder if the club is doing something similar with potential managers?  There must be a whole raft of data out there about how managers are performing compared to things like the quality/age of their squad, money spent, the club's traditional league positions etc etc.

Surely there must be a list somewhere that says "these five managers have consistently over-performed with the resources at their disposal".

Am I naive in thinking that level of analysis is taking place somewhere at VP right now?

It wouldn't surprise me if this was the case. Surely the owners won't want to mess this up à la Lerner.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Strange day. This morning I'd resigned myself to believing Slippy G is going to be announced as our new manager. Now I'm starting to believe our board can't be that stupid.

[LeeB]

Strange day. This morning I'd resigned myself to believing Slippy G is going going to be announced as our new manager. Now I'm starting to believe our board can't be that stupid.

The next stage then is obviously his immediate appointment

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Strange day. This morning I'd resigned myself to believing Slippy G is going going to be announced as our new manager. Now I'm starting to believe our board can't be that stupid.

The next stage then is obviously his immediate appointment

Trying to cheer me up, Mr B?