Steven Gerrard - yes or no

[adrenachrome]

I am against his appointment, but if he gets the gig he will have my full support.

I predict he will galvanize the players, just as Sherwood did. It is not beyond he bounds of possibility that he will become a good manager. His backroom staff are sound.

[Flin5tone]

The vibe on here towards our new Head Coach is disturbing , not even through the Doors of Villa Park yet and it's very toxic and to think I have repeatedly been called negative.

[Pat McMahon]

One of the London lions sent an audio clip tonight of somebody claiming that the deal will be announced on Friday at the latest. He says it was Scott Carson’s agent - referred to an FCG group chat and sounded like a Brummie too.

No means of checking this - not even sure which outlet it was from - but on the clip he says the wrangling is over which staff to bring and who to retain. Allegedly Rangers have a very good performance/ stats man and he would come in.

[Brazilian Villain]

I can't help but think if Gerrard is prepared to leave Rangers when they better than Celtic in the Scottish duopoly and still in contention to progress in Europe he would walk away from us in similar fashion.

Presumably you'd have similar qualms about Erik ten Hag with Ajax better than PSV and Feyenoord and still in contention to progress in Europe (currently top of their CL group with 4 wins out of 4).

[Rory]

The vibe on here towards our new Head Coach is disturbing , not even through the Doors of Villa Park yet and it's very toxic and to think I have repeatedly been called negative.

You're not negative, Fred, you're great. Presumably you're happy we're looking like hiring your chum Barney?

[CT Villan]

Hell NO !

[edgysatsuma89]

If the Villa board are stupid enough to appoint him I wonder how fans will feel knowing that he will commute from Liverpool to BH/Villa Park rather than live in the city?

How do we know that will be happening?

His family stayed in Liverpool. It's logical that if they can't move to Glasgow there's little chance they'll move to Brum.

And while I'm here, is the Malmo manager available, surely he has a better record than Slippy G. Jon Dahl Tomasson, PL experience as a player and Assistant Coach for Denmark. We had no problem approaching their Head Coach.

Ah, fair enough. I also don't care if he does, as long as he's on time for training like a good boy.

[Brazilian Villain]

The vibe on here towards our new Head Coach is disturbing , not even through the Doors of Villa Park yet and it's very toxic and to think I have repeatedly been called negative.

You may have misheard them, I believe it was a mega div.

[edgysatsuma89]

The vibe on here towards our new Head Coach is disturbing , not even through the Doors of Villa Park yet and it's very toxic and to think I have repeatedly been called negative.

You may have misheard them, I believe it was a mega div.

Okay, I feel (and am) immature for laughing at that.

[Scott Nielsen]

Lee Hendrie has been on SSN giving it the thumbs up. So have a few WhatApp groups I’m in.

Maybe its us out of step, but still a no from me

I do think the H&V consensus on Gerrard is correct but it does appear out of the step with the world at large. Non-Villa supporters I've chatted with really do seem to think it'd show us off as an ambitious club and that Gerrard is bound to do well. It's mystifying but there it is.

[robbo1874]

Really don’t like Gerrard. Yes he’s won the league with Rangers, but still seems a bit early in his career to be getting a job like Villa. I had similar thoughts about Terry coming as a player, but he changed my mind with his professionalism and performances. Still doesn’t sit right with me though, binning Deano and bringing in Gerrard. If it turns out it’s him, I’ll back him, but won’t take much for the wheels to fall off I reckon. Guess we can’t look back now, only forward. This represents a huge gamble though in my view.

[Demitri_C]

I said this to Woodhall just now, but I fear Gerrard represents a massive hole in the ground and Purslow is about to walk into it.

They've sacked Smith saying the progress had not continued as they hoped - the clear intimation here being that Smith was not the man to take us to the next level. If they now appoint someone in his place with even less experience as a manager, let alone evidence of being able to take teams forward, the entire line of reasoning looks extremely questionable.

Furthermore, with Gerrard, they will be replacing a life long Villa fan with someone with is one of the most identifiable 'club men' for another club in the world. It will look like "they're replacing a Villa legend with a Liverpool one" which isn't a good look. I don't really give too much of a shit that Smith is one of us and Gerrard is not, but that is the way it is going to get spun.

On top of that, it will be Purslow making the decision, and he is a former Liverpool CEO. Again, it starts to look like a Liverpool love-in.

To top it all off, there seems very little appetite for Gerrard from the fanbase, meaning he'd be starting on the wrong foot.

I just hope they're not stupid enough to do this, they'd be digging their own graves in terms of credibility.

Absolutely spot on. If Gerrard didn't get off to a good start it wouldn't take long for the 'Deano' chants to start up.

Why would people chant for deano back?? If he is managing another club it would make us look abit silly.

Give him a heroes welcome when he returns most definitely.  If gerrard fails then yes he will get heat and rightly so. But chanting for deano? No thanks

Its the past now time to move on from the smith era

[wince]

The vibe on here towards our new Head Coach is disturbing , not even through the Doors of Villa Park yet and it's very toxic and to think I have repeatedly been called negative.

Says you who wants Hodgson till the end of season and moans about absolutely everything about Villa. Like being a lemon telling the lime they are too acidic. If it is Gerrard it’s a lazy appointment

[WarszaVillan]

I said this to Woodhall just now, but I fear Gerrard represents a massive hole in the ground and Purslow is about to walk into it.

They've sacked Smith saying the progress had not continued as they hoped - the clear intimation here being that Smith was not the man to take us to the next level. If they now appoint someone in his place with even less experience as a manager, let alone evidence of being able to take teams forward, the entire line of reasoning looks extremely questionable.

Furthermore, with Gerrard, they will be replacing a life long Villa fan with someone with is one of the most identifiable 'club men' for another club in the world. It will look like "they're replacing a Villa legend with a Liverpool one" which isn't a good look. I don't really give too much of a shit that Smith is one of us and Gerrard is not, but that is the way it is going to get spun.

On top of that, it will be Purslow making the decision, and he is a former Liverpool CEO. Again, it starts to look like a Liverpool love-in.

To top it all off, there seems very little appetite for Gerrard from the fanbase, meaning he'd be starting on the wrong foot.

I just hope they're not stupid enough to do this, they'd be digging their own graves in terms of credibility.

Absolutely spot on. If Gerrard didn't get off to a good start it wouldn't take long for the 'Deano' chants to start up.

Why would people chant for deano back?? If he is managing another club it would make us look abit silly.

Give him a heroes welcome when he returns most definitely.  If gerrard fails then yes he will get heat and rightly so. But chanting for deano? No thanks

Its the past now time to move on from the smith era

I agree. T wheider problem is though that this is the first time I can remember when a manager has been sacked when there has been no real dissent from the fans (Little maybe was similar?). Considering he is seen as one of us, then if the owners don't get this appointment right they'll lose a lot of support amongst fans. It's all about results of course, but the pressure will be on the new manager to turn things round quickly.

[Alex77]

If he does get the gig he would get the support from the fan base but it would probably be a bit muted. He'd also need to get results quick and consistently or the fan base would turn just as quick. I also just can't hear a raucous renditition of Stevie G's claret and blue army being sung.

I desperately hope he's a raging success as I do with any new appointment, but this really does feel like a round peg in a square hole scenario.