Steven Gerrard - yes or no

[john e]

I agree with the majority of sentiments about Gerard on here

Remember when Grealish’s team deleted his old tweets disparaging Man City before he went there
I hope we’re all doing that in a couple of years time

[Brend'Watkins]

Is there actually any more to this story than there was yesterday?

He got off a train at Euston.

Well, at least he's thinking of the environment which is a good start.

[TonyD]

This myth of Gerrard having success with Rangers/Sevco is driving me mad. As far as I can tell, he entered 9 domestic competitions, and has been favourite to win them, yet conspired to win just one. This includes finishing second in a two horse race twice, and then finally winning the league while Celtic implode and the rest of the league are in dire financial difficulty behind closed doors. Have I missed something?

Spot on.   Celtic had gone off the boil. 
Like being a League One manager with no decent teams in League One.  His experience stands for nowt. 

[Lastfootstamper]

5Live just now saying we've not yet made an official approach to Rangers.

[john e]

I wonder if he will

Keep the long throws
Bring Guilbert back
play 3 at the back
touch that Anfield sign
Play Watkins & Ings together
make a tachtical sub in the first 45 mins
Ever smile

 

[exiled on the wirral!]

Justice for Edna from Station Road Witton circa 1976!!

[JUAN PABLO]

Did he play with Ings at Pool ?

[Walmley_Villa]

5Live just now saying we've not yet made an official approach to Rangers.

To be honest the way we now work, the press and especially the beeb will be the last to know what is going on.

[brian green]

The African Car Reverser will have to be consulted.

[Big Ming]

Just because he got off a train in London .....

Perhaps he's just one of those being interviewed?

[danno]

I wonder if he will

Keep the long throws
Bring Guilbert back
play 3 at the back
touch that Anfield sign
Play Watkins & Ings together
make a tachtical sub in the first 45 mins
Ever smile

Return Purslows affections
Get a different haircut
Request Phil Collins on matchdays

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

So it looks like liverpool's next manager will be appointed to the hotseat at VP. Things were looking good and optimistic there for a while regarding the Villa, but now we're back amongst the also-rans and the teams making up the numbers avoiding the sinkhole of relegation for the foreseeable future. Appointing gerrard is a lazy appointment. It's a vanity appointment by purslow who is increasingly looking like he's not up to the job of ceo. It's an appointment made in liverpool for the future benefit of liverpool. It's a stepping stone appointment. He doesn't get AVFC and he won't get the fans. SG's claret and blue army, it is not. The sh-te pundits or press will be all over gerrarrrrrrd like a rash. If things are going well it will be SG’s Aston Villa (you’re having a laugh!). When things are not going well it will be Aston Villa only, so as to not tarnish gerrarrrrrd’s reputation. His appointment is based on nothing!
Yes liverpool's next manager has a playing profile, but he has no creditable managerial profile and that's what matters. Spuds sack their manager and go out and get Conte. We sack ours and install someone who hasn't earned a single point in the English leagues as manager and very little in the spl (1 title in 3 seasons in the mighty spl?) Aston Villa is better than that to chance the club to someone who is only finding his feet in management.
Outside the scab 6, Leicester knew to get success they needed to appoint proper managers (Ranieri and Rodgers) and in so doing managed title and cup successes. In appointing gerrard we are miles away from the likes of Leicester, West Ham, Newcastle (when/if they get their act together) and possibly Everton and that's without mentioning the scab 6.
Top 10 will only be a dream with the threat of relegation and a fractured club more likely. I'm Villa through and through and will always support the 11 players out on the pitch. Ideally I like to support the dugout as well, but this appointment makes that very difficult.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I recall when we nearly appointed Solksjaer, it was suggested calling this site Herrings & Vikings.
Any suggestions for stevie G ?

[Small Rodent]

4/4/3
Players played in position

That’s all I ask.

[Toronto Villa]

Spurs have a brilliant new stadium, are in European competition, have regularly finished in the top half, and often top 6. Comparing Spurs to us is ludicrous. They went through an embarrassing managerial search when it was much easier to do so and ended with Nuno who they quickly fired. In the modern game, and I'm talking last 10-15 years we have become irrelevant for the most part through. Spurs have played in a CL final, the best we've done is the league cup final. We are a massive club but bigger in our own heads and hearts than the rest of football sees us.