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Author Topic: Steven Gerrard - yes or no  (Read 60265 times)

Offline Clive W

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #420 on: November 10, 2021, 07:36:00 PM »
Every great British manager has been sacked at some point.
At the risk of being controversial, I’m not sure I would categorise Pullis as a great manager

Offline villa `cross the mersey

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #421 on: November 10, 2021, 07:38:53 PM »
Every great British manager has been sacked at some point.
Forgive my ignorance on the matter but was Sir GT ever sacked - he resigned from the England Post

Online TonyD

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #422 on: November 10, 2021, 07:42:16 PM »
Have Liverpool FC written in blood and stone somewhere that SG must simply have to be their manager at some point in the future.  What bollocks.  When Klopp goes they will choose the best manager available at the time that they can get.   They won’t go - Klopp is going - call SG and offer him the job.
The point is.  His worth now is based on some stupid assumption that he is already good enough to be Liverpool manager in the future.
The truth is somewhat is nobody knows -  but the “media” love it (him being auto next LFC manager) for some reason. It’s bloody weird.  How did he get that rep?

Online Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #423 on: November 10, 2021, 07:47:11 PM »
Every great British manager has been sacked at some point.

Jock Stein, Matt Busby, Bill Shankly, Bill Nicholson ?

Online Brazilian Villain

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #424 on: November 10, 2021, 07:50:45 PM »
At the risk of being controversial, I’m not sure I would categorise Pullis as a great manager

Surprisingly like JT, Pulis is a Celtic fan apparently.

Less surprisingly so is Chris Sutton. ;)  https://twitter.com/chris_sutton73/status/1458514388281925638

Offline BC Villain

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #425 on: November 10, 2021, 07:53:37 PM »
Every great British manager has been sacked at some point.
Forgive my ignorance on the matter but was Sir GT ever sacked - he resigned from the England Post

The dog heads sacked him when he tried to sell the family silver I think

Online Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #426 on: November 10, 2021, 07:57:46 PM »
Every great British manager has been sacked at some point.
Forgive my ignorance on the matter but was Sir GT ever sacked - he resigned from the England Post

The dog heads sacked him when he tried to sell the family silver I think

He resigned from Wolves.

Offline RichardBatchelor

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #427 on: November 10, 2021, 08:00:11 PM »
Every great British manager has been sacked at some point.

Baconface?

Offline Herman

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #428 on: November 10, 2021, 08:02:56 PM »
I literally have no idea if this is a good idea or not. That's my contribution to the debate.

Offline RichardBatchelor

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #429 on: November 10, 2021, 08:03:05 PM »
At the risk of being controversial, I’m not sure I would categorise Pullis as a great manager

Surprisingly like JT, Pulis is a Celtic fan apparently.

Less surprisingly so is Chris Sutton. ;)  https://twitter.com/chris_sutton73/status/1458514388281925638

Sutton's the Farage of football - a shit stirrer supreme.

Offline Big Ming

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #430 on: November 10, 2021, 08:04:11 PM »
For him to eventually get the Liverpoo job, he would have to have been a big success at Villa first.

Win - Win.

Online Sexual Ealing

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #431 on: November 10, 2021, 08:07:23 PM »
Have Liverpool FC written in blood and stone somewhere that SG must simply have to be their manager at some point in the future.  What bollocks.  When Klopp goes they will choose the best manager available at the time that they can get.   They won’t go - Klopp is going - call SG and offer him the job.
The point is.  His worth now is based on some stupid assumption that he is already good enough to be Liverpool manager in the future.
The truth is somewhat is nobody knows -  but the “media” love it (him being auto next LFC manager) for some reason. It’s bloody weird.  How did he get that rep?

Agreed. Liverpool were smart enough to appoint Klopp. I don't think their decision-makers are daft enough to acquiesce to the longings of a former employee just for shits and giggles.

Edit: their last bad appointments were Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish (Mk 2). I wonder which boneheaded CEO did that?!
« Last Edit: November 10, 2021, 08:10:42 PM by Sexual Ealing »

Online Pat McMahon

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #432 on: November 10, 2021, 08:08:27 PM »
If Gerrard gets the job, as seems increasingly likely, then as long as he does a good job for us I will be a happy fan. I’m not too concerned about his association with Liverpool but I am more concerned by his lack of experience.

As a player and manager he’s never had to deal with a struggling team, and that experience is invaluable in tough times - particularly if you come through the other side. However he should have picked up some good habits over the years and hopefully has learned a thing or two in Scotland and picked up a few pointers on how he could improve as a manager.

I think this is a massive appointment for Purslow. If our owners are as ambitious as we hope, Gerrard not succeeding at the Villa would be a failure which falls squarely on his head and I reckon he’d be out in the same taxi as Gerrard.


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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #433 on: November 10, 2021, 08:08:49 PM »
I literally have no idea if this is a good idea or not. That's my contribution to the debate.

Which should be everyone's stance......but it would be a crap thread if we had 30 pages of that, so let's keep the pontificating going.

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Re: Steven Gerrard - yes or no
« Reply #434 on: November 10, 2021, 08:10:09 PM »
Yep I’ve no idea what it will bring, but when he joins I’ll support him.

 


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