Steven Gerrard - yes or no

[Risso]

What is it they say about the 5 stages of grief? Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I reckon most people on here are somewhere between 4 and 5!

[Risso]

Dear Steven - buy two fucking top midfielders, no 3 or 5 at the back, we don’t need to play both Ings and Watkins always, no punting it 50 yards down the pitch. Don’t surrender possession from the kick off versus inferior opponents. Play to win. Keep the ball. Defend high up the pitch. Win lots of games.

Ta

Just give the job to TV. He’s got it sussed, and he can start the match threads even earlier.

[Sexual Ealing]

What is it they say about the 5 stages of grief? Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I reckon most people on here are somewhere between 4 and 5!

That's certainly where I am!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

He'll f**king need it. It took him 2 years to get Rangers moving in the right direction. This season they apparently started moving backwards due to lack of major investment.

Aren’t there rumours that they’re in danger of going pop again?

£23m debt on the books. Massive up there with no major TV deal and no Champions League (see Malmo).

[Sexual Ealing]

He'll f**king need it. It took him 2 years to get Rangers moving in the right direction. This season they apparently started moving backwards due to lack of major investment.

Aren’t there rumours that they’re in danger of going pop again?

£23m debt on the books. Massive up there with no major TV deal and no Champions League (see Malmo).

That's a shame.

[rob_bridge]

Not overly enamoured by this proposal but let's see what happens. No lose for him which is what I don't like most of all

[Drummond]

Oh it's been obvious for 24 hours he's coming. And whilst I accept it, I reserve the right to remain stubbornly at 1 and 4! 😁

[brontebilly]

One thing that you’ve got to say is if he is Purslow and the owners man they will back him
As Paul e has said he wouldn’t even be coming here unless he had guarantees On his spending money

So that could be good

Players, good ones anyway, still have to want to come. I certainly have my doubts if 'Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa' is going to be much of a draw for elite or near elite players. Getting players out never easy either. Newcastle and Spurs will be throwing a lot of money around in January too....should be interesting.

anyway let's see how Gerrard does, his first X1 v Brighton with hopefully a fully fit squad to choose from....the wheel always turns

[Nunkin1965]

Not overly enamoured by this proposal but let's see what happens. No lose for him which is what I don't like most of all

I'd say that if it's a major failure he's getting nowhere near the Liverpool job.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

What is it they say about the 5 stages of grief? Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I reckon most people on here are somewhere between 4 and 5!

That's certainly where I am!

I'm still between denial and anger, to quote Austin MscPhee, 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)'.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

He'll f**king need it. It took him 2 years to get Rangers moving in the right direction. This season they apparently started moving backwards due to lack of major investment.

Aren’t there rumours that they’re in danger of going pop again?

£23m debt on the books. Massive up there with no major TV deal and no Champions League (see Malmo).

That's a shame.

It's why Rangers are looking to be heavily compensated, as reported in the Glasgow Times:

'Assistant manager Gary McAllister, coaches Michael Beale and Tom Culshaw and performance expert Jordan Milsom will also leave Rangers after Villa put together a multi-million pound compensation deal for the management team.'

[chrisw1]

I have possibly the first bit of ITK I've ever had about anything meaningful (but it is very vague), apparently Gerrard was unsure about the timing but was sold because we have promised a HUGE budget for the next 2 windows (£150m+ in January alone). It might be bullshit but it's come from a really random source through work who only sent me a message because I'm the only Villa fan he knows and he was excited to tell someone, not the sort of guy I'd think would make it up.

If we do have that sort of budget then I’d be pretty passed off that they didn’t back Deano more in the summer to get that DM that the whole world knew we needed.  That (and trying to shoe horn in 2 up front) is what has cost him his job in my opinion.

[Toronto Villa]

Stan suggesting it’s a done deal

[Brazilian Villain]

It's why Rangers are looking to be heavily compensated, as reported in the Glasgow Times:

'Assistant manager Gary McAllister, coaches Michael Beale and Tom Culshaw and performance expert Jordan Milsom will also leave Rangers after Villa put together a multi-million pound compensation deal for the management team.'

Apparently it's only 2-3 million, Celtic got 8.8 million when Rodgers left.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It's why Rangers are looking to be heavily compensated, as reported in the Glasgow Times:

'Assistant manager Gary McAllister, coaches Michael Beale and Tom Culshaw and performance expert Jordan Milsom will also leave Rangers after Villa put together a multi-million pound compensation deal for the management team.'

Apparently it's only 2-3 million, Celtic got 8.8 million when Rodgers left.

There's a reason for that.