Gerrard In or Out?

[rob_bridge]

Out. Couldn't run a bath.

Non effective PlanA and no PlanB

[Risso]

In - as a point of principle it’s ridiculous to sack a manager so soon.

Would you offer a new contract to Luiz? Not having a go but I know you're a fan of his.

I could do with a gardener. Bit of painting and decorating.

[Clark W Griswold]

The question is, could someone else get better out of Mings, Konsa, McGinn, Watkins, Ings, Bailey, Buendia who I think are all better players than they’ve shown for us this season?
Failing that, would you trust him to spend the money replacing many of them (plus Luiz who certainly needs replacing)? Assuming their level of performance stays the same whoever is in charge we need to replace Luiz in the starting 11 along with 2 out of Mings, Konsa, McGinn and Ramsey (with players that can make us more solid and keep the ball better) and then 1 out of Watkins and Ings plus we need to find and alternate to Coutinho who I think is unlikely to come in. That’s potentially 5 new players for the starting 11, playing this formation. Can he be trusted to get all or most of that right?

[Toronto Villa]

The individual errors are at a level that whoever the manager is, it’s always going to look this bad. You can have the best team talk and system in the world but when players are this poor and careless it’s not fixable. They have to go

Who?

Any player that control a football. I would absolutely upgrade our forwards, McGinn, Luiz, Konsa aren’t starters. If they stay so be it but they are entirely back ups at this level. So for me, sell and bring in better.

[eamonn]

Is this gonna be merged with the general Gerrard thread? Makes sense...

Anyway, here's what he's said post-match. Sounds quite chipper but then he is on a few mill a year...

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "It's tough - the scoreline is harsh on us, but it's the reality and we have to accept that. I have to accept it - I'm responsible. The story of the game certainly wasn't a 4-0 game.

"It's the first time in football I've gone off at half-time 1-0 down and been really happy and proud, we were magnificent, we didn't take our chances but at half-time I said if we can continue this I have no doubt we get back into the game. The second half it flipped, Spurs' quality players made it about our backline and they punished us really heavily.

"Analysing the first goal, a long straight ball we could've defended that better, they got a bit of luck but they're ruthless in front of goal. To be 1-0 down at half-time was against the run of play, we were outstanding and the chances we've created against a top side is enough to win two or three games.

"We asked them to maintain that at half-time and we tried, we talk about defending the area around 18-yard box and Spurs punished us heavily in that area.

"We've got time - I don't know if that's a good thing, you want the next game quickly after a defeat like that which stings but I've got to pick the players up and be ready for the next game. I want us to remember that first half, we have a lot to learn and defensively in the second half we have even more to learn."

[rob_bridge]

I'd probably be a bit more understanding of what he's 'trying' to do if he didnt bring Ashley Young on every week. He's Sherwood Mark II.

He is.

With Better Players

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The Internet equivalent of walking out of a game on 68 minutes.

[SamTheMouse]

Blimey I know that was shite, but it's a bit early for this thread isn't it?

Fuck me, we ain't Watford.

[TonyD]

Why give him more money when he is not getting the most of the current players - including Phil. 
Seriously can’t see what he is trying to do.
Unless the owners are going to dig dip and buy 4/5 world class players c£350m  to suit his supposed plan of playing.
So they too can underperform. 

[kippaxvilla2]

Looking at the stats of the game again perhaps we should just take that as the positive but the way we gave up after the second was classic 2015.  I just have a gut feeling he’s going to fill the squad with established players with no real plan of how to play them as a unit. 

[gpbarr]

It was a poor decision to sack Smith after only 10 games - reeked of panic.

It was an even poorer decision to then go appoint Gerrard who had no proven managerial pedigree outside a piss poor Scottish league - reeked of Purslow making the decision prior any interviews of proper assessment.

If our owners have the balls, they’ll fire Purslow (root cause of the problem), then fire Gerrard (he isn’t the man to take us where we need to go - he’s being outcoached week after week), and then sell the likes of Mings, Ings, Konza, Luiz, McGinn, Traore. They have had enough chances - time to rip plaster off.

This season has been a debacle and no one at the club (administrators or players) should feel they have performed.

We fans deserve so much better. They should all hang their heads in shame.

[Steve67]

In.  Way too early for this debate.  He needs a squad of his own players and a couple of transfer windows.  That said, I didn't want him in the first place, so I can't lose really.

[Taylor]

Out. Couldn't run a bath.

Non effective PlanA and no PlanB

How many shite cliches could you get in one post? Well done.

[kippaxvilla2]

Out. Couldn't run a bath.

Non effective PlanA and no PlanB

How many shite cliches could you get in one post? Well done.

In over his head.  There’s a big leak in the defence.  He needs to shore it up?  Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. 

[Clark W Griswold]

Common sense and fairness suggests that he gets the window and at least 6 months next season, gut feeling says he hasn’t got the experience and possibly the skills to get the right players in and get the best from whatever squad he starts the season with. Got to let him finish the season and see how it looks then.