Gerrard In or Out?

[Damo70]

His argument is that he came in half way through the season and inherited a mess.

To my mind, deeply concerning though what we have seen thus far is, he has to get a window and a season to be judged fairly.

But it is monstrously depressing watching the same players make the same mistakes over and over.

Exactly where I'm at.

Me too. He needs a summer transfer window and pre season then he can be properly judged when next season kicks off. However I am not impressed so far.

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Up to 9 could leave so say the Express and Star.

[Beard82]

Up to 9 could leave so say the Express and Star.

But not til full time

[curiousorange]

Up to 9 could leave so say the Express and Star.

But not til full time

*gif of Meryl Streep clapping*

[eamonn]

Watkins is turning into Gabby. Keeps running into his man, can't striker the ball cleanly, seems to cut in from the left into dead ends. His confidence is shot - probably can't handle Smith being sacked.

Thought you were describing Ings there, he was guilty of all that yesterday, taking 2-3 touches just to shift the ball from his foot and just then getting crowded out by their defenders.

Add in missing the two sitters and it's not a great look from a 30m forward really. 3 league goals since August yet he seems to get off lightly from the fanbase on a whole.

Southampton mugged us off with Cascarino mk2. He'll be gone in the summer.

He's a far better finisher than Cantscorino. And he wasn't 30m! £20m to £25m based on ability to father well.

[wittonwarrior]

his interview for american tv channel suggested he was unhappy with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th goals.  Blaming the defence.  To begin with the 1st goal was as bad with Konsa heading the ball to the spurs player.  I still believe that Mings is by far our best defender but I seem to be in a minority (and no not by no one before anyone says)

[KevinGage]

Did anyone think we needed major surgery after our business last summer?

But now we do - and we're trusting that rebuild to rookie manager who will be doing well to still be at the club in 12 months time.

He might have highfalutin notions of wingless wonders and all the rest of it. But the better managers find a way of working with what they have NOW and getting a tune out of them. It's not as if he's inherited a Norwich or Burnleh-style set up and was asked to work miracles.

His preferred method (which he seemingly doesn't want to deviate from one iota) may have been stumbled upon in the white hot competition that is the Scottish top division. But you could play two at the back there and still piss that league.

[wittonwarrior]

Did anyone think we needed major surgery after our business last summer?

But now we do - and we're trusting that rebuild to rookie manager who will be doing well to still be at the club in 12 months time.

He might have highfalutin notions of wingless wonders and all the rest of it. But the better managers find a way of working with what they have NOW and getting a tune out of them. It's not as if he's inherited a Norwich or Burnleh-style set up and was asked to work miracles.

His preferred method may have been stumbled upon in the white hot competition that is the Scottish top division. But you could play two at the back there and still piss that league.

Still only fair all round to give him some time to swim or sink.  If it becomes terminal then pull the plug but too soon at the moment, despite by strong reservations

[cdbearsfan]

Up to 9 could leave so say the Express and Star.

But not til full time

Tremendous work.

[Nunkin1965]

Up to 9 could leave so say the Express and Star.

But not til full time

Tremendous work.

To be fair that's very good

[tomd2103]

Did anyone think we needed major surgery after our business last summer?

But now we do - and we're trusting that rebuild to rookie manager who will be doing well to still be at the club in 12 months time.

He might have highfalutin notions of wingless wonders and all the rest of it. But the better managers find a way of working with what they have NOW and getting a tune out of them. It's not as if he's inherited a Norwich or Burnleh-style set up and was asked to work miracles.

His preferred method (which he seemingly doesn't want to deviate from one iota) may have been stumbled upon in the white hot competition that is the Scottish top division. But you could play two at the back there and still piss that league.

Depends on what we are looking to achieve next season.  If we are looking at top six, then I think we would need ‘major surgery’.  If we are looking at consolidating a place in the top ten then not so sure.

I did wonder about his formation when he first came, as it had been devised and developed with a team that would dominate both possession and territory in almost every league game (although that wouldn’t have been the case in European games I suppose). 

We just looked wide open in the second half yesterday and capitulated in a concerning way.

[olaftab]

I agree with those who think it would be a major risk to allow a manager who's being schooled by every decent coach in the league week in week out to spend £100+ Million to rebuild the team.

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[Skerra]

I notice that most, if not all, the top managers never stop talking to their players, questioning referees etc.from the touch line. Meanwhile, SG seems fairly content to play FIFA 22 on the iPad with his fellow coaches or, if things are going really badly, just sitting in the dugout!!

[Lucky Eddie]

The strong opinions here are as short of a credible and attainable alternative as they were when Dean was replaced.