Gerrard In or Out?

[Sexual Ealing]

If you're not willing to back the manager, you're asking for him to be sacked.

Yes, I think I am.

[Clark W Griswold]

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

Guilbert, Hourahane, Wesley, Davis, AEG, Trez all out on loan currently
Chuck not signing a contract, Coutinho not our player anyway
Young will be 37

There’s 9 for starters not to mention the likes of Hause, Bailey, Sanson, Luiz.

Not really any great scoop :-)

[Ads]

Yes sense its a more dramatic headline (and good gag for on here as it transpires!).

I'm not bothered about moving players on, but if we can add a centre half, holding midfielder and centre forward of quality then what happens to those displaced, happens.

[Holte L2]

If you're not willing to back the manager, you're asking for him to be sacked.

Yes, I think I am.

Me too.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

I don't think he'll go, even if some if us do think it would be an ideal time to bring in a more established coach. Purslow's itching to give him money. Something faintly distasteful when you consider it like that.

Can't see our ambitious owners letting Purslow do that, particularly if we finish lower than we did last season, and we have every probability we'll do that with Leeds, Brentford and Newcastle picking up points now.

[N'ZMAV]

Watkins was much better last season. Didn't watch many Southampton games last year but assume Ings was, too. Isn't it the manager's job to get the best out of players?

it is the managers job - but the manager can't do a great deal about Ings not taking chances he's paid to do.

[BC Villain]

We need an appointment that will show we mean business. Put it this way, when Newcastle are next looking for a manager, there won't be any contenders who have won less than St Johnstone on the list.

Like Eddie Howe?

Whether you like Eddie Howe or not, he's take a Newcastle team that hadn't won in 15 attempts and has improved them to the point where they're now safe and likely to comfortably finish ahead of us.

In the same period of time, Gerrard has not improved any facet of our play.  We still too easy to score against and we now cannot score goals.

I'm not buying this bullshit about being unlucky in the first half.  If you have that many chances and screw up every single one, it's rank unprofessional and you get what you deserve.

[Brazilian Villain]

We need an appointment that will show we mean business. Put it this way, when Newcastle are next looking for a manager, there won't be any contenders who have won less than St Johnstone on the list.

Like Eddie Howe?

Whether you like Eddie Howe or not, he's take a Newcastle team that hadn't won in 15 attempts and has improved them to the point where they're now safe and likely to comfortably finish ahead of us.

You mean Eddie Howe's Newcastle who let in 5 against Spurs after being 1-0 up?

[Luke8]

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I'm not buying this bullshit about being unlucky in the first half.  If you have that many chances and screw up every single one, it's rank unprofessional and you get what you deserve.

Sorry, are you putting that on Gerrard or the players?

As a manger you set a team up to try and creat as many, and as high quality, chances as possible, but  you can’t do much about the players not finishing them.

[cdbearsfan]

Can't you? If Watkins was scoring twice as many as he did last season I'm sure plenty of people on here would be rushing to praise Gerrard's influence on him. Quite rightly, too.

[Meanwood Villa]

I don't think he'll go, even if some if us do think it would be an ideal time to bring in a more established coach. Purslow's itching to give him money. Something faintly distasteful when you consider it like that.

Can't see our ambitious owners letting Purslow do that, particularly if we finish lower than we did last season, and we have every probability we'll do that with Leeds, Brentford and Newcastle picking up points now.

So our ambitious owners won't back the manager? There's zero chance he's getting the boot so I hope they do.

[Legion]

But he isn't.

[RamboandBruno]

Can't you? If Watkins was scoring twice as many as he did last season I'm sure plenty of people on here would be rushing to praise Gerrard's influence on him. Quite rightly, too.

How on earth is it any managers fault that two England internationals miss the absolute sitters that Ings and Watkins did yesterday, they get worse every time i watch them back

[cdbearsfan]

Gerrard picks them, Gerrard coaches them. Again, if Watkins doubled his goal tally, would nobody be saying Gerrard deserved any credit?

I also don't know anyone that is ever pleased when they see that Gerrard has, yet again, chosen to pick Ings ahead Buendia.

[Luke8]

Watkins doubling his goal tally over a prolonged period is a different situation to missing several good chances in a single game though.

I have reservations about Gerrard as a manager (see second half yesterday as one example), I just thought taking issue with the first half performance because some players missed chances they should (usually would?) score was slightly bizarre.