Would We Have Gone Down Under Gerrard?

[wince]

He has gone now so fuck him and file under shit managers such as Lambert, Sherwood, Garde, DiMatteo.

[Nunkin1965]

Would we have been relegated under Gerrard for the whole season? 

Yes. He was shit at his job.

Next question?

I may have said this before, but I think his comment about "needing a little bit of magic from the players" is the perfect comment to highlight why he is a terrible manager, for a number of reasons: For a start, magic doesn't exist. When we watch a magician, what we see as an audience is a carefully planned and rehearsed routine, that takes time and effort to perfect - I reckon Gerrard thinks that David Blaine was actually levitating. He's also passing the buck - the players need to do something, "I've done all I can do with them, so it's up to them now". That seemed to be his attitude throughout - perhaps because he struggled to understand why they couldn't be like he was as a player, when he used to take the game by the scruff of the neck. Ultimately, though, it's just lazy and poor management.

He is the exact opposite of Unai in every single aspect. Work ethic, humility, attitude, personality, motivation and ability. I love Unai for all the reasons I disliked Gerrard.

All of this. 👍

looking at the Emery match cam against Brighton,totally different managers

Imagine if there was a Gerrard cam?

[kippaxvilla2]

There was.  It was called the Test Card.

[Nunkin1965]

There was.  It was called the Test Card.

There was.  It was called the Test Card.

Ha!
Very good.

[TonyD]

I thought he'd spend a couple of seasons doing just enough to avoid the sack while sucking all the positivity out of the club. I got that one wrong.

That’s what I thought.  Thankfully the owners pulled the plug.

[Allan C]

I don’t think we’d have gone down but that would have been dependent on the moral of the dressing room post Fulham. I was hopeful when he was appointed and I thought the best choice of names banded around back then. But clearly he had to go after Fulham. Another appointment full of hope that subsequently failed. We’ve had a few.

[Dogtanian]

Imagine if there was a Gerrard cam?

I think they’d have pretty quickly given up as he sat sulking, arms folded, in the dug out because nobody was producing any moments of magic.

[RamboandBruno]

I generally support villa managers fairly blindly until they can be supported no more. I kept hoping Gerrard would come good. I realised we were screwed under him, when he made the ‘magic’ comments in that terrible 0-0 away to Leeds. That was followed by an equally terrible 1-1 away to Forest. Hindsight is a great thing but he was a truly terrible manager for us and utter twat to boot. O thought he still came across as a smug prat when doing punditry on an England game recently, so I’m not sure how much he will of actually learn’t from his stint at Villa. His man management in particular was dreadful. Looks like he’s being touted for both the Leeds and Leicester jobs, good luck to whoever gets him, they’ll need it.

[not3bad]

Gerrard now apparently being considered by Leeds and Leicester.

[Witton Warrior]

Gerrard now apparently being considered by Leeds and Leicester.

Good

[Pete3206]

Gerrard now apparently being considered by Leeds and Leicester.

The mind boggles.

[olaftab]

Please, please let it be Leeds.

[N'ZMAV]

Leeds please - sign them up for a few years of the dross they're used to

[steamer]

No doubt about it, which games could we see winning with him in charge ?
As an aside, cat weasel seems to be a part of Umri plans
Go for it Leeds, you know it is the right thing to do.

[Nev]

I'd had enough after the Bournemouth game but there was a moment in the previous season that was telling. Losing at home to Watford in front of a disgruntled crowd, he vanished into the dugout and stayed there for a large proportion of the game. It looked like hiding to me and reminded me of another deadbeat we had, I think it was DOL, who did the same when we were being dismantled by Arsenal. They'd already put 4 past us but Wenger was still on the touchline, getting absolutely drenched.

It doesn't prove anything really, you could never accuse Gerrard of hiding as a player but then he had ability to rely on, something he lacks as a manager.