What's he going to do now ?
Steven Gerrard | Al-Ettifaq Manager
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It’ll involve a furrowed brow, no doubt.
They call it a threehead
Villa were wise to get rid of a man who so clearly has issues staying up
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The English Neil Lennon, back to Scotland you go Stevie lad.
I think he got himself fired basically by trying a formation that just didn't work and underrating Buendia, whose movement off the ball to get open is genuinely world-class. If he rated him he could have spent the 17M and big wages they spent on Coutinho on another CB or a left-winger.
get plastered i imagine
More time to hang out with gangsters in Liverpool now.
I bet Coutinho is super happy with how things have panned out.
I hope so. I hope they let him ride on that bus back to Birmingham with everyone knowing he was sacked
It all went downhill when Michael Beale left to become the QPR manager.
Shame as we’re playing them in a couple of weeks. Could have done without facing the new manager bounce.
Gerrard would have got them up for playing us.
Villa are a worse team now than they were when they hastily sacked Dean Smith. A predictable end to this experiment.
More time to spend hanging around with the bad Irish
Apparently Villa fans in that Fulham match chanted "he slipped on his ass"
Good riddance, you overhyped Neanderthal diving Phil Collins-loving cnut.
How far up Gerrard’s ass is Carragher trying to go?
They should give Ole a call. Think he'd do alright there.
Exactly my thoughts.
It's similar to the likes of Keane, Neville and especially Evra and Ferdinand with Cristiano. Nauseating.
the guy has one of the most monstrous egos I’ve seen on a footballer/manager.
Can't imagine Tuchel taking it, but they do have a squad that makes sense for his 3 at the back with Watkins pressing okay, Cash and Digne as wingbacks, 2 of Coutinho, Ramsey and Buendia behind the striker, McGinn and Luiz are actually okay under pressure though I'd worry for McGinn. Loan out Bailey and use the money to spend on a CB with some pace to play on the right to add to Mings and Bednarek I guess.
Dyche can organize a back 4 and play deep, and Ramsey and Bailey on the wings might do okay but not sure where Buendia or Coutinho would play. Seems like a bad fit for them.
It's a decent squad fit for Pochettino but I don't see why he would risk it when he can wait around and get a bigger job. Finishing 14th with Villa would be doing a good job but it's hardly going to improve his odds of getting a really big job.
Emery is quite high up in the odds. Don't see why he'd take the job as he's already made a lot of money and Villareal are a better team and surely a better place to live than Birmingham.
Rafa I could see. He'd probably make them solid and a 4-2-3-1 with Buendia behind Watkins and Ramsey and Bailey out wide and Dendoncker and Luiz would be boring but probably more competent than they've been under Gerrard. And Rafa could use the job you'd figure.
Dyche can organize a back 4 and play deep, and Ramsey and Bailey on the wings might do okay but not sure where Buendia or Coutinho would play. Seems like a bad fit for them.
It's a decent squad fit for Pochettino but I don't see why he would risk it when he can wait around and get a bigger job. Finishing 14th with Villa would be doing a good job but it's hardly going to improve his odds of getting a really big job.
Emery is quite high up in the odds. Don't see why he'd take the job as he's already made a lot of money and Villareal are a better team and surely a better place to live than Birmingham.
Rafa I could see. He'd probably make them solid and a 4-2-3-1 with Buendia behind Watkins and Ramsey and Bailey out wide and Dendoncker and Luiz would be boring but probably more competent than they've been under Gerrard. And Rafa could use the job you'd figure.
Still early in the season but I made this bold prediction in the bold predictions thread before the season began.
Hahahah - always liked Villa fans
Some interesting thoughts here.
Surely they won’t go for Rafa though, following his disastrous stint at Everton? He seemed to be appointed there on the grounds that he’d “make them solid” but he failed miserably. Another ex-Liverpool “legend” would be the last thing the Villa fans would want in any case.
LFC, do what needs to be done. Stevie needs a job
Ta-ra chuck!
This is a huge setback! I hope they still give him the Liverpool job.
I feel smug as during pre-season everyone was saying Lampard was going to be sacked and Gerrard is a decent manager who will easily secure top half with Villa, and I predicted that Lampard would outlast Gerrard. Go me!
We go again.
Hope that he’s still in line to replace Klopp in the near future
He’s been an arrogant prick all his life, it’s finally caught up with him.
To be fair, that's a coin toss right there. Lampard might go any second.
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When he was in Scotland, it was always rumoured that Michael Beale was the brains behind Rangers league win.
It looks more likely that this was the case.
It looks more likely that this was the case.
If anyone thought Gerrard was lasting they must have missed last season, the wheels were already well off. I thought Lampard would outlast him through to maybe January based on good will, but to be fair Everton have done decent so far this season.
Rodgers and Tuchel were my others I expected gone by January, and I’m feeling pretty confident I’ll end up with 3 out of 4, which would have me fairly smug.
Took longer than expected, but yep.