Topic: Steven Gerrard

[Red Beret]

Like?

United?

[SouthDerryLaggo]

United?

someone had to say it 

[DHKopper]

Long range goals have sort of gone out of the game because of xG's influence... but fuck me his long rangers. Unreal!

What 

[Red Beret]

someone had to say it 

Of course. Tbf United have form for having ex Liverpool captains as their manager. 

but fuck me his long rangers. Unreal!

[AndyMuller]

Confirmed.

[Elzar]

Hopefully he gets a new manager bounce for a month and then falls apart on the 11th of next month.

[stewy17]

Doesn't sit right with me but then I've always had a (largely) irrational hatred for Villa.

I guess from our POV if he takes over from Klopp that we'll be looking for him to qualify for Europa and have a very good run in it? Maybe FA Cup/League Cup? Take a good number of scalps from the top 6?

They're not getting in the CL so seems a bit pointless to me really in terms of "proving" himself but I guess he's probably not going to learn German/Italian/Spanish or French any time soon so jobs I'd have like to have seen him take (Dortmund, Leipzig, Lyon, Atletico, Sevilla, Roma, Inter etc) are out the question. Let's see.

[Clayton Bigsby]

Think his chances of taking us over have taken a blow.  After Klopp, I don't think managers that 'do a job' are gonna been getting called to the hot seat and what more can he do at Villa?

[Elzar]

Think his chances of taking us over have taken a blow.  After Klopp, I don't think managers that 'do a job' are gonna been getting called to the hot seat and what more can he do at Villa?

I don't think he can go to Villa and just keep them up. They are a team that spends a lot (143m, 90m, 85m since their return). He should be pushing them top half, and if the way his team plays is impressive while he does so that's when he can push on further, with Villa or going up another step in management. I don't think he's expecting to be managing us as soon as Klopp is gone.

[So… Howard Philips]

Think his chances of taking us over have taken a blow.  After Klopp, I don't think managers that 'do a job' are gonna been getting called to the hot seat and what more can he do at Villa?

I’d give him to the end of the season before predicting his future.

[classycarra]

Think his chances of taking us over have taken a blow.  After Klopp, I don't think managers that 'do a job' are gonna been getting called to the hot seat and what more can he do at Villa?

What? How can doing a higher profile and tougher job blow our chances?

If we were to seriously be considering him for the future (we shouldn't be, yet) then us preferring he stay in Scotland would be a bit of a baffling preference towards someone unambitious and not seeking challenges.

[b_joseph]

Think his chances of taking us over have taken a blow.  After Klopp, I don't think managers that 'do a job' are gonna been getting called to the hot seat and what more can he do at Villa?

When Klopp took over a Dortmund, nobody expected much. If Stevie is a great coach, he will take Villa beyond what people are expecting. Time will tell. Good luck to him

[RedSamba]

I don't understand what is the rush to give him the job right after Klopp is done    He is still young, plenty of time to get his opportunity here

[Clayton Bigsby]

I’d give him to the end of the season before predicting his future.

I didn't predict anything I just shared an opinion.

I'd absolutely love Gerrard to smash it there but what does smash look like in Villa. Top 10 and a cup run?

[Clayton Bigsby]

I don't understand what is the rush to give him the job right after Klopp is done    He is still young, plenty of time to get his opportunity here

This is an excellent point tbf.

[El Lobo]

I didn't predict anything I just shared an opinion.

I'd absolutely love Gerrard to smash it there but what does smash look like in Villa. Top 10 and a cup run?

Away from the 'usual' top 4, there's no reason with that squad he couldn't be pushing for 'best of the rest', and then good runs in Europe.

[redgriffin73]

I don't understand what is the rush to give him the job right after Klopp is done    He is still young, plenty of time to get his opportunity here

This.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

I don't understand what is the rush to give him the job right after Klopp is done    He is still young, plenty of time to get his opportunity here

He could manage another 7 years and still be the same age Klopp was when he took over us.

I think part of it does come down to the question of "what next?" after Klopp because there aren't a lot of direct comparable managers; it's usually short term options with different philosophies (like a Conte for example) or largely unproven/proven to be a step below Klopps level.

It's a hard question, hence why a lot of the media and fans fall on someone like Gerrard which is an ideal fantasy of a young Liverpool legend taking over.

But this is very much a question for what was it again, 3 or 4 years down the line, minimum.

[flyingcod]

Maybe he wanted to break up the journey in going direct from managing Rangers to LFC

Seeing how the last guy who did that and how that turned out, maybe a wise decision. 

fc

[smutchin]

I'd absolutely love Gerrard to smash it there but what does smash look like in Villa. Top 10 and a cup run?

Finishing above United this season should be a realistic target.

[Fruity]

Good luck to him. As long as he beats Chelsea and City and anyone else challenging and loses to us then in my eyes he has done a very good job.

[markedasred]

Going to have to have a crack at the lottery after this.

[lionel_messias]

There is no rush for Gerrard to Liverpool, as manager. It's one of the toughest and most unique jobs in football, doesn't matter how stellar his playing career.

Our recent best coaches, Rafa and Klopp spent years studying the game and getting insights from serious football people in their respective countries.

If SG has been absorbing similar lessons and is forming his own mentality and 'take' on football management, then maybe one day, he will get a shot.

No rush for that day to be in 2024.

[Pistolero]

I have an industrial strength dislike of Villa, so despite seeing him take an undoubted step-up in his career Im a bit torn (ditto Rafa/Bitters).....on the plus side, I can go happily go back to hating Rangers again...

[Jon2lfc]

I'd absolutely love Gerrard to smash it there but what does smash look like in Villa. Top 10 and a cup run?

Finish above Birmingham City

[Jon2lfc]

The headline is "Gerrard to Villa", but all I keep remembering is his delicious late, winning free-kick goal at Villa Park when Nando just joined.

[lamonti]

The obsession of so many people with him taking over at Liverpool is absolutely fucking insane and him getting this job changes nothing about that.

[jackh]

Anyone know what the Rangers reaction has been like?

[tubby]

Anyone know what the Rangers reaction has been like?

Some are mad, some understand why.  If you ask someone who doesn't like Rangers, they'll say they're all having a meltdown, but that doesn't seem to be the case.  Think a lot of them are accepting of it.

[Red Ol]

 What’s the betting that one of Tavanier, Kent and/or Morelos end up at Villa now?

[palimpsest]

Some are mad, some understand why.  If you ask someone who doesn't like Rangers, they'll say they're all having a meltdown, but that doesn't seem to be the case.  Think a lot of them are accepting of it.

Yeah, it's kind of a mixed bag. Some are calling him a rat, others are quite level-headed about it--thanking him for what he's done, but also expressing their disappointment at the timing of his decision.

[No666]

Carragher on the subject of his 'apprenticeship':-
Steven Gerrard will only ever want to become Liverpool manager on merit, and the Liverpool supporters will only want him to become Liverpool manager on those terms, not because of some kind of romantic homecoming. When Klopp goes, Liverpool will only employ the best man for the job, as they did when making their last appointment in 2015. Gerrard's connection is an advantage if the day comes when he is a serious candidate. Until then, it is a subject overplayed and should not be on the agenda right now.

[Cu Chulainn]

Away from the 'usual' top 4, there's no reason with that squad he couldn't be pushing for 'best of the rest', and then good runs in Europe.

Exactly. If West Ham can do it, why can't Villa?

All the best Stevie, except against us!

[Sharado]

I don't understand what is the rush to give him the job right after Klopp is done    He is still young, plenty of time to get his opportunity here

[WhereAngelsPlay]

I don't understand what is the rush to give him the job right after Klopp is done    He is still young, plenty of time to get his opportunity here

Yeah we should give it to a coach who is actually younger & failed when he went into management.

I'm hoping that the Boss signs a short extension.

[SouthDerryLaggo]

Maybe he wanted to break up the journey in going direct from managing Rangers to LFC

Seeing how the last guy who did that and how that turned out, maybe a wise decision. 

fc

Get some of the bitterness and paranoia acquired in the SPL out of his system

[SouthDerryLaggo]

Yeah we should give it to a coach who is actually younger & failed when he went into management.

I'm hoping that the Boss signs a short extension.

yes. Preferably 8-10 years

[Keith Lard]

Great move for Stevie imo. Gone are the days of romantic appointments. Only way Stevie gets the top job is if he gets experience in one of the major European leagues at a leading club. Villa fits the bill to perfection in my eyes. We get to see if he’s up to snuff

[exiledintheUSA]

Doesn't sit right with me but then I've always had a (largely) irrational hatred for Villa.

Not irrational to be fair, they are a giant gang of c*nts.

[JonnyCigarettes®]

I'll be interested in how much of Aston Villa's private internal business gets blurted out on Monday Night Football.