David Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 11 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: The whole Liverpool thing is over-played. If he was just waiting around for that job, he'd have stayed at Rangers. You think Liverpool would have taken a manager with no top flight English league experience straight from Scotland to replace Klopp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCJ Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 A massive gamble that I respect him for taking. He’s now in a more difficult job after Villa sold their best player (and from what I heard are also missing John Terry as a coach). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted November 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just now, David said: You think Liverpool would have taken a manager with no top flight English league experience straight from Scotland to replace Klopp? I don't think Liverpool would have taken any other manager with no top flight English league experience straight from Scotland to replace Klopp. But that's the point. If this thing was such an inevitability, he just sits around doing his apprenticeship. The fact that he's taking this on shows it's not. He's just grafting his way up like any other manager. All goes tits up and it's Tranmere or something next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCJ Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, David said: You think Liverpool would have taken a manager with no top flight English league experience straight from Scotland to replace Klopp? They already replaced Dalglish with Souness but that was in 1991. Edited November 11, 2021 by LCJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briefcase Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, LCJ said: Fair play to Steven Gerrard. Could’ve stayed at Rangers, challenged for trophies and managed in Europe but chose the tougher option of trying to keep Villa in the Premier League. Liverpool will also get a better idea of whether he’s capable of managing in the English Premier League. I don't think keeping Villa in the league will be difficult. I know they haven't had the best of starts this season but that squad is more than good enough to keep them in the division. I know you should never take things for granted and stranger things have happened,  but I think Gerrard will be okay.  Edited November 11, 2021 by Briefcase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factotum Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Yeah its a win win for me. Gerrard will keep them up as Villa have a good side. I think Smith would have turned it around eventually as well. His challenge will be next season and how that starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitoRyo Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Slippy G getting announced as Aston Villa manager on Poppy Day? It doesn't get any more respectful than that, I'm afraid. That man is going to look the business and a claret-and-blue tie.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, tiger_rick said: I don't think Liverpool would have taken any other manager with no top flight English league experience straight from Scotland to replace Klopp. But that's the point. If this thing was such an inevitability, he just sits around doing his apprenticeship. The fact that he's taking this on shows it's not. He's just grafting his way up like any other manager. All goes tits up and it's Tranmere or something next. Yeah, I don't think it's an inevitability at all. I know there's the emotional pull of Gerrard and Liverpool, but let's be honest, even Chelsea and Lampard only came into being because of the transfer ban and other mitigating circumstances. They didn't waste much time in sacking him off and getting a proper top manager in when the situation allowed. Gerrard will need to have proven himself in the big leagues before Liverpool will entertain the idea of bringing him in. There would be far too much temptation to go with a proven manager over someone who's done quite well in Scotland, regardless of who he is. And also, it gets lost in the shuffle that while he did well in Scotland, he certainly wasn't tearing it up Brendan Rodgers style. He won a single trophy in three and a half years. Rodgers won 7 trophies in the shape of two league titles and a "double treble" in under three years. As someone who follows the Scottish league closely it was blatantly obvious that Rodgers was a class above the entire division. I wouldn't say that about Gerrard. I think the jury is very much out on him, and truth be told, there's no guarantee that he would have matched last season had he stayed, so his stock is probably as high as it would ever be in Scotland right now. Edited November 11, 2021 by David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted November 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 11, 2021 Lampard in talks with Norwich as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgehead Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 It's very Norwich to replace their sacked manager with a guy sacked the day after. So I fear they choose Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Well, after years of England trying to find a way of getting Lampard and Gerrard to do something together, they now can...and that thing will be getting relegated together. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted November 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 11, 2021 Ah, the golden generation are heading back to spread their disappointment to Premier League management now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted November 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Edgehead said: It's very Norwich to replace their sacked manager with a guy sacked the day after. Remember when they got humped 7-1 by Paul Lamberts Colchester and responded by sacking the manager and hiring Paul Lambert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members theironshake Posted November 12, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 12, 2021 I welcome Steve Gerrard to B6 and hope he's a total success. If I was a Norwich fan I'd say Smith is the perfect choice. I won't lie I think Deano is great. And if you get relegated he's the perfect man to bring you straight back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted November 12, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 12, 2021 8 hours ago, air_raid said: Remember when they got humped 7-1 by Paul Lamberts Colchester and responded by sacking the manager and hiring Paul Lambert? Yeah and I remembering thinking "that's a bit dodgy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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