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They really clearly want the manager gone.

God, please make him go after this, please.

He's tried it literally about 30 times before and it never works but he keeps doing it.

I fucking hate this cunt, hate him.

I can't believe you're asking me that after my previous posts ;-) 'Straight choice, Gerrard or having liquefied dog shit poured into your eyeballs' would be a more appropriate question.

Alex Bruce is an absolute toxic cunt. I was particularly glad to see when Ollbeeeyun sacked Bruce that they were also sacking his piece-of-shit son at the same time.

We do not have a top six squad, but nor do we have a bottom six squad. Any manager with a modicum of talent and attention would get this squad performing better. I know you've improved yours, but look at the difference a progressive manager has made.

Yeah, he's gone full Bruce. The club had built a head of steam the last few years, since Smith took over and we did the ten wins in a row thing, there has been a much better club-fans connection, but Gerrard has pissed it all away. Apparently, Purslow had to convince Edens and Sawiris to employ Gerrard. Neither of those two - especially Edens who has other sports interests - tolerate failure gladly. I'm betting on a sacking at the weekend. It is quite clearly over, the away fans have turned on him - always the sign of end game - he's basically a football Liz Truss right now. I can't wait to see him go, he's fucking toxic.

Other than Luiz trying to score directly from corners, no. It really does smell of 'gee the lads up and send them out there', which is amazing if so as he has a huge coaching team. I actually don't think it is that, I think he's just wound up some players pointlessly (Mings, who is a big presence at the club), chosen a few who are utterly undroppable (McGinn, who has had about 2 good games EVER in the top flight), and then banished some more (Sanson, who had a good pre-season and looks very useful, Guilbert). The result is a clearly unhappy dressing room. Last night, Gerrard was straight down the tunnel, and of the players, Mings came right over to the away fans and talked with them. Gerrard will never understand people to the degree Mings does. His after match interviews are absolutely awful, last night's a great example "I need certain players to step forward and create the chances". No, we need YOU to fucking coach them to do that, you're the manager. Absolutely a dead man walking.

He's basically Paul Lambert with better players.

Ha, true, but I meant in terms of being young managers, rather than a true fucking relic like Bruce

worth remembering, Howe has way more experience than Gerrard, and it shows.

Emi Martinez was on Ben Foster’s podcast last year, before Beale left, and said he did (and ran) all the training, and described him as having an ‘unbelievable’ knowledge on football/ training etc

I think he's already had that stay. Ultimately, it will be Sawiris and Edens who make the decision. Edens with his NBA team has a back story of not fucking about with coaches.

Honestly, saying in his post match he 'needs certain players to step forward and create something'. No, Steven, that's your fucking job to make that happen through training. Unbelievable. What a cunt. I supported him but the way he has reacted when under real pressure is absolutely shameful. Horrible person.

Gerrard is finished. Away support turned on him last night. Always the sign of the end for managers with us (and prob most other clubs). Terrible football, no shape going forward, inexplicable line-up choices, and - and this has got way worse the last few weeks - being an absolute cunt, throwing players under the bus constantly. The players clearly are not playing for him, either. In a year he has not improved a single player, not one. A matter of time, wouldn't be at all surprised if it was today.

Pretty amazing that Southgate seems to love picking almost an entire team worth of out of form players. I mean, Maguire and Luke Fucking Shaw? Really?

Still got his Brummie accent, too. Good lad.

Ha ha, he definitely went for 'Quing' realising the mistake almost in time.

Atmosphere comparison - Man City game to Rangers game, remarkable.

I understand why he went there, but it's depressing to see the flair squeezed out of him after a move to the money team. A bit like getting Otis Redding to play in your rhythm section.

Man of the match for us yesterday, put in a great performance.

Ask any Villa fan and they’ll tell you he needs to leave McGinn on the bench from the off. Awful for ages.

Looks like a persistent beggar.

Can't believe Sky let Gary Cotterrill on air with teeth like those.