Steven Gerrard To Aston Villa - Official

[TheFamousPigeon 9,352]

12 minutes ago, Don81 said:

 

Gerrard just kicking about someones living room waiting to be punched  

[wully 49,674]

 

[AGM_72 4,064]

37 minutes ago, GabrielTomato said:

I think he's a rat bastard but he literally took us to the Last 16 of the Europa League.

Honestly, considering how often people post used to post "remember where we were" during Gerrard's first two years, many are quick to forget. We had someone in the dugout doing fuckin headstands and his predecessor arguing with fans in a bush! Gerrard's record isn't perfect, the way he left was pish, but he's clearly a talented manager. Our sides in Europe over the last 30 years with supposedly better players and managers have a vastly inferior european record. 

[watty. 5,799]

42 minutes ago, Don81 said:

 

"Let's get you down the care home gran"

[miracle 7,852]

We've been shite this season.   Things needed freshening up.   On the bright side it's £4.5m in our pocket and if we bring in Gio I'll be more than pleased.

[TheFamousPigeon 9,352]

"It's a cardboard cut out.... ye....it's not"

He held back on saying "ya diddy" or "ya whalloper" there didn't he  

[TheFamousPigeon 9,352]

50 minutes ago, Don81 said:

 

I love that she thinks Gerrard is standing staunch staring into the camera in a fans living room  fantastic. 

[Bad Robot 21,513]

15 minutes ago, miracle said:

We've been shite this season.   Things needed freshening up.   On the bright side it's £4.5m in our pocket and if we bring in Gio I'll be more than pleased.

and maybe give Goldson what he wants 

[graeme_4 37,506]

Super had his say:

“Stopping celtic doing 10 is as high on the list as you can get.

"But, being brutally honest, there is a bad taste in some of the supporters' mouths about the way it has happened.

"Particularly after that interview where Emma asked the question, as she should. That's her job.

"The answer implied 'I'm going nowhere'. I think we can all agree on that."

[Jimfanciesthedude 25,609]

1 hour ago, AGM_72 said:

Honestly, considering how often people post used to post "remember where we were" during Gerrard's first two years, many are quick to forget. We had someone in the dugout doing fuckin headstands and his predecessor arguing with fans in a bush! Gerrard's record isn't perfect, the way he left was pish, but he's clearly a talented manager. Our sides in Europe over the last 30 years with supposedly better players and managers have a vastly inferior european record. 

Like who? What manager had better players and a vastly inferior euro record? 

[miracle 7,852]

23 minutes ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

Like who? What manager had better players and a vastly inferior euro record? 

Smith and Advocaat.

[McEwan's Lager 32,056]

5 minutes ago, miracle said:

Smith and Advocaat.

Both mainly operated first and foremost in the Champions League. Gerrard has 0/2 on that front.

[rangersross 6,704]

On 11/11/2021 at 11:16, The Dude said:

Clubs sound out replacements far less often than you think, Hence why clubs don't often appoint the first 'favourite' - despite the name often being leaked by the club themselves.

[The Dude 20,027]

4 minutes ago, rangersross said:

i see you ignored part of the post for the bit that agreed with you.

[Bad Robot 21,513]

I fkn knew it 😂

[TheFamousPigeon 9,352]

Who?

[Jimfanciesthedude 25,609]

49 minutes ago, miracle said:

Smith and Advocaat.

Smith, champions league group stage numerous occasions, uefa cup final, uefa cup last 32, thats just his second era

Advocaat, uefa cup last 64 lost to the winners, beating bayer leverkusen on the way, 2 CL group stage appearances one which we dominated bayern munich home and away, final season he took us by Xmas in europe for the first time in a decade

Kinda doing them a disservice are we not? 

[Jimfanciesthedude 25,609]

50 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Both mainly operated first and foremost in the Champions League. Gerrard has 0/2 on that front.

Even PLG was undefeatex in europe and got us to the last 32 when he was here lol

[sassaaaa 11,406]

Fuck me , McCoist of all people saying hes left a bad taste with the fans........

[G.E.C. 19,594]

14 minutes ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

Even PLG was undefeatex in europe and got us to the last 32 when he was here lol

Gerrard got us a record point tally in a group tbf.

[AGM_72 4,064]

46 minutes ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

Like who? What manager had better players and a vastly inferior euro record? 

Vastly inferior was probably over the top tbf. But every Rangers team for basically 30 years has on several occasions been papped out by absolute dross in the qualifiers. Smith's sides bounced from two great runs to two pathetic results. McLeish had Zizkov, McCoist had Maribor. 

Gerrard had us consistently performing in Europe, through 2-4 rounds of qualifiers doing it with style. By the time last season came around I never felt overly concerned that we'd struggle in European games. 

This season you could argue has been poor, but as a bare minimum we've still reached the europa league and are in a decent position to push into the next round. 

Gerrard failed in his one attempt at the Champions League, I wouldn't place that at the same level of the likes of Kaunas though.

[Jimfanciesthedude 25,609]

2 minutes ago, AGM_72 said:

Vastly inferior was probably over the top tbf. But every Rangers team for basically 30 years has on several occasions been papped out by absolute dross in the qualifiers. Smith's sides bounced from two great runs to two pathetic results. McLeish had Zizkov, McCoist had Maribor. 

Gerrard had us consistently performing in Europe, through 2-4 rounds of qualifiers doing it with style. By the time last season came around I never felt overly concerned that we'd struggle in European games. 

This season you could argue has been poor, but as a bare minimum we've still reached the europa league and are in a decent position to push into the next round. 

Gerrard failed in his one attempt at the Champions League, I wouldn't place that at the same level of the likes of Kaunas though.

Do you hold mccoists one attempt at the CL against him? 

And for every kaunas walter had, he had a CL group stage, think he had 6 group stage campaigns overall (might be more) 

Plus all these other gaffers won many domestic honours while doing it in europe

[Jimfanciesthedude 25,609]

15 minutes ago, sassaaaa said:

Fuck me , McCoist of all people saying hes left a bad taste with the fans........

Aye, didn't know wether to laugh at that or not tbh

[rangersross 6,704]

1 hour ago, The Dude said:

i see you ignored part of the post for the bit that agreed with you.

What part is that?

[AGM_72 4,064]

9 minutes ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

Do you hold mccoists one attempt at the CL against him? 

And for every kaunas walter had, he had a CL group stage, think he had 6 group stage campaigns overall (might be more) 

Plus all these other gaffers won many domestic honours while doing it in europe

Aye, I do. I hold Gerrard's against him too for the manner in which we lost to Malmo, but for me it's not on the level of Kaunas, Zizkov, Maribor. 

Absolutely, but Gerrard hasn't had the luxury of any automatic entries. All the other gaffers had a solid foundation to build upon for their domestic success after taking over. Perhaps only Smith's second tenure, his Manchester season, is different as he had inherited a shambles. But even then - he didn't have the same baggage. You could argue Advocaat, but commercially, financially etc we were nowhere near the shaky ground we had when Gerrard came in. 

As I said, he's not a perfect manager by any stretch but he's obviously a good one. Particularly for his age. To argue against that, as some have been, is pure reactionary nonsense. I say that as someone who is appalled by how he has left. Gerrard's success required him to actually rebuild the sort of foundations that existed pre-2012 for every Rangers manager.