The Football.....

[ianrauk]

Gerrard has signed the contract and is now the new manager of Aston Villa.

That's not confirmed

 

[VelvetUnderpants]

That's not confirmed

Maybe not officially by AVFC , but it will be.

 

[jowwy]

its official

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59238635

 

[Beebo]

I’m old school but would regard winning the SPL with Rangers as a better job than muddling around with a mid table Villa.

 

[AndyRM]

Surely just a stepping stone to prove he can hack it in the Premier League, then take over from Klippity?

 

[Dave7]

I’m old school but would regard winning the SPL with Rangers as a better job than muddling around with a mid table Villa.

That is my thinking. Big fish in little pool.
I hope he proves me wrong.

 

[Dave7]

So.....how will he improve Villa ?
1. Villa give him a war chest ?
Or
2. Get more out of the players he has ?

 

[jowwy]

So.....how will he improve Villa ?
1. Villa give him a war chest ?
Or
2. Get more out of the players he has ?

villa have a great squad of players....ings, watkins, mings, bailey, martinez, hause, cash, targett, mcginn, buendia etc etc......i mean they only lost grealish

i mean they spent 90m in the close season on 3 players
90m the season before and 140m in 19/20 season

thats a lot of money with not much coming back in sales - except for the grealish 100m this year - so thats a net spend of 220m in 3 seasons

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/alletransfers/verein/405

 

[srj10]

Better move for Rangers than Villa, don't think many managers have made a successful move from Scotland to England.

 

[PaulB]

Better move for Rangers than Villa, don't think many managers have made a successful move from Scotland to England.

Brilliant!

 

[StuAff]

Better move for Rangers than Villa, don't think many managers have made a successful move from Scotland to England.

Er: Bill Shankly. Alex Ferguson. Matt Busby. Walter Smith…

 

[PaulB]

The recent managerial changes have all been an upgrade for the clubs. Gerrard at Villa, Howe at Newcastle, Conte at Spurs and Ranieri at Watford.
To keep up that improvement Manchester United should sack Solskjaer and appoint a potato.

 

[AndyRM]

Er: Bill Shankly. Alex Ferguson. Matt Busby. Walter Smith…

Couple blips aside, Moyes.

 

[jowwy]

Couple blips aside, Moyes.

did moyes manage in scotland before going to preston NE

 

[srj10]

Er: Bill Shankly. Alex Ferguson. Matt Busby. Walter Smith…

Shankly, Busby are from a different era, I'll give you Sir Alex but stretching it to say Walter Smith was a success down south, 30% win rate with Everton. As for Moyes he played in Scotland but never managed there AFAIK. Martin Oneill and Neil Lennon had great success with Celtic but couldn't make an impact when they moved to "bigger" clubs.