Bring back Deano

[TrianonDave]

Sorry but it's got to be said! Are we Man utd in Disguise!

[Exiledvillan]

No, nay, never. He should have been sacked at the end of the previous season.

Sentiment set us back 12 months.

Lovely chap, had his chance, thank you very much.

[TrianonDave]

Well can someone order a taxi to Liverpool....

[mondaze]

my kid brother and son want potter in. I'm not sure he is an improvement. I'd like a coach that coaches. thats all. Just someone who doesn't need a posse to make them feel in charge...

[bongosdad]

How about Patrick Vieira

[freer]

Today could have been 6/ 7 and it wouldn't have flattered Palace.

1. Our owners should be looking at Christian Purslow and questioning his judgement in recruiting Gerrard.

2.Villa have gone backwards over the past 8 months.

3. This squad is SO unbalanced, completely incapable of coping with the physicality of the premiership.

4. Every opposition set piece is liable to result in us conceding.

Another embarrassing afternoon and a crystal clear indication of how poor a manager Gerrard is .

[TrianonDave]

Maybe not entirely his fault but Digne is a bit of a jinx at the minute.
1. Bournemouth, off the field at a corner taking his bling off- we concede
2. Everton, cruising 2-0 and he gets an OG
3.Palace...the penalty! 😞

I'm not blaming him but Gerrard's 'tactic' and he only seems to have one, is for the full backs to bomb forward, this is putting too much pressure on the CBs who, let's face it, are not very good.
Time to stop the rot, bring Chambers in and play him in front of the defence and getting back when Digne and Cash are cought napping. A palace fan said our defence is shocking and so easy to get behind. Time for Gerrard to go back to basics, 3 games in and 6 goals conceded is relegation form.
Also, can someone tell me what the benefit is making McGinn captain? I saw a glimpse of Mings about to organise defending a free kick, he normally is very vocal, he was about to shout out orders and you could see he stopped himself, maybe he thought, Not my Job!
I posted a while back 'something is up' and quite clearly it is. 3 games and 3 different teams, Gerrard having had his full pre season does not have clue what team he is putting out, just what is this Crutchley doing? Are we missing Beale?
It needs sorting now, it's obviously not time to panic but with West Ham next, we better toughen up. I do not want to say its a man's game but we do look powder puff material, just where is that bite in midfield, why can't we hold a lead for more than 2 minutes, why do players like Bailey and Buendia play well as subs but go missing when given 90 mins, what's happened to Emi, conceding so many! JJ he is going missing too often, McGinn looking a bit chunky and slow. There is already too many concerns, the biggest being the Manager, it is luck, no, is it the fact we were shaded out, no, did we look good, no. No bloody excuses. If I was Purslow, I would be getting than plan 'B' ready!!

[freer]

How about Patrick Vieira

There was I thinking nobody would have an intelligent answer

[oldskoolvillan]

Potter is happy where he is, seen a couple of longer interviews with him when he talks about life/work balance, no way does he want the stress of trying to sort out the sharkpit at villa.

[westcountryvillain]

Maybe not entirely his fault but Digne is a bit of a jinx at the minute.
1. Bournemouth, off the field at a corner taking his bling off- we concede
2. Everton, cruising 2-0 and he gets an OG
3.Palace...the penalty! ��

I'm not blaming him but Gerrard's 'tactic' and he only seems to have one, is for the full backs to bomb forward, this is putting too much pressure on the CBs who, let's face it, are not very good.
Time to stop the rot, bring Chambers in and play him in front of the defence and getting back when Digne and Cash are cought napping. A palace fan said our defence is shocking and so easy to get behind. Time for Gerrard to go back to basics, 3 games in and 6 goals conceded is relegation form.
Also, can someone tell me what the benefit is making McGinn captain? I saw a glimpse of Mings about to organise defending a free kick, he normally is very vocal, he was about to shout out orders and you could see he stopped himself, maybe he thought, Not my Job!
I posted a while back 'something is up' and quite clearly it is. 3 games and 3 different teams, Gerrard having had his full pre season does not have clue what team he is putting out, just what is this Crutchley doing? Are we missing Beale?
It needs sorting now, it's obviously not time to panic but with West Ham next, we better toughen up. I do not want to say its a man's game but we do look powder puff material, just where is that bite in midfield, why can't we hold a lead for more than 2 minutes, why do players like Bailey and Buendia play well as subs but go missing when given 90 mins, what's happened to Emi, conceding so many! JJ he is going missing too often, McGinn looking a bit chunky and slow. There is already too many concerns, the biggest being the Manager, it is luck, no, is it the fact we were shaded out, no, did we look good, no. No bloody excuses. If I was Purslow, I would be getting than plan 'B' ready!!

If you play a system where the two full-backs are pushed high up the pitch leaving huge gaps down the flanks then you cannot expect one DM to take care of defensive duties so I agree Chambers or maybe Nakamba should be alongside Kamara in a 4231. It's embarrassing that we cannot cope with a long ball vs Palace and Gerrard does f'all to address it until we are on our ar$es. I don't rate Digne based on what I've seen from him, his positioning is suspect but it might be the coaching?