Steven Gerrard has been on a shaky ground for a few weeks now and recently there was a talk of Mauricio Pochettino as his successor. Not only because of the poor results – Aston Villa are still above the relegation zone – but because of the evident attacking impotence demonstrated by the English experts. Last night’s defeat against Fulham was the final straw. The management did not want to wait for the morning, but replaced Stevie G immediately after the game, and the club announced the news through official channels just before midnight.🚨 BREAKING: Aston Villa have sacked Steven Gerrard. pic.twitter.com/CSz6SZ6PQ3— 433 (@433) October 20, 2022 It seems that the Premier League is, after all, Mount Everest for the Scottish Championship and that Gerrard rushed to a challenge that few experts would have resisted, but it’s easy to be a general after a battle, With Rangers, Liverpool’s legend ended Celtic’s nine-year dominance, but when Aston Villa sacked Dean Smith, they called up Gerrard, and he left Rangers after 13 games and four points ahead of second-placed Celtic, who later turned things around and returned to the throne of Scottish football.Gerrard: “[It’s] Extremely tough, we will see what happens moving forward but you’ve known me for a long time but football is in my DNA and quitting is certainly not. The performance today was miles away from what we wanted.” #FULAVL— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) October 20, 2022 The Englishman thought that he was ready for the Premier League, for the Aston Villa project, and that after that he would have an open way for an even bigger club. And we know that he fantasized about the club to which he gave all his playing days. The leaders of Aston Villa estimated that if Gerrard remained the captain, the ‘ship’ would only sink deeper. Only seven goals in 11 matches since the start of the season, only one in the previous 360 minutes of football. And Vila spent huge sums of money in the last two years getting the rigth players. Gerrard already inherited a team from his compatriot who, also due to poor results and ineffective play, was fired.Gerrard knows how to keep a tidy dressing room – peculiar fines for Villa playersFew will remember when people mocked Gary Neville and his coaching tenure at Valencia in the 2015/16 competition. That was also the inglorious finish, this time by the Manchester United legend, but he still has a higher win percentage than both Gerrard and Frank Lampard, who is also not excelling on the Everton bench. Neville sat on the Valencia bench 28 times and recorded 10 victories, which is 35.71 percent. Lampard led Everton 33 times with 11 triumphs, which is 33.33 percent. And Stevie – after 40 games at the helm of Villa has 13 wins, which is 32.5 percent.##NAJAVA_MECA_6745597##So, after Scott Parker (Bournemouth), Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea) and Bruno Lange (Wolverhampton), the fourth head coach in the Premier League got the sack. It’s a shame for Gerrard, because it started so well at Rangers. But it is no coincidence that the Premier League is the most demanding league.
