Assessing Steven Gerrard

[Gribz 852]

Is this a fair thread and question to ask?

 

Sitting down when Killies goal went in the cameras went to Gerrard and he sat down. I'll put that down to disappointment or inexperience. But Walter Smith would have been on the touchline ranting. Did Gerrard trust his player to get the result?

 

Tactics - thats over the course of a season and I said Id prefer 4-5-1 like a 4-2-3-1.

 

Not turning against Gerrard but remember....

 

Its a fair question??

[Gonzo79 15,294]

Guardiola did the same thing when Liverpool scored yesterday. 

[Gribz 852]

3 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

Guardiola did the same thing when Liverpool scored yesterday. 

What, assessed Steven Gerrard?

[Frankie 8,570]

40 minutes ago, Gribz said:

Is this a fair thread and question to ask?

 

Sitting down when Killies goal went in the cameras went to Gerrard and he sat down. I'll put that down to disappointment or inexperience. But Walter Smith would have been on the touchline ranting. Did Gerrard trust his player to get the result?

 

Tactics - thats over the course of a season and I said Id prefer 4-5-1 like a 4-2-3-1.

 

Not turning against Gerrard but remember....

 

Its a fair question??

Of course it's a fair question.

 

Some managers will react differently in some situations.

 

I'd imagine that yesterday Gerrard will already have went through his players many times regarding our tempo and loss of shape.  He didn't get much of a reaction, if any.  As such, perhaps he felt taking a step back and letting them sort it out themselves was a better tactic and, to be fair, a few players finally stepped up when the going got tough in those last ten mins.

 

He was also fairly clever after the match, choosing to praise the players publicly and enjoying the last minute winner.  Privately though I'd fancy he was raging with the performance and I wouldn't like to be a Rangers player this morning when they review the match as very few of them got pass marks.

[Gonzo79 15,294]

8 minutes ago, Gribz said:

What, assessed Steven Gerrard?

Aye, he phoned me last night and gave him 5/10.

 

No, he sat down when the opposition equalised. 

[JFK-1 1,693]

15 minutes ago, Frankie said:

I'd imagine that yesterday Gerrard will already have went through his players many times regarding our tempo and loss of shape.  He didn't get much of a reaction, if any.  As such, perhaps he felt taking a step back and letting them sort it out themselves was a better tactic and, to be fair, a few players finally stepped up when the going got tough in those last ten mins.

I feel that at such a late stage he's actually doing the right thing by sitting down and taking what little time there was prior to play resuming to think is there any way I can tweak this situation to salvage it with such little time left. Or do I continue as we are still trusting they're capable of pull something out right to the end.

These decisions can't be efficiently reasoned if standing on a touchline ranting.

[Scott7 6,018]

Maybe better to have a restraining thought about the cause of the goal before bawling and yelling.

[Gaffer 1,665]

As a player he knows full well that there's nothing a manager can shout or gesticulate about to make a difference from the side of the pitch, especially so late on.  At that stage it's all up to the players.  He will have been happy with the reaction he got, but equally as Frankie said he'd be eager to get them back in to the changing room and training ground to express how he really felt.  He was right to praise them in public but I bet their ears are ringing at training today, and quite rightly so.

[Gazza_8 233]

I have a worry in the back of my head with Gerrard. We seem to blow hot and cold. We're good at home but so unpredictable away from home. He seems to have 2 sets of tactics and doesn't know what his best XI is. 

 

There's just a doubt in my head with him. It's a small doubt but a doubt none the less. 

[ian1964 10,724]

Well he has only been here a short time, we have improved with more to come. Still hard to believe we have SG as Rangers manager, he is driven and I'm sure we will keep improving. I never pay attention to a managers reactions during the game, don't want him ranting and raving, kicking things and snarling it has zero affect on players/results, ripping the players a new arsehole in the changing rooms is where it should be done.