I think some fans never forgave him for nearly jumping ship to go to Chelsea. I think also that has to be a very small minority.
So the expected has happened. Good luck to Stevie, and maybe heād be well-advised now to take some time off and try to continue to learn from the very best, as heās still far from the finished product. Others have done it when sacked.
Going a while to Madrid for example, and looking at how Ancelotti or Simeone work, could do him the world of good imo. Looking at things from another, non-British perspective, gaining experience elsewhere, but not as a head coach, just as an observer, a learner from the game.
Anyway, best of luck Stevie, youāll be back somewhere in some time. Try to use the time you have to best effect, and in the meantime, enjoy being cuddled by your family!
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I really donāt understand why anyone would celebrate his failure.
He had a blip during the Chelsea transfer saga, but saw sense and remained loyal to the club. He was a true Liverpool legend, someone who dragged others into the game.
One of my lowest moments as a supporter was seeing him during the hammering vs Stoke. Awful final days as a legend.
As for the āslipā, well it didnāt cost us the league, that was one moment that could have been covered.
Chelsea, or other fans donāt go on about Terry losing a CL final when he slipped at a penalty?
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Hopefully Gerrard now realises how much of a snake Purslow is. Cunt of the highest order that man.
If the Beale stuff is true, then it surely looks even worse for Stevie as Beale left for QPR in June?
Beale was at Rangers with him too, where they had success.
Maybe a case of when things start going wrong people can fall out. Whatever happened, itās over now, and the main thing for Stevie to do is learn from it. Doubt heās going to give up on his managerial aspirations just yet.
I think itās almost retrain heāll become Liverpool Manager at some point.
Either heāll rise to our level, or weāll sink to his. If he proves himself as a top level manager, the clamour to appoint him will be unignoreable. If we have a spell in the doldrums to clamour to appoint him will be unignoreable.
For now, for fucks sake Steven, go have a bit of fun and enjoy life.
Probably the most intellegent thing Iāve heard anyone say last night and this morning 
I think he should manage in the championship and get a team promoted to the PL to be taken seriously as a manager 
It could just be a case of Beale being ambitious enough to manage on his own, him leaving to go to Brazil several years ago hinted that he didnāt want to spend all of his career in other peopleās shadow. I think having that experience in Scotland and at Villa gave him the perfect platform from which to move on.
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Yeah, doesnāt necessarily mean they fell out. Stevie always said in his interviews that he knows Bealeās ambition and long term plan, which is to still become a manager one day. Perhaps the timing wasnāt great, just as they already started the season, etc.
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Probably whichever guy takes a second rate side to the QFs in the world cup who we can prise away by quadrupling his salary. Who is currently manager of Denmark? The is a potential England-Denmark QF lined up. If that happens and Denmark win then put your money on that guy being the popular choice among england fans
Itās also notable that their form this season without Beale is not really much different than they had with Beale over the last half of the season. I think they ended their season with 9 points from their last 11 games.
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Maybe a bit like Taylor and Clough though Taylor wasnāt much without Clough eithier.
But yeah when apart Clough was terrible.
Lampard did the politician act of avoiding the tough times kind of what I thought Boris Johnson did but then his irrational approach to anything seems be catching up.
Got lucky with Chelsea and no one expected much so when he did bang average without a transfer window it looked good, was garbage once he brought in a raft of players but of course he only really failed at Chelsea.
Fast forward to now he only just keeps up an Everton team that should be at least midtable and only because the previous guy got the wins on the board and Iām now seeing people talk him up on Twitter but the fact remains if he relegates Everton he probably disappears into the Championship as well.
Tbf heās always looked a bit miserable. As a player he had that āweight of the world on his shouldersā permanent frown. Still love him though
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Iāve never understood why people thought it inevitable that he becomes our manager. FSG arenāt sentimentalists, and theyāve been bitten before with the hiring of Kenny. Gerrard was only ever going to get the job on the back of an impressive body of work, a standard which most managers donāt achieve.
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Itās actually pretty difficult to see our next manager out there. Keep thinking someone hugely impressive will emerge but itās a desert out there right now.
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Thomas Frank. Mark it.
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It can change quickly in football. Klopp was quite a coup at the time for us, we were thinking between him and Ancelotti. Perhaps when we get a new man it, it could be someone who wasnāt even mentioned so far. Someone completely different than the Gerrard/Lijnders/Alonso shouts/thoughts. Weāll see when we get there. If Klopp completes this contract, it could be in 4 years.
Itās interesting that if you look across europe for clubs being managed in a way that would identify the guy as being a good candidate for the next big job in one of the big league youād probably point to Napoli. And then you realize he is a 65 year old journeyman whose career amounts to to couple of coach of the year awards from 15 years ago.
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Napoli is very much a work from a few managers in a row. You can still feel massive Sarri influence over there, after good organization from Rafa.
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