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Yes it would bother me tbh Catcher because football is tribal and I want my manager in my corner at all times.

Lampard showed 100% he's all in with Everton when we beat Chelsea and he was on the pitch loving every second of it. I don't mind managers having an affiliation with an ex club, but Gerrard is paid a packet by Villa and he was all "we this" and "we'll be back stronger".

Your not a fan you no fod gobshite, your manager of Aston Villa (for about another 6 months I reckon)

Yes fair answer mate. I wasnt trying to lead anyone, it was a genuine question.

I'm not sure I'd be as bothered myself.
 
Was anyone bothered until it fell apart though?
Maybe not so much as bothered when we were finishing in europe but if he had just finished 14th on 45 points I'd probably prefer he didn't. I still didnt like him but that was because he was always dislikable with his never ending holidays and flirting with Barca etc.

For example if the final was Chelsea vs Real this season I'd be livid if Lamps turned up given the season weve just had. But if its Chelsea in the final after we have finished top half I'd be much less bothered about it. He's probably lucky they've just signed 2 high profile players as that will give him a lot more rope. Villa spent heavily given how poor they were so he's been a bit cheeky
 

It fell apart as soon as he called us a project, can't stand the man
a quite horrendous fraud and turning up on the heels of martinez that aint half sayin something.
so far as gerrard goes he can dig his own grave further with his first prem job, asking for trouble backing another prem side so brazenly and if they get off to a bad start then play his beloveds therll be real pressure on. see how much dough they sling around this summer as well. big money big expectation.
 
I mean, to play devils advocate here, if it was Lampard, commentating on Chelsea in the European cup final, would anyone care?
I'd be livid. "Commentating" as in "in the box with Martin Tyler" would not be an issue. But turning up in the stadium and recording a piece of social media detritus for the former club's social media is bizarrely inappropriate. For heaven's sake, the man is manager of Aston Villa Football Club - one of the most prestigious clubs in the English game. That alone is a massive honour - and here is Stevie Me forgetting all of that to audition for the position of chief Kopite cheerleader. He had no business posting that "personal" message. The least he could have done was to say that he was in Paris to check on a few players or for tactical insight on a mission for Villa. He basically portrayed them as a Sunday League stepping stone on the way to the real big job: fluffer to Jürgen Klopp. I'm sure he apologised for his Coutinho substitution while he was there.

Lampard was supremely professional when taking on - and beating - Chelsea a few weeks back. Nobody questions his sentiment and allegiance to Chelsea, but nobody questions his professionalism or determination to win that game for his club, Everton. I've just seen Felix Magath, the man who scored Hamburger SV's winning goal in the 1983 European Cup final, manage Hertha Berlin to victory over HSV in Hamburg in a relegation play off. I couldn't imagine Gerrard doing similar for Villa against Liverpool in a big game. I think it's transparent what his motives are. It's fine to be ambitious, but I'd question his professionalism. He made Villa look tin pot in that clip.
 

Checked out their forum yesterday…. Shocked ! Leeds / Villa / Newcastle/ Shampton…. RS WANNABES!
 
Even though we’re massive cranks, I still think I’d be fuming regardless hete.

Don’t get it me, he’s literally tugging himself off about Liverpool.
 

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