Steven Gerrard had the worst start of his life after Michael Beale.Aston Villa suffered a humiliating opening day defeat to newly promoted Bournemouth on Saturday.
Gerrard's right-hand man, Beer, left Villa to hot his seat in the British Championship side his QPR this summer. Fans have been quick to compare Gerrard's Villa record at the Park to Manchester's United legend Gary and Neville's ill-fated tenure at Valencia.
Gerrard left Ibrox last November to move to the Premier League, but the former Rangers manager has played 10 of 28 games for the Birmingham-based club. He has only won, and his win rate is 35%. That winning percentage is comparable to Neville, who had won only 10 of his 28 matches for the La Liga side before returning to his media job at Sky Sports. Read
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Liverpool legend, Gerrard has always been touted as Jürgen Klopp's successor, but his record has averaged less than one in three since being taken over by Villa. He also lost his 13 of them - while Neville lost just 11 before being shown the door to Valencia.
The Villa boss did not mince words, reacting to Vitality's results and performance in his stadium. We got what we deserved through the game. There's going to be a lot of focus on the two-set play moment, but if you look at it across the board and the game as a whole, it just doesn't show enough quality." Regarded as the brains behind the scenes when he lifted, he was a key member of Gerrard's backroom team for the 2021 Scottish Premiership. Gerrard went to Villa with him but went independent to take over QPR. QPR beat Middlesbrough his 3–2 over the weekend before losing the opening game to Blackburn.
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