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title: "Frank McAvennie gives verdict on Gerrard at Villa"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-02-21T11:09:44Z"
modified: "2022-02-21T11:09:45Z"
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# Frank McAvennie gives verdict on Gerrard at Villa

Aston Villa’s poor form continued as they suffered a [1-0 defeat at home to Watford](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/february/19/aston-villa---watford/) on Saturday. Only Brentford (14), Watford (16) and Norwich City (16) have suffered more defeats in the [Premier League](https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/England-Premier-League) than the Villans (13) and Steven Gerrard hasn’t looked impressed with the performance of his players.

Villa won four of their first six games [under](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/steven-gerrard/stationen/trainer/51276) Gerrard but have since managed just one from their last [eight](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/steven-gerrard/leistungsdatenDetail/trainer/51276/verein_id/405/datum_zu/2021-11-11/datum_ab/2022-02-21). The Midlands outfit find themselves 12th in the league table and five points adrift of the top-half. Frank McAvennie admitted the situation ‘is a bit worrying’ as Gerrard is clearly ‘furious’ with his players.

He told [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/aston-villa-news-pundit-baffled-by-development-that-has-left-steven-gerrard-furious/): “Villa have gone off the boil in the last few weeks. All of a sudden they have stopped winning. Gerrard sounds furious in every interview he’s done. I don’t know what’s happened but he started so well there. They aren’t beating the teams around them.

In February alone, Villa have drawn 3-3 to Leeds United (15th), lost 1-0 to Newcastle United (17th) and lost 1-0 to Watford (18th). In January, Gerrard’s men lost 2-1 to Brentford (14th), so they’ve been whipping boys for the bottom-half clubs.

McAvennie added: “A few weeks ago it was all positive and now they just can’t win. It’s a bit worrying. Obviously it’s not Gerrard’s team and there is work to be done. He needs to get his own players in, then you can judge him. I think that’s fair.”

Gerrard did inherit an underperforming side in November, but he’s since [brought in](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/alletransfers/verein/405) Lucas Digne from Everton, Calum Chambers from Arsenal, Robin Olsen from AS Roma and Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona, so he has made significant changes.

***[In other news, Ashley Preece says Aston Villa may regret ‘walking away’ from Yves Bissouma](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/02/18/ashley-preece-says-aston-villa-may-regret-walking-away-from-yves-bissouma/)***