Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Monty]

I think Alan Hutton is fluent in French.

Yep, taught himself so he could read Proust in the original. He had a lot of time on his hands under Lambert.

Barry Bannan was running with the Oulipo at the same time but fell out with them over using the letter Y as a vowel function.

Barry Bannan is the subject of Queneau's sequel 'Exercices en Style Deux', which describes him floating in an innocuous corner with 400 different rhetorical methods.

I read it. It was too short.

Nicely Googled one and all.

Cheeky git! That's the first time I've ever knowingly used something I learned at university right there.

Exercises in Style is a funny book. I can also confirm that I have never read a proper Oulipo book (unless you count the last one) because they confuse me and make me upset.

I bet Remi Garde's read them though. He seems like a smart guy - which would make an extremely nice change.

[Dave]

Part of me can't shake Alain Perrin's name out of my head when thinking about Remi Garde.

But I'm not going to complain that we're at least trying something forward-thinking.

[Stirchley Villain]

Part of me can't shake Reggie Perrin's name out of my head when I think of Tim Sherwood...

[Quiet Lion]

Article on Garde's tactics here.

http://frenchfootballweekly.com/2013/04/28/olympique-lyonnais-the-tactical-debrief/

Would be strange to watch a well coached team

[four fornicholl]

ill tell you something though,hes definitely the best looking of the candidates.
sure to be a hit with the ladies

[cdbearsfan]

ill tell you something though,hes definitely the best looking of the candidates.
sure to be a hit with the ladies

Better looking than Moyes?

[jwarry]

Now my French is a bit rusty but I seem to remember encule being a rather rude word......

http://youtu.be/IrfJjIZKMfM

[Villafirst]

I think Alan Hutton is fluent in French.

Alain de Hutton

With a broad Scottish accent??

[Toronto Villa]

Article on Garde's tactics here.

http://frenchfootballweekly.com/2013/04/28/olympique-lyonnais-the-tactical-debrief/

Would be strange to watch a well coached team

a manager that uses more than get it out wide and cross it to Gestede using those crossing masters Kieran Richardson and Alan Hutton. Interesting

[four fornicholl]

ill tell you something though,hes definitely the best looking of the candidates.
sure to be a hit with the ladies

Better looking than Moyes?

oh yeh,very sorry, I forgot about dave
make that the 2nd best

[Kevin Dawson]

Can I ask who Remi Garde is? I know the name, just not sure who/what he's done?

Ex Lyon manager who took over when they went from outspending most of that league to huge cut backs, largely to fund a new stadium I believe. From a few pages back:

3 seasons as manager, sold a lot of good players and replaced them at a profit, won a cup, top 5 all 3 seasons and averaged 64 points per season.  I'm happy with his record and it honestly makes sense given our squad.  It might not work, all new managers are a risk, but I can see a clear thought process to this so I hope it happens now.

Win percentage of 51.28 isnt too shaby either

Woah oh oh it's magic....Remy Garde's win ratio.....

[CT Villan]

nous allons à nouveau

[brian green]

Isn't today St Crispin's Day, the 600th anniversary of Agincourt?  Hope it is an omen presaging great and glorious victory pour les Anglais.

[Yossarian]

Isn't today St Crispin's Day, the 600th anniversary of Agincourt?  Hope it is an omen presaging great and glorious victory pour les Anglais.

Cry McGrath for Randy, Villa and McGregor!

[Villafirst]

So the overwhelming choice on the H&V poll is Moyes. What will our great decision makers at the top decide? Someone cheap with no PL experience; I really hope I'm wrong.....