Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Concrete John]

A lot is being made of the language barrier being a big problem for the 5 french speaking players we signed in the summer. Well if we do get Garde great for them but what about the rest? How good is his English? Excellent I hope otherwise we stand to drop another major clanger.

He's fluent in English

Who's going to translate for Gabby then?

[SamTheMouse]

I don't want to be unkind, but I suspect all the players - even those whose first language is English - will have less trouble understanding Garde than they did Lambert.

[The Edge]

A lot is being made of the language barrier being a big problem for the 5 french speaking players we signed in the summer. Well if we do get Garde great for them but what about the rest? How good is his English? Excellent I hope otherwise we stand to drop another major clanger.

How did Pochettino's limited English hurt Southampton when he first joined them?

I  was simply asking an obvious question as a lot of pundits have made the point about the language barrier in our dressing room.

But curiously isn't a problem in any of the other 19 multi national squads in the league.

File under media searching for more sticks to beat the club with, as the original outrage story has pretty much run it's course.

I wasn't saying it is a problem. I'm saying that many pundits (including the mumbling scotsman called Paul Lambert) are making an issue of the 5 french recruits not speaking English. I've now been informed that Garde speaks fluent English so that's answered my original question.

Sorry if that came across as a bit sarky.  It's the constant stream of bullshit the media use to colour peoples view, such as making an issue of of something that's not a problem anywhere else that I was having a go at. Woodward and Bernstein they're not.

A lot is being made of the language barrier being a big problem for the 5 french speaking players we signed in the summer. Well if we do get Garde great for them but what about the rest? How good is his English? Excellent I hope otherwise we stand to drop another major clanger.

How did Pochettino's limited English hurt Southampton when he first joined them?

I  was simply asking an obvious question as a lot of pundits have made the point about the language barrier in our dressing room.

But curiously isn't a problem in any of the other 19 multi national squads in the league.

File under media searching for more sticks to beat the club with, as the original outrage story has pretty much run it's course.

I wasn't saying it is a problem. I'm saying that many pundits (including the mumbling scotsman called Paul Lambert) are making an issue of the 5 french recruits not speaking English. I've now been informed that Garde speaks fluent English so that's answered my original question.

Sorry if that came across as a bit sarky.  It's the constant stream of bullshit the media use to colour peoples view, such as making an issue of of something that's not a problem anywhere else that I was having a go at. Woodward and Bernstein they're not.

No problem man. We will never be media darlings cos we're not in London or Manchester. But who cares. We are The Villa and I wouldn't swap that for anything.

[Villa in Denmark]

No problem man. We will never be media darlings cos we're not in London or Manchester. But who cares. We are The Villa and I wouldn't swap that for anything.

Too bloody true.

[rob_bridge]

We seem to have been getting bad injuries down BH for a while , broken legs, ligaments done etc. Was it true Karsa put Benteke out for a few weeks by going through the back of him in a challenge in a game at BH ?!

Source?

Or is another bullshit supposition?

That story was doing the rounds quite a bit at the time .

Sounds like a bullshit supposition to me. And if it sounds like one then the chances are it most likely is one. And it would surprise no-one if it was bullshit.

[Dave]

We seem to have been getting bad injuries down BH for a while , broken legs, ligaments done etc. Was it true Karsa put Benteke out for a few weeks by going through the back of him in a challenge in a game at BH ?!

Source?

Or is another bullshit supposition?

That story was doing the rounds quite a bit at the time .

Why would Karsa be playing in and tackling people in a training match, any more than Paul Faulkner or Nicky Keye would have been?

[OCD]

Saying Karsa's job consisted of watching videos to scout opponents and players, the chances of him taking Benteke out seem remote.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Our last 3 managers spoke English as their mother tongue - but all three came out with some utter bollocks at times.

Talking of ex managers, this one needs to shut the fuck up

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2015/10/28/paullambert-villa-need-to-get-real-if-they-are-to-survive-if-they-are-to-survive/

[Gareth]

Looking at the physique of Karsa he'd have needed a motorbike to catch Benteke

[rob_bridge]

Saying Karsa's job consisted of watching videos to scout opponents and players, the chances of him taking Benteke out seem remote.

Yeah. But the Story Was Doing the Rounds (in Silhill's mind at least) so it must be true.

[Duncan Shaw]

Saying Karsa's job consisted of watching videos to scout opponents and players, the chances of him taking Benteke out seem remote.

Yeah. But the Story Was Doing the Rounds (in Silhill's mind at least) so it must be true.

Don't you remember it being all over here at the time.......surely........oh, er me neither!

[luke95]

Saying Karsa's job consisted of watching videos to scout opponents and players, the chances of him taking Benteke out seem remote.

Yeah. But the Story Was Doing the Rounds (in Silhill's mind at least) so it must be true.

He was sacked for disciplinary issues, which many thought at the time to be bullying, so it's not beyond the realms of possibilities is it .

[Ron Manager]

Looking at the physique of Karsa he'd have needed a motorbike to catch Benteke

Perhaps he used a Segway!

[CJ]

The Sun (I know) has put another name in the frame - Christophe Galtier of St Etienne. Have to admit I'd never heard of him

[Chico Hamilton III]

We seem to have been getting bad injuries down BH for a while , broken legs, ligaments done etc. Was it true Karsa put Benteke out for a few weeks by going through the back of him in a challenge in a game at BH ?!

Source?

Or is another bullshit supposition?

That story was doing the rounds quite a bit at the time .

Why would Karsa be playing in and tackling people in a training match, any more than Paul Faulkner or Nicky Keye would have been?

Karsa used to run training sessions, according to several reports.