Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Bad English]

Garde was born in 1966, so was Galtier and so was I. We all live in France. Is this a sign?

[olaftab]

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.

That's harsh but true!!

[VinnieChase84]

I cant see this Garde deal coming off, think Lyon have well and truly scuppered it. If the coaches want to work with Garde again, why have they just not resigned and left us to sort compo out later!?

[The Laughing Policeman]

Garde was born in 1966, so was Galtier and so was I. We all live in France. Is this a sign?

Exactly the same for Cantona. It can only mean Eric is going to be our new manager.

[Shrek]

I'm worried Garde won't come because if I were his coaches, I'd stay put. Why leave a job where they've extended your contract to come here, where they will probably be sacked come the end of the season.

[andyh]

We should probably enjoy this hiatus, while we a looking for a new manager.
At least right now, we can all hope and dream of a new saviour coming in on his white charger to save us and make everything brilliiant.

Because, as sure as shit is brown, it's gonna be a bumpy, gut wrenching, nervous few months when the new bloke comes in.
           

[Monty]

Bad English & SamTheMouse, is there something in French contract law which would prevent them leaving as easily as they might be able to here?

[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?

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

But running a training session isn't really the same as playing as a defender in a training match is it?

[SamTheMouse]

Bad English & SamTheMouse, is there something in French contract law which would prevent them leaving as easily as they might be able to here?

Not as far as I know. In fact, it might be the other way around, since French labour law generally affords more protection to the employee than the employer. Like any other employee, their contracts would presumably be covered by the Code du travail, so they would be allowed to leave, but the employer would need to be compensated if they didn't work a two-month notice period.

Edit: Just looked it up, and it seems there are special conditions for fixed-term contracts in the sports industry. These can only be terminated early in certain situations: by mutual agreement; force majeure; if the employee is considered medically unfit for work; misconduct by either party; or if the employee is moving to take up a permanent employment contract elsewhere.

Those conditions apply to footballers - not sure about the backroom staff's contract arrangements.

[olaftab]

Garde was born in 1966, so was Galtier and so was I. We all live in France. Is this a sign?

No doesn't work for me. 1966 was a bad year because West Ham won the World Cup.

[dave.woodhall]

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 .

Then I'm sure you could provide a link to it.

[Monty]

Huh. So, we should just be able to fling money at Lyon and, if Baticle wanted to come, Aulas and co. would have no choice but to let him come?

[ozzjim]

I wonder if a compromise could be sought where one is released to Garde now, and 1 when Lyon have found a suitable replacement with us finding a short term solution either in house or Garde identifying another forwards coach that he would be happy to work with. That Henry fella would be good.

[olaftab]

Bad English & SamTheMouse, is there something in French contract law which would prevent them leaving as easily as they might be able to here?

I doubt that as French freedom of choice  is well above anything that EC employment regulations dictate.  If Garde knew that he will not work without those two than  I am baffled as to why he didn't establish their availability before declaring his interest?

[SamTheMouse]

Huh. So, we should just be able to fling money at Lyon and, if Baticle wanted to come, Aulas and co. would have no choice but to let him come?

I dunno actually. See my edit above.