Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Monty]

Are these coaches contracts bound in blood or something? We need to stop pissing around and sort it out. If they want to come they should quit and make the move.

The coaches have, like Garde, a long stranding relationships with Lyon. There is a certain amount of honour and loyalty that needs to be factored in. I'm assuming the deal has been agreed but Lyon need to find two first team coaches to replace them before they let them leave.

It would be very like Aulas to do the over-my-dead-body thing, so that later on he can paint himself as the most generous person ever for letting them go.

[brian green]

And very Gallic into the bargain (says the man earlier complained about racial stereotyping) Mais oui but Gallic bravura may be something we need. A whiff of garlic around the place. Very handy at Halloween the mood the Villa ghosts must be in.

[Ormy Droid]

It's frustrating, but hopefully the consummation will be worth the wait. There's no point just taking Garde without his trusted assistants, as he obviously feels he needs them by his side, and the idea he can just summon (and work the minor miracle of keeping us up) with just any French bloke who has a connection to Arsenal is a bit stupid really.

We've been moaning about Wilkins all season for not doing anything to help Sherwood, so getting the right coaching staff will be vitally important. The fact that Lyon are unwilling to let them go without one hell of a fight can only be encouraging in my book. Who knows one day, they might pick a decent team, and maybe even play a formation and with tactics that suit that team...You never know.

[Clampy]

I reckon we'll have some news sooner rather than later. Just got a sneaky feeling for some reason.

[Toronto Villa]

Are these coaches contracts bound in blood or something? We need to stop pissing around and sort it out. If they want to come they should quit and make the move.

The coaches have, like Garde, a long stranding relationships with Lyon. There is a certain amount of honour and loyalty that needs to be factored in. I'm assuming the deal has been agreed but Lyon need to find two first team coaches to replace them before they let them leave.

It would be very like Aulas to do the over-my-dead-body thing, so that later on he can paint himself as the most generous person ever for letting them go.

Off course. And to his fans when the coaches do leave he can publicly at least have been seen to do everything possible to have them remain at the club. It all seems a little manufactured.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I reckon we'll have some news sooner rather than later. Just got a sneaky feeling for some reason.

Well it's certainly gone very quiet, one can only hope we're close to finalising the deals and contracts being signed. If we do have to wait until after the Man City game (3 games rumour) I'd prefer the club make an early announcement to say when Garde and his staff will be joining. Any lift right now would be welcome.

[brian green]

Either way my hunch is that he is coming avec ou sans baggage. He is the catalyst. If he cannot stem our decline an army of coaches is not going to help. How much talent does it take to Google up the English for "don't take floaty corners" or "throw the ball out quickly" or "Number 11 on the scales please".

[cdbearsfan]

I can see why the coach wouldn't want to come. He's been at Lyon for the last four or five managers and probably has a job for life if he wants it.

At Villa, he would probably do better financially both in terms of wage and lower tax rates. It could all work out well and he'd stay at Villa for years (or move to Arsenal when Wenger retires if Garde does excellently). However, he could find himself out of work altogether if, like all Villa's recent managers, Remi ends up getting the push.

Obviously I want him here but can see why he might be reluctant to resign and burn his bridges at Lyon.

[Des Little]

Either way my hunch is that he is coming avec ou sans baggage. He is the catalyst. If he cannot stem our decline an army of coaches is not going to help. How much talent does it take to Google up the English for "don't take floaty corners" or "throw the ball out quickly" or "Number 11 on the scales please".

Excellent

[PaulWinch again]

I reckon we'll have some news sooner rather than later. Just got a sneaky feeling for some reason.

I get a sense of that too.

[ez]

I'll be glad if he is putting down a few conditions of his own. The last 3 managers came across as yes men just pleased to have a top flight job.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

How much talent does it take to Google up the English for "don't take floaty corners" or "throw the ball out quickly" or "Number 11 on the scales please".

"Number one and number nine, you both have your boots on the wrong feet".

[ciggiesnbeer]

Either way my hunch is that he is coming avec ou sans baggage. He is the catalyst. If he cannot stem our decline an army of coaches is not going to help. How much talent does it take to Google up the English for "don't take floaty corners" or "throw the ball out quickly" or "Number 11 on the scales please".

Very good.

[saunders_heroes]

How much talent does it take to Google up the English for "don't take floaty corners" or "throw the ball out quickly" or "Number 11 on the scales please".

"Number one and number nine, you both have your boots on the wrong feet".

Very good!

[Phil from the upper holte]

When the Villa come knocking, YOU ANSWER!