Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[pauliewalnuts]

Does anyone know how close he was to joining Newcastle? Was it very tentative enquiries or is it a carbon copy of our situation?

Seems spookily similar, he couldn't secure his coaches and so it fell through. Aswell as the art gallery stuff.

Are you sure about that?

I don't remember it, but am willing to be convinced otherwise.

[Monty]

Julien Laurens said that Garde didn't feel Newcastle was the right club at the right time; he (Garde) is apparently convinced that Villa is both of those things.

[LeeB]

What he's said is a bit dumb to be honest.

Dumb? At Villa? Never, I won't hear of it.

[Clampy]

I've just read Richard's interview on SSN and unless he's said something else that i've missed, I don't see a problem with any of it.

[Des Little]

Julien Laurens said that Garde didn't feel Newcastle was the right club at the right time; he (Garde) is apparently convinced that Villa is both of those things.

Well get your fookin arse here then sunshine

[ciggiesnbeer]

I've just read Richard's interview on SSN and unless he's said something else that i've missed, I don't see a problem with any of it.

Me either. Manager needs to make a new impact and being able to speak French & English would be a big plus. Seems all perfectly fair to me. Did he say something else I missed?

[OCD]

I saw the Richards' interview earlier and didn't think anything of it. I can only remember him saying he thought Sherwood needed more time, which is true - he did. We couldn't afford to give it him though. For me we gave him 2 too many games as it was.

[Monty]

Well I've just seen the video and his comments sound better than they read, which happens.

[Sexual Ealing]

Julien Laurens said that Garde didn't feel Newcastle was the right club at the right time; he (Garde) is apparently convinced that Villa is both of those things.

He also said (at least I think it was him. Could have been Auclaire. These cerebral French journalists all look the same to me. They come over here, offering their insightful analysis of pan-European football. It makes my piss itch.) on 5 Live that it was Mike Ashley who didn't want to employ the two coaches, rather than them not wanting to go to Newcastle.

[Monty]

Julien Laurens said that Garde didn't feel Newcastle was the right club at the right time; he (Garde) is apparently convinced that Villa is both of those things.

He also said (at least I think it was him. Could have been Auclaire. These cerebral French journalists all look the same to me. They come over here, offering their insightful analysis of pan-European football. It makes my piss itch.) on 5 Live that it was Mike Ashley who didn't want to employ the two coaches, rather than them not wanting to go to Newcastle.

Ah interesting. A bit more unpromising, though, because it sounds more like the coaches are red lines for him. (For the record, Auclaire is the older one sounding like a chef who's morally offended that you're drinking the wrong wine with his food; Laurens sounds like a hipster who probably owns an ironic artisan mead shop - but in a French way.)

[ciggiesnbeer]

You pair are well on form tonight. Well played.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Julien Laurens said that Garde didn't feel Newcastle was the right club at the right time; he (Garde) is apparently convinced that Villa is both of those things.

He also said (at least I think it was him. Could have been Auclaire. These cerebral French journalists all look the same to me. They come over here, offering their insightful analysis of pan-European football. It makes my piss itch.) on 5 Live that it was Mike Ashley who didn't want to employ the two coaches, rather than them not wanting to go to Newcastle.

I thought it was more to do with Newcastle being a cultural vacuum?

[Sexual Ealing]

Julien Laurens said that Garde didn't feel Newcastle was the right club at the right time; he (Garde) is apparently convinced that Villa is both of those things.

He also said (at least I think it was him. Could have been Auclaire. These cerebral French journalists all look the same to me. They come over here, offering their insightful analysis of pan-European football. It makes my piss itch.) on 5 Live that it was Mike Ashley who didn't want to employ the two coaches, rather than them not wanting to go to Newcastle.

I thought it was more to do with Newcastle being a cultural vacuum?

I guess that will always be a factor. Although they do have a boat there.

[ozzjim]

It comes in from time to time.

[rob_bridge]

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".

Brilliant. Witty and UUnder stated.