Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[villan from luton]

I feel a lot more positive about this than either the Lambert or Sherwood appointments.  I'm among those who've advocated a non-British coach because I think the Brits are generally lacking in terms of tactical nous and coaching skills.  Guess I'll look a bit daft if it goes tits up, but I think it's less of a risk than the Sherwood appointment, and more progressive than someone like Moyes.  I hope it works out and shuts up all those so called pundits who backed Sherwood and then said it makes no sense to go for someone without PL experience.  I just hope Sherwood hasn't left him too much of a mountain to climb.

I think the new manager has a bit of time to sort things out, Sherwood was all talk, but in the end didn't live up to it. He said we would never be in the same position again, and this is someone I wanted in charge.

[old man villa fan]

To be honest, I think the timing of the appointment is a good one as well.  His first couple of fixtures will be tough, but they will be games no one will be expecting much from so it will give him a chance to look at a few things before we enter a really important run of fixtures. 

After Man City there is the international break, so he has only 1 match in 3 weeks.  The international breaks are disruptive with players going off around the world but it will give him some time to work with the other players and get to know the surroundings and staff.

[Skerra]

My Wife who has zilch interest in football just commented that he will have a lovely French accent!! I told her that the important thing is that he get's us out of this mess and, she said that's nonsense as he's also a good looker!!!

Anyway, the more I hear about him, the more I think he will do the job for us. Bit of a tactical thinker and, let's not forget that he already knows what our French lads are capable of from his experience in Ligue 1. Also he will be able to put his ideas to them in their native tongue and, I understand that he also speaks good English. Best of both worlds. Hopefully, he will have a bit of an input into team selection for match tomorrow. I think we will know if he has as soon as we see the line up.

I'm really starting to believe that the very weird team selections from TS were purely down to having fallen out with the hierarchy, he was willing to risk his own job by picking his own team in defiance, probably knowing there were better players on the bench but, they were not his players.

Anyway what ever was the truth, he left us in a shit situation but, got more of a pay off than you or I will earn in our entire lives. Who are the real fools, us for paying the sums of money we do to go and watch or TS? Answers on a post card please.

[Damo70]

I'm underwhelmed and on face value he seems like a cheap and cheerful and easily available option. I'm not quite sure where all the optimism on this thread is coming from. I felt we needed Moyes or Pearson to dig us out of trouble in the short term at least. But hopefully he will be to us as Pochettino was for Southampton and turn out to be a good choice.

[ozzjim]

I don't think he will be the cheap option Damo. Maybe in wages, but with a growing reputation, I would imagine he will have been fairly demanding.

[Damo70]

I don't think he will be the cheap option Damo. Maybe in wages, but with a growing reputation, I would imagine he will have been fairly demanding.

It just reminds me of an old This Is Your Life where Eddie Large paid tribute to whoever it was by video message and said "Sorry we can't be with you tonight but all the good acts are too busy working" .

[paul_e]

I'm underwhelmed and on face value he seems like a cheap and cheerful and easily available option. I'm not quite sure where all the optimism on this thread is coming from. I felt we needed Moyes or Pearson to dig us out of trouble in the short term at least. But hopefully he will be to us as Pochettino was for Southampton and turn out to be a good choice.

I just don't get this, Moyes did well at Everton but that's 3 years ago and he's struggled since he left, I get the appeal but I jut can't see him as the obvious candidate who'd be our saviour that many are presenting him as.  As for Pearson I've said before if he'd have arrived I'd have genuinely given up on club until he left, he makes Keane seem like a decent, rational person.

On topic I think this is a really good move from the club, it might not work out, there's always risks, but for the first time under Lerner we've looked at the squad we have and gone for a manager to make the most of it rather than putting names on a wall and throwing darts.  I've tried to understand the thinking behind every appointment and I've always been able to get a hint of a plan but it's always felt like I'm seeing a pattern because I want it to be there rather than because it exists.  This time the logic behind the appointment, even though it's not someone the fans would've picked, is easy to see, that's what I want,a  board who act like they're part of the game and can see more than the average fans, rather than looking like idiots who've been taken in by another snake-oil salesman.

[Axl Rose]

Welcome Remi, prove these muppet pundits wrong please.

This for me too.  Such a bunch of wankers.

Same here. Good luck, Remi!

[passitsideways]

I'm underwhelmed and on face value he seems like a cheap and cheerful and easily available option. I'm not quite sure where all the optimism on this thread is coming from. I felt we needed Moyes or Pearson to dig us out of trouble in the short term at least. But hopefully he will be to us as Pochettino was for Southampton and turn out to be a good choice.

I don't see how you can describe him as being 'easily available', given the wrangle over his coaching staff, at least when you're throwing Pearson out there as an alternative, who, if he weren't such a prick, would've begged for the job if he thought he might have had a sniff.

[Damo70]

Admittedly for those who like their stats Nigel Pearson and David Moyes both have a 43% win percentage as managers whilst Remi Garde has a record of 51%.

[Damo70]

I'm underwhelmed and on face value he seems like a cheap and cheerful and easily available option. I'm not quite sure where all the optimism on this thread is coming from. I felt we needed Moyes or Pearson to dig us out of trouble in the short term at least. But hopefully he will be to us as Pochettino was for Southampton and turn out to be a good choice.

I don't see how you can describe him as being 'easily available', given the wrangle over his coaching staff, at least when you're throwing Pearson out there as an alternative, who, if he weren't such a prick, would've begged for the job if he thought he might have had a sniff.

I apologise for calling him 'easily available'. The more accurate phrase would have been 'out of work for over a year'.

[passitsideways]

I guess we won't ever find out, but I would feel better about this if Garde's been in their thinking for a while now as part of a strategy that also covers the kinds of players we bought in the summer and will look to buy going forward; as opposed to being someone they randomly scrabbled up a month or so ago when it was starting to become clear Sherwood wasn't up to the job.

[Damo70]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who stuffs up with epic quote failures. I usually send an SOS to PWS to sort it out ASAP PDQ.

[PeterWithesShin]

I think i'd have given up if we'd hired a twat like Pearson. A disaster waiting to happen off the pitch and if he's so good as a manager, why did it take Leicester until April to win their 5th league game of last season? Takes more than a freak run of 8 or 9 games to make a decent manager at this level.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who stuffs up with epic quote failures. I usually send an SOS to PWS to sort it out ASAP PDQ.

Sneaky bugger deleted it! I'm always on lookout for your bat signal when you're needing help.