Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[martin o`who??]

CREME DE MENTHE!!!!

My French is notoriously shite but i interpret this as "Flavour of the month" - and if he keeps us up he`ll be Flavour of the century...

[Pat McMahon]

Pat Murphy's take is predictably chirpy - apparently the suspicion is that these fruity French players might actually be all terrible, and that Randy has gambled majorly with this one.

If I'm going to take anyone's opinion about this appointment then it will be from Wenger and Houlllier over the ever positive about Villa Pat Murphy.

It's crazy to think that almost to a man the English football media would sooner give more time to a man who a few months at Spurs and a few months with us, some good results chucked in amongst a simply horrific run of games, than someone who actually has worked his way up through the ranks albeit a "foreign" club and had a sustained period of success in challenging circumstances.

English managers close ranks and defend other English managers in a closed shop, old boys network kind of way. I'm not sure that what Houlier and Wenger are saying about a fellow French manager is really any different. I saw Wenger's interview and he mumbled the standard non-committal type responses that all managers give when asked about other managers. That's probably why Pat Murphy is a journalist and Wenger is a manager

I agree with Chico on this.

I also think Pat Murphy is generally fair and accurate in his comments about us. He is good at digging at managers too, witness his interview with a tetchy Mourinho last season (well before anybody else was doubting him).

The bottom line is that Garde is a gamble, but we weren't exactly spoiled for choice. I think all of the foreign managers cited by Toronto Villan above started their jobs in the summer so had a chance to bed in. I am pretty sure none of them took over a team in 20th position.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Welcome Remi.

Please be good.

If you can't be good, be competent.

If you can't be competent, be lucky.

[YamYamVilla]

totally underwhelmed by this appointment, but he will get my full support, lets hope he can turn us around!

Remi Garde's Claret & Bleu army!

[olaftab]

CREME DE MENTHE!!!!

My French is notoriously shite but i interpret this as "Flavour of the month" - and if he keeps us up he`ll be Flavour of the century...

Yes your French is terrible! However you can interpret it however you like!

[rob_bridge]

To be fair to Murphy he sited the woeful end to last season as well as the shit this season.
I don't think he was any fan of Sherwood.

And he also suggested our (fans) misgivings over McLeish was the style of play, not where he had last been employed.

I honestly think the 6-1 v Southampton was the trigger for Sherwood, not to mention fucking around with Given and Guzan as some joint number 1 which did neither any favours and no have the worst of all worlds.

[Richard E]

On the Express and Star Facebook page EVERY comment (apart from mine) on this story is from an Albion supporter.

But they are not obsessed with us, no siree,   

[HK Villan]

I'm convinced our squad is more than good enough to move up the table. 

Garde comes with some pretty heavyweight endorsements on the tactical side which is just what we need, rather than a loud mouth media darling who made truly bizarre selections and substitutions.

Also, Garde just looks like he knows what he's doing!

Good luck!!!

[mr underhill]

Tim looked like a cross between Frankenstein and Mr Hyde by the time he left. Let's hope Remi has  more resilience - a good night cream and a crafty hipflask of Absinthe will help.

[rob_bridge]

Tim started to sound and act more and more like Alan Partridge as someone on here stated after the Stoke game.

[cdward]

At least with this appointment you can see the board have a plan. The players are brought in and the manager manages them. Sherwood didn't really buy in to the system, and when he knew he couldn't bring in his own players, Adebayor, Lennon and Townsend, and results started to go away from us (Leicester onwards), he started using that as an excuse.
Remi Garde knows what he is coming into, and we have a squad of players who are technically as gifted as any we have had in a long time. If we had brought in Allardyce, Pulis, Rodgers or Moyes, they would have wanted to do exactly the same as Sherwood and bring in their own players.
I am looking forward to seeing how this works out, of course it's a massive gamble, but at least we have made the change now, and not waited another 2 months.
Good luck Remi Garde

[richard moore]

CREME DE MENTHE!!!!

My French is notoriously shite but i interpret this as "Flavour of the month" - and if he keeps us up he`ll be Flavour of the century...

Your judgement of your French is spot on! :-)

[Tayls_7]

According to Houllier Garde likes to build his sides from the back which must be music to Guzan's ears. Or maybe not.

[Villa in Denmark]

According to Houllier Garde likes to build his sides from the back which must be music to Guzan's ears. Or maybe not.

Behind the 6 yard line from goal kicks type play from the back?

[nodge]

On the Express and Star Facebook page EVERY comment (apart from mine) on this story is from an Albion supporter.

But they are not obsessed with us, no siree,   

In the words of the great Dave Skylark "They hate us cause they ain't us"