Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[KRS]

Welcome to Villa Monsieur Garde.

I know very little about the guy, but from what I've read I'm reasonably impressed and on paper he appears to be a good fit given our current situation and squad.

I'm sick of hearing the media and pundits coming out with the same old "should have given Sherwood more time" lines when the truth is that he was completely out of his depth, clueless and our situation would have been irreversible by the end of the year if he'd have stayed any longer. What is it with these ppl that they can't see that a change was not only needed but essential for us to have any chance of turning this shit fest around.

I'm concerned by the need for winning 10 games out of 28...yes, it is only 4 points in the short term and we're not cut off yet, but history tells us that we're going to need around 37pts to avoid relegation unless this season sets a new precedent in terms of how crap the worst teams actually are in terms of points...but ultimately it is about making sure we finish higher than 3 other teams regardless of points but we do need to start getting results on the board and raise the confidence of both players and fans.

[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.

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

Er, yes?

[placeforparks]

if almstadt's 'experiment' is going to work, then garde is the man who will make the best fist of it.

i think it's between us, norwich, bournemouth, sunderland and newcastle for the drop, and it'll come down to those games.

already rueing those dropped points v sunderland.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Are we announcing this today or are we waiting until tomorrow because of the game?

[QuintonVilla]

He made Lyon, who were a very good team, into an average one. So I dread to think what he's going to do with our shower. He somehow managed to finish 4th and 5th with them, his best season with them was only 3rd. They'd won the title seven times on the trot before he took over. Doesn't make good reading I must say and he definitely wouldn't have been my choice, but he's here now so we just need to back him and hope for the best.

[LukeJames]

He made Lyon, who were a very good team, into an average one.

I stopped reading after this, total bollocks.

[SamTheMouse]

He made Lyon, who were a very good team, into an average one. So I dread to think what he's going to do with our shower. He somehow managed to finish 4th and 5th with them, his best season with them was only 3rd. They'd won the title seven times on the trot before he took over. Doesn't make good reading I must say and he definitely wouldn't have been my choice, but he's here now so we just need to back him and hope for the best.

Yes, but there's a lot of context you're ignoring. The rise of PSG and their Qatari billions, the revival of AS Monaco under Rybolevlev and Vasilyev, and the fact that Aulas at Lyon essentially "did a Lerner" and decided enough was enough, putting an end to their previously lavish spending.

All of which means it's quite understandable that he should have missed out on winning the Ligue 1 title. In fact, he did quite well to keep them in with a shout of regular Champions League football.

[Walmley_Villa]

I hope we bring a good fitness coach in. If we are going to fight our way out this mess we need fitness and it seems lacking at the moment, there is a lack of energy in the side.

[brian green]

Our players are not a "shower".  They are almost entirely players of ability who have been pissed about from pillar to post by a manager who had completely lost the plot. Remi Garde kept Lyon in the top flight against a background of major financial crisis at the club. He deserves better than some of the groundless accusations starting to soak into this thread.

[Walmley_Villa]

Our players are not a "shower".  They are almost entirely players of ability who have been pissed about from pillar to post by a manager who had completely lost the plot. Remi Garde kept Lyon in the top flight against a background of major financial crisis at the club. He deserves better than some of the groundless accusations starting to soak into this thread.

Well said. Some of our fans have been brainwashed by the British Media mafia, listening to Alan Brazil and Stan Collymore for example.

[Stu]

Blimey, this hasn't been confirmed yet!?

[Pete]

He made Lyon, who were a very good team, into an average one. So I dread to think what he's going to do with our shower. He somehow managed to finish 4th and 5th with them, his best season with them was only 3rd. They'd won the title seven times on the trot before he took over. Doesn't make good reading I must say and he definitely wouldn't have been my choice, but he's here now so we just need to back him and hope for the best.

They won the league seven times on the trot THREE YEARS before he took over. Preceding Garde, the finishes were third, second, third. He had his best players sold from under him (sound familiar?), and still managed finishes of fourth, third, fifth. No as good as previous seasons, no, but hardly disastrous. If we get anywhere near that within the next five years, I'd be delighted.

[eamonn]

The interesting thing about this appointment isn't that nobody knows who is. It's that nobody saw this coming. He is a really highly regarded young manager with good experience and excellent pedigree considering who he has learnt from, and we are about to appoint him as our manager. It flies in the face of the cliquey English football media and pundits and for that reason alone I love this even more. Remi Garde is going to be such a breath of fresh air around Villa Park. Well done to the board. It's nice to say that.

Not picking at your boundless optimism (how could any of us have a go for another Villa fan being optimistic? These last 5 years are a lot more bearable when not constantly misreable) but I'm pretty sure you said something almost identical when we bought all those French-based players in the summer. I just hope we're now set-up for it all to work.

[in exile]

I just want this over with...appoint the guy and lets move on together

[mr underhill]

well said, no prosaic bollocks in there exile like what I did earlier. direct and to the point.