Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Boz]

Someone mentioned on the wireless last night that his English is excellent. If not quite perfect I'm sure Lorna will help him brush up on his usage (not a euphemism, you mucky-minded feckers!).

If he needs to upset a few of the players to get them playing - or not - for the benefit of the overall team then he has my blessing...drop Gabby, move Richards to right back, play Sanchez only in front of the back four, use Gestede sparingly, if at all...

Looking forward to seeing his first line-up on Sunday.
And upon seeing it I doubt if my heart will sink as much as it did when the teams have been announced for the last 3 games we've played.

Interesting article on BBC web site. Hope Garde comes up to expectations and if Richards has a beef about a French manager, well he will have to suck it up.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34699001

[john e]

fail

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

There is more at stake this year as far as cash goes than ever. I think Randy's wallet will need flexing in January.

[aj2k77]

Richards would be wise to keep his mouth shut off the pitch, open it a bit more on the pitch and work on his concentration issues that leads to us conceding when he shuts off.

[ozzjim]

Lives up to the bbc write up we will be fine but we have to give him time.

[LeeB]

"Gabby, Bacuna, Richardson, Lescott, Westwood, you are, how do I say? A big bag of wank, no?".

"Fucking sheet"

Bacuna has a slight let from me as nobody knows his best position. The others are shite. Utterly woeful. 3 totally past their best and one who is frankly not, nor ever been, good enough for a half decent top flight team.

Nobody knows Bacuna's position because he's shit wherever he plays.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Good article that.

Was feeling positive about Monsieur Garde anyway, now a little more so.

[Monty]

They keep mentioning the 4-4-2 diamond (or 4-3-1-2) he had at Lyon as if it's some sort of article of faith with him that he has to play it. Actually, he played it out of necessity and is known for suiting the formation to the players, rather than the other way around.

If he does want to play the diamond with us, however, and in a way which doesn't include the football-vacuum Gabby, the dyspraxic camel Gestede or the AWOL Kozak, he's going to have to convert either Gil or Grealish into a second striker with the other one in the no. 10 position, or play Sinclair and Ayew up front together despite the fact that they're very similar.

[django]

I hope he is a really nasty bastard and sorts out some of these coasters. Let's them know in no uncertain terms that things like 6 touches in a half and repeating the same mistakes over and over aren't acceptable. If you can't take a corner properly, stay behind after training and practice. I want some of these fuckers shaken up.

Are you thinking agbonlahor and Westwood?

Agreed regarding Westwood poor set pieces and hope veretout, grealish or Bacuna will be ahead of him on all.

They are lazy, opta stats say currently no other teams runs less than we do in each premiership game, each player on average runs a whole mile less than Bournemouth, that's 11 miles less covered in games. We are lazy on the pitch and lazy on the training ground.

The most damning thing I've read about us. Shocking, and whatever limitation in terms of quality, there is no excuse for this.

[john e]

I see Garde as I builder of football teams, a deep thinker who gradually starts to shape his philosophy into a club, well that's what I'm hoping anyway

problem is I cant see him hitting the ground running, I think he will need time to recognise  the problems and then rectify them

time we haven't got,
 that's why Pulis, Alardyce do well, they have there own set of tried and tested  starting blocks that they introduce and it quickly gets teams playing up to a certain level, that level is not very high but its successful at first in getting teams out of the mire
even Sherwoods brand of mouthy swashbuckling bragard stuff worked for us last season, I just don't think Garde can do the same thing

I don't want any of the above, I want what we have,
but I fear we might get caught adrift before it starts working out, the problem is even if we can see slow developing improvement and a plan of sorts if we go down it will entail losing a load more games,

and as much as we like to think otherwise, loss after loss will only produce unrest and another call to change the manager, I hope this nightmare scenario doesn't happen obviously,
 but I just don't see a man that's going to galvanise the team very quickly

[LukeJames]

I got the thumbs down for this last night, but surely money has to be forthcoming in January?

Money has to be spent on a striker or  we are down without a shadow of a doubt for me.

Yep I'd hope any money we have in January will go towards a top striker, if we have any left over then a good keeper, the other positions aren't too bad.

[Monty]

I'm amazed that people associate having a slightly visionary plan with not getting immediate results - sometimes it doesn't, but sometimes it absolutely does.

[rob_bridge]

Richards would be wise to keep his mouth shut off the pitch, open it a bit more on the pitch and work on his concentration issues that leads to us conceding when he shuts off.

Wise words - I hope the fucker reads and digests them

[Ads]

Allardyce has lost two out of his first three and got twatted six in one of those games.

I am not saying Garde will work magic from the off, but why is a retrograde dinosaur, with a fat head I may add, more likely to work it out from day 1 at a new club than Garde? Do we play a different sport here?

[PaulWinch again]

Allardyce has lost two out of his first three and got twatted six in one of those games.

I am not saying Garde will work magic from the off, but why is a retrograde dinosaur, with a fat head I may add, more likely to work it out from day 1 at a new club than Garde? Do we play a different sport here?

Ah well that's the myth perpetuated by the media that you can only succeed if you have Premier League experience. It's a load of shit and it's part of the reason that the standard of football in England never improves. Fortunately the Villa board are trying to debunk that myth.