Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Toronto Villa]

There's a short video on AVFC of him taking training yesterday - anyone know who all the different coaches are in the background, other than Duverne?

Didn't he only bring two, Reggie Ray and Robbie D?

On MON, I'm not going to entirely dismiss his ability because Barnes and King Kenny showed it isn't a piece of piss. Rangers were strong and still had to win those trophies in Scotland. It's not like they were awarded to him before the season started. Prior to that he did really well at Leicester, got them promoted, finished in a solid league positions and won the League Cup twice, and runners up once. That's nothing to be sniffed at. He should have achieved much, much more given his resources with us off course; a well documented debate.

What I really liked about Remi's two interviews is that he will be the very opposite of Sherwood. He will preach calm and smart and clever. That running around faster or kicking the ball harder or longer doesn't win any more games. We need to win games through good decisions. It's the same thing I liked about the player acquisition this summer in that they weren't the English way players. I think they will prove to very nice acquisitions under Garde.

[rob_bridge]

Different sized trophy cabinet though.

2 league cups v 1 French FA Cup?

I'm discounting MON's record in Scotland as
1. Garde has never had the opportunity to manage in a duopoly.
2. McLeish has a comparable record to MON over the same period, including a better record in Europe despite a huge financial disadvantage. We all know how that worked out for us.

IIRC didn't MON inherit Henrik Larrson? He is the last truly world class player to play in that league

[dave shelley]

To avoid a quoteathon and apologies for asking but, what exactly is the situation regarding Duverne?  I know he resigned from Metz but is he employed by us now?

[UK Redsox]

There's a short video on AVFC of him taking training yesterday - anyone know who all the different coaches are in the background, other than Duverne?

I was just wondering who was assisting Garde. With his regular assistants not being released, who'll be on the bench with him on Sunday ?

I assume that Tony P. will be there but who else ?

Maybe Sid ?

The bench is normally crowded with staff, as is the row behind the dugout. Maybe I should look to move a few rows forward from my seat in row 9

[LeeB]

To avoid a quoteathon and apologies for asking but, what exactly is the situation regarding Duverne?  I know he resigned from Metz but is he employed by us now?

We're just good friends as it stands. We'll go out for dinner in the near future and take it from there.

[Monty]

There are photos and videos of Duverne and Ray taking training, so they're here.

[dave shelley]

To avoid a quoteathon and apologies for asking but, what exactly is the situation regarding Duverne?  I know he resigned from Metz but is he employed by us now?

We're just good friends as it stands. We'll go out for dinner in the near future and take it from there.

You do realise that he doesn't do anything untoward on the first date don't you?

[dave shelley]

There are photos and videos of Duverne and Ray taking training, so they're here.

Thanks Monty, appreciated.

[Villa in Denmark]

Different sized trophy cabinet though.

2 league cups v 1 French FA Cup?

I'm discounting MON's record in Scotland as
1. Garde has never had the opportunity to manage in a duopoly.
2. McLeish has a comparable record to MON over the same period, including a better record in Europe despite a huge financial disadvantage. We all know how that worked out for us.

IIRC didn't MON inherit Henrik Larrson? He is the last truly world class player to play in that league

He did inherit Larsson.

I was going to say he still had to get the best out of him, but for all but 4 games a year a Sherwoodesque "just get the ball to him close to the box" would probably have done the trick in most games.

[LeeB]

To avoid a quoteathon and apologies for asking but, what exactly is the situation regarding Duverne?  I know he resigned from Metz but is he employed by us now?

We're just good friends as it stands. We'll go out for dinner in the near future and take it from there.

You do realise that he doesn't do anything untoward on the first date don't you?

I was afraid of that.

[Toronto Villa]

I just read this from the Mail and I have to admit Remi just gave me semi

Remi on developing his football philosophy

You mean in terms of playing football. If you ask people in Lyon they will tell you that we were quite an attacking team, but it was mainly because I had a lot of talented attacking players. I have played under managers who like possessing the ball with technical players. In Lyon this is the culture of the club and i have been growing in this club, so this is the way I see football.

I’ve been playing for Arsenal with Arsene Wenger which was the way as well with a technical and collective game, trying to understand how we can play all together. Of course it is 11 players with individuals but it is a collective game so you have to be smart, to be clever when you play. I like that the team speak the same language on the pitch.

[Brend'Watkins]

I think we have a very intelligent man at the helm for a change.  Instantly likable too.

[CJ]

The more this man speaks the more I like him - which is the polar opposite to how I felt about Sherwood

[damon loves JT]

When a manager finally gets it right at Villa it will go very well, very quickly. I hope this is the man. But it wouldn't be a big surprise if we had a few terrible results at first.

[PaulWinch again]

I just read this from the Mail and I have to admit Remi just gave me semi

Remi on developing his football philosophy

You mean in terms of playing football. If you ask people in Lyon they will tell you that we were quite an attacking team, but it was mainly because I had a lot of talented attacking players. I have played under managers who like possessing the ball with technical players. In Lyon this is the culture of the club and i have been growing in this club, so this is the way I see football.

I’ve been playing for Arsenal with Arsene Wenger which was the way as well with a technical and collective game, trying to understand how we can play all together. Of course it is 11 players with individuals but it is a collective game so you have to be smart, to be clever when you play. I like that the team speak the same language on the pitch.

Yep clarity of thought, footballing intelligence and just general intelligence. He sounds really promising.