Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[john e]

he reminds me of officer Crabtree of Allo Allo the way he says some of his words

[Bad English]

Most of the English-speakers I overhear speaking French seem to be doing a good impression of an Australian teenager speaking stilted Navajo.

[bob]

Very strangely I was going to post today a comparison between the numbers of football players becoming managers and jockeys becoming racehorse trainers. I was going to quote Pat Eddery the only champion jockey to hold a training licence but he died today. Really lovely man. He once tripped me up with his pullalong suitcase. It was entirely my fault for being late, clumsy and pissed but he apologised and helped me to my feet.

Richard Hughes says he's training because he wants to be champion trainer. Had his first winner the other day.

[Boz]

Your average footballer will not need to work again after their playing careers end so it will be interesting to see how many can be bothered to actually study football and learn their trade in the lower leagues.  St Georges Park theoretically gives them the tools to be successful but I'm unsure what their motivation will be.

If they've been a high paid player then they'll probably have an big ego and that would be their motivation to remain in the limelight. They can't all be pundits.

[Villa in Denmark]

Your average footballer will not need to work again after their playing careers end so it will be interesting to see how many can be bothered to actually study football and learn their trade in the lower leagues.  St Georges Park theoretically gives them the tools to be successful but I'm unsure what their motivation will be.

If they've been a high paid player then they'll probably have an big ego and that would be their motivation to remain in the limelight. They can't all be pundits.

No, it just feels like it.

[bob]

Your average footballer will not need to work again after their playing careers end so it will be interesting to see how many can be bothered to actually study football and learn their trade in the lower leagues.  St Georges Park theoretically gives them the tools to be successful but I'm unsure what their motivation will be. 

And, continuing on the horse racing theme, some people do have a genuine desire to win.

Other sports people try different challenges, but the reality of it is that it’s never as good as what they have before. It might make it easier to live with, but it’s really not replaceable, so what can you do? The only thing that really makes you happy is winning, and the disappointment is that it lasts for only a very short space of time. If you win a football match, at least it lasts until the next football match. If you’re a jockey, it doesn’t even last half an hour. That’s the thing, it’s just getting a little of something every now and then, and then you’re looking for that buzz again. Sometimes it doesn’t even last until you get back to the winner’s enclosure.

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[adrenachrome]

Birmingham Mail

Aston Villa have the thinking man's manager in Remi Garde, says a Villa Park predecessor

Gerard Houllier worked with fellow Frenchman Garde at Lyon, and is a big fan of the ‘calm and composed’ manager.

16:05, 12 NOV 2015 UPDATED 16:06, 12 NOV 2015
BY MAT KENDRICK

Gerard Houllier insists that new Aston Villa boss Remi Garde is the BRIGHT man for the job.

Houllier worked with fellow Frenchman Garde at Lyon, and is a big fan of the ‘calm and composed’ manager.

Garde’s ‘social intelligence’ and man-management skills, believes the former Villa boss, could be the key to helping Villa climb out of the relegation zone.

“When I worked with Rémi, he was loyal, clever and had a good understanding of the game,” said Houllier.

“When I say clever I mean he has good social intelligence – he knows what players think and how they will react in certain situations. That’s a very good trait to have.

“He is very calm and composed too and, despite not managing here in England before, he knows the Premier League.

“First of all, he played in it. Even after that, despite being involved in French football he was regularly consulted as a TV pundit. He would go to games here, including matches this season.

“He knows the players in the Premier League, and he knows the level in England.

“He knows what’s expected from his team and I am sure he will do well.”

[Dante Lavelli]

Your average footballer will not need to work again after their playing careers end so it will be interesting to see how many can be bothered to actually study football and learn their trade in the lower leagues.  St Georges Park theoretically gives them the tools to be successful but I'm unsure what their motivation will be.

If they've been a high paid player then they'll probably have an big ego and that would be their motivation to remain in the limelight. They can't all be pundits.

I agree they'll get the limelight whilst employed at premiership clubs (hello sherwood!) but how many are prepared to put in the hours if the only limelight/ego massage they receive is from the Northampton Chronicle?

I think the FA (clubs) would be wise to put failed/injured young players through St Georges Park as they theoretically would have the hunger and once old enough would have clocked a huge number of hours by a young age (if you value the 10,000 hour rule).

[footyskillz]

Remi Garde understand the wider picture. He will have those who show the application and character to be involved on match day. This to me meanz its a much of a challenge for Remi with a non laissez faire attitude as it is for many of the players at the club. Look at agbonlahor, for too long his  percieved resting on his laurels has resulkted in gabby being a stagnant cult hero. If we discount the loyalt to be afforded legend status then to achieve this agbonlahors application and development being turned into consisent team contributions and  goals  is where his bigger picture is set. What of characters like ayew, nzogbia and grealist its a challenge for them to shown understanding and be rewarded.  The greatest and exciting thing villa have is Garde and what he believes. The way he wants to play football. Things are going to be different .I believe the players will buy into. Some of the players already understand it. The art of football. What is going to happen relegation or otherwise is that remi Garde is creating an identity for villa and he's having the players build with him. Thats the vision of Lerner that's the belief of the committee and board. Sherwood was taken in to develop and 'grow the club' . Sherwood needed to grow as a manager. It didnt work . Remi Garde already has his ideals and his vision. Remi knows football is art. The french belief of expression will be so refreshing I can see chorous of Les Marseillaise ringing out around villa park like a stand against going down a fight to survival. It's a passionate fight with a strength of beauty and  its not going to end like a last tango in paris....It's going to be the own  revolution we get to witness something cest magnificent!  This is going to be the best time in villas premier league history and under Lerner tenure. If investors can come in too then there's allowance to supplement the squad. Remi Garde loves the passion of the English game loved it as player, loved watching and analsying on canal plus. He loved Lerner's passion and love for the club.
We want to be saying j'adore Remi Garde he saved us and made us fall in love with football again. He made us love Aston Villa the way we should have always loved . It is written.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Remi Garde hates paragraphs.

[brian green]

Bob, thanks for pointing out my omission of Richard Hughes taking out a licence. Slip of the memory. Your item by AP was very thought provoking. He is very bright indeed and his admission that the thrill of winning often does not last until the winner's enclosure was the candour of a great champion. It has always seemed to me that a jockey's need to be totally focussed on the actual riding of horses precluded them from spending the time learning the mass of other skills and expertise to acquire a yard, staff it, manage it, build an ownership base and so forth. It's a bit like Remi Garde needing to take a lease on Villa Park and put every employee on his payroll. That is why the massive achievements of Mick Channon are so incredible.

[LTA]

More rubbish from Brazil on TalkShite this morning.  Him and Wilkins suggesting the reason players are unhappy is they are sad that Sherwood has gone.

[Lastfootstamper]

More rubbish from Brazil on TalkShite this morning.  Him and Wilkins suggesting the reason players are unhappy is they are sad that Sherwood has gone.

Who's suggested that they're unhappy anyway?

[LTA]

More rubbish from Brazil on TalkShite this morning.  Him and Wilkins suggesting the reason players are unhappy is they are sad that Sherwood has gone.

Who's suggested that they're unhappy anyway?

I think it's a response to Garde saying he wants to put a smile back on people's faces.....

[dave.woodhall]

More rubbish from Brazil on TalkShite this morning.  Him and Wilkins suggesting the reason players are unhappy is they are sad that Sherwood has gone.

Who's suggested that they're unhappy anyway?

Wilkins and Sherwood.