Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Villa in Denmark]

He needs to pick a team that does not contain
Guzan, Ricardson, Westwood, Gabby either Jack or Gill, Ayew up front and Richards at centre half.

Not easy is it.

Have I misread you.  You wouldn't have either of Gil or Grealish in the team, or not both?

[brontebilly]

Bring back Aly. If we are able to. Play a proper left back at left back.

He isn't a proper footballer not to mind a proper left back. Our choices for left back next weekend are Richardson or Lescott. Not sure who plays on Watford's right side but he will be as giddy as a kid on Xmas morning all next week
Sanchez will be back in for sure and I don't think Richards will at centre half next weekend.

[aj2k77]

If we don't have anything coming through the youth system I'd be inclined to move Richards to the right, Ilori has filled in at left back before and bring in Okore who surely must be nearing fitness now.

[ChicagoLion]

He needs to pick a team that does not contain
Guzan, Ricardson, Westwood, Gabby either Jack or Gill, Ayew up front and Richards at centre half.

Not easy is it.

Have I misread you.  You wouldn't have either of Gil or Grealish in the team, or not both?

Not both together. I would interchange them a bit though.

[Villa in Denmark]

He needs to pick a team that does not contain
Guzan, Ricardson, Westwood, Gabby either Jack or Gill, Ayew up front and Richards at centre half.

Not easy is it.

Have I misread you.  You wouldn't have either of Gil or Grealish in the team, or not both?

Not both together. I would interchange them a bit though.

OK, that makes sense. Having just read your post again it was pretty clear already. I'll blame it on being late over here.

[brian green]

Remy Garde has a very hard week ahead of him, a week as hard, if not harder than any week in his career. It is the week that will define whether he is the manager most of us wanted or not.  He has to find a mind set he has probably never had to engage before.  He is like a man walking into a structure created by a crew of jerry builders and chancers and realises that it must be demolished and rebuilt from the ground up.

He must address our lack of concentration, our lack of spirit, our lack of leadership on the field and our rock bottom morale. When he has done that he has to address specific problems of a goalkeeper, a left back, a central defender, a play maker and a goal scorer.

Then he has to turn his attention to the ongoing clash of culture in the dressing room.  He has to call it on the francophone players. Are the summer acquisitions actually any good or have we just wished them to be the heart of better team. How good actually are Gana, Veretout, Amavi (when mended), Ayew and Gestede.

When he has done all that he has to decide how he is going to use, if at all, the immature but talented players like Traore, Grealish and Gil.

Next comes the problem of our invisible men like Kozak and Illori. For good measure he needs to know whether anybody we have on loan is worth recalling when it is possible to do so.

The chocolate sprinkle on his overflowing cup is to ascertain whether adequate funds are going to be available in six weeks time and if so how they are to be used.

We have got the easy part. We only have to watch the rubbish.  He is expected to do something about it.

[Clampy]

The left back situation is something that can't be helped, until January anyway. In the meantime, he may have to find a solution because I don't think Richardson is the answer.

As for other things, Ayew is not an out and out striker and we shouldn't be playing him there. Let him play out wide and cut in, it's what seems to suit him best. Also, I think it's time to draft Kozak and Traore back in in. The latter coming off the bench would lift the fans and he's shown he can change games. The fact that Kozak hasn't had a sniff is a bit baffling.

I can see us winning on Saturday. I just hope it kick starts us onto a good run if we do. It's something the win over blues should have done.

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I think Westwood fluffed his chance and we will see our best and most balanced central three.

I think Grealish proved he doesn't work anywhere near as hard to play in a side in our position, together with Gil at the same time.

I think Garde will appreciate that we need an outlet ball, primarily on the left, to help us defensively, but to also effect the game tactically by giving Gil 5-10 yards more room to play in, by pushing them back.

[Diablo]

Just reading Kasper Schmeichel interview talking about Leicester's meteoric rise and form http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34896490

This bit pops out about Ranieri. I hope Remi adopts the same method rather than the everyone must speak English comment in the press when he first arrived. Whilst I appreciate he doesn't want to alienate the English players and develop a French click (something that was rumoured to occur at Newcastle at one time) I personally think this would be a far better option given our current situation and need to get immediate results.

Kasper: "Everyone is enjoying playing under Claudio - he is a very personable guy when he talks to you and gets his message across.
"What definitely helps is that he is able to speak to each player individually in their own language, something he does in team-talks when he is addressing the whole squad.
"He has the language skills to speak Spanish or French when he has to and make sure he is understood.
"That makes a big difference. For players coming to a new country things can be difficult enough even enough anyway, but not speaking the language makes thing very difficult. It's not a problem with Claudio, though."
 

[brian green]

I think you can safely summarise Remi's approach from here on in as "no nonsense".

[Hookeysmith]

I think you can safely summarise Remi's approach from here on in as "no nonsense".

I don't know too much about him but I would like to think he is a tough fecker who will rip into the under achievers

[dave shelley]

Two words spring to mind when I think about my hopes for Remi Garde, and they are: 'Nasty Bastard'.  Because that is what I feel he has to be to be able to sort our club out.  The time has come to get rid of the dead wood, pare it back to the minimum and start again with a whole new winning ethos.

[andyh]

Remi has to work out very fast who has the fight for this.

He recognises here, reflecting on the game, that Sanchez is a necessary component, which is refreshing.

Remi Garde has accused Aston Villa of being too lightweight during the 4-0 defeat at Everton until Carlos Sanchz entered the field.

Sanchez, who played well in the 0-0 draw with Manchester City, started on the bench at Goodison Park after a long jaunt away on international duty with Colombia.

He replaced Idrissa Gana as a half-time substitute against the Toffees and added some steel to an otherwise flimsy claret and blue side.

"I think we missed a little bit of character, we were too light on the field," admitted Garde.

"We didn't win enough challenges, enough duels - that was a key point of the game.

"We were better in the second half. A player like Carlos Sanchez has done quite well in this situation.

"The first half we didn't win any challenges and when you don't it's too difficult to win the game."

Garde recalled Jack Grealish for yesterday's match despite admitting there was room for improvement in the young winger's game.

"It was a difficult game for everybody. Jack is a young player he has to work like Carles (Gil), like Jordan (Ayew), like Idrissa (Gana).

"I know the team is quite young but they have a chance to show what they can do.

"Not only Jack but a few players I was wanting a little bit more from."

Someone in the match tread was arguing during the game that we weren't outmuscled and that its silly to say we were,  that we weren't outbattled , but out manoeuvred.

Remi obvioulsy doesn't know what he's talking about.

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I like it when a manager sees the things I see, as I'm well clever me.

Until such a time as he doesn't see what I see, then I will boo him silly.

For now, I will say that Remi is one smart cookie.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Remi has to work out very fast who has the fight for this.

He recognises here, reflecting on the game, that Sanchez is a necessary component, which is refreshing.

Remi Garde has accused Aston Villa of being too lightweight during the 4-0 defeat at Everton until Carlos Sanchz entered the field.

Sanchez, who played well in the 0-0 draw with Manchester City, started on the bench at Goodison Park after a long jaunt away on international duty with Colombia.

He replaced Idrissa Gana as a half-time substitute against the Toffees and added some steel to an otherwise flimsy claret and blue side.

"I think we missed a little bit of character, we were too light on the field," admitted Garde.

"We didn't win enough challenges, enough duels - that was a key point of the game.

"We were better in the second half. A player like Carlos Sanchez has done quite well in this situation.

"The first half we didn't win any challenges and when you don't it's too difficult to win the game."

Garde recalled Jack Grealish for yesterday's match despite admitting there was room for improvement in the young winger's game.

"It was a difficult game for everybody. Jack is a young player he has to work like Carles (Gil), like Jordan (Ayew), like Idrissa (Gana).

"I know the team is quite young but they have a chance to show what they can do.

"Not only Jack but a few players I was wanting a little bit more from."

Someone in the match tread was arguing during the game that we weren't outmuscled and that its silly to say we were,  that we weren't outbattled , but out manoeuvred.

Remi obvioulsy doesn't know what he's talking about.

I read that in the match thread as well. I don't think there's ever been a match played where individual battles haven't determined the outcome to some degree.