Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Gregorys Boy]

He was bought in for the long term and no doubt he fits the current model of the club.  But at the time we weren't totally out of it so the club must have had some kind of hope that he could keep us up.  I just think he was the wrong appointment at the wrong time, if we were a mid-table club then he may have been a good choice to take us from there. 

[Rudy65]

You cant blame Garde but he has had made no difference whatsoever

[LTA]

Cowardly from Garde today.  So obvious we have to win games, yet sets us up to contain as he has in every game since he arrived.

Starting to think Pearson would have been a better option.

[mr underhill]

the remarkable thing to me is that no one makes a difference. not Houllier, not TSM1, not TSM2, not Sherwood and not Garde. Lots of managers , lots of different players, formations and tactics, but only one outcome - failure.

[SoccerHQ]

Not impressing me so far, poor starting selections,, not just today but what we played at Everton aswell, persisting with rubbish like Scott Sinclair starting game after game, we still look miles away from winning games as we did under Sherwood.

C'mon Remi, win us a game, it can't be that difficult surely. I want to see us go down fighting at least.

[PaulWinch again]

Okore, Veretout, Sanchez, Gil, Gana, Ayew and Grealish/Adama. Those are the core players that the rest of the team need to fit around.

[Gregorys Boy]

I agree that the tactics were wrong, but then maybe that's just down to him not having experience as a manager in the English game, I also think he is crippled by what he has to work with.

I do think there has been some improvement actually.  Don't think we would have got draws against City and Saints away under Sherwood.  But its just not good enough, and fact is we need wins to really make a difference.  They don't seem to be coming anytime soon.

[Toronto Villa]

Why he insists on picking Gestede is bewildering. I don't blame him really for the defensive issues as he inherited a nightmare of incompetence. But Garde is showing an immense lack of flexibility and adventure with his attacking options.

[Gregorys Boy]

Why he insists on picking Gestede is bewildering. I don't blame him really for the defensive issues as he inherited a nightmare of incompetence. But Garde is showing an immense lack of flexibility and adventure with his attacking options.

Well maybe, but its a bit unfair to say that after just five games.  When we go down, I will place very little blame at Garde's door, he has just been placed in a nearly impossible position.  I'm not convinced that either in the future he will be the right man to move us forward, but we've made our choice now and need to back him.

[Toronto Villa]

Why he insists on picking Gestede is bewildering. I don't blame him really for the defensive issues as he inherited a nightmare of incompetence. But Garde is showing an immense lack of flexibility and adventure with his attacking options.

Well maybe, but its a bit unfair to say that after just five games.  When we go down, I will place very little blame at Garde's door, he has just been placed in a nearly impossible position.  I'm not convinced that either in the future he will be the right man to move us forward, but we've made our choice now and need to back him.

5 games or not there are some things that are fucking obvious and not playing Gestede up front is one of them. I don't doubt for a second the magnitude of the task but he's not helping himself is he? He just had another striker score twice in the week, yet that bloke never gets a look in. Could Kozak really be so much worse than Gestede?

[VinnieChase84]

Met Kozak while out last night and he didn't speak too highly of Remi at all! (Not a surprise when he is overlooked for a lamp post)

[Clark W Griswold]

And the knives are out......

[Malandro]

He's picking mostly the best of a bad bunch.

[ez]

Gestede is embarrassing. Reminds me of Bowery.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Met Kozak while out last night and he didn't speak too highly of Remi at all! (Not a surprise when he is overlooked for a lamp post)

And being out the night before a game is no doubt a reason he doesn't get in the squad. I'm pretty sure Remi's looked at him in training and saw what we've all seen from the bloke. Nowhere near PL standard sadly and certainly not the answer to our problems