Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[PaulWinch again]

Sorry, but Garde in my opinion was the wrong choice. We should go in for Moyes who's available, no brainer really. We need someone to instill fire into these players......Garde doesn't do it. Another wrong choice by the clowns at the top.

Was Moyes instilling fire into the players at Sociedad? Garde has had 5 games and that's no time. When Moyes took over Everton was he an instant success? I might be wrong but I don't think so.

[levico]

I think Garde is a decent enough cove but he can't keep us up and he won't get us back. Not his fault, that's just the way it is.

We're in deep trouble as a club whilst Lerner, Fox, Riley et al remain.

[OzVilla]

I can't quite believe Paddy Riley still has a job.

I know Lerner has badly underinvested but still.

[PaulWinch again]

I think Garde is a decent enough cove but he can't keep us up and he won't get us back. Not his fault, that's just the way it is.

We're in deep trouble as a club whilst Lerner, Fox, Riley et al remain.

Again you cannot possibly know that. If we go down why can't Garde get us back up?

[Risso]

Why is he making things even harder for himself by playing Gestede.  That gigantic waste of space had one attempt from a header today, that thing he is supposed to be good at, but it just glanced uselessly wide.

[tomd2103]

Why is he making things even harder for himself by playing Gestede.  That gigantic waste of space had one attempt from a header today, that thing he is supposed to be good at, but it just glanced uselessly wide.

If we accept that Kozak is out of the picture, then I'm not sure we have too many other options really.  Ayew is more suited as a wide player and our one striker with the top flight experience (Agbonlahor) seems disinterested. We desperately need one if not two strikers in January.

[adrenachrome]

Why is he making things even harder for himself by playing Gestede.  That gigantic waste of space had one attempt from a header today, that thing he is supposed to be good at, but it just glanced uselessly wide.

I think  the idea was that we hit him early and often forcing them back and wide allowing our midfield players valuable space to do their stuff. What happened is that knew about Just Head and the quality of our wide players sans Amavi, so they just took the piss and stayed narrow.

They left their flanks completely open, basically saying : Loft it in to the Lummox all day long and we will hit you on the break, you lowlife scum pretending to play our game. Note only that, we well have a rest for 30 minutes to rest our weary legs. We spit in your general general direction but we will miss shitting on your lovely pitch. Come back soon for further fuckings.

[Toronto Villa]

Why is he making things even harder for himself by playing Gestede.  That gigantic waste of space had one attempt from a header today, that thing he is supposed to be good at, but it just glanced uselessly wide.

That's my point too. Ok fine play Gestede but them ensure that the make up of the side and the tactics employed reflect that he chose to play him up front. That means getting the ball out wide quickly, whipping in crosses at pace. But we didn't do that. Nothing like it in fact. If we are going to play more through the middle or wide midfielders who cut in, or with full backs that are pretty shit at crossing a football don't play a fucking giraffe who's only talent is heading a football and cannot control it on the ground worth shit.

In the end it didn't work and he was removed, not all because of him but it suggested that either the tactic was flawed or that we couldn't execute if indeed there was a tactic to supply him properly. Playing Gestede makes us so one dimensional and it is easy for a side to work out. Especially one of Arsenal's ability.

[Hillbilly]

The forwards are a problem but the back 5 are far and away the real catastrophe. We've scored as many as Stoke but they have 17 more points. Why? Because we've let in 30 and they've let in 14. We've kept 2 clean sheets - one because we caught Bournemouth cold and the other was a freak against Man City. Abysmal.

[brian green]

I have the niggling feeling that we are beginning to see what all the fuss was about Remi Garde's assistants. There are some very hard yards to be done with that poor squad of ours and it looks like it is the back up team who are expected to do it.  Garde looks like the diplomat, the front man, the suit, the safe pair of hands but the mess we have become needs a lot of sleeves rolled up shit shovelling and that is what his team has to do. A thoroughly nice and personable man that I hope does not have the common French fault of easily becoming aloof.

[mr underhill]

why are all managers so intransigent? I agree with your comments about him Brian, but already he's making the same mistakes as the people who came before him - picking players week in week out who simply shouldn't be playing.

[brian green]

Absolutely Mr U. Okay he has only been with us a few weeks but in those few weeks there has not been one single act you can point to and say that is Remi Garde in action. The slap on the wrist for Grealish has been just that and would have been done by any of our last five managers. The dropping of Gabby should never have been in any doubt. He only made it into his famous 8 touch game not on merit but as part of KMac's Fuck You to the board.

So what has changed or is changing?  Nothing as far as I can see. Team selection, set up and tactics appear to be consensus decisions. I have a horrible feeling that the boast of Lambert that he had been successful in lowering the expectations of the supporters is alive and well.

[ROBBO]

Then who should he play? are you there to see them training i really don't see a lot of options and these are not his players, we have critisised every manager over the last five years were they all bad? i wonder.
My opinion is it all stems from the top, an aloof disinterested owner and a backroom promoted out of their comfort zone.

[brian green]

Point taken Rob, but you don't need the owner to fly from America to Bodymoor Heath to tell you not to have Gestede as your primary strike threat.

[Malandro]

Point taken Rob, but you don't need the owner to fly from America to Bodymoor Heath to tell you not to have Gestede as your primary strike threat.

Agreed but I'd take a 20% match fit Rudy over Agbonlahor.