Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Dante Lavelli]

Good enough:

Amavi
Grealish
Gil
Adama
Veretout
Ayew

Have it within them to be good enough but don't show it:

Richards
Gueye
Sinclair
Okore
Guzan
Sanchez

Not good enough and never will be:

Bacuna
Richardson
Westwood
Cole
Senderos
Gestede
Clark
Lescott
Hutton
Baker

Absolutely no fucking idea:

Ilori
Crespo

I don't disagree with a syllable of this.

This notable thing for me is that the 'good enough' group, in normal circumstances, should really have 'potentially' ahead of it. 
Whereas most the players in the second group are our senior players. The first group of players should be looking to the second group for leadership and guidance - which might be part of the problem.

[aj2k77]

Yep, we seem to have decent ''secondary'' players but we have no spine to the team at all.

[Dante Lavelli]

Garde has let down Lerner. He was plucked from obscurity, given a good job with a great boss, but has failed. He has to go before it is too late.

Obscurity?  He was at Lyon for years.

[aj2k77]

Garde has let down Lerner. He was plucked from obscurity, given a good job with a great boss, but has failed. He has to go before it is too late.

Obscurity?  He was at Lyon for years.

If they haven't been involved with the Villa then Eddie won't have a clue who they are, you're regular nose. By the time Remi leaves the majority of the noses pitiful following will know everything about him.

[Axl Rose]

The first time I've gotten angry with Garde since he arrived-clueless today.

I've nothing more to add. What a crap 2015.

[Toronto Villa]

2015 has certainly been an annus horribilis, or better described complete arse.

[Dante Lavelli]

The smell of the Villa right now reminds me of Houlier's tenure at the club.  It seems there is a general lack of willingness from the players to 'step up'.  A lack of enthusiasm to embrace change and new ideas.  To paraphrase Sinclair: "we're not really fussed who the manager is, Sherwood or Garde, we just turn up and do as we're told" sounds a lot like going through the motions to me.

I might be naive in my support, but I hope the club trusts and backs Garde, as someone needs to strip the squad/coaches right back to the bones and completely rebuild.

[aj2k77]

I want Garde to be our 21st century Taylor, today was not a good day for him though.

[Pat McMahon]

Garde has let down Lerner. He was plucked from obscurity, given a good job with a great boss, but has failed. He has to go before it is too late.

Obscurity?  He was at Lyon for years.

I think he was Lyon manager for 3 years.

[saunders_heroes]

2015 has certainly been an annus horribilis, or better described complete arse.

We've had 5 consecutive 'annus horribilis' or did you miss the previous years?

[Bad English]

I am worried about the number of anus horribilis we will still have at Bodymoor Heath at the end of January.

[Toronto Villa]

2015 has certainly been an annus horribilis, or better described complete arse.

We've had 5 consecutive 'annus horribilis' or did you miss the previous years?

No they've been great years. What team have you been watching?

You'd honestly think by the way you come off that you are trying to prove to everyone that you the angriest of everyone on here. Newsflash - we are all massively fucked off, so stop trying to score points thinking nobody has noticed but you that things are shit. And have been for a while now.

[Hillbilly]

It does seem that a lot of our players are 'uncoachable'. It doesn't matter who's been in charge, there's no indication that they can follow instructions, absorb tactics, retain the basics*. It's come up in conversation around here before that even the least talented on them would make us look like chumps if we met them in a kick around. This suggests then they are either a. dumb as nails or b. insubordinate. Either way, no wonder the last few managers seemed to age 10 years in six months.

*It might be my imagination but it seems the British players are particularly guilty.

[tomd2103]

The first time I've gotten angry with Garde since he arrived-clueless.

Beginning to get concerned about some of his team selections.  Also not overly impressed that like a Sherwood before him, he doesn't seem to be able to set up a team to accommodate flair players like Gil. 

[brian green]

I think you have touched on a very significant point Hillbilly. We have watched this culture of insubordination grow ever since the hard core of Collins, Dunne and Warnock ruled the roost.  Some player failings are blindingly apparent and never get corrected. N'Zogbia never looking up, Sanchez making himself a sitting duck for having the ball nicked off him, Hutton never staying close enough to the attacker, Westwood failing to pick up runners, Guzan dithering before kicking where everybody knows he will kick.  We all know they do these things, they know they do them, they just never bother to do anything about it.