Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[mr underhill]

didn't he come out with the too old to play right back thing before a televised game at the beginning of the season? TBH at the moment he's too shite to play anywhere.

[wittonwarrior]

Feel sorry for the man, totally caught between the headlights. 

Sounds a knee jerk but we need to forget the French players as the basis of the rebuild  and get a British manager in who knows the English leagues and has a good head with regards to players at  different  levels.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Because he has openly said he can't physically play right back when he joined

Really?  Where, as I can hardly believe that to be honest.


edit: this is what Sherwood said when he signed, so it doesn't sound like he was buying somebody who couldn't or wouldn't play right back.


""He is a player who can play in a number of positions. He can play right-back, centre-half and also in a three man defence so his versatility is another real positive."

He's got a note from his mum.

pity he didnt forget his kit

[Risso]

Well, one of the things Garde can do is bring some players in to make a difference.  Priorities have to be a striker, another striker, a striker and a keeper.  Oh and a central defender and a right back.  But not forgetting the striker.

[sickbeggar]

Aggressive experienced central midfielder for me is the priority

[aj2k77]

as well as a left back and right back. Do you think we will have enough time to sign an entirely new team during January?

[Malandro]

I don't think he'll walk out but I can see a poor start in the championship and a new man by next Christmas.

I think he'll make a good manager, just not with us.

[ozzjim]

I will reserve judgement on him until after this window.  I watch the individual errors each game and just think anyone would be screwed.  If he buys well enough and results at least improve to over a point a game from end of Jan he has something to work with. The spine of the team is a huge issue that needs solving fast.

[Ian.]

I hope he has already got plenty of targets lined up and has very good persuasive powers to talk anyone into signing. We're pretty screwed and anyone coming in need to be in it for the long haul and help drag this club back up. It's a very big ask to help keep us up and an even bigger ask to get ready for lower league football for any new recruits.

[Des Little]

He won't go this side of the Summer but I seriously doubt he'll be the man to get us out of the Championship. I hope I'm wrong but he just does not inspire me with confidence one bit. Whenever I see him interviewed he comes across as a supply teacher whose pupils are taking the piss out of him.

[KevinGage]

I'd bomb this muppet out now, personally.

Close to ten games in no upturn whatsoever.

True, he didn't inherit a slightly misfiring winning machine. But the better managers always find a way.

It's not inconceivable that Tiger Tim might have delivered a better points return over the same period.  He knew Tottingham inside out, so we might have got something there, and might have scraped at least two wins out of the Watford, Newcastle, Norwich and Slumberland games.

I accept that's pure conjecture. What isn't conjecture is we were four points off safety with plenty of games to play when Rene Discard took over. Now we'll need snookers and at least ten bankruptcies in the top flight to give us even a remote possibility of staying up. 

[saunders_heroes]

I've said if before, he's only our manager because he was cheap and out of work. Zero impact since he arrived and a complete waste of space.
David Moyes was there waiting for the job and we wouldn't cough up the cash for him.
God help us.

[mr underhill]

Would he come in the summer?

[OzVilla]

Unbelievable to hear people wanting rid of Garde, absolute madness. 

I've just watched his press conference pre Sunderland game.  Garde talks a lot of sense, he knows this lot are woeful and wants time to construct the 'project'. We need to let him get on with it and judge him by November next season.

This is all down to the utter incompetence of Lerner, Fox, Lambert, Sherwood and 3 quarters of the shit we've got in our squad.

[OzVilla]

Well, one of the things Garde can do is bring some players in to make a difference.  Priorities have to be a striker, another striker, a striker and a keeper.  Oh and a central defender and a right back.  But not forgetting the striker.

I think the Norwich and Sunderland results will severely hamper his efforts here.  I'd prefer to see him planning for next season rather than take minor short term improvements on mega bucks. Tell him his job is safe whatever happens but gear us up for next year would be my call. If that means signing no one and waiting then so be it.