Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Toronto Villa]

We can't keep changing managers. He has to be given a chance to do things his way with his staff and with his players. Clearly a good fe at the club need to go but there are players there that will be an asset to the club. There is too many factions and the divide within the squad is evident. Something has to give and I would rather on this occasion we stuck with the manager and got rid of some of the players that are the cause of this.

[JUAN PABLO]

playing westwood  and Gestede . Im losing hope about him.

[class-of-82]

As I just posted on another thread
Do the opposite to Chelsea and get rid of the lot en masse who are not performing keep remi and veretout ayew and amavi
I feel so sorry for him
Wonder what his job desription said

[supertom]

O Neill says we should give Remi more time. So it's decided then...we fire him.

[brontebilly]

I think he is potentially a very good manager.

Did a really good job at Lyon but has started to be a bit dismissive of the players efforts I think.

Needs a couple of his own players in pronto as its clear some players dont believe in him

only players to have improved under him are Ayew and Veretout

ultimately management is about getting the best out of the resources at your disposal

Garde is failing badly at that currently but would really like for it to turn around for him

[themossman]

He's currently polishing turds, playing our least shit players, who probably understand 10% of their instructions. I think the best think we can do is trust a manager who isn't tactically from the Stone Age to gut and rebuild the squad. I've seen enough of garde to think he's as good as anyone else were going to get to do that job.

[curiousorange]

What really pisses me off - and this is not directed at Garde specifically, more the whole club - is this continuing search for the lowest point we can reach. It seems for at least three years we've failed to use any of these humiliations and howls of protest into a catalyst for positive change. Take the Richards thing today: in my head, Richards marches into the dressing room and tears the wallpaper off with his disappointment at his team mates; in reality, there were probably murmurs of conversation breaking a strained silence.

There's not usually a lot to be gained by shouting, but by God, if ever a side needed the hairdryer, it was this Aston Villa.

[KevinGage]

It would almost be worth hiring Nigel Pearson for that reason alone.

Nigel sodding Pearson. 

Christ, you know things are bad when he seems like a decent option.

[CT]

Remi is quoted as saying "This is what we deserve" when asked about our fans reaction.

This is accompanied by a picture of a couple of fans shouting at him as he walks past.

Another time, another place, he'd have been a really good manager for us.

[passport1]

He may be a talented progressive manager unfortunately for us he is the wrong man at the wrong time. The most frustrating thing about his appointment was that what has befallen him could have been forseen. Indeed many of us pointed out back then that irrespective of his ability it was too steep a learning curvve for him to have any chance of rescuing us.

Now all we can wonder is will he be able to get us out of the Championship ? Assuming he doesn't walk which given his body language today, in my opinion, looks likely.

[itbrvilla]

He may be a talented progressive manager unfortunately for us he is the wrong man at the wrong time. The most frustrating thing about his appointment was that what has befallen him could have been forseen. Indeed many of us pointed out back then that irrespective of his ability it was too steep a learning curvve for him to have any chance of rescuing us.

Now all we can wonder is will he be able to get us out of the Championship ? Assuming he doesn't walk which given his body language today, in my opinion, looks likely.

There re possible 5 players I'd keep for the Championship.  The rest are either garbage or just couldn't give a fucking.

[Ads]

I wonder if he regrets taking the job? He's walked into an awful mess.

I feel a bit for him. He's had zero impact, but does appear to have interesting ideas and seems progressive. The issue is that the squad is pitiful.  The likes of Guzan, Clark, Richardson, Hutton, Lescott, Westwood, Sinclair, Gestede, Gabby, NZogbia are absolutely abysmal players, some of whom have been stinking out B6 for years.

I wanted Moyes, but I think I massively underestimated the decay. We need the equivalent of quadruple bypass surgery, which just isn't possible half way through a season when you have no confidence.

Our striking options are pathetic, so is our keeper and defence. It's a recipe for disaster and it's been coming along time. I am not sure what much more he could do, but it would have been nice to have seen a result or two.

I think there is clearly a massive divide in the dressing room too. It's a huge stinking mess but he we've been on this slow boat for half a decade.

[in exile]

...and the solution is...?

[ciggiesnbeer]

Seems like a decent chap. But its the 9th, no new players.

He has clearly not demanded the signings and backing that any manager needs to (laugh) try and stay up or prepare to build his team for the Championship.

That tells me he is just a short term appointment to take us down, after that god knows what the boards manager plan is but it is clear they are now just minimizing any extra spend so we can operate long term in the Championship which is where they feel we should be.

Yes I am angry.

[ChicagoLion]

This squad needs dismantling and soon.
Is Garde the man to do it, I have absoloutely no idea.
He has tried every permutation and has got nothing out of these players.
I don't blame him, I am just not sure if he has the ability and the backing to put it right.