Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Alex77]

I've seen plenty of us since he arrived.  Enough to know that he is - like most others at the club - not fit for purpose.

Are you sure you've watched the last few matches and not replays from earlier in the season?

[cheltenhamlion]

Sorry but that is bollocks. How on earth do you think it such an easy task to turn around this juggernaut of shite without bringing his own men in?

He hasn't yet got his chosen backroom staff. The players weren't fit enough. Splits in the dressing room. No defined style of play. Devoid of confidence. New players not integrated in to the squad/country. Fix all that in ten weeks?

Crikey.

[Dave Clark Five]

Sorry but that is bollocks. How on earth do you think it such an easy task to turn around this juggernaut of shite without bringing his own men in?

He hasn't yet got his chosen backroom staff. The players weren't fit enough. Splits in the dressing room. No defined style of play. Devoid of confidence. New players not integrated in to the squad/country. Fix all that in ten weeks?

Crikey.

At least he has got rid (nearly) of Gabby.

[cheltenhamlion]

It's a start!

[Dave Clark Five]

It's a start!

A very good start.

[OCD]

There's something about Garde that makes me think he's the best manager that we've had in a long time (not easy to see with the mess that it is). We're not going to get anywhere by just routinely changing the manager so regardless of what happens this season, we need to stick by him and give him sufficient time that it allows him to get his own people (staff and players) in, to get the dead wood out and for the resulting group to apply his philosophies.

[CT Villan]

You'd have to be blind not to see that Garde is starting to have a positive impact on the team. I will be the first to admit that I was beginning to doubt him after a few strange substitutions a few weeks back, but it is clear to me that the team is more united, fitter and more importantly getting results and he has shown my reticence to be without foundation. I think he will go on to be very successful with us, especially if he can complete his preferred backroom team in the Summer.

[Steve R]

The thing Joe Mercer and Vic Crowe had in abundance was a quality totally absent in the last five years at Villa Park, the respect of the supporters.   Vic was an iron hard man who would make James Milner look like Charlie N'Zogbia and Joe has the road to the Ethiad named in his memory.  The quality that shone through them both was character.  I believe Remi Garde is cut from the same cloth.

Vic Crowe's commitment to the club and his playing career deserve respect but I don't understand this admiration of him as a manager.
His record entails not avoiding relegation to Div 3,not an easy task but we weren't too far adrift.We finished 4th with a League Cup final and then Champions in Div 3.His high  win ratio is cited but that's in Div 3. Can't really crow about that ! His record in Div 2 is 103 Pts from 100 matches with  2 Pts for a win ,finishing 3rd and then 14th.
His programme notes talked about testing the bath water,Saunders' we're about 110% effort and getting the right result.His supporters would talk about him stabilising the club but we finished 3 Pts behind mighty Halifax and his tenure ended in 14 th place in Division 2 despite an expensively assembled squad and an array of young talent .

Sorry to keep this one going but..

We were flat on our backs when Crowe was appointed. We had the fallout from Edwards/Hole/Ferguson affair to deal with, players like Chico Hamilton and Pat McMahon were bereft of confidence and barely playing. Defeat was following miserable defeat. For 'weren't too far adrift' read 'stinking and sinking, fast'.

In little more than a year we had almost survived the inevitable and were at Wembley outplaying one of the better footballing teams of they day. However, playing other club's cup finals every week took its toll and results tailed off in our first season in div 3.

Rather than remark on the cost of players in the second year - your prices are too high - I would point to the fact that the likes of Nicholl and Ross stepped down divisions to join us. It was hard to believe the quality of player he was bringing to the club. The nurturing of promising youthers like John Gidman and Brian Little was exemplary.

As has been pointed about, if it were not for what Vic Crowe gave the club as a manager, we would never have seen the big days that were to follow after he left the club.

[PaulWinch again]

I've seen plenty of us since he arrived.  Enough to know that he is - like most others at the club - not fit for purpose.

You're clearly on a wind up.

[PaulWinch again]

You'd have to be blind not to see that Garde is starting to have a positive impact on the team. I will be the first to admit that I was beginning to doubt him after a few strange substitutions a few weeks back, but it is clear to me that the team is more united, fitter and more importantly getting results and he has shown my reticence to be without foundation. I think he will go on to be very successful with us, especially if he can complete his preferred backroom team in the Summer.

I agree he seems to have got the measure of the squad now.

[Edvard Remberg]

I've seen plenty of us since he arrived.  Enough to know that he is - like most others at the club - not fit for purpose.

You're clearly on a wind up.

To be fair - Remi probably has been flirting with his wife or something like that.

[saunders_heroes]

I've seen plenty of us since he arrived.  Enough to know that he is - like most others at the club - not fit for purpose.

You're clearly on a wind up.

Why is he on a wind up? He's won one league game since he took over so you can't expect every fan to think he's the new messiah because of that.

[brian green]

Most wives I know would not mind in the least being flirted with by Monsieur Garde.

[SheffieldVillain]

I've seen plenty of us since he arrived.  Enough to know that he is - like most others at the club - not fit for purpose.

You're clearly on a wind up.

Why is he on a wind up? He's won one league game since he took over so you can't expect every fan to think he's the new messiah because of that.

Nobody said he is the new messiah. There's a middle ground between that and 'not fit for purpose', 'it's all his fault'. The middle ground being that there has been some recent improvement in form so he is having an effect.

[in exile]

I've seen plenty of us since he arrived.  Enough to know that he is - like most others at the club - not fit for purpose.

Has he run over your cat or something?