Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Trinitymiddle]

To rub salt into the wound when he walks away he won't be replaced by Pep. Oh well, looks like we will have to make do with Jose.

We'd end up with someone like Steve Cotterill.

Yes, that's another thing that concerns me.

If Garde walks out, what kind of chumps are we going to be looking at as our new manager?

Nigel "Are you looking at me?" Pearson.

Nailed on.

It'll be like 2 desperate, pretty drunk, not very attractive people coping a feel when the lights go on at the end of the night.  There might be a bit of a feel good factor right there and then, but no one's walking away with their dignity intact or ego's bossted, and please god no unexpected surprises 9 months later.

If they wanted  Pearson they would have got him after Sherwood.
Pearson wouldn't come either. We're a total basket case of a club. Pearson could do better than us. A manager would have to be REALLY desperate to take us on now.

[Nunkin1965]

I hope.... really really hope, that the support get right behind Remi, he's been hung out to dry by the failures running the club.

I think that this could be a great opportunity for Garde. You're right. He has been seriously hung out by the club. He's taking all this mess and could like certain players desert his duty.

But I just don't think he will. I think he'll stay and try and bring back some pride and passion.

Its an opportunity to turn this mess around. Albeit in the Championship but fans can see whats happening and in the main I hope will be behind him. Who knows almost 20 years on this could be his Graham Taylor era.

The big difference though was the Doug was seriously on the back foot and Taylor was able to lay down the law early on meaning Doug had to give GT total control. Money also wasn't the be all and end all back then. Also Doug wasn't looking to get out like Lerner is.

  It's a horrible situation for Garde, shit squad but no money or urgency to sort it out from above.

I'd love your analogy to be true but different times I'm afraid.

You're right of course. Dofferent times. Until Lerner sells its going to be hell. I'm hoping Remi has the determination to stay and try and turn fortune around for us even if its small steps.

[ez]

Like everybody else I am well and truly p***** off with the situation.  I just hope that Remi leans towards pragmatism than throwing toys out of the pram.

If I was Remi I would stop playing anybody he doesn't want to be part of the future and bring in the young players. 

You've beaten me to it as in regards to young players. New signings would have freshened up the squad and given the place a lift but that's not happening and although I don't really like the idea of throwing kids into a relegation scrap, giving the likes of Hepburn-Murphy and Sellars might be an idea, just to try something different.

Agree. We don't want to see the likes of Agbonlahor back in the team after Garde has established he's no good and could be sold, not that there were any takers.

[SheffieldVillain]

To rub salt into the wound when he walks away he won't be replaced by Pep. Oh well, looks like we will have to make do with Jose.

We'd end up with someone like Steve Cotterill.

Yes, that's another thing that concerns me.

If Garde walks out, what kind of chumps are we going to be looking at as our new manager?

Nigel "Are you looking at me?" Pearson.

Nailed on.

It'll be like 2 desperate, pretty drunk, not very attractive people coping a feel when the lights go on at the end of the night.  There might be a bit of a feel good factor right there and then, but no one's walking away with their dignity intact or ego's bossted, and please god no unexpected surprises 9 months later.

If they wanted  Pearson they would have got him after Sherwood.
Pearson wouldn't come either. We're a total basket case of a club. Pearson could do better than us. A manager would have to be REALLY desperate to take us on now.

If Pearson could do better than us, where have the queue of clubs been looking to take him on? He seems to still be unemployed last time I looked.

[Trinitymiddle]

To rub salt into the wound when he walks away he won't be replaced by Pep. Oh well, looks like we will have to make do with Jose.

We'd end up with someone like Steve Cotterill.

Yes, that's another thing that concerns me.

If Garde walks out, what kind of chumps are we going to be looking at as our new manager?

Nigel "Are you looking at me?" Pearson.

Nailed on.

It'll be like 2 desperate, pretty drunk, not very attractive people coping a feel when the lights go on at the end of the night.  There might be a bit of a feel good factor right there and then, but no one's walking away with their dignity intact or ego's bossted, and please god no unexpected surprises 9 months later.

If they wanted  Pearson they would have got him after Sherwood.
Pearson wouldn't come either. We're a total basket case of a club. Pearson could do better than us. A manager would have to be REALLY desperate to take us on now.

If Pearson could do better than us, where have the queue of clubs been looking to take him on? He seems to still be unemployed last time I looked.

If you think Pearson would come to the Villa, you're deluded. Badly run, no money, fans in revolt, Owner wants to sell, run by bean counters, shit squad.

[SheffieldVillain]

To rub salt into the wound when he walks away he won't be replaced by Pep. Oh well, looks like we will have to make do with Jose.

We'd end up with someone like Steve Cotterill.

Yes, that's another thing that concerns me.

If Garde walks out, what kind of chumps are we going to be looking at as our new manager?

Nigel "Are you looking at me?" Pearson.

Nailed on.

It'll be like 2 desperate, pretty drunk, not very attractive people coping a feel when the lights go on at the end of the night.  There might be a bit of a feel good factor right there and then, but no one's walking away with their dignity intact or ego's bossted, and please god no unexpected surprises 9 months later.

If they wanted  Pearson they would have got him after Sherwood.
Pearson wouldn't come either. We're a total basket case of a club. Pearson could do better than us. A manager would have to be REALLY desperate to take us on now.

If Pearson could do better than us, where have the queue of clubs been looking to take him on? He seems to still be unemployed last time I looked.

If you think Pearson would come to the Villa, you're deluded. Badly run, no money, fans in revolt, Owner wants to sell, run by bean counters, shit squad.

Ah, jolly good. The usual 'if you don't agree with me, you're deluded' line.

So we managed to get Remi Garde, but Nigel 'Guardiola' Pearson is way out of our league.

[myf]

Has he resigned yet?

[ozzjim]

Pearson would walk over broken glass to come.  This idea that he is a good manager for 7 games last season is a myth.  Worse still the man is a total fucking nutter. No one has taken him on because of it.  When Remi takes his leave we will be stuck with him. 

[SheffieldVillain]

Pearson would walk over broken glass to come.

To be fair, he probably would literally walk over broken glass. Just because he could.

[Dave]

If you think Pearson would come to the Villa, you're deluded.

I appreciate that everybody is upset by a shit season and a comically bad transfer window, but that is up there with the daftest things I've ever seen written on here.

[Trinitymiddle]

I don't know which Remi Garde you think we "managed to get". He isn't some sort of Continental managerial giant. He managed the second biggest club in France to 3 upper mid table finishes and since then he'd been out of work for 2 years. Hardly a coup securing his services.

And yes, I'll say it again, if you think any manager who values his reputation would come to the Villa you are deluded. Since Garde's arrival that has only been re-inforced by the boards actions in this transfer window. Now more than ever, everyone can see that Villa is a club where the manager has nothing to work with and is hung out to dry by the board. Half the clubs in the Championship look like a better proposition to manage than us at the moment. Middlesbrough have just spent £11m on a striker. We won't be doing anything like that until lerner is gone.

When Garde walks at the end of the season, lets just see who pitches up in the dugout in August if Lerner is still the owner.

[TopDeck113]

Pat Murphy currently on 5 Live and typing out the first few lines in the Garde obituary.

[aj2k77]

I've never seen 5th, 4th and 3rd described as upper mid table before.

[atomicjam]

Aston Villa boss Remi Garde contemplating exit following failed transfer window - so says the Express.


http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/640194/Remi-Garde-Aston-Villa-Quit-Premier-League-Transfer-News-Gossip-News

[SheffieldVillain]

I don't know which Remi Garde you think we "managed to get". He isn't some sort of Continental managerial giant. He managed the second biggest club in France to 3 upper mid table finishes and since then he'd been out of work for 2 years. Hardly a coup securing his services.

Which Remi Garde? There's two of them? I think we managed to get the Remi Garde Remi Garde.

Pearson was sacked by Leicester after finishing just above the relegation zone. Which part of that makes him the kind of managerial giant that teams are queuing up for?

And yes, I'll say it again, if you think any manager who values his reputation would come to the Villa you are deluded.

You can say it as many times as you like. Still what you mean is 'if you disagree with me you are deluded'. Be as arrogant as you like, it's no skin off my nose.