Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[walsall villain]

He's clearly got the squad unified, we need to keep him at the club.

Agree, he is getting improved results with such limited resources. I have felt since Xmas that this guy actually knows what he is doing. I really hope we fans can help pursuance him to stay.

[VillaAlways]

This bloke is the real deal, love him!

[four fornicholl]

This bloke is the real deal, love him!

me too , im starting to worry I love him too much!!!
in a football way obviously

[four fornicholl]

everytime I watch him on the telly , he honestly makes me smile

[Toronto Villa]

He says smart things. Things that sound obvious but are too often glossed over by "football speak". The usual cliched nonsense. I love his use of always emphasizing the "collective". It's what he has done and he is even starting to bring the some of the disenchanted with him.

[ozzjim]

Don't get too attached, he is gone come May. Far too honest and honourable for our board.

[four fornicholl]

Don't get too attached, he is gone come May. Far too honest and honourable for our board.

spoilsport

[rob_bridge]

And some people still think he is doing no better than Sherwood was (or would have) this season

[PaulWinch again]

I loved seeing Remi look genuinely happy when Gabby scored today. He deserves it and hopefully this is a catalyst for him staying.

[tomd2103]

He says smart things. Things that sound obvious but are too often glossed over by "football speak". The usual cliched nonsense. I love his use of always emphasizing the "collective". It's what he has done and he is even starting to bring the some of the disenchanted with him.

He spoke about the short term nature of management earlier in the week, but I am beginning to hope Garde could have a long term future with us.  I certainly hope the Board are trying to reassure him that he will be supported in the future.  I think he has made a breakthrough in terms of the system and style he wants us to play and the results are slowly but surely coming.  What he needs now is the support to bring in better quality players to move us on.

[PaulWinch again]

If he can get Richards being an asset at right back, like he was today, that'd be ideal.

[olaftab]

I am not sure Richards can be corrected. Not impressed with his performance today at RB.

[tomd2103]

I am not sure Richards can be corrected. Not impressed with his performance today at RB.

Me neither.  One to try and move on in the summer.  We need a new RB next season.

[David_Nab]

I am not sure Richards can be corrected. Not impressed with his performance today at RB.

Wierdly his attacking threat is worse at Rb than at CB , at CB he would go on some marauding runs upfield but at RB he seems very reluctant to go forward and when he does he his poor.

[peter w]

The thought has struck me that every lazy jibe hurled our way has been to defend a British manager. St Martin - driven out by the Americans. McLeish - fans never gave him a chance because of where he came from. Sherwood - transfer committee, French players, American CEO. Every one inaccurate, every one accepted as fact because we don't fight our PR corner.

Well Fox did come out and say the transfer committee thing was incorrect so I'm not sure that one is right. O'Neill has his mates in the press and McLeish was lazy journalism. The same lazy journalism calling for Liverpool to play Benteke as a Peter Crouch type player. I think there is some mileage in what you're saying but mistakes we made in not giving access to the press in Lerner's first days and banning of other members of the press has made us come across as arrogant and aloof. That's why the media are happy to put the boot in.