Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[brian green]

The longer Remi Garde stays the more I like him and the more I believe he should be given the chance directly to change the team performance and indirectly change the manager/board relationship.

However, having witnessed so many years of the club hierarchy snatching idiocy from the jaws of forward planning I have serious doubts about Garde staying for next season.  I have a vision of Lerner doing a Young Mr Grace and telling the board they all have done very well in making the second half of the season much less of a biblical massacre than the first half.  The board will take this as a vote of confidence and sustain the penny pinching policy through the summer.

In short if Remi Garde is to bring in players of sufficient quality to bring about the renaissance of the team, risks will have to be taken.  The manager's judgement will have to be backed by adequately large sums of money.  That was the reality they gagged on in January and I fear that they will gag over the definition of adequate in the summer.

[LeeB]

Hopefully the new board members will quickly realise backing and retaining Garde is the best way by far to keep the fans with them.

I love the bloke, but I've been surprised at the number of other fans I've spoken to who feel the same way, not people who post on here but ordinary fans of all ages.

I think it comes down to integrity. The man has it, it contrasts sharply with many of his peers, and it shines through.

[walsall villain]

Well Moxley wants us to ditch manager, many players plus Fox and his mates. A bit from his Mirror piece...
Take Garde, for instance.

It was a gamble, bringing in a French manager, even though Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger had given his fellow countryman a reference.

The former Lyon boss knew little of English ­football, save for 30-odd ­appearances ­under Wenger at Highbury. Not his fault, admittedly.

But he has not tried ­anything ­different. Not come up with any coherent plan. He may be steady and sensible,

[brian green]

Agree one hundred percent Lee.  It is all the more amazing because we, the fans, have become inured to objectionable managers.  The natural reaction in such a situation would have been that he will be the same as all the others.  He is very different.  We must do everything humanly possible to keep him and if that includes making Randy Lerner's accountants shit their pants sobeit.

[walsall villain]

Moxley said that Villa needed more than that.
As for next year?.......
And what of Championship football? Another subject he knows little about.

Garde would not have the first idea about the kind of characters needed to fashion a successful promotion push.

[brian green]

I was in the same class at school as Moxley's father.  He was a rabid blue nose prick.  Must be in the DNA.

[Chris Smith]

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.

I think he is playing to orders, trying to keep some defensive shape rather than how we were getting caught out previously by quick counters with full backs stuck upfield.

[Dave]

I was in the same class at school as Moxley's father.  He was a rabid blue nose prick.  Must be in the DNA.

The article that walsall villa is talking about is an ignorant pile of nonsense as well.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

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.

totally

his positional sense is up there with the worst i have seen

a couple of times he was totally oblivious to what was going on around him and was constantly drifting infield to the edge of the box

offered nothing going forward so hutton is a better option as at least he knows where he should be standing on the pitch

[Clampy]

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.

totally

his positional sense is up there with the worst i have seen

a couple of times he was totally oblivious to what was going on around him and was constantly drifting infield to the edge of the box

offered nothing going forward so hutton is a better option as at least he knows where he should be standing on the pitch

I disagree about Hutton. If there's anyone who strays out of position, it's him. Besides, the defence looks a bit more sold with him not in it.

Richards is ok at right back if he's got someone in front of him which is why I think Bacuna is in the side.

[clash city rocker]

What the fuck is Morley talking about. Garde wouldn't know how to get us out of the championship ? It's just football but at a lower level..Never read such crap. He implies the likes of wenger, Ferguson, guardiola couldn't manage at championship level...Total and utter rubbish. And he gets paid to write that rubbish . unbelievable.  The world's gone mad.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

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.

totally

his positional sense is up there with the worst i have seen

a couple of times he was totally oblivious to what was going on around him and was constantly drifting infield to the edge of the box

offered nothing going forward so hutton is a better option as at least he knows where he should be standing on the pitch

I disagree about Hutton. If there's anyone who strays out of position, it's him. Besides, the defence looks a bit more sold with him not in it.

Richards is ok at right back if he's got someone in front of him which is why I think Bacuna is in the side.

all about opinions, ill wait and see how richards does next week against a forward line with a lot of movement. richards with bacuna is very weak as both are clueless. i lost count of the number of times yesterday the were both standing 3 yards away from the same player and giving him an out ball rather than one going in and the other holding

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

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.

totally

his positional sense is up there with the worst i have seen

a couple of times he was totally oblivious to what was going on around him and was constantly drifting infield to the edge of the box

offered nothing going forward so hutton is a better option as at least he knows where he should be standing on the pitch

I disagree about Hutton. If there's anyone who strays out of position, it's him. Besides, the defence looks a bit more sold with him not in it.

Richards is ok at right back if he's got someone in front of him which is why I think Bacuna is in the side.

all about opinions, ill wait and see how richards does next week against a forward line with a lot of movement. richards with bacuna is very weak as both are clueless. i lost count of the number of times yesterday the were both standing 3 yards away from the same player and giving him an out ball rather than one going in and the other holding

I thought Richards was one of our weaker players yesterday...he's strong in the air (at CB) and has a physical presence but his positional sense is awful, hence so many mistakes at CB.
I'd like to see him bombing forward but agree that he may be under orders not to...but several times yesterday he actually moved forward and offered nothing or passed to Bacuna/Gana in poor positions and then disappeared offering no get out for his team-mate with the ball.
Was pleased when we signed him but have to admit to being disappointed.
I think he'll be on his way in the summer.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

On thread...I want Garde to stay.
He has a measured, dignified and quietly determined approach to the game and his players and seems to be clear in how he wants to play.
He's exactly what we need; I hope the board can be as equally dignified in acknowledging his attributes and backing him to achieve success for Aston Villa Football Club. 

[PaulWinch again]

Completely agree. He has a great dignity about him and he is turning this team around.