Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[ez]

Bottom line is we're stuck with the majority of these players. He can't motivate them in any shape or form. With that scenario the manager goes - as true with Garde as it is with Mourinho

Why? Because someone needs to be sacrificed to appease the football gods?

no, because if you can't motivate players and they're don't want you there, then you can't manage

He can't motivate them beyond their inherent shitness, so what? Who could? Paul McKenna?

Why sack him then? He seems to have realised quicker than most who is genuinely shit, so let him change everything in the summer and let's get the fuck on with sorting this godforsaken clusterfuck out.

Any new manager runs this serious risk of giving some of these arseholes another chance.

yeah because selling 30 odd players who don't want to play for him is gonna happen. Apart from the inherent problem of clubs shying away from players who've spent the last season being butfucked by all and sundry every saturday, we have the problem of buying replacements. Like it or not the majority of these players who don't seem to want to lift a finger for the current manager will be here come August

It isn't just the current manager, it's the previous one as well.

[sickbeggar]

well yeah. apart from maybe houllier, since MON we haven't had a manager with real authority. Someone who can say, there's my record....I know more about this than you randy. Someone who the club should be grateful to employ rather than the other way around.

[Edvard Remberg]

I haven't read the thread - but - let me guess? LTA has posted again?

[Edvard Remberg]

Today was not a managers fault (no - I am not an Garde apologist) it was about a squad of players that couldn't give a rats ass about anything. That Okore goes backwards when that cross came in - that is not a managers fault - purely an individual fault. And fuck me - I can't be bothered about the rest of the goals - mental break down

[olaftab]

Bottom line is we're stuck with the majority of these players. He can't motivate them in any shape or form. With that scenario the manager goes - as true with Garde as it is with Mourinho

Why? Because someone needs to be sacrificed to appease the football gods?

It's a valid point. If Garde can not motivate these players and they all have fat contracts so if the owner is not prepared to fund  new signings and a bomb squad then we are in deep trouble.

[sickbeggar]

Today was not a managers fault (no - I am not an Garde apologist) it was about a squad of players that couldn't give a rats ass about anything. That Okore goes backwards when that cross came in - that is not a managers fault - purely an individual fault. And fuck me - I can't be bothered about the rest of the goals - mental break down

that's daft. why don't they give a rats arse? I know footballers are untouchable and you can't sack them for being useless BUT there's plenty of people who don't have have to worry about losing their job but would be VERY worried if they came in and had to face their boss after that? Thats the difference. Alex Ferguson couldn't cancel a player's contract anymore than Garde can, but he'd make their life pure misery

[aj2k77]

Well we are certainly not going to be getting much for any players we sell, there are no crown jewels left. God knows where we are going to get funds to rebuild this shambolic squad of nobodies.

[saunders_heroes]

Today was not a managers fault (no - I am not an Garde apologist) it was about a squad of players that couldn't give a rats ass about anything. That Okore goes backwards when that cross came in - that is not a managers fault - purely an individual fault. And fuck me - I can't be bothered about the rest of the goals - mental break down

The players aren't good enough, that's the problem. Too many shit players at the club who are out of their depth in the PL. Whose fault is that?

[ciggiesnbeer]

He's got the haunted look of a man who knows he won't be here to much longer

Or the haunted look of a man who knows he will be here for much longer. I know which option would scare me more

[Des Little]

Well we are certainly not going to be getting much for any players we sell, there are no crown jewels left. God knows where we are going to get funds to rebuild this shambolic squad of nobodies.

I can see the team coach pulling up at Bassetts Pole car boot at daybreak with a cargo of horseshit to shift to the waiting 'collectors'

[Hoppo]

Remi showed today he was incapable of motivating anybody or anything.
He stood there motionless, paralyzed with fear.

[aj2k77]

Remi showed today he was incapable of motivating anybody or anything.
He stood there motionless, paralyzed with fear.

His selections have been extremely conservative, as have his substitutions. He's not the right man for an instant impact, great escape. He might be longer term but I haven't been too impressed with what's been served up on the pitch. This is coming from someone who wanted him.

It's very very doubtful we will get to see any long term plan of his in action anyway.

[Ads]

Paralysed by fear? Fear of what?

[Hoppo]

Fear of. I don't know what to fucking do?

[Des Little]

Paralysed by fear? Fear of what?

Remi suffers from Coulrophobia. Google it.