Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Risso]

Never mind catching Spurs, we've fallen way behind such footballing giants as Stoke, West Ham and Southampton.

[Richard E]

Never mind catching Spurs, we've fallen way behind such footballing giants as Stoke, West Ham and Southampton.

Albion!

Swansea!

Jesus wept.

[Walmley_Villa]

I would also say that Watford and Bournemouth have far more talented and able squads.

[RussellC]

I would also say that Watford and Bournemouth have far more talented and able squads.

And board-rooms.

[pauliewalnuts]

If Remi went I think Rowett would be my man.

I'd consider him, too.

[Walmley_Villa]

It is pretty obvious that we are looking to follow the Southampton approach but taking it too literally by going down to League 2 first before coming back...

[glasses]

If Remi went I think Rowett would be my man.

I'd consider him, too.

It would put to bed the myth that we didn't want McLeish because he was Blues manager anyway.

[Toronto Villa]

Rowett would be a good choice not only because he is proving himself at that level with next to no resources, but naturally it would fuck them off no end. The only good thing they've had going for them in ages, and he jumps ship to the place he actually wants to be.

[Des Little]

Let's face it, no manager with an ounce of credibility would risk his reputation coming here under these jokers. 

[Ad@m]

The big crunch is going to come when Remi meets Hollis in the summer and presents his list of demands if he is to stay.  That meeting will define the future of the club for years to come.  It is absolutely essential that the insane budgetary constraints of last January are not repeated but I have serious doubts about the reason why Lerner has put Hollis in place.  I fear that Hollis will serve his master and Remi will leave us.

A lesser manager may well kick and claw a way back via the play offs I have no doubt but without Garde the concept of long term planning and secure reestablishment in the Premiership will go with him.  Our ambition will be to be like West Bromwich Albion.

I'm not so sure.

There is a  massive opportunity at Villa, and Hollis has the chance of lifetime to cover himself in glory.

I had the good fortune (it almost chokes me to say this) to watch Spurs at WHL with wife who's al lifelong Spurs supporter but loves football generally and is therefore a Villa season ticket holder.

When you see where they are and heading compared to where we are and heading, you can see the massive opportunity for us with the right boardroom management. 

WHL is a small dump.  They need to build a new stadium and rent Wembley for a year, whereas we already have everything we need built or could easily be added to.

The major difference since MON left us is that Levy has continued to develop Spurs and we've been mismanaged to unbelievably negligent levels.

I'm optimistic that although it might take time, with the right chairman and board there's a massive opportunity ahead.

Nice to see some positivity. However the difference with Spurs even whilst they've been in 36,000 seater WHL is that their matchday income still dwarfed ours even when we were getting 40k or close to. As Chico has alluded to STs and ticket prices are a lot higher, and they attract a lot more corporate clients.

Of course their revenues are higher.  And that's largely down to the corporate deals, rather than ticket sales.

But surely the opportunity/challenge of making the biggest team in the Midlands at least on a par with the 3rd biggest team in London is not unreasonable.

Not sure if these represent the latest stats, but Spurs' matchday revenue is £35m, compared to £13m at Villa. And there's an almost unlimited supply of rich Hertfordshire residents will be queuing for tickets to the new stadium

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/29/premier-league-finances-club-by-club

Whilst the London factor certainly has an effect, the more TV money keeps going up the smaller that effect is.  I don't see Man U, Man C, Liverpool and to a lesser extent Everton struggling because they're not in London.

[LeeB]

Let's face it, no manager with an ounce of credibility would risk his reputation coming here under these jokers. 

Rowett is one of the few men in football employed by an even bigger shambles.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Rowett would be a good choice not only because he is proving himself at that level with next to no resources, but naturally it would fuck them off no end. The only good thing they've had going for them in ages, and he jumps ship to the place he actually wants to be.

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[WarszaVillan]

Let's face it, no manager with an ounce of credibility would risk his reputation coming here under these jokers. 

Rowett is one of the few men in football employed by an even bigger shambles.

Which could be in a division above us next year

[sickbeggar]

you can put your arm around players going through lean spells,

you can give them a rollicking from time to time

when you've no alternatives they know that they don't really need to bust a gut and there is not a lot you can do about it if they just can't be arsed when they step on the pitch


the curse of the modern footballer and football in general, I'm nearly ready to give up on it all

well they all had the right attitude once. You just can't have a half-arsed attitude to football and get to premiership level because you'd be dumped before you made your youth team debut for your 1st club, let alone get a move somewhere better. It's a combination of various things this season - no confidence in themselves, the tactics or the manager being a big factor. Yes we may be technically a poor side but that doesn't explain some of the performances

[LeeB]

Let's face it, no manager with an ounce of credibility would risk his reputation coming here under these jokers. 

Rowett is one of the few men in football employed by an even bigger shambles.

Which could be in a division above us next year

There's more chance of us staying up.