Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[Des Little]

Anyway half way through the flight walked past and found Ron and Lady Atkinson sound asleep however an hour before landing Ron, with good memory, came over and sat in the empty seat next to me and we chatted about the Villa for 20 minutes. His thoughts on current situation are actually no different from those expressed on these pages. He does think with Remi we will be straight back😊

So he's been on the Larrup then...

[Concrete Tom]

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

Not this Hertfordshire resident.

I pop down to the odd Watford game but Villa is where my loyalties lie.

Most of the plastics down this way are Gunners.

[mr underhill]

i'm reluctantly coming to the conclusion that Garde and the Villa isn't a tight fit.

[supertom]

i'm reluctantly coming to the conclusion that Garde and the Villa isn't a tight fit.

Remember when Flava Flav married Brigitte Nielsen? It's about as good a fit as that to be honest.

[gpbarr]

i'm reluctantly coming to the conclusion that Garde and the Villa isn't a tight fit.

Came to the conclusion a year ago that any manager and the Villa are a poor fit. The next chump to take the job is in for a terrible time - and nowt will change until their is a change of ownership

[sickbeggar]

Still can't hate him given what he's walked into, and i don't buy him waiting for a pay-off. More likely professional pride, BUT he has to go. Crap starting XI, crap defending, crap tactics, crap attacking, players either don't like him or don't believe in him.. Out of his depth, shellshocked, and finished. Stick anyone in to the end of the season, maybe an ex-villa man not looking for the job who can at least instill Aston Villa traditions back into the side and more importantly lift the club and supporters. Any other club which didn't have the frightened retards in the boardroom would be calling him in tomorrow morning to collect his P45

[curiousorange]

I like the idea of Remi Garde more than I like Remi Garde.

[FanNOTCustomer]

Sure he's a nice guy etc but he's needs to consider an alternative career because he's a fucking wank football manager and has failed miserably ...rigid, failed to get best out of players (any of them!). 

[saunders_heroes]

Let's face it he's been bloody hopeless hasn't he. I know he's been hung out to dry even before he took over, but he's offered precious little so far. Not even a new manager bounce (that even Sherwood managed). Cynical, I know, but he was only employed be use he was cheap, wasn't he?

[Steve67]

Next!!!

[myf]

Hate to say it but looking like the pundits we derided were right. He was shafted in jan but seems to have exacerbated rifts in the squad and hasn't instilled any passion in the team or fanbase.

If we're stuck with this squad - what a thought - Garde aint the answer

[andyh]

Nice man, poor manager.

[Risso]

He's been dealt a crap hand, but then he's given up.  Just as bad as Agbonlahor and Richards in that respect.

[curiousorange]

I honestly think he's decided he won't stay, but would it be a good idea to get a new manager in now? Not a lot of point since we're not even fighting now. We'll confirm relegation, he'll be sacked and we'll see out the season with KMac.

[FanNOTCustomer]

And it looks like from the start the British players have never played for him...not his fault but any many worth their weight should be able to turn that around...

I think they see him as a bit of a mug....the foreigners less so, but they are useless.

And not utilising Adama has been criminal....nobody will ever be able to tell me he isn't good enough to get into this team, never.