Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[dave shelley]

TBF, I think there are still one or two posters that aren't aware that English isn't Archie's first language.  All the posters on here whose first language isn't English do themselves tremendous credit as, I've never, ever had to struggle to understand the points they are making.  This site is all the better for them.  As for the Noses that come on here...

[Toronto Villa]

I don't agree with everything posters like Archie or Edvard say but their written English is outstanding.

[Richard E]

I think  Remy should resign if he has a bit  of dignity.
His impact on the team  was equal to zero.
He proved not be able to make a bunch of players to become a team, not able to motivate them, not able to induce them to be committed to the club and to have a correct conduct outside the pitch, not able to teach the ABC of  defensive movements. Not able to do that sort of things for which a coach is a coach.
Surely these players are crap, but after all they costed 50 mln of £ and I'de be curious to see what they could do with  a normal coach.

I have seen some crazy stuff on here but this made me chuckle

Archie's English is much batter than my Italian

Archie's English is much better than my English.

Well, you are from Tipton, bay ya.

Yow am from Tipton, surely?

Ar.

[Rico]

Good coach or not, surely one of the most important skills a football manager must possess is the ability to unite a group of individuals so that the team functions to the best of their ability. Something that Remi has spectacularly failed at. Would he do better with a different bunch of players? Possibly, but the problem is the players ain't going anywhere, therefore Remi must either resign or be sacked.

[ez]

Good coach or not, surely one of the most important skills a football manager must possess is the ability to unite a group of individuals so that the team functions to the best of their ability. Something that Remi has spectacularly failed at. Would he do better with a different bunch of players? Possibly, but the problem is the players ain't going anywhere, therefore Remi must either resign or be sacked.

If the players aren't going anywhere we are stuffed.

[passport1]

Tony Cascarino in todays Times:' Garde Gets It All Hopelessly Wrong' Remi Garde's managenent of Aston Villa is abysmal.  Liverpool beat Manchester City by pressing:Garde asked his side to sit off. That is not good enough.

[Archie]

I don't agree with everything posters like Archie or Edvard say but their written English is outstanding.

Thank you mate, and as far as i am concerned I agree with you on many things that you write.
Cheers.

[Archie]

Good coach or not, surely one of the most important skills a football manager must possess is the ability to unite a group of individuals so that the team functions to the best of their ability. Something that Remi has spectacularly failed at. Would he do better with a different bunch of players? Possibly, but the problem is the players ain't going anywhere, therefore Remi must either resign or be sacked.

Exactly!

[Steve67]

He did start to get them organised at one point. Was it 8 points from 5 games? So what went wrong after that? Why did we suddenly nose dive again? I really am on the fence here. I wonder if it might be a bit of both? These players aren't up to it, but then, neither is Remi?

[supertom]

He did start to get them organised at one point. Was it 8 points from 5 games? So what went wrong after that? Why did we suddenly nose dive again? I really am on the fence here. I wonder if it might be a bit of both? These players aren't up to it, but then, neither is Remi?

The players have taken their foot off the gas again. In addition we've played better quality teams since then. Palace haven't been in brilliant form lately and Norwich are as bad as we are at the moment.

It's also telling that Gabby has ended up waltzing back into the starting 11 too. Granted options are thin, but Garde really should have turfed him to the stiffs and played a kid in his place if needs be. Gabby undermines his authority. Also Garde has openly questionned his squad overall and also certain players individually, in the press. That's not going to endear himself to the players.

[wozwebs]

Could be off back to France:

Remi Garde's situation with Aston Villa is getting worse by the week, and that's quite some achievement. The club's players aren't performing for the manager, the fans, or their own sense of worth. The dismay around Villa is quick turning to a begrudging acceptance that things are likely to get even worse before they get better.

There's a growing sense of pity in France toward Garde, where it's thought he took on an impossible job, and was very wrong to do so. His ability as a manager isn't being questioned, given the reputation he built up at Lyon, but his ability to pick the right job opportunity is certainly under the microscope.

French newspaper L'Equipe have reiterated today that Garde could be set for a rather grand job in French football, if and when he leaves Aston Villa. In a feature looking at French managers who have suffered nightmares abroad, L'Equipe state Noël Le Graët, the President of the French Football Association, is eyeing Garde up for a role.

Francois Blaquart is France's current national technical director, but he's coming up for retirement, and Garde is seen as a good option.

[brian green]

My hope is that the club from owner down to coaching staff go into bunker mode for the remainder of the season.  Those like Cascarino should be told to f*ck off. The only removals should be of those who actually caused this shitstorm, the players.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep it's the players and it has been for years. They're the one constant through this period of misery and generally it's those that speak English as their native tongue who are responsible. They need to be purged.

[Legion]

From Dave's latest article:

But at the moment I want him to stay for one main reason – the players clearly want him out and I wouldn’t give this bunch of under-achieving no-hopers the satisfaction of knowing that they hounded out someone whose biggest crime was that he was the first man in far too long to tell them straight that their perfomances aren’t good enough.

[saunders_heroes]

Tony Cascarino in todays Times:' Garde Gets It All Hopelessly Wrong' Remi Garde's managenent of Aston Villa is abysmal.  Liverpool beat Manchester City by pressing:Garde asked his side to sit off. That is not good enough.

I feel a bit sorry for Garde because he walked into this shitfest but let's face it he's offered precious little so far so I'm not surprised to read this kind of thing in the media.