Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[brian green]

Agree with your reality check team Kuwait except I think it will be Baker for Lescott and Green for New Signing.  Manager? New Signing.  Performance of the reality check team?  Play offs knocked out in first play off by Wolves. Owner?  Consortium of Taipei seafood processors with Gabby on the board as an advisor.

[pbavfckuwait]

Hey watch it Brian I'm married to a Thai, nothing wrong with dodgy Thais lol or as they would write 555

[Walmley_Villa]

My worry with Garde is that he is now tarnished as part of the club's decline and with the possible relegation hangover to come would we not be better off with sweeping out the old and getting somebody in that can re-energise the club like Sir Graham did. Who that person is however is the million dollar question.
What I do know is that we have to clear out the losing mentality that is currently part of our DNA.

[VicMackey]

Garde just doesn't do it for me.  He seems a very nice chap but he's like a rabbit in the headlights - I don't think he really appreciated what he was walking into.  It's going to take a long time for his managerial reputation to recover (if ever).  If he was genuinely trying to get in new players in January and was prevented by the board then he should have walked.  As it is, I can't see him surviving the bloodletting at the end of the season. 

[Ron Manager]

There is absolutely no doubt at all he should have walked straight after the January window.His reputation was very high wth the support and no one blamed him at all for the demise of the club

Now he is seen as part of it.A man who is hanging on to pick up big money

Just like Gabby in fact!

[brian green]

Sorry Kuwait, thought you were a bachelor.  Duly amended.

[MattW]

There is absolutely no doubt at all he should have walked straight after the January window.His reputation was very high wth the support and no one blamed him at all for the demise of the club

Now he is seen as part of it.A man who is hanging on to pick up big money

Just like Gabby in fact!

I don't agree that is what he is doing. These comments about Green seem genuine. He would play a youngish team in the Championship.

Rémi Garde was pleased to see Andre Green produce some "good moments" in his Barclays Premier League debut against Tottenham.

Green was a high point in the defeat to Spurs, as a brace from Harry Kane earned the visitors the victory.

The 17-year-old, from Birmingham, has been starring for the U18s and U21s this season - and was called up to the senior set-up at the end of the previous campaign - even travelling to Portugal for pre-season.

He's bided his time - and got his chance with just under half an hour to go against second-placed Spurs, who are chasing the top-flight title.

Green potentially offered a small glimpse into the future - and Garde was pleased with his contribution.

He said: "It's not a good time - a good environment - for young players to start in the first team.

"But I saw Andre training well.

"And I saw he has physical ability to make him very close to the standard I require for Premier League football.

"I am very pleased he made his debut.

"He did some good stuff, even though it wasn't easy for him.

"It's good news for Aston Villa if Andre continues to train well and continues to show the good attitude.

"He's a long way from being a regular player but he's showing good commitment in sessions and around the complex."

[KevinGage]

The players aren't playing crap out of choice. They're playing crap because they are crap. They are not capable of playing better. Getting rid of Garde isn't going to change that.

They are largely shit but I don't see it as purely that. Compare our squad to Bournemouth. We have more individual talent. But there was a league table recently that showed miles covered by each team. Bournemouth were top. We were bottom. Now it's not all about running around like a maniac of course, but it's clear that they're put their heart and soul into this season and have exceeded their expectations by a long, long way. They're safe in mid-March. Hats off, applause, well done. Hard work. Unity. Enthusiasm. Those things go a long way in this league. There are many sides who are full off duffers that without the right attitude could easily struggle. What will keep some sides up at the expense of perhaps more talented sides who may go down, is simply down to application. Good man-management, dedicated players and cohesion. We have absolutely none of that. I don't think the current Aston Villa squad is the worst top flight side on paper. Not by a long shot. Aside from Newcastle, it's the must fractured squad with the most appallingly toxic attitude and is not performing anywhere close to potential. We should be duffing around aimlessly in 15th place, which isn't brilliant, but we've not worked hard enough, so we're rock bottom.

As good a post as I've seen on the subject.

Garde inherited a dog's dinner, but he is falling short in far too may key areas.

[django]

Sherwood inherited some decent players and one world class one who were woefully underperforming alongside some poor players.

Garde inherited poor players.

Some other managers have taken over teams of poor players, including;

Les reed 'worst manager ever' 0.57 points per game (only got 7 games before sack)

Pepe Mel 1.1 points per game

John carver 0.65 points per game

Garde is currently at 0.63. Not his players certainly, hands tied and all that. But he is amongst the worst performing managers in the history of the premier league and not good enough for us.

[old man villa fan]

The most damning thing for me is that every time the camera panned to him today, he was just sat there, silent and completely still. He's as bad as Agbonlahor.

No he didn't. Didn't you see when he was explaining the play to his assistant (presumably about how he wanted them to play) and a player not doing it. It was clear as anything to see. So your statement is not correct. Perhaps you missed it, or perhaps not.

[SheffieldVillain]

The most damning thing for me is that every time the camera panned to him today, he was just sat there, silent and completely still. He's as bad as Agbonlahor.

No he didn't. Didn't you see when he was explaining the play to his assistant (presumably about how he wanted them to play) and a player not doing it. It was clear as anything to see. So your statement is not correct. Perhaps you missed it, or perhaps not.

And the break in play for Westwood's injury where he was up explaining something to Lescott.

[ROBBO]

I think that he was saying he wanted players to be closing down a lot quicker which comes back to a lack of application.

[conman]

I think that he was saying he wanted players to be closing down a lot quicker which comes back to a lack of application.

and why do the players take no notice of what he says

[SheffieldVillain]

I think that he was saying he wanted players to be closing down a lot quicker which comes back to a lack of application.

and why do the players take no notice of what he says

Same reason they took no notice of what Sherwood, MacDonald, Lambert, McLeish or Houllier said - a sizeable number of them couldn't care less, and another sizeable number of them aren't capable of carrying out the instructions.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I think that he was saying he wanted players to be closing down a lot quicker which comes back to a lack of application.

and why do the players take no notice of what he says

Because he's not a good manager