Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[SamTheMouse]

Firing him at this stage would be pointless. Unless of course, Hollis and co have decided to keep the spunkbuckets we have in our squad this summer and bring in a manager specifically chosen to get the best out of them, Sherwood style.

In which case, they are collectively as thick as a whale omelette.

[sickbeggar]

I'm not sure the likes of Pearson are that desperate for a return at any cost. His reputation by association to Leicester's squad is quite high at the moment and i can't imagine he'd come under Garde's terms. He would probably have a chance of taking over most championship clubs and  have more control of things than we've given our managers recently. If the club are serious about coming back up they need to ringfence some spending for a new manager and given him free reign on transfers within that budget. If that happens then we'll probably attract better candidates than the likes of Pearson,

[SoccerHQ]

Firing him at this stage would be pointless. Unless of course, Hollis and co have decided to keep the spunkbuckets we have in our squad this summer and bring in a manager specifically chosen to get the best out of them, Sherwood style.

In which case, they are collectively as thick as a whale omelette.

I disagree actually.

More I think about it more firing him during this break makes sense.

As things stand the question we all have to ask yourselves is....do you honestly believe at this time next year we'll be in play off zone as a minimum with Garde as manager.

I honestly think not.

Of course there's no guarentee with someone else but I've always thought we'd stand a better chance with a manager with a working knowledge down there. We can argue all day long about that but it's purely my gut instinct.

Make a change now and instead of wasting pre season and even a few games next year judging the squad, the new manager can see for himself in the final 7 games what a hopeless squad this is, decide the few he wants to keep next year, formulate a playing system and generally just get his feet under the table here.

The worst thing we can do is dither and fudge another managerial decision.

You also have to consider....does Remi Garde actually want to be here? I've seen little in his press conferences since January 31st to indicate this so would imagine Hollis doing his review has picked up the vibe there.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Our very own Christian Gross. Shit manager who sounds intelligent because he talks shit in an exotic accent rather than talking shit in a london or Glaswegian accent. He's got to go. We have a shit team but there's nothing I've seen in him that makes me think he'd be better with other players. Watching him sitting there yesterday, I wanted to slap him into action. He wants to grow a spine and start earning his wages. hes taken a shit team and made them shitter

[ROBBO]

My main objection to Remi being fired is that the worthless wankers that have been the main cause of our relegation will get a second coming with a new manager, and again it will take that new manager half a season to work out that they really are worthless wankers.

[Monty]

He does have to leave, for himself as much as for us. He'll get another job, at another club which isn't such a basket case, and he'll probably do well there. He's a good manager, I think - it's just that the club at the moment is like a black hole, collapsing infinitely in on itself. There was nothing he could do.

I'm slightly worried that we'll do another leap to the other extreme with his successor. The new people appear to have decided that the 'moneyball' approach might be the problem, so maybe they're thinking a return to good, stupid, old-fashioned, spudbrained football will revive us next season. But hey, let's not jump the gun. Maybe we'll appoint Karanka or someone promising like that.

[in exile]

Yes, all of the "promising" managers will be lining up to work for Lerner

[OzVilla]

If the club are serious about coming back up they need to ringfence some spending for a new manager and given him free reign on transfers within that budget. If that happens then we'll probably attract better candidates than the likes of Pearson,

This is the only reasonable argument that can be made for our lack of spending in January. That they all looked at the squad, agreed we were as good as gone and decided to wait for the Summer window rather than short term transfer budget busting signings like the Barcodes did.  I'm not saying it was right but Atleast woud indicate a plan. With or without Garde.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

John Percy of the Telegraph saying Garde will be sacked tomorrow.

[Monty]

John Percy of the Telegraph saying Garde will be sacked tomorrow.

Oh God he says Pearson is the number one target. I hope that's not true - not because he couldn't get us promoted or anything, just because he's an embarrassing midlife-crisis psycho.

[SamTheMouse]

Oh well. If it does turn out to be Pearson, at least we won't have to put up with sulky, childish press conferences when things are going badly.

Er....

[mr underhill]

the John Paul Sartre thing is so yesterday man

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I'm worried that a man who thinks ostriches bury their heads in the sand may also think that Gabby and Westwood are footballers.

[Ads]

If he does go then I wouldn't replace him till the summer. Get your candidate lined up,  get him to sign a contract starting 1st June if you like, but don't taint them with this season and it's inevitable conclusion.

[MattW]

My main objection to Remi being fired is that the worthless wankers that have been the main cause of our relegation will get a second coming with a new manager, and again it will take that new manager half a season to work out that they really are worthless wankers.

I agree that is a real downside. But at this stage I am not confident the board would have trusted his judgement anyway. All we can hope is the next manager cottons on quickly and has the capacity to act.