Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[ozzjim]

It's not bad but they get away with it.

[paul_e]

I'll be gutted if Garde leaves and we replace him with a dickhead like Pearson or Bruce.  They had the right idea with him but it was probably the wrong time and following the wrong manager to go for someone like Garde.  I just don't want us to do what we did post-houllier and think that the failure of a foreign coach means we have to go for a blood and thunder 110% effort British replacement.  There is a very good reason why there's only 1 of them in the top half of the premier league and even then he (Hughes) isn't anything like as archaic the sort of names we'd be linked with.

[kippaxvilla2]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-remi-garde-set-11069090

[dl9]

I don't care when he goes, just as long as he does. Don't get me wrong, he has been faced with nothing short of an impossible task, turning the Titanic with a piss poor crew and superiors of whom are either inept or absent. He comes across as a really genuine nice guy, but he ain't the one to get us back up.

[dl9]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-remi-garde-set-11069090

Looks like the end is nigh,

[wince]

lets not forget that for huge parts of last season Leicester were shite. Whose to  say that if pearson came here, we would be no better off? If garde goes, moyes in please.

[django]

lets not forget that for huge parts of last season Leicester were shite. Whose to  say that if pearson came here, we would be no better off? If garde goes, moyes in please.

In no cheerleader for Pearson but he did get Leicester promoted last season and keep them up. A lot of promoted teams would love to be shite enough to stay up. I don't see how everyone is so forgiving of Garde because of the circumstances he found himself in but don't extend the same sympathy to Pearson et al.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

lets not forget that for huge parts of last season Leicester were shite. Whose to  say that if pearson came here, we would be no better off? If garde goes, moyes in please.

In no cheerleader for Pearson but he did get Leicester promoted last season and keep them up. A lot of promoted teams would love to be shite enough to stay up. I don't see how everyone is so forgiving of Garde because of the circumstances he found himself in but don't extend the same sympathy to Pearson et al.

Why does Pearson deserve any sympathy?

[django]

Sympathy was the wrong word. But I've never seen anyone have so many excuses made for him as Garde. He can't be expected to get us winning games scoring goals or even creating proper chances because our players are championship players. But if a manager gets a team of championship players to stay up in the premier league that's not a creditable achievement. It just seems a bit of a double standard because of their different personalities.

I like the personality of Garde, im no fan of Pearson. I think if I was a footballer I would respond better to Garde than Pearson. But it appears in reality that footballers respond better to Pearson.

[Chris Harte]

Garde may turn out to be a very good manager at a club that is stable. But lets face it, Villa are not stable. He was shafted in the transfer window and we hear of senior players refusing to train to his methods - he really didn't stand a chance.

[sid1964]

There is the main problem with our Football CLUB, the senior players refuse to train to a Managers methods! you could not make it up!, surely the club can take disciplinary action against them for this?

So if the players don't like the next managers training methods, he will be out of a job in 6 months time....surely we have someone who can tell these players where they stand, and that they need to adhere to the Managers ways of training etc...

So before they appoint the next manager, are the players to have a meeting to see who they prefer?

If at work I turned round to my Director and said I am not doing that,  I would not last too long in my job!

[rob_bridge]

Garde may turn out to be a very good manager at a club that is stable. But lets face it, Villa are not stable. He was shafted in the transfer window and we hear of senior players refusing to train to his methods - he really didn't stand a chance.

This for me.

There are a dozen players who need binning - most of those experienced 'British' pros but we'll be lucky to shift 4 or 5 so the manager, now a symptom of the problems, gets binned whilst the other causes (players) carry on.

[DB]

Bring the kids in to replace those we never want to see in the shirt again. It's time to start planning for next season.
I'm all for keeping Ayew, Veretout, Adama in the team, when they're fit. But dropping Richards, Westwood, Gabby now sends them a message. We don't want you, start looking for a new club.

I can see why Garde might wait until we're mathematically gone. But after that, change has to happen.

Just drop those players who have relegation clauses. No point in playing them.

[Dave]

Bring the kids in to replace those we never want to see in the shirt again. It's time to start planning for next season.
I'm all for keeping Ayew, Veretout, Adama in the team, when they're fit. But dropping Richards, Westwood, Gabby now sends them a message. We don't want you, start looking for a new club.

I can see why Garde might wait until we're mathematically gone. But after that, change has to happen.

Just drop those players who have relegation clauses. No point in playing them.

Why not? If the likes of Gana have a clause that says that they can leave for say, £10m it doesn't actually mean that somebody is going to bid £10m for him and he is going to leave.

[brian green]

Likewise Traore and Amavi and Kozak.  Any potential bidder for them will take a look at their injury record and put their cheque book back in their pocket.  In the meantime sweat them and get value out of them.