Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[ASHTONVILLA]

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.

If you talk to PNE fans, they will tell you that Moyes couldn't get them promoted, they bottled two playoff finals under him.

[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.

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.

I'd be surprised if there was a value that high upon relegation.If they have a clause as they do no want to play in the  championship then drop them.

[aj2k77]

Garde has been absolutely shit. I quite like the man but he's had as much effect as a traffic cone in the dug out.

[Hillbilly]

I just don't know what to think. The results have been crap and there appears to be a lot of 'staff issues' with the players going on behind the scenes. Some portion of this is Garde's problem, some of it the players', some is a legacy of previous managers and some of it the club administration. From the outside it's hard to tell. And because of that it's hard to say whether or not Garde should go. The one thing I'm sure of is the turnover of managers is pathetic and I have no faith that if Garde is culled the next guy will do any better. On the one hand I think we should settle down and give the guy a run. But on the other that didn't work too well with Lambert. I just don't know.

[mr underhill]

so it's a sort of little Britain yes but no moment?

[Villa in Denmark]

Far too easy to blame Garde but he is fighting every other team who have had investment of sorts with an injury hit already poor squad and zero investment.
Let Brian Little decide if we need a new manager or not.

Reading between the lines, that looks like what has happened.

Hollis said the football side of the board (ie Bernstein and Little) would be looking at that aspect of things, so there was no point preempting their decision.

Well the vote seems to be in now, according to all these reports -even from the respectable newspapers.

On the subject of Pearson, supporters (myself included) might not be too enamored with him. But people in the game don't seem to have those hang ups. BFR was calling for him to be appointed in November, and I'm sure I seen something from GT around that time praising him.

Sir Brian does a bit of pundit work, but I'm not sure he'd be in a position to recommend a good up and coming manager in the Pochettino, Clement or Karanka mould, say. By that, I mean advocating a manager like that before he comes to widespread attention in England.

Was that an unsolicited opinion or in response to a "could you see Pearson doing a job?" type question in the aftermath of Sherwood's departure.

If it's the first one, fair enough, if it's the second, they're not likely to laugh and say "what, that psychopathic ******?"

[Villa in Denmark]

We keep referring to some of the players as poisonous and a waste of space, but you know what, another Manager might actually be able to get a tune out of them if he is sharp enough. Not sure which Manager is the right man to do this but I think there has to be someone out there who will improve us?   

The only tune I'd like to hear out of some of them is a high pitched squeal as someone uses their bollocks as a glockenspiel with a rather large hammer.

[PaulWinch again]

We keep referring to some of the players as poisonous and a waste of space, but you know what, another Manager might actually be able to get a tune out of them if he is sharp enough. Not sure which Manager is the right man to do this but I think there has to be someone out there who will improve us?   

The only tune I'd like to hear out of some of them is a high pitched squeal as someone uses their bollocks as a glockenspiel with a rather large hammer.

If it had been one manager who had failed with these players you might have a case Newby, but most of these players have failed under numerous managers. They are the problem either through attitude or lack of ability.

[kippaxvilla2]

Whatever you think about Garde and this article will probably finish him off, this is a damning indictment of the players we have at the moment.  Wtf do they think they are.  Just obscene really.

David Ginola has told TalkSPORT programme The Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, which was broadcast on 21st March, that Aston Villa boss Remi Garde has criticised the attitude of his players at Villa Park.

Garde took over at Villa from Tim Sherwood last year, and he was tasked with saving the Midlands side from relegation.

However, the French boss’s appointment has not had the desired impact - with Villa slipping even further away from safety.

The Claret and Blues are currently 12 points behind Norwich City, who occupy 17th place in the Premier League table, and they have won just three games all season.

Villa will almost certainly be playing Championship football next season, and, according to Ginola, Garde has suggested that the players at the club do not realise what relegation will mean.

“I’ve spoken to Remi many times,” Ginola said. “He said the attitude of the players isn’t bright. He also said that ‘I don’t think I have got the players to understand what keeping Villa in the Premier League means’. They are not ready to fight for the club. The attitude on the pitch isn’t right. I think he gave up.”

Garde’s time at Villa appears to be coming to an end, with The Sun suggesting that he will be sacked very shortly.

Villa are have reportedly compiled a three-man shortlist to take over from Garde, with Steve Bruce, Nigel Pearson and Sean Dyche at the top of their wishlist (The Sun).

[PaulWinch again]

Whatever you think about Garde and this article will probably finish him off, this is a damning indictment of the players we have at the moment.  Wtf do they think they are.  Just obscene really.

David Ginola has told TalkSPORT programme The Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, which was broadcast on 21st March, that Aston Villa boss Remi Garde has criticised the attitude of his players at Villa Park.

Garde took over at Villa from Tim Sherwood last year, and he was tasked with saving the Midlands side from relegation.

However, the French boss’s appointment has not had the desired impact - with Villa slipping even further away from safety.

The Claret and Blues are currently 12 points behind Norwich City, who occupy 17th place in the Premier League table, and they have won just three games all season.

Villa will almost certainly be playing Championship football next season, and, according to Ginola, Garde has suggested that the players at the club do not realise what relegation will mean.

“I’ve spoken to Remi many times,” Ginola said. “He said the attitude of the players isn’t bright. He also said that ‘I don’t think I have got the players to understand what keeping Villa in the Premier League means’. They are not ready to fight for the club. The attitude on the pitch isn’t right. I think he gave up.”

Garde’s time at Villa appears to be coming to an end, with The Sun suggesting that he will be sacked very shortly.

Villa are have reportedly compiled a three-man shortlist to take over from Garde, with Steve Bruce, Nigel Pearson and Sean Dyche at the top of their wishlist (The Sun).

I think Garde is spot on. It's seem like he's going to go anyway now, but I really hope that a major part of this review focusses on the players. For far too long they have got away without any blame, they need to be well and truly in the sights of this review.

[Chris Jameson]

If you talk to PNE fans

I try not to.

[Big Dick Edwards]

We can't keep sacking managers so quickly and so often. We need to steady the ship after relegation is confirmed. Garde inherited a sinking ship and hasn't had the opportunity to bring in a single player of his own choosing. How can we condemn the man so quickly in those circumstances?

[sid1964]

I agree with Big Dick Edwards, we need a period of stability

When we sack Garde and bring in this next candidate, if he fails to get us promotion or in the play offs next season, most fans will be calling for a change of manager again!

If we are going to go down that route, it would make sense to start giving out a 12 month rolling contract to our next Manager

[andyh]

If Remi wasn't  undermined before, he certainly is now after that revelation from Ginola.
I don't think that will help the situation at all.

[ASHTONVILLA]

If you talk to PNE fans

I try not to.

Hard for me as my partners family are all PNE fans. Our little boy is being brought up to support Villa, not sure that is an act of kindness mind.