Remi Garde - Departs Aston Villa

[glasses]

I'm not heartless but treated shamefully? Treated disgustingly?
I'm sorry it's just over the top sentimental Shite.
He has been an unmitigated disaster.
Incapable of any enthusiasm for the job, yeah he realised Gabby was crap, I saw that from L8 7 years ago.
Some fans fell in love with the French name and thought how beautiful this was going to be.
In reality the man has been crap, the charisma of a dead badger.
Yet another parasite raping our club, he can do one and take David Ginolas mum with him.

Well it get's my vote for idiotic post of the year so far anyway.

Without the last sentence, it's not that bad.

[paul_e]

I'm not heartless but treated shamefully? Treated disgustingly?
I'm sorry it's just over the top sentimental Shite.
He has been an unmitigated disaster.
Incapable of any enthusiasm for the job, yeah he realised Gabby was crap, I saw that from L8 7 years ago.
Some fans fell in love with the French name and thought how beautiful this was going to be.
In reality the man has been crap, the charisma of a dead badger.
Yet another parasite raping our club, he can do one and take David Ginolas mum with him.

Well it get's my vote for idiotic post of the year so far anyway.

Without the last sentence, it's not that bad.

I dunno, the insinuation that having a foreign name was enough for some fans is pretty poor form as well.

[Brian Taylor]

Is he is or is he ain't?

[Mister E]

While it was clearly difficult, part of walking into any management position in any industry is working with the employees that you have at your disposal and getting the most out of them. Over time you evaluate and observe so you make well thought out changes. What's disappointed me about Garde is that he very quickly drew a line in the sand and while some of things he said we all agreed with,  given the circumstances it was counter productive. His job was to use what he had to bridge a 5 point gap. That it has become 12 points and certain relegation is in part down to how he has handled the situation.

It might be another case of fading memory, but I don't remember that being his first line of defence.  We'd gone through the almost euphoric period of 5 points in 4 games through January and a perception that Wycombe away had been our nadir, only to reach 2nd February with no new signings. That was where I recall the wheels coming off spectacularly.

It was almost as if he'd run out of tricks to get them bothered after the lack of threat about being replaced had gone. It almost feels like a good old fashioned work to rule, where they're doing the bare minimum to not get sacked.
Turn up for training as per contact? Tick.
Carry out drills as per coaches instructions? Tick.
Turn up on match day? Tick.
Play where required by manager? Tick.
Put some effort in and look like I give at least half a f##k? Is that in my contract? No? Bollocks to that then.

The euphoric period ... aah, I remember that.
The issue is starker than you've described: after the potentially season-defining victory over Norwich we should have really pushed on. Instead, something happened which caused our terminally-flaky players to effectively withdraw their labour for the game against the Red Scouse. What is it that happened? - because I really feel that we could have resurrected hopes of staying up after the Norwich game.

[Steve67]

I appreciate that we can't keep sacking Managers but neither should we give crap Managers more time than they deserve and we slip even further behind in the Championship. I think we DID try to sign players in January but couldn't because our situation was almost hopeless. Since then, whether his players or not, he has been a disaster. Moan and sulk all he wants but he is the manager and should do anything he can to get something out of them. Dreadful, get rid, but not if they plan another punt on an untried, untested.

[glasses]

I'm not heartless but treated shamefully? Treated disgustingly?
I'm sorry it's just over the top sentimental Shite.
He has been an unmitigated disaster.
Incapable of any enthusiasm for the job, yeah he realised Gabby was crap, I saw that from L8 7 years ago.
Some fans fell in love with the French name and thought how beautiful this was going to be.
In reality the man has been crap, the charisma of a dead badger.
Yet another parasite raping our club, he can do one and take David Ginolas mum with him.

Well it get's my vote for idiotic post of the year so far anyway.

Without the last sentence, it's not that bad.

I dunno, the insinuation that having a foreign name was enough for some fans is pretty poor form as well.

You honestly don't think that has a bearing on some people's viewpoint? How many times have the words 'I don't want another british clogger/meat and potatoes manager, let's look abroad' and the like been uttered around these parts on the all too frequent occasions we've been without a manager?

Granted, enough people then point out it shouldn't matter where they're from so long as they do a good job, but for some, that's the thought process.

[Ian.]

Well I'm wondering if Remi is fighting his corner now a decent board of directors and a plan is being finally put in place. I hope so, given some funds I'd like still like him to be the one to build a team.

Surely if he had had enough he would have left by mutual consent or fired by now? The press seemed to think he'd be gone by now.

[Drummond]

I don't see the point on sacking him now. It wouldn't achieve anything other than costing us more cash in paying him and saddle another manager with relegation.

By all means when it's mathematically impossible but seriously what is the point? Our new board will know who to keep, and by waiting, someone else may become available at the end of the season.

[glasses]

My take on it, is that I'd only get rid of him now if we had someone lined up. That's on the basis that we can afford to sever the contract and not impinge too much on transfer funds in the summer. If nobody is lined up, I don't see the point binning him off until we have someone to come in. We may save ourself a few quid if he gets a few more performances out of the appalling squad in the last 8 games and has the fight in him, and the support behind him to get us back up. I'm so ambivalent about it all though to be honest.

[VillaAlways]

Well he took training today according to this and then was due talks with Hollis

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-boss-remi-garde-11082206

[adrenachrome]

Well he took training today according to this and then was due talks with Hollis

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-boss-remi-garde-11082206

Sounds like an old Westerren:

"Aah  wuz doo tokes with Haaliss".

[AV89]

I'm not heartless but treated shamefully? Treated disgustingly?
I'm sorry it's just over the top sentimental Shite.
He has been an unmitigated disaster.
Incapable of any enthusiasm for the job, yeah he realised Gabby was crap, I saw that from L8 7 years ago.
Some fans fell in love with the French name and thought how beautiful this was going to be.
In reality the man has been crap, the charisma of a dead badger.
Yet another parasite raping our club, he can do one and take David Ginolas mum with him.

Are you LTA in disguise?

[andyh]

Some want a Garde gone, some don't.
Some were defending Lambert right upto the end, some weren't.
Some wanted Timmy to have more time, some didn't.

It's just the way it is.

[kippaxvilla2]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hEyOtCCiwnY

God this makes me cringe.

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

If he does go and Hollis decided to go with Stan Collymore's suggestion of Gordon Cowans and Brian Little, we'd be managed by Sid Little.