Something with Press in the title

[dave.woodhall]

Danny Murphy was the latest one at it on 5Live, saying his friends at Villa doubted Garde and his methods, and openly questioned Garde as to the relevance of various training exercises they were doing. I wonder who from our lot he'd still be in contact with?

He then spewed the usual vomit about "need a manager with passion who understands the championship".

The sad thing about that first paragraph is replace Garde with Venglos and you could be saying exactly the same. 25 years and we haven't progressed.

We as a club or as a footballing nation? I think in Italy, learning tactics is a key part of the youth development. I can't imagine being able to explain to a lot of our players the theory behind a certain formation or training exercise.

Just stick it in the mixer and give 110%.

I did mean the Villa but seeing the number of experts saying that our troubles are down to having a foreign manager it seems that it's alright for the clubs who play in Europe regularly to evolve but the rest of us should know our place, stick to the traditional methods and ignore the Continentals with their fancy foreign ways. 

[Toronto Villa]

Has any manager ever been successfully brought in just to teach the players a lesson? That to me sounds like a recipe  for disaster.

We're in the midst of a disaster anyway.

And the very last thing we need is for it to get worse.

[old man villa fan]

I've got to the point where I hope that Garde is replaced by a total and utter b*****d of a manager (Pearson?) just to teach the players a lesson.

It would not make the slightest bit of difference.

Agree.  If a player can't be arsed, it doesn't matter if you shout, threaten or whatever, he will just turn around and say "how much do you earn?"

[ZhongYi]

Nigel Press-on, perhaps?

[passport1]

De-press-ion.

[MillerBall]

It ssems very clear that the relationship between Garde and the players has broken down (indeed was one ever established?).

The City game was well and truly woeful and although the vast majority of us that travelled up North probably expected to see confusion and chaos, it is still, none the less still a surprise to see what new moves our players will drop into the proceedings.

It looks very sadly as if things will get worse.

[darren woolley]

Spot on Dave.

[ktvillan]

Fully agree about Garde.  I hope he stays and is given the chance to boot out the arseholes and build his own squad.

[Legion]

Fully agree about Garde.  I hope he stays and is given the chance to boot out the arseholes and build his own squad.

Same here.

[edgysatsuma89]

When I used to play football down the park when I was about 12, if you were playing shit, someone would come over and give you a dead leg or camel bite. It didn't improve your game but it made the rest of the team feel better.
I can't see why this wouldn't work with professional footballers.

What's a camel bite?

[Legion]

Anything it wants to.

[LeeB]

Fully agree about Garde.  I hope he stays and is given the chance to boot out the arseholes and build his own squad.

Same here.

It's my hope too, but I've zero confidence that it will happen.

If they'd have let Houllier do it, or at least hired someone to replace of similar ilk, then we probably wouldn't be in half the shit we are now.

[PeterWithesShin]

When I used to play football down the park when I was about 12, if you were playing shit, someone would come over and give you a dead leg or camel bite. It didn't improve your game but it made the rest of the team feel better.
I can't see why this wouldn't work with professional footballers.

What's a camel bite?

http://tinyurl.com/gnpbngr

[adrenachrome]

When I used to play football down the park when I was about 12, if you were playing shit, someone would come over and give you a dead leg or camel bite. It didn't improve your game but it made the rest of the team feel better.
I can't see why this wouldn't work with professional footballers.

What's a camel bite?

http://tinyurl.com/gnpbngr

Bloody hell.

If the humpty fucker bit you in the crotch it would leave you with a camel toe where your tackle use to be and seriously blight your efficiency.

[edgysatsuma89]

When I used to play football down the park when I was about 12, if you were playing shit, someone would come over and give you a dead leg or camel bite. It didn't improve your game but it made the rest of the team feel better.
I can't see why this wouldn't work with professional footballers.

What's a camel bite?

http://tinyurl.com/gnpbngr

Ha, cheers.