Remi- It has happened.

[Dante Lavelli]

An unedifying episode all round. He had to go because his position had become untenable. Shame on us.

Sums up the situation perfectly.

[FatSam]

In the history of football, if ever a manager was shafted all ways, repeatedly, and left in a heap, it was Remi Garde.

I wish him well and hope we don't shaft the next bloke, because by shafting him we'll be shafting ourselves. Again.

Agree

[SheffieldVillain]

So we need another manager to treat just like we treated Remi Garde. Yes, right.  Good on us.

Behave.

The history book will show that Garde was the Manager that relegated Villa.

It won't, any more than it will show Sherwood was the Manager that relegated Villa.

Because we aren't relegated (mathematically) and he is no longer at the club.

Eric Black will have that honour.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

This season's Alain Perrin.

Yeah he wasn't helped by the Lerner/The Board and the general shambles that is Aston Villa nowadays; but he showed absolutely nothing to suggest he could inspire a turnaround.

I feel absolutely nothing about him.  He was just...there.

[walsall villain]

I don't think he would have turned things around next year. I sense he will do ok somewhere but suspect Lambert and Sherwood won't.
Hope it's Moyes next, it just feels right.

[DB]

I wonder if we have anyone lined up...

[sickbeggar]

Well i couldn't see us mounting a challenge next season with Garde still here and the players. Doesn't mean Villa will appoint the right man of course but at least there's a chance they will get something right for once. . Never got the deep thinking genius bit that made some overlook the performances. Mind you, it probably takes genius to make a Sherwood side play worse.

[saunders_heroes]

Tell you what though, if we get a new manager who puts a rocket up these players, turns them into a good championship side, and we come straight back, there still won't be many I'll feel like cheering.

I bet you will. Football's a very fickle game.

[UK Redsox]

I think a caretaker manager until the end of the season would be the answer. Someone like Putin to sort the squad out ready for the next manager would be good.

 

[VinnieChase84]

I wonder if we have anyone lined up...

In the previous Lerner years I would 100% laugh at this and say of course not. For the first time, with our new 'football' people on the board then I would say 100% yes. Naive maybe but I'm more hopefully on proper football decisions for the first time in the last decade

[Villa in Denmark]

Tell you what though, if we get a new manager who puts a rocket up these players, turns them into a good championship side, and we come straight back, there still won't be many I'll feel like cheering.

I bet you will. Football's a very fickle game.

They'll still be a bunch of feckless ******.  Just that they'll be our slightly less shit than 2015/16 vintage feckless ******.

[b23]

So we need another manager to treat just like we treated Remi Garde. Yes, right.  Good on us.

Behave.

The history book will show that Garde was the Manager that relegated Villa.

His " New Arsene Wenger "  tenure was a disaster.

He was hopeless.

Without wanting to sound too much like S_H, I think Lerner's name is going to loom larger than any manager's.

Fair enough.

Garde, the Manager that relegated Villa.

Lerner, the Fool On The Hill.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Shame but I agree with the consensus. He was screwed in January but still should have done better results wise.

[themossman]

Say Richards captains our team to an unbeaten season and BFG bags 30 goals. I'll still remember their weapons grade cuntishness from this season.

[Chris Smith]

Probably for the best, after this total shambles of a season it is difficult to argue for keeping him.

As ever, it is only half the job and what happens from here is how the decision will be judged.