Remi- It has happened.

[dutchvilla]

It worries me that each appointment seems to be the opposite of the previous one.

Even if Garde is the wrong guy, they should have a strategy and stick to it.

[Dave]

It worries me that each appointment seems to be the opposite of the previous one.

Even if Garde is the wrong guy, they should have a strategy and stick to it.

Very much so. The lurch from wanting Martinez to wanting his polar opposite in McLeish over the course of a summer still boggles the mind.

However, if there were any point that a complete change in direction could be justified it would probably be now - as it's completely different people making the decisions and coming up with the strategy (sic).

[DeKuip]

It worries me that each appointment seems to be the opposite of the previous one.

Even if Garde is the wrong guy, they should have a strategy and stick to it.

Very much so. The lurch from wanting Martinez to wanting his polar opposite in McLeish over the course of a summer still boggles the mind.

However, if there were any point that a complete change in direction could be justified it would probably be now - as it's completely different people making the decisions and coming up with the strategy (sic).

Quite simply both had worked on limited budgets - and therein lies the real reason Martinez wasn't interested, knowing it wasn't his style of football that had brought the attention.

[django]

He didn't get the team playing with a coherent plan that gave us a chance to win games. Our players are limited of course but league two teams in the cups give teams more of a game than we have under Garde.

What type of game have we played under him? What's the plan been?

In answer to the thread question, not soon enough.  A terrible appointment.

Maybe the right guy for taking over from an Allardyce or O'Neil who had levelled out in mid table, but not the guy to take over when he did. Which is what I thought when we appointed him and sadly what I think now.

He had never been manager of a team in that situation, in any league. Plus he had to adapt to a new league, and do it all without his assistants, while managing a team who barely knew each other. A massive job, and he wasn't up to it. Nothing in his CV really suggested he would be.

Well yes he did, before the liverpool game we'd had a run of decent results that if we'd managed to keep going we'd be within a couple of points of safety now, the Liverpool game broke him and us for this season.

I have been as desperate to look for positives as anyone, but our good spell was January-Liverpool
A month where we started with that loss to Sunderland and failing to beat Wycombe, a win against palace, draw with Leicester, win against Wycombe and 0-0 with the Baggies, a 4-0 defeat against man city and a defeat to West Ham.

So our bright spell of the season was a spawny win against palace, getting a good draw against Leicester and managing to beat Norwich. I was happy at the time of the Norwich game because I still thought we might be able to scrape survival because the other teams around weren't picking up many points.

But it wasn't as if we dominated in those games, although the Norwich one was more comfortable.

Look at Gardes results.

Man city 0-0
Everton 0-4
Watford 2-3
Southampton 1-1
Arsenal 0-2
Newcastle 1-1
West Ham 1-1
Norwich 0-2
Sunderland 1-3
Wycombe 1-1
Palace 1-0
Leicester 1-1
Wycombe 2-0
West brom 0-0
Man city 0-4
West Ham 0-2
Norwich 2-0
Liverpool 0-6
Stoke 1-2
Everton 1-3
Man city 0-4
Spurs 0-2
Swansea 0-1

There's nothing to get to excited about amongst that lot. In fact it's horrendous. Even the Wycombe game we won we were dreadful. I was desperate for garde to work out, and it wont give me any pleasure when he gets the sack but whatever the squad of players those aren't the results of a manger worthy of Aston villa.

[mr underhill]

so the deffo binned at 11am thing didn't happen then?

[kippaxvilla2]

Mr Hollis is having his lunch in the staff canteen.  He has a compromise agreement for signature on his desk for when he gets back.

[Clark W Griswold]

I would have hated it earlier in the season but now we're effectively down I can't help but think the nutjob Pearson might be as good a bet as anyone provided we can get him on a shortish contract.

[Skerra]

According to Talkbollocks this morning, they said Pearson was more or less a done deal!!

[Richard E]

Mr Hollis is having his lunch in the staff canteen.  He has a compromise agreement for signature on his desk for when he gets back.

The Government has decreed that we must call them "Settlement Agreements" these days as they said the previous name put people off because they did not want to be seen to be "compromising", which is not something any client had ever suggested to me in practice, ever.

[Locko]

I'd like a manager who can manage this team with a baseball bat full of nine inch nails

Pearson it is then...

[Tony Erdington]

I'd like a manager who can manage this team with a baseball bat full of nine inch nails

Pearson it is then...

Quality, (this is why I come on here, absolutely lol)

[Marlon From Bearwood]

According to Talkbollocks this morning, they said Pearson was more or less a done deal!!

They said the same about Bob Bradley a few years back   

[kippaxvilla2]

Please don't start with the Bob Bradley thing again - someone from the club might spot it on here and think it is a good idea.

[kippaxvilla2]

Mr Hollis is having his lunch in the staff canteen.  He has a compromise agreement for signature on his desk for when he gets back.

The Government has decreed that we must call them "Settlement Agreements" these days as they said the previous name put people off because they did not want to be seen to be "compromising", which is not something any client had ever suggested to me in practice, ever.

Ah I stand corrected. Learn something new every day.

[Villa in Denmark]

Please don't start with the Bob Bradley thing again - someone from the club mediamight spot it on here and think it is a good idea way to wind us up.

Is far more likely.