Remi- It has happened.

[sickbeggar]

Garde wasn't very good. We all felt sorry for him but in the end he was a piss poor motivator who could even get his team to defend properly. May have had the right accent and looked the part but all the well spoken press conferences and interviews got us exactly nothing.

[themossman]

How can anyone make a judgment about Remi's ability given the shit that was swirling around him from the moment he turned up? Has a premier league manager ever worked in such shambolic circumstances, with what is now emerging about incompetence and dishonesty among senior executives plus the shocking standard and attitude of the squad.

[London Villan]

We have no idea if he was any good or not. We'll never know.

I understand why he had to go. Fresh start, new board, new football hierarchy, new players.

Going to be an interesting summer at least.

[clash city rocker]

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.

[rob_bridge]

Another load of bollocks.

I suppose we have Bernstein who hired Joe Royle and Kevin Keegan in previous incarnations so we can look forward to another Proper Football Manager

[Small Rodent]

Inevitable. Stitched up by the board. We're fucked anyway, so makes no difference.

Whoever the next manager is, I would put big money on them winning less in their career than Garde will.

But that's the way it is.

[curiousorange]

Garde was absolutely shafted in January, but personally I don't think he was doing a very good job anyway. There was something about how it started which showed it wasn't going to work - none of the players seemed to get a boost or a sense of purpose from his appointment, and I think even taking into account the massive drag factor of a shit squad, there was no feeling of working out our many problems behind closed doors; if anything, rumours, innuendo and gossip seemed to blossom after he arrived. I don't think Garde ever had authority at the club and after waiting all that time for his first win, it was obvious the players thought he was crap. By the end, after he was so critical of the transfer window (with good cause), boneheads like Agbonlahor and Richards probably saw him as a lame duck and pulled the dressing room tighter around them accordingly.

Garde was a decent idea, but he had half of the season and achieved nothing. No hard feelings, but at the end of the day we're going down and he'll lick his wounds and find himself in a more comfortable place. He'll never work at a place more incompetent from top to bottom.

[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.

[brian green]

As Dave Woodhall once said to me when we chatted amicably about Paul Lambert, "we shall see".  I use the same expression at the prospect of some head banger turning our shit, and shit brained squad around.

I shall still be here next Christmas to comfort those in orgasm about Garde's departure and we are only mid table and Gabby is still on the team sheet.

[themossman]

That first bit, though, is more about the players all being ******.

[manic-road]

Poor appointment in the first place, and not backed by the board in January. No wonder he always looked pissed off being at the club.

[Monty]

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.

[Richard E]

Garde was absolutely shafted in January, but personally I don't think he was doing a very good job anyway. There was something about how it started which showed it wasn't going to work - none of the players seemed to get a boost or a sense of purpose from his appointment, and I think even taking into account the massive drag factor of a shit squad, there was no feeling of working out our many problems behind closed doors; if anything, rumours, innuendo and gossip seemed to blossom after he arrived. I don't think Garde ever had authority at the club and after waiting all that time for his first win, it was obvious the players thought he was crap. By the end, after he was so critical of the transfer window (with good cause), boneheads like Agbonlahor and Richards probably saw him as a lame duck and pulled the dressing room tighter around them accordingly.

Garde was a decent idea, but he had half of the season and achieved nothing. No hard feelings, but at the end of the day we're going down and he'll lick his wounds and find himself in a more comfortable place. He'll never work at a place more incompetent from top to bottom.

I think you've hit the nail on the head all round there. This pretty much is exactly what I feel too.

[themossman]

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

[themossman]

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.