Remi- It has happened.

[wittonwarrior]

Never the best time during the season.  Lets hope they have  someone lined up.  The next appointment could be as important as when Vic Crowe became the Villa manager.

[Steve R]

Grealish has just tweeted that he's "happy to be back in training"!!!

Precious little twat.

Grealish that is, Yeltzer - not you 

[gpbarr]

Grealish has just tweeted that he's "happy to be back in training"!!!

Precious little twat.

Grealish that is, Yeltzer - not you 

Seconded. And over rated too. An epitome if ever there were one of the reason we are in such a dire state

[Dazvillain]

Yep, didn't stand a chance, however I'm sure tim would have had more points from same games. All the board stuff is very positive and exciting along with new mgr now, but 4 years too late

[dl9]

At the top of the pyramid of inadequacy sat Randy Lerner who presided over a Chief Exec and a Director of Football, Head of Recruitment etc all of whom helped to contribute to the collective planning inadequacy at the club. A series of Managerial muddlers have been appointed who no doubt got ground down by all around them including a group of players who have most certainly lived up to the title of being "inadequate for the Premiership."  What chance did Remi Garde have? He certainly appeared to struggle to motivate the players and the on field errors simply carried on at the same shambolic rate as they did under Tim Sherwood. One could say things went from Brad to worse.
We have been a Football Club who have been so poorly organised for so long that Remi Garde was just another person who was in totally the wrong place and had little hope given the dullards who surrounded him. Garde appeared to be off the pace from the beginning and probably the performances at Norwich and Sunderland (the usual defensive clangers) convinced the decision makers at the Club that there was not the quality to turn things round.
Things at the club have started to improve with some of the recent appointments off the field; as for the players; quite simply they do not deserve to wear a football shirt that carries the Aston Villa badge; very sadly we will be stuck with some of these individuals for some time.

Agree with all of that

[bobcat]

Had a tip off a week a go that Pearson has already signed but won't take over until relegation is mathematically confirmed.

Eric Black until then then

[Chris Jameson]

Had a tip off a week a go that Pearson has already signed but won't take over until relegation is mathematically confirmed.

I sincerely hope that isn't the case but I've felt for a while that he'll end up managing us. Bloody hell, what a depressing thought.

[curiousorange]

Yes, I think that'll happen too, unfortunately. It's like hoping Santa's left you a Super Nintendo under the tree and unwrapping a Master System.

[dave.woodhall]

It's not very likely that you'll sack a manager, wait a few weeks, then appoint another one three or four games before the season ends.

[tomd2103]

I think the Liverpool game was the point of no return for Garde.  From then on, he has been a dead man walking.  His record is horrendous, but I think it is not entirely a fair reflection on his abilities given the conditions he had to work under.  Another time and situation, who knows, but I wish him well.

[DaveD]

Four managers in 13 months. How unlucky are we ?

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[lovejoy]

Why sack him now and not after the ends of the season if there is no immediate replacement, and, if he is to go now, why wait a week and a half of a two week window to announce it?

[kippaxvilla2]

Because I think he had made it clear he wanted out as well as us wanting him out.

[Nirog72]

I think he's been shafted and would expect to see him back at a properly run e glish club in the future and do really well

[django]

I think he's been shafted and would expect to see him back at a properly run e glish club in the future and do really well

He'll have to rebuild a reputation in a lesser league before another English team would touch him. People who've been paying attention closely to Villa have varying degrees of sympathy but to the wider football world he'll just be viewed as a massive failure.

His reputation is so damaged right now I doubt even Randy would appoint him.