Remi- It has happened.

[cheltenhamlion]

I feel sorry for Garde and am nervous about the way we might go with a replacement.

[Diablo]

Li'l Lee Hendry is going to give us the benefit of his wisdom after eight on 5Live Breakfast.

Thanks for the heads up. Just managed to catch the tail end of what Lilil Lee had to say. Said it was Pearson or Moyes as the replacement for him (a worry to me that he said Pearson first). Was singing the praises of Brian Little, saying what a mess it has been the last 4 years or so. What a different beast the Championship is to the Prem.

[Eigentor]

I too feel sorry for Garde. He strikes me as a serious man and a trier, and things must have been pretty bad since he gave up so quickly.

[brian green]

On the topic of Remi Garde's "failure" and the ecstacy generated in many quarters by his departure, I am struck by the picture of a man failing his driving test.

He turns up at the test centre expecting Avis to have provided a roadworthy, legal vehicle to take the test.  Instead he finds a clapped out old banger with no brakes, flat tyres and no steering wheel.  When told that it is all that was available he asks for the keys.  No keys he is told, you will have to hope your route starts with a downhill slope so you can bump start the engine.  He does his best but half way through the test other drivers start ramming him and the test inspector calls a halt to the proceedings and Remi is told to go home.

That is in my mind the "failure" of Remi Garde.  I wish him well in his future career and admire him for sticking the 147 days with such dignity.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Li'l Lee Hendry is going to give us the benefit of his wisdom after eight on 5Live Breakfast.

Thanks for the heads up. Just managed to catch the tail end of what Lilil Lee had to say. Said it was Pearson or Moyes as the replacement for him (a worry to me that he said Pearson first). Was singing the praises of Brian Little, saying what a mess it has been the last 4 years or so. What a different beast the Championship is to the Prem.

He also said we have some quality players at the club.

[PaulWinch again]

On the topic of Remi Garde's "failure" and the ecstacy generated in many quarters by his departure, I am struck by the picture of a man failing his driving test.

He turns up at the test centre expecting Avis to have provided a roadworthy, legal vehicle to take the test.  Instead he finds a clapped out old banger with no brakes, flat tyres and no steering wheel.  When told that it is all that was available he asks for the keys.  No keys he is told, you will have to hope your route starts with a downhill slope so you can bump start the engine.  He does his best but half way through the test other drivers start ramming him and the test inspector calls a halt to the proceedings and Remi is told to go home.

That is in my mind the "failure" of Remi Garde.  I wish him well in his future career and admire him for sticking the 147 days with such dignity.

Agreed.

[oldtimernow]

On the topic of Remi Garde's "failure" and the ecstacy generated in many quarters by his departure, I am struck by the picture of a man failing his driving test.

He turns up at the test centre expecting Avis to have provided a roadworthy, legal vehicle to take the test.  Instead he finds a clapped out old banger with no brakes, flat tyres and no steering wheel.  When told that it is all that was available he asks for the keys.  No keys he is told, you will have to hope your route starts with a downhill slope so you can bump start the engine.  He does his best but half way through the test other drivers start ramming him and the test inspector calls a halt to the proceedings and Remi is told to go home.

That is in my mind the "failure" of Remi Garde.  I wish him well in his future career and admire him for sticking the 147 days with such dignity.

I think you are right Brian, we appear to have got rid of the chauffeur because the engine is crap.

I fear that the group of players we have will be laughing themselves all the way to the night clubs.

I hope he is not hamstrung and will lift the lid on what these have been doing behind the scenes, keeping it all behind close doors will only mean that they can carry on as before.

I think the French guys will be gone come the summer and we will be left with the awkward crew, my only hope is that the new board will wrest back control and disappoint them in the "endeavours"

[Fred]

I am slightly worried that we will get the wrong man again. Good luck to Remi for the futre.

[Clampy]

I am slightly worried that we will get the wrong man again. Good luck to Remi for the futre.

Like a few people have said though, having the likes of Bernstein (who's been through this before) and Little in there gives you a little more confidence that they'll make a choice based on what needs doing.

[brian green]

Whoever takes Remi Garde's place will owe him a big debt of gratitude.

For the new man the board dare not risk behaving like the board did with Garde.  The new man will get a guaranteed budget, his own backroom team and new players.

He will have the likes of N'Zogbia gone along with Richardson.

The likes of Richards, Guzan and Lescott will do one.

The remaining dressing room delinquents who did nothing since the Wembley Liverpool game will all assume angelic expressions as though butter would not me!t in their mouths and buckle down to serious training because they would know if they had the intelligence that the buck stopped with them not Remi Garde.

In short the situation facing a new manager will be a bed of winnable games roses and he will be able to bask in match statistics in the stratosphere compared to Sherwood's and Garde's.

[Axl Rose]

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

Distasteful. Just zip it and get your head down.

I agree. What a tosser Grealish is. These players are the worst players I've ever known to be associated with our club. They won't be receiving any of my support from now on. Sad days, but regarding Remi, necessary I feel.

Good luck to him.

As for the c*** brigade, you can be added too, Jack you fucking ballsack. His dad is a bellend, too.

Wow. I understand that there's little if any goodwill for our players right now, in particular Grealish with his off field antics, but this is a massive over-reaction to an ill-timed tweet at worst. He's a young lad coming back from injury and almost certainly understands that he has a lot to prove, so don't agree with the level of vitriol shown towards him for this.

Fair points, mate. Apologies if I came across as a bad mouthed lout. I'm just fed up, that's all.

As a Villa guy through and through, I just thought he would be more on the pulse as regards to what is really irking us, the supporters-ie. Tweets that continue to appear at the worst possible times...Lescott after the Liverpool game, Richards at any given point and so on, Grealish just lately.

Once again, I didn't intend to be just raving for the sake of it. I want him to get out in the pitch and give his all.

[tim]

I wonder if the Dubai trip has played any part in RG going - being in that position with a load of shit players that have given up, to see some of them off overseas taking things 'less than seriously' I'd be surprised if he didn't use that to his advantage. If he was getting the blame for shit results, then surely that just shows what little hope he had of salvaging anything when 'top' players are outwardly stating the season was over. Impossible situation for him.

[Ron Manager]

I wonder if the Dubai trip has played any part in RG going - being in that position with a load of shit players that have given up, to see some of them off overseas taking things 'less than seriously' I'd be surprised if he didn't use that to his advantage. If he was getting the blame for shit results, then surely that just shows what little hope he had of salvaging anything when 'top' players are outwardly stating the season was over. Impossible situation for him.

Would they not have to ask permission from the club before going abroad to socialise during the season?

[tim]

I wonder if the Dubai trip has played any part in RG going - being in that position with a load of shit players that have given up, to see some of them off overseas taking things 'less than seriously' I'd be surprised if he didn't use that to his advantage. If he was getting the blame for shit results, then surely that just shows what little hope he had of salvaging anything when 'top' players are outwardly stating the season was over. Impossible situation for him.

Would they not have to ask permission from the club before going abroad to socialise during the season?

To be honest, on an 'international break' weekend i have no idea..? As long as they aren't missing training then I don't really know what they have to do, however if they did require permission it's just another example of giving up. From both the club and players, as I'm pretty sure Newcastle/Sunderland/Norwich wouldn't be allowing it.   

[kippaxvilla2]

The club gave them extra time off over Easter.  I don't suppose it stipulated they stay home and cut the grass as part of the deal.