True. He still could have made more of a fist of it. I'm not sure even a great manager could have kept us up, but Remi wasn't a great manager.
"He’d just be shaking his head thinking, ‘they’re all rubbish""watching on the side with his arms folded, shaking his head, sulking, throwing his arms up."Sounds like he was thinking the same as the fans in the stands...
To be fair he might have been a poor manager - but I wouldn’t hold much stock in what Gabby says. His attitude, and that of a good portion of that squad, was absolutely toxic.
Quote from: john e on June 29, 2022, 07:25:26 PMRemi Garde took over one of the most toxic dressing rooms in Villa’s historyHe had no chance from the startThis.
Remi Garde took over one of the most toxic dressing rooms in Villa’s historyHe had no chance from the start
Dr Venglos anyone?
Quote from: DrGonzo on June 29, 2022, 08:42:09 PMDr Venglos anyone?Right person, wrong time.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on June 29, 2022, 09:04:40 PMQuote from: john e on June 29, 2022, 07:25:26 PMRemi Garde took over one of the most toxic dressing rooms in Villa’s historyHe had no chance from the startThis.Agreed. On a hiding to nothing from the start.
Quote from: cdbearsfan on June 29, 2022, 07:28:12 PMTrue. He still could have made more of a fist of it. I'm not sure even a great manager could have kept us up, but Remi wasn't a great manager. He's a terrible manager, his subsequent managerial career has only gone on to prove that further.
Quote from: Gerrin on June 30, 2022, 08:50:55 AMQuote from: cdbearsfan on June 29, 2022, 07:28:12 PMTrue. He still could have made more of a fist of it. I'm not sure even a great manager could have kept us up, but Remi wasn't a great manager. He's a terrible manager, his subsequent managerial career has only gone on to prove that further. There's very few ex-Villa managers you couldn't say that about. We do seem to break a lot.
I'm not even sure he was the right person... another terrible decision - waiting months for Houllier, appointing TSM, then TSM2, then Tactics and Garde to finish the list of the worst run of Villa managers in history...
The Villa job is a managers' graveyard full stop. Almost no one in our history has left to have an illustrious career elsewhere. I will happily be proven wrong, but I think the last one was Joe Mercer back in the 1960s and even he left us after suffering a nervous breakdown. He did a great job at Man. City, but even now there are many people who will point to Malcolm Allison's coaching ability at the club as the main reason for their success.