choffer Posted October 26, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2015 Our recent record with British players/managers is pretty bad. Clearly they means they don't suit villa and we shouldn't bring any new ones in. That rules out most of the other names suggested on here.You know, you might be on to something there.I've noticed that they are all men too, clearly men don't suit Villa so we shouldn't bring any new ones in.Come to think of it, they'd all have two legs too. Monoped's only from here on in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccfcman Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 McLeish, Lambert, Sherwood. Hardly inspired appointments, all seemed a shade desparate even given the relative success Lambert had at Norwich,We have been flirting with the inevitable for some time, perhaps a left of field appointment is just the tonic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Remi Garde IMO would be a disastrous appointment, I'm pretty much 100% he would relegate us.Thanks to Tom Fox's willingness to give Sherwood 2 more games (why, oh why ?) the most able guy for the job Allardyce has gone.For me Sean Dyche - at least if we get relegated there would be a case for not changing the manager as he has an excellent record in the championship. Won't happen of course, pretty sure our new manager will be currently unemployed. Obviously Trent is a well respected ITK - But I don't think even fox and co would be that stupid. Id be putting money on Garde not lasting the season TBHA "disastrous appointment" based on what exactly? Have you read anything about him? Yes his teams are prone to defensive lapses. (google it)I think there is a bit of positive filtering going on here - sure he has his good points - but he's being built up as a managerial guru, which he isn't - Sure he's got to champions league - but qualifying via a much weaker league than the prem. lets face it his major attraction to the Villa Board is that he is currently unemployed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Pete Colley seems to think it will be Garde because Moyes and Rodgers wont work under Almstadt who is going nowhere apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz711 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Remi Garde IMO would be a disastrous appointment, I'm pretty much 100% he would relegate us.Thanks to Tom Fox's willingness to give Sherwood 2 more games (why, oh why ?) the most able guy for the job Allardyce has gone.For me Sean Dyche - at least if we get relegated there would be a case for not changing the manager as he has an excellent record in the championship. Won't happen of course, pretty sure our new manager will be currently unemployed. Obviously Trent is a well respected ITK - But I don't think even fox and co would be that stupid. Id be putting money on Garde not lasting the season TBH I see Garde as no more a risk than Moyes, Rodgers etc difference is we know what Moyes and Rodgers can do. I would take either of those 3 although in my opinion Garde may be a done deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz711 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Unless fox, Lerner and co are waiting for mourinho to get sacked [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 If we're going fully fledged with the continental approach then we might as well get a continental manager who will be used to working under that kind of set up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 If we're going fully fledged with the continental approach then we might as well get a continental manager who will be used to working under that kind of set up.CN'Z, player manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Our recent record with British players/managers is pretty bad. Clearly they means they don't suit villa and we shouldn't bring any new ones in. That rules out most of the other names suggested on here.You know, you might be on to something there.I've noticed that they are all men too, clearly men don't suit Villa so we shouldn't bring any new ones in.Come to think of it, they'd all have two legs too. Monoped's only from here on in.Heather Mills? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apate Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Our recent record with British players/managers is pretty bad. Clearly they means they don't suit villa and we shouldn't bring any new ones in. That rules out most of the other names suggested on here.You know, you might be on to something there.I've noticed that they are all men too, clearly men don't suit Villa so we shouldn't bring any new ones in.Come to think of it, they'd all have two legs too. Monoped's only from here on in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Pete Colley seems to think it will be Garde because Moyes and Rodgers wont work under Almstadt who is going nowhere apparentlyOr alternatively Moyes wants to stay in Spain and Rodgers is having a break. The British media is a disgrace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) Garde to come in & not only save us from relegation but push us up to 12th , next season we have a storming one and finish 6th and we start to dream again. Garde then gets chosen to replace the retiring Wenger and we go again.* You heard it hear first*may or may not happen. Edited October 26, 2015 by dounavilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieVillan Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) Garde to come in & not only save us from relegation but push us up to 12th , next season we have a storming one and finish 6th and we start to dream again. Garde then gets chosen to replace the retiring Wenger and we go again.* You heard it hear first*may or may not happen.To be honest - that is entirely plausible. If we do employ him and he is successful, I'm sure we would be a stepping stone to better things for him. But I'd be quite happy with that, as it means we've at least been successful for a period of time!That is going to be the case for any managers or players we recruit, unless we have Ian Taylor as manager and 11 Ian Taylors on the pitch! Edited October 26, 2015 by GeordieVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pagan457 Posted October 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2015 Apart from Favre (who is obviously not coming) I honestly can't think of anyone I'd rather have than Garde right now. Rodgers is the same level of quality as Lambert IMO (and we know how that turned out) and as others have said Moyes has been out of the British game a while - I feel like he would struggle to inspire the players and we would just end up in the same place we are now.Garde seems a smart appointment given the french influx in the last year, and he has done well at Lyon (not that I follow french football). Other clubs have had success with a foreign manager, why can't we? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I have read two critiques of him now. One extolled his virtues, the other was lukewarm about his abilities. Also a preponderance of people saying we would be lucky to get him. But I have little faith in the British managers mentioned, and if they are unwilling to work under our new structure, which I think is the future, then, to me, they come across as football dinosaurs.On balance, I would be disappointed if we do not get Garde, so I am happy with his appointment if it happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieVillan Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Hypothetically, given that 75-80% of us on this forum seem to be happy with the appointment of Garde - if it doesn't work out - are we all going to give the board a pat on the back and say "well they tried their best and appointed a guy that we all thought was a good choice, so its not their fault", or will we turn on the board and blame them for making another terrible choice....My recollection of Lambert is that most were happy with the appointment, and the only criticism of the board was that they stuck with him too long when things just weren't working out, but I think the mood of the fans has changed since then, and we are alot less patient with managers now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Hypothetically, given that 75-80% of us on this forum seem to be happy with the appointment of Garde - if it doesn't work out - are we all going to give the board a pat on the back and say "well they tried their best and appointed a guy that we all thought was a good choice, so its not their fault", or will we turn on the board and blame them for making another terrible choice....My recollection of Lambert is that most were happy with the appointment, and the only criticism of the board was that they stuck with him too long when things just weren't working out, but I think the mood of the fans has changed since then, and we are alot less patient with managers now.What do you mean 'we are a lot less patient'? GeordieVillan OUT! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Hypothetically, given that 75-80% of us on this forum seem to be happy with the appointment of Garde - if it doesn't work out - are we all going to give the board a pat on the back and say "well they tried their best and appointed a guy that we all thought was a good choice, so its not their fault", or will we turn on the board and blame them for making another terrible choice....My recollection of Lambert is that most were happy with the appointment, and the only criticism of the board was that they stuck with him too long when things just weren't working out, but I think the mood of the fans has changed since then, and we are alot less patient with managers now.Yeah, everyone was happy with the Lambert appointment.McLeish and Sherwood weren't popular ones, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted October 26, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2015 Hypothetically, given that 75-80% of us on this forum seem to be happy with the appointment of Garde - if it doesn't work out - are we all going to give the board a pat on the back and say "well they tried their best and appointed a guy that we all thought was a good choice, so its not their fault", or will we turn on the board and blame them for making another terrible choice....My recollection of Lambert is that most were happy with the appointment, and the only criticism of the board was that they stuck with him too long when things just weren't working out, but I think the mood of the fans has changed since then, and we are alot less patient with managers now.I think the former manager's ability to talk (and talk and talk) while produce nothing but strange lineups and substitutes (or no substitutes) is where the patience ran thin.The next manager just needs to keep his mouth shut and get on with it and I think the patience will return. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Garde is not the man that can save us from relegation. People are excited because he is a foreign manager that sounds exciting. Because he is a good french Ligue 1 manager does not necessarily make him a right fit for the club. What players would he bring in January? we need Premier League Experience. Our problem is that we are an easy team to beat because the squad are mentally weak, we need a manager that can make us a difficult team to play against, and give us that ruthlessness home and away.David Moyes is the man to that, we need to get the basics done and start getting clean sheets, we can score goals but we cannot defend. I hope that this pure speculation and that David Moyes is being lined up as our new manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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