Villarocker Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Can't do quotes so here goes:A surprise name? Barry Bannan with Con as his number two? Surprise name taken seriously; Martin Jol? Why can't McLeish or Lambert be mentioned? This is the New Manager thread and there's no guarantees they won't return just to confirm our demise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 That Alan Nixon journalist was the one who said amavi turned us down and definitely wasn't coming CUs we wasn't in the champions league wasn't he? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Wonder of Alex Ferguson fancies a bit of football managing malarky these days... be worth it for the beatings he'd hand out to the wannabes in our squad at the very least.$0 down, $5mil if he keeps us up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Doing a good job where he is. Isn't a big name. He's foreign. Isn't in the betting. Is it the Watford manager? Would Sir Elton John make the sacrifice? Edited October 27, 2015 by villarocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted October 27, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2015 Dario Gradi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Garde has agreed but waiting on assistant...if they dont come nor does he...thats why plan b is Laudrup followed closely by Avb You should add a couple more names just to be sure.Well said !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Aston Villa target Remi Garde close to realising his Premier League dream Remi Garde is considered the favourite to replace Tim Sherwood as Aston Villa manager.On Sunday, former Lyon manager Remi Garde was looking forward to paying a visit to Old Trafford, where he would commentate on Manchester United vs. Manchester City for French television Over the last 16 months, Garde hasn't missed much of the action in the Premier League, partly due to the work commitment he took up after leaving Lyon, but also because it is his favourite league by some way and the one in which he has always dreamed to coach. As it transpired, Garde never made it to Manchester and the French public didn't hear his voice commentating on the Manchester derby. The reason? Well, he is now the odds-on favourite to land the Aston Villa manager's job so you can put two and two together! The aftermath of Tim Sherwood's sacking, which was announced hours before the Manchester derby, led to a change in Garde's plans. Instead of taking a position on the TV gantry, he began talks with the Villa hierarchy. It is no surprise that Garde, 49, tops the wish list of club owner Randy Lerner and chief executive Tom Fox. Around Europe, Garde is seen as a bright and promising manager and, last season, was offered the chance to replace Alan Pardew at Newcastle. He turned the offer down. Garde was also approached by Sunderland recently, while German clubs also made enquiries over the summer. With Lyon, Garde finished fourth, third and fifth in Ligue 1 between 2011 and 2014. He also won the French Cup in 2012, as well as the French Community Shield in the same year and then, two years later, took the team to the Europa League quarterfinal against Juventus. Aston Villa are currently bottom of the Premier League with just four points from 10 games.Garde achieved all of this on a tight budget, as he had to compensate for the previously lavish spending by some of his managerial predecessors to balance the books. With no say, he saw Jeremy Toulalan, Miralem Pjanic, Hugo Lloris, Cris, Kim Kallstrom, Dejan Lovren and Lisandro Lopez leave. In return for losing his best and most dependable players, Garde turned to the club's academy and gave Nabil Fekir, Clinton Njie, Jordan Ferri and Rachid Ghezzal their first professional contracts. He also launched Alexandre Lacazette's career. Lyon played good football under Garde and club chairman Jean-Michel Aulas rated his manager so highly that he almost begged him to stay. Such was the esteem in which Garde was held that Bernard Lacombe, the club's former striker and now officially Aulas' advisor (but actually more like the club's sporting director) had a nickname for him: "Remi Gardiola". Apart from losing on penalties to Apoel Nicosia in the 2011-12 Champions League last 16 and a League Cup final loss against PSG in 2014, Garde's time at Lyon was a success. He was one of the club's favourite children, a prodigy who had been club captain at 22 before one day returning as manager. But after three years in charge, following many years as, among other job, academy director and first-team coach, he could not continue. He was physically and mentally drained. The pressure took its toll and the expectation, combined with the lack of resources, made for a challenging time at the club. In 2014 he decided not to renew his contract and take a sabbatical. Lyon's 2014-15 campaign, which saw them finish second in Ligue 1 under Hubert Fournier, came from a solid foundation as Garde's legacy lived on. "Lyon benefits now from the quality of his work. It was a job where he was a lot under pressure because in Lyon the demands are very high, but he did very well" said Arsene Wenger last summer. Garde and Wenger go back a long way. In 1996, alongside Patrick Vieira, Garde was Wenger's first signing at Arsenal and stayed three seasons at the club. Like Wenger, the midfielder had previously played for Strasbourg. The two men had endless talks about tactics, managing and the evolution of the game through the years. They have always remained in contact and Wenger would no doubt be delighted to see one of his disciples getting the Villa job. For Garde, Wenger is more than a mentor. He is the perfection, the path to follow, the guide. Garde has no Premier League experience as a manager but nor did Wenger. As a modern-day comparison, Slaven Bilic is proving at West Ham that it is not an issue. If a manager is good enough, he will succeed. Garde's knowledge of English football stands him in good stead and he feels ready to take on the Villa challenge. Villa want him too and the only foreseeable issue is that he wants to take his two former assistant managers from Lyon -- Gerald Baticle and Bruno Genesio -- with him. The problem is that they are still part of the technical staff at Lyon, who don't want to let them go, especially after each of them signed a new deal with a pay rise last summer. Could Garde accept the Villa job alone? It is hard to say. He is desperate to come back to management and sees this as a great opportunity. His last game in England as Lyon manager was in the Europa League Round of 32 against Tottenham on Valentine's Day 2013. Aston Villa's next league game? Away to Tottenham 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) doing a good job where he is...at home?could it be like the x factor......"bring him back"? Edited October 27, 2015 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 That Alan Nixon journalist was the one who said amavi turned us down and definitely wasn't coming CUs we wasn't in the champions league wasn't he? He was the one always maintaining Amavi would come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Stupid bloody quoting system.It really is bizarre. Pretty much every time you post with a quote in it I get a notification saying you've quoted me. Even though you haven't.The qquirks in this latest forum version...words escape me. At least the mobile version, its just rubbish.Oh well on topic, if it were laudrup I kknow one villa fan who will be very happy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 See if this Justin Edinbourgh guy gets it, i wont go to another Villa game for 2 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I reckon Garde will be at the Southampton game tomorrow, having a closer look at his new players while KMac takes charge. No doubt the TV cameras will be scouring the stands to find him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2015 Remi garde would be as big of a risk as sherwood imo.Zero idea how you come to this conclusion.Its not the worst shout, neither start off proven in our league. There's not a great deal to say either will be a success.Remi seems to have the better report from previous clubs of the two. But without hindsight Sherwood was by large in the same frame as Remi.I will ask again as I am still to get an answer, what do you mean by "our league"? What makes the Premier League such a mythical, impenetrable place to manage? Because "our" teams don't seem to be doing so well in Europe right now, whilst "inexperienced" managers like Pochettino seem to be doing fine over here. Football is a universal language. Give me Johnny Foreigner over Tony Pulis any day of the week. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I reckon Garde will be at the Southampton game tomorrow, having a closer look at his new players while KMac takes charge. No doubt the TV cameras will be scouring the stands to find him!He'll have a bit of a a love in with Riley and Fox. Hopefully be a few high fives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Remi garde would be as big of a risk as sherwood imo. Zero idea how you come to this conclusion. Its not the worst shout, neither start off proven in our league. There's not a great deal to say either will be a success.Remi seems to have the better report from previous clubs of the two. But without hindsight Sherwood was by large in the same frame as Remi. I will ask again as I am still to get an answer, what do you mean by "our league"? What makes the Premier League such a mythical, impenetrable place to manage? Because "our" teams don't seem to be doing so well in Europe right now, whilst "inexperienced" managers like Pochettino seem to be doing fine over here. Football is a universal language. Give me Johnny Foreigner over Tony Pulis any day of the week.Nonsense. I want British 4-4-2, none of that foreigner tictac malarkey. JUST FACKING HOOF IT SON. Edited October 27, 2015 by Mantis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Garde was not commentating on the Manchester derby as per his job. So pretty much, whatever Nixon. Roll on bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) double post Edited October 27, 2015 by abdomlahor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 AVB is manager of ZENIT ST PETERSBURG who are TOP OF THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE group. ZERO CHANCE HE WOULD COME HERE! The same Zenit St Petersburg who couldn't prevent their best striker from moving to West Bromwich Albion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 AVB is manager of ZENIT ST PETERSBURG who are TOP OF THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE group. ZERO CHANCE HE WOULD COME HERE! The same Zenit St Petersburg who couldn't prevent their best striker from moving to West Bromwich Albion?Hulk plays for West Brom??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hulk isn't a striker. He plays there sometimes but I wouldn't class him as one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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