“Looking at Villa at the minute I am not so sure those lads really know what has hit them”. He was no longer the right man for the job, having had the short-term impact the club so desperately needed, so who is right for Villa now? We like to win and we like to reach the final.
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Villa’s defence has been their main area of concern this season, with the club conceding 17 goals in the Premier League, with only five top flight sides conceding a higher amount of goals.
With Lyon, Garde finished fourth, third and fifth in Ligue 1 between 2011 and 2014.
Villa are not expected to name their new boss in time to take his place on the bench for their League Cup last 16 game against Southampton tomorrow.
“I am very disappointed that I will not be able to carry on in my role as manager of Aston Villa”, Sherwood said. If Villa are to be resuscitated from their current state, they need a long-term vision Putting anyone in charge of such of a task with so few realistic candidates available will always be a risk.
But after three years in charge, following many years as, among other job, academy director and first-team coach, he could not continue.
We would like to thank Tim for his efforts last season.
Garde’s knowledge of English football stands him in good stead and he feels ready to take on the Villa challenge.
His achievement in gaining promotion to the Premier League with Leicester and securing their unlikely survival is truly commendable and Claudio Ranieri’s success this season with Leicester can be accredited to a spine of players that Pearson installed at the club.
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At both, well-meaning American owners, in Randy Lerner and Ellis Short, have invested money and received precious little – in terms of enjoyment, let alone a financial return – as a reward. It amounted to a pragmatic recognition of failure. The 49-year-old Frenchman is 1/4 on to become the new boss at Villa Park in the coming days according to the bookies, ahead of Real Sociedad gaffer David Moyes and the recently unemployed Brendan Rodgers. The Scot has the resolve to oversee a grind to safety. It is a sign of how far Villa have fallen that they now have to try and emulate Sunderland.
