I’m disappointed because Tim was very, very good to me.
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“It is a challenge that he should take”, Wenger advised his countryman. This, however, is a far cry from the predicament Aston Villa now find themselves in as another episode of their disastrous season continued. We like to win and we like to reach the final.
However all that aside what is absolutely certain is that he now has to make the most important decision since he took over the reins from Doug Ellis.
Appointing Garde would undoubtedly be a risk – but if Aston Villa want to hire a manger for the team they want to be, rather than the team they are now, then it might be one worth taking.
It is a sign of the depth Saints have added to their squad that he was able to do that – even without the suspended Sadio Mane and injured duo Shane Long and Jay Rodriguez – and was still able to beat Premier League opposition.
And Aulas told Le Progres today: “Rémi, I hope, will go to Aston Villa, he deserves a big English club”. Everyone at the club knows what I’m doing. Surely they could have helped over the last 4 managerial appointments?
It ” s all change at the Villa, having sacked boss Tim Sherwood on Sunday.
“The difference between this season and last season is that, in my opinion, we have more competition between the players”, he said. There are a few problems to sort out there with his assistants, who work for Lyon as well. They go much deeper in my opinion.
“If they’re desperate to get him, then they’ll pay the money”, MacDonald told reporters on Friday.
Aston Villa are bottom of the Premier League with just four points from 10 games.
While most of the play was in the middle of the park, you always felt that Southampton could step up a gear if they needed to.
Despite a disjointed performance after the manager made seven changes to his team, classy finishes from Maya Yoshida and Graziano Pelle secured a comfortably victory well before Scott Sinclair’s penalty for Villa deep into stoppage time.
The salary increase would see Traore overtake Charles Nzogbia (£65,000-a-week) as Villa’s highest paid player, which is equally ludicrous in and of itself.
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I’ve barely had to say a word to sell the club to them, they’ve looked around the stadium and just been blown away.
