Embattled Villa boss Garde accepted the club must simply accept the protestations of supporters, and keep beavering away to turn their poor campaign on its head. Most welcomed the manager’s belated decision to use his captain at right back, where I think he needs to remain unless a better player is brought in this month.
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Garde has asked the board to make a statement after facing numerous questions he has been unable to answer and Lerner is expected to break his silence on Monday.
Aston Villa fans were given no respite from their side’s miserable league form as they failed to beat Wycombe Wanderers in their third round FA Cup tie.
Villa’s chief executive and sporting director are in NY in crisis talks with owner Randy Lerner.
Lynch said: “You could see [the fans] getting agitated and I thought it could work in our favour”. Aston Villa’s Top Scorerpretty much provides nothing of footballing relevance to this team.
Villa’s failure to win simply confirms the deeper malaise at Villa Park, and the fact Garde has inherited a desperately poor squad that does not look like it has what it takes to mount the sort of miracle recovery they will need to stay in the Premier League.
BT Sport have captured an eye-opening moment, when Richards went over to a selection of the Villa faithful to discuss what was going wrong at the club.
Videos of the manager and players being abused after the game were posted on social media while substitutes Brad Guzan and Joleon Lescott were also accused of playing a game involving chewing gum during the match.
“My target is only to try to help this football club to get through this very bad period and I am doing my best”.
He saіd: “і know football, іn every country іt’s the same. і understand completely the fans’ frustratіon. і am not surprіsed because і know that from sіtuatіons from dіfferent clubs і have played and worked for”.
“It was courageous of him to do that”, said the French boss.
“As professionals we have to face our responsibilities – not only Micah, me and all the players”.
Alan Hutton and Carlos Sanchez (hamstring) are both doubts along with Gabriel Agbonlahor (back). They had a strong claim for a penalty turned down in the first half, saw referee Michael Oliver award Wycombe a dubious penalty for Ashley Westwood’s clash with Matt Bloomfield and suffered more agony when Gestede’s late deflected shot struck the bar.
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“We can’t give [Villa] any encouragement”.
