The manager also insisted he understands supporters’ anger after he and the players were mercilessly abused by fans.
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Garde has asked Lerner to address Villa’s desperate situation with the owner having barely spoken to the press since 2010 as he has only been at the crisis club since replacing Tim Sherwood in November.
And their miserable season took another turn for the worse on Saturday when they were held by League Two Wycombe in the third round of the FA Cup.
“I’m not getting out of my responsibilities but I feel some things need to be explained at some point”.
Villa are without a top flight win since the opening day of the season and they are now seven points adrift at the bottom of the table, ahead of the visit of Crystal Palace on Tuesday.
“Of course, when a player says “I would have liked to have worked with you but, I’m sorry, I prefer to wait and see what happens”, it is very frustrating”. Jack Grealish is a doubt after missing the weekend draw with tonsillitis.
Charles N’Zogbia and Libor Kozak are available but are not expected to feature with Garde prepared to let them leave this month.
Palace assіstant manager Keіth Mіllen has warned hіs players not to gіve a wounded Vіlla any encouragement.
He said: “This is something I asked from them a fortnight ago, or something like that”.
“They’re under pressure and desperately need a win and we’re their next game”, he said.
Garde has already lost out on players because of Villa’s position at the bottom of the league and knows the squad needs another overhaul in the summer, despite the club signing 13 new players previous year.
“So we have got to make sure we are on our game and are ready”. We have to find a solution to get through that.
“The FA Cup іs a massіve competіtіon and we put a full-strength team out and luckіly we got a result”.
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Yannick Bolasie remains sidelined for the trip, but Connor Wickham is back in Palace’s squad after returning to training following a calf injury.
