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Paul Merson believes his former club Aston Villa must look towards a manager with Championship experience as they search for Remi Gardes replacement. The Frenchman left Villa Park by mutual consent on Tuesday with the club rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table, 12 points from safety with just seven games remaining.Mersons believes, with the survival task a perilous one, the club need to turn to the most suitable candidate to be successful in the Sky Bet Championship. Aston Villa boss betting Who will get the job? Find Sky Bets odds on the next Aston Villa manager here. The club have to be careful as its very rare that a team bounces straight back from relegation and they need a man who knows the league and which players will get them out of it, Merson told Sky Sports.The fact that David Moyes is favourite for the job, a man who was taking over Manchester United - the biggest club in the country - a few seasons back, tells you just what a big club this is.However, Id be looking for the manager with the best credentials in securing promotion, which Nigel Pearson obviously achieved with at Leicester and Mick McCarthy has with Wolves and Sunderland. Hes also doing a tremendous job at Ipswich with very little resources. Why finish a football game and then have a two-week break and then 10 days into the two-week break you sack someone? Paul Merson Id also be quite keen to see Ian Taylor involved with the coaching staff as hes a massive fans favourite.The Soccer Saturday pundit is, however, unconvinced that Villas board will make the right decision.Why have they sacked the manager now? Theres no point, he added. David Moyes has been reportedly linked to the vacant Villa position Weve just had a two-week break and now Eric Black has got just a couple of days to get the side ready for Chelsea. Its remarkable.Im not sure the people upstairs know much about football.Merson feels Garde was always destined to fail and should have left the club after they failed to make any significant signings in the January transfer window. Aston Villa fans ask for change at the club following the sacking of Remi Garde He said: I thought it was a bad appointment in the first place. Nothing against him, but he had never managed before in the Premier League or managed in a relegation battle, either.He should have left when the January transfer window closed after they did not buy anybody. FantasyFC Podcast Listen to Merse and Max preview the Premier League weekend If you are bottom of the league and you do not buy anybody, are you really getting out of trouble? No, so he should have gone then.Why now though? Why finish a football game and then have a two-week break and then 10 days into the two-week break you sack someone? Also See: Villa contenders Pearson, Moyes in frame Garde was sacrificial lamb Mersons predictions Nike Air Max Günstig Damen . Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions. Air Max Schweiz Günstig . Once again, DeLaet finished tied for second at a PGA Tour stop on the weekend, this time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. 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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Isaiah Briscoe expected all those NBA workouts focused on improving his game to pay off with efforts like this.Judging from how newcomer DeAaron Fox shook off a rough start, Briscoe picked up some leadership pointers as well.Briscoe and Fox each scored a career-high 21 points, Malik Monk added 16 and No. 2 Kentucky pulled away from Canisius early in the second half for a 93-69 victory Sunday night.Briscoe topped his previous high of 20 last December at UCLA behind 9-of-13 shooting that helped Kentucky (2-0) rally from a seven-point first half deficit to build a 44-35 halftime advantage.I was just doing whatever I needed to do to keep my team in the game, said Briscoe, who attended those camps before returning for his sophomore season. We came out sluggish, we werent hitting shots, so I had to keep us in the game.Freshmen and fellow guards Fox and Monk combined to shoot 11 of 24 en route to career scoring bests in their short careers, while 6-foot-10 newcomer Bam Adebayo had 14 points and 11 rebounds a game after a foul-plagued debut Friday night.Those contributions came only after the Wildcats endured some early struggles. A 9-2 deficit forced Kentucky coach John Calipari to call timeout and calm his team down.When youre playing so many young guys, sometimes you just have to settle them down, he said.Briscoe spoke up as well, and the Wildcats responded with steady play that spoke volumes.Weve had to face that adversity since weve been here, Fox said, but hes done that in a few games last year. We all just listened to what he was saying.Kentucky shot 51 percent from the field.Kassius Robertson had 16 points, Jermaine Crumpton 13 and Phil Valenti 12 for Canisius (0-1) in the coaching debut of Reggie Witherspoon. The Golden Griffins initially pushed the pace and had Kentucky reacting but had no long-term answer for the Wildcats pace and backcourt.THE BIG PICTURECanisius: Solid shooting initially helped the Golden Griffins, whoo made 46 percent in the first half and played Kentucky nearly even on the boards (39-36).dddddddddddd But they committed 18 turnovers leading to 29 Kentucky points and cooled off to 37 percent shooting after the break and finished 42 percent overall.I thought it was a fast-paced game, probably a little faster than our depth handled tonight, Witherspoon said. We were able to move the ball and get some good looks, but a team like this (Kentucky) recovers quickly and sometimes a good look can still be difficult. We had pockets where we played well, but werent able to sustain it.Kentucky: The Wildcats also shot a respectable 46 percent in the first half behind Briscoes 7-of-8 performance and had some nice ball movement between the guards down the stretch. They were less generous with the ball compared to the opener, finishing with just 10 assists on 31 baskets.POLL IMPLICATIONSNext week might provide a definitive answer as Kentucky steps up the competition Tuesday night against No. 12 Michigan State at the Champions Classic in New York.BAMS BOUNCE-BACKAdebayo had plenty of room to grow from a five-point, one-rebound debut limited to just 15 minutes by four fouls. The freshman committed just two fouls against Canisius and earned initial career bests with points, rebounds and 27 minutes.I just wasnt as focused as much as I should have, and tonight I just started focusing, he said.UP NEXTCanisius: Visits Cleveland State on Tuesday night in the second game of the Bluegrass Showcase, an event that also features Duquesne, Cleveland State and UT Martin playing games at campus sites.Kentucky: Faces Michigan State on Tuesday in New York. The schools last met in the same event two years ago in Chicago, a 78-74 Spartans victory that brought them within 12-11 in the series.---More AP College Basketball: collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '