Email from McLeish

[Chris Harte]

Well I've not received it.

I assume he thinks it was me giving him the bird and chanting "We've got the ginger one" solo at the Swansea game.

[London Villan]

I like him as a bloke too, just the football he is in charge of leaves a lot to be desired.

The club clearly realise there is a problem with the support and image of the manager, this is a step to address this.

I wonder how much input he had in to it or was it all written by that Dougan chap and the PR department?

[UK Redsox]

Fair play, can't see much there that would 'upset' anyone.

Give it time - I'm sure there are some members of this forum going through it with a magnifying glass right now to find something to have a pop at!

Has BE checked the grammar yet ?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We will never know how much was written or contrived by the PR team but it doesn't matter. His name is on it.

Judging by some of the crap that comes out from our PR team, I'd say they contributed nothing towards the email.

[ktvillan]

It's good to know that he's at least aware of our conerns about his perceived defensive minded approach, and even better to know that he disclaims it and wants to play good football.  Hopefully he can come up with the actions to match the words.

[darren woolley]

I've got mine nice of him to do that.

[Ger Regan]

We will never know how much was written or contrived by the PR team but it doesn't matter. His name is on it.

Judging by some of the crap that comes out from our PR team, I'd say they contributed nothing towards the email.

I've long wondered if half the problem with our PR is MON's mate.

Like with others, I think AM is a decent guy, and likable. I'm not convinced on his abilities as a manager just yet, but at the same time I don't believe he's done anything to warrant the sack as of yet. If he gets us playing as we did against Bolton, Arsenal and Chelsea on a consistent basis, then we will be ok.

[levico]

At least he's communicating which is more than RL is doing. Be interesting to know if he's done this on his own initiative or if he was 'pushed'.

Can't help but think this might be the prelude to something - good or bad, I'm not sure.

[Simba]

Tell you what though - he better start putting some attacking football on that pitch because he really has attempted to dispel his negative reputation. We can only wait and see if the footy and the results improve.

[Ger Regan]

Before Swansea, they had played good attacking football. And I'd class the swansea game as one that was seen on more than one occasion during MON's reign.

[levico]

Funny there was no mention of the imminence of the worst run of home results for many a decade. AM stands on the threshold of notoriety. I think we may lose to Everton on Saturday (lets face it they are a better team than Swansea) and that will be 5 losses on the trot and 6/7 home defeats. I can't recall anything that bad in all my years and my first match was 1963.

Maybe he's giving us 'reasons to be cheerful pt 3'.

[andyh]

What did BFR used to say.......................

[itbrvilla]

He didn't have to do it so fair play to him.  He's honest and frank.

I look forward to this attacking football he refers to.

Is it really written by him or someone in marketing who wants to make fans hear what they need to?

[pauliewalnuts]

Funny there was no mention of the imminence of the worst run of home results for many a decade.

There was no need to, really, surely? Isn't that why he's writing the email in the first place?

I think we may lose to Everton on Saturday (lets face it they are a better team than Swansea) and that will be 5 losses on the trot and 6/7 home defeats.

While you're right, we might lose, Everton have been pretty crap this season, and haven't managed to play much football (compared to Swansea), so I think we've got a reasonable chance of getting something from this.

Also, have to say, that we seem to have a track record of getting more from matches against Everton than we deserve.

[Mazrim]

More of this sort of thing. Commendable.