AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Mazrim]

I'd heard it was less than half of that.

Who have you heard that from?

Mat Kendrick.

[saunders_heroes]

Didn't Tim Abraham say he would recieve only £1.5m because of a clause that kicked in when he didn't reach 40 points?

[Ad@m]

What other walk of life would you get paid that in 'compensation' for doing a piss poor job?

Banking?

[woody4866]

Didn't Tim Abraham say he would recieve only £1.5m because of a clause that kicked in when he didn't reach 40 points?

fookin ONLY

[Concrete John]

I know this will fly in the face of general opinion, but I don't blame Mcleish for taking his pay out, however much that is.

Yes, he failed, but he signed a contract in good faith and can rightfully expect the terms and conditions of that contract to be met.

I reserve my anger for the man/men who gave him that contract!

[WA Villan]

What other walk of life would you get paid that in 'compensation' for doing a piss poor job?

Banking?

Insurance

[PaulWinch again]

What other walk of life would you get paid that in 'compensation' for doing a piss poor job?

Banking?

Insurance

I work in insurance, I wouldn't have a chance of a pay off for a bad job!

[TheSandman]

However much he got, it was money well spent as it got us shot of him. That's all that matters to me about it.

[Concrete John]

What other walk of life would you get paid that in 'compensation' for doing a piss poor job?

Banking?

Insurance

I wish!

You don't get paid right in insurance for doing a GOOD job !!

[Toronto Villa]

Looking at thread title still makes smile. It doesn't matter to me one bit about his payout. It was absolutely the right thing to do, financially and psychologically for the the club and fans. Look how far we've come in the few short days since then. How much more optimism there is amongst us. Had Randy not done the right thing this place, and other places where Villa fans gather would just have been angry and depressed. Now we are on the verge of appointing a man that is a bit of an unknown, but someone that has captured our imaginations and one we will get behind. The positibe vibe and interest amongst us is probably the highest it has been in two years. The club know that.

[Risso]

I know this will fly in the face of general opinion, but I don't blame Mcleish for taking his pay out, however much that is.

Yes, he failed, but he signed a contract in good faith and can rightfully expect the terms and conditions of that contract to be met.

I reserve my anger for the man/men who gave him that contract!

I also find it weird that someone like Mark Hughes, who had a clause inserted in his contract is somehow seen as dishonourable for walking out on Fulham.  If he'd been sacked he'd not have been paid off, which is why Fulham agreed to it I assume.  Quite a sensible approach all round.

[pauliewalnuts]

I know this will fly in the face of general opinion, but I don't blame Mcleish for taking his pay out, however much that is.

Yes, he failed, but he signed a contract in good faith and can rightfully expect the terms and conditions of that contract to be met.

I reserve my anger for the man/men who gave him that contract!

I agree entirely.

Good luck to him if he manages to bag a three year contract and only has to actually work the first one with the last two paid up. If we want to have a pop at someone over that situation - if indeed it is the situation - then the people to blame are those running the club for being sufficiently nuts to give him that contract in the first place.

I still find it hard to believe they did something so mindbendingly steeeyoooopid as appoint Big Eck.

[dave.woodhall]

I would guess that his contract, like all others, would have a clause saying that he'd only get a year's pay off when he was sacked. That's 'only' as in 'only in football.'