Who Should be Aston Villa Manager ? Now with new, revised poll

[olaftab]

The matter is now with Birmingham City FC's lawyers and no further comments will be made

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Yes  this is correct. I was driving  down Coventry Road at about 7.30 and I saw Peter Pan walk into  the  "Claims are us" Right Lawyers for you at your door step  office ....well more of a room on top of BCF  Fried Chicken nuggets.

[ez]

I'm clinging onto the hope that their interviewing of ''suitable candidates'' mean they want to take in absoloutely anyone who has been managing in the Premier League recently and could be available.

Just to give me any hope at all, is there any indication that this McLeish interview is part of a wider period of interviews with others? Like he's in at 10:30, followed by Van Gaal 20 minutes later? Anyone? Please? Help...

Please let there be. Sadly the statement doesn't imply this.

[Villanation]

Just on Radio5 that Blues are launching a complaint alleging that Villa "tapped up" their manager....!

I hope they succeed and Premier League immediately step in and stop this illegal move by  the Villa  to undermine another  Football club.

Phew what, absolutley, its terrible the way Villa have dealt with this, someone needs to stop this McLiesh thing happening right now, without delay.

[Eiresvillan]

Guys help me here;

These managers are all "available";

Frank Rijkaard
Bernd Schuster
Louis Van Gaal
Quique Sánchez Flores

Yet we are interviewing Alex McLeish.. Wake up please its not a dream...This is reality and the mighty Aston Villa are about to "interview" a manager when the above are ALL available..

You have a MASSIVE voice on a fan forum site...Flipping use it and save our club please...

Are you bloody well obsessed man? You're like a stuck record.

I agree with your poiunt but we've had 659 threads to do with managers and it can be covered in here.

How can it?

How can the club get an idea from "this thread" that the majority of Villa fans do not think that Premiership Experiance is all that neccessary for the managerial appointment?

Which is the "main thing" holding us back getting a decent manager....

Do you understand that Moyes, Ancelotti, Martinez, Benitez etc etc have most probrably been tried BEFORE McLeish? The club are scraping the Premiership Experianced Barrel..Because they think its highly important.

[curiousorange]

Just on Radio5 that Blues are launching a complaint alleging that Villa "tapped up" their manager....!

I hope they succeed and Premier League immediately step in and stop this illegal move by  the Villa  to undermine another  Football club.

Phew what, absolutley, its terrible the way Villa have dealt with this, someone needs to stop this McLiesh thing happening right now, without delay.

Villa have acted like dishonourable turds. They deserve punishment. They should be told that if Alex McLeish comes within half a mile of either B6, Bodymoor Heath or the owner or CEO of Aston Villa Football Club that any contract that's signed becomes immediately null and void.

[mallo]

If ever there were a 'these are the financial constraints, but it's Aston Villa remember' appointment, this is it - it pains me to say it but it's doug mk2 (in a way - I'll qualify that in that doug budgeted for mediocrity which is what we're doing now).

There's some fecking making up to do.

[maidstonevillain]

Blues statment

Birmingham City Football Club finds Aston Villa's announcement today (Tuesday) to proceed with an interview with Alex McLeish a contempt of Premier League and FA rules.

The club feel this will taint football and give the game and the footballing authorities a bad name if this is allowed to materialise. The club will do what is within its powers to prevent this and will lodge a formal complaint to the authorities tomorrow as there is now not the slightest doubt remaining about this tap up attempt.

Birmingham City FC stresses that this conduct, if condoned, will open up flood gates and set a very bad precedent. This is also an attack against the intelligence and integrity of not only the Villa fans, but most importantly our fans who are badly let down after having just been relegated. It is definitely a bitter pill to swallow for all fans concerned, both here and across the city. Never have the two clubs seen such a strong unity between their rival fans and this unity is based on humility and integrity and what is right and fair.

The LMA's announcement today is refuted as the club has a very rigid approval system where only players formally identified, and with approval forms signed and sanctioned by the manager personally are brought in. The chief scout was sacked only after Mr McLeish was informed who at that time had chosen not to comment.

The allegations against the club, president Carson Yeung and the Board are frivolous excuses and without foundation.

The matter is now with Birmingham City FC's lawyers and no further comments will be made

"breaching Premier League rules"

What's that got to do with BCFC?

[villajk]

McLeish must have balls of steel to take this job.

Silver lining - the Blues board are spittin' and threatening all sorts of things.  To hold their breath until they go red and fall over, kicking the floor, screaming till they're sick...I think this has more mileage in it. 
* takes tub of ice cream fromn the fridge and sits back*

I'm loving Peter Pan huffing and puffing.  Brilliant.

[Chris Harte]

So, they don't take McClaren because of a few keyboard warriors, but then decide to interview the recently ex boss of the shower of shit down the road, with the shit storm that'll follow.

I wonder what Roberto Di Matteo's doing now!?

[picicata]

Just on Radio5 that Blues are launching a complaint alleging that Villa "tapped up" their manager....!

I hope they succeed and Premier League immediately step in and stop this illegal move by  the Villa  to undermine another  Football club.

Phew what, absolutley, its terrible the way Villa have dealt with this, someone needs to stop this McLiesh thing happening right now, without delay.

I'm quite frankly disgusted at the behaviour of my club! Power to the Peter Pannu!

[Eigentor]

Birmingham won't let us talk to McLeish. Damn. Well, we tried. Now I guess we just have to go to the next name on the list.

[Maradona10]

McLeish will talk to Villa, he has the LMA behind him.

[Nirog72]

Sir Clive Woodward is next

[curiousorange]

Birmingham won't let us talk to McLeish. Damn. Well, we tried. Now I guess we just have to go to the next name on the list.

Drat, foiled again. Oh well.

[alan_clarke]

That Blues statement is terrible. Sounds like it was written by a 18 year old.