Welcome Alex McLeish

[olaftab]

Thursday 16 June 2011 a dark day in the history of once great Aston Villa Football Club. A day when we make this dreadful dreadful appointment and announce to the world that we are leaving the pitch for others to  compete.  

Having said that he is here now so we have to get behind him. The best way he can start is to tell Downing  he is going no where and somehow persuade Ash to change his mind.

[TonyD]

Mods please close this premature thread.

[Iago]

Welcome Alex and good luck.

[Corleone]

Yawn, have we still not appointed mark hughes yet?

[ROBBO]

Ash is gone and Downing will put in a transfer request which will leave us with little option but to sell him. Don't blame either of them i would be off to but i am stuck solid.