Alex McLeish confirmed as manager

[Phil from the upper holte]

I will never mention his name in a Villa chant

[Blagg]

Welcome Alex! Good luck, and ignore the vocal minority.  Once we start seeing good football and good results they'll go quiet.

Not sure which is braver, him taking the job or you posting that on here!! I take my hat off to you sir...

The minority I'm referring to are those that will never give the bloke a chance just because of where he's been working.  I hope that now he is our manager he will get support from most of us and is given a chance to be a success.

[PeterWithe]

Who's number 2?

Peter Grant was his SHA asst, although I think there may be a very good chance that Roy Aitken may come.

[achilles]

An absolute unbelievable appointment made by a bunch of incompetent board of imbeciles!

And NO I don't welcome him to Villa Park at all!

And don't give me all this bullshit about bottle, its all to do with another payrise and paycheck, utter, utter crap!

Check out Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs sometime over the summer!

Thats what I will miss from this forum, there is always some patronising sod with a holy than thou attitude! 

[JB1811]

Anyone know if Sid is being kept on?

[garyshawsknee]

I'm still a bit dazed,I feel like Bishop Brennan after Father Ted kicked him up the arse. In a day or two ill snap out of it shouting ' He did appoint Mccleish...LERNER..'

[ASHTONVILLA]

Who's number 2?

Peter Grant was his SHA asst, although I think there may be a very good chance that Roy Aitken may come.

Well if it is Aitken, then his experience of working with an unpopular Villa manager that doesn't know his arse from his elbow stewarded by an inept chairmen will come in handy for him.

[mrfuse]

Welcome Alex! Good luck, and ignore the vocal minority.  Once we start seeing good football and good results they'll go quiet.

Not sure which is braver, him taking the job or you posting that on here!! I take my hat off to you sir...

The minority I'm referring to are those that will never give the bloke a chance just because of where he's been working.  I hope that now he is our manager he will get support from most of us and is given a chance to be a success.

Ill be behind Alex and ive renewed my season ticket but seeing good football and good results lol

[django]

Appalling from Lerner and Faulkner. An absolute disgrace from everyone involved in this shambolic appointment process.

I have nothing against Mcleish, now that hes here. I just don't think he's even remotely worthy of this magnificent club.

[DeKuip]

Welcome Alex, you are now one of us and will get my support.

All we expect is that you don't stunt the progress of the youngsters by bringing in overpaid journeymen.
We try harder to keep our best players.
We win every game.
And play like Barcelona.

Good luck.

Oh, and don't for one minute think about getting rid of Gordon Cowans - he is a Villa legend and we all think the world of him.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I'm still a bit dazed,I feel like Bishop Brennan after Father Ted kicked him up the arse. In a day or two ill snap out of it shouting ' He did appoint Mccleish...LERNER..'

Ha ha.
I've now got a vision of you running across the Villa Park pitch with an oversize cape bellowing out behind you.

[QBVILLA]

I'm still a bit dazed,I feel like Bishop Brennan after Father Ted kicked him up the arse. In a day or two ill snap out of it shouting ' He did appoint Mccleish...LERNER..'

Lol, excellent

[The Laughing Policeman]

IMO Love for your football club should be as unconditional as the love for your wife.
If you disagree about something in your marriage and you let it fester then then the marriage is doomed. It's the same when it comes to loving the club, they might do something that you disagree with but you need to accept that a mistake may have been made and no amount of personal abuse or vitriol is going to change things. All it does is make things very uncomfortable for the rest of the 'family', and some of those 'family' members may leave because they don't like the poisonous atmosphere.
In other words any of you thinking of turning up at Villa Park just to show your displeasure at what has happened will do more to help empty the stadium than any appointment the board makes.
Now is the time for the club and fans to pull together for the sake of Aston Villa. Or will you only be satisfied when the only people left are the bitter ones?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

IMO Love for your football club should be as unconditional as the love for your wife.

It is.
But I don't think my wife will unexpectedly flip me over and take me up the Khyber with a strap-on.

[steamer]

I may be churlish, but I will not welcome this man to our Aston Villa
Everyone involved should hang their heads in embarresment.

To put on the O/S  an endorsment by the manager of Newton Heath is adding insult to injury.
Alex,s Claret and Blue Army. Never.

If he proves me wrong I will apologise. If he proves me right I will not beam with selfrightusness.
I am not angry but emotianly drained as I feel the club has told me to fuck off with my dreams.