Poll: Are you going to give Alex McLeish a chance to prove himself?

[The Situation]

"Agbonlahor also believes McLeish can get the claret and blues playing attacking football after admitting his defensive style at Blues is not Villa's way."

I'll believe it when I see it.

[paulcomben]

Yeah. Cmon. Villa have had 3 promising managers in 30 years. Saunders, Atkinson, O'Neill. And the last two were a bit crap. McLeish will be more hyped than any to get wins. It is all about signings & use of youngsters now.

[D.boy]

I've stayed off the main forum for most of the week due to the hysterical rantings against the board and new manager. I was as suprised as everyone else at the choice (considering the other names we were linked with) but he's in post now so it doesn't mean a jot to rant against him. We now have 2 choices.
1. If you are that disgusted at the appointment the only way to show it is not go to games.
2. Put all the animosity aside and get behind the team and see if Randy's gamble pays off. We saw divisions in the club last season and where did that get us.
I am prepared to give McLeish a chance and see how it pans out and hope for the best.

[Greg N'Ash]

the thing is what do you class as a chance? I'll give him a chance which is roughly a season if we're not bottom by the new year - the same i gave Houllier I reckon a lot of those voters won't give him that. A better question to have asked is "Do you think if he'll be a success"?

[cdbearsfan]

This thread should be viewed again in 12 months time. Either 263 people know something the rest of us don't from his record or it will go down as the biggest case of mass delusion ever.

The key phrase is "give him a chance."

Gregnash? Never.

[Greg N'Ash]

This thread should be viewed again in 12 months time. Either 263 people know something the rest of us don't from his record or it will go down as the biggest case of mass delusion ever.

The key phrase is "give him a chance."

Gregnash? Never.

well i gave houllier more of a chance than most people and i bet there was a similar thread full of the same platitudes from people who conveniently forgot about their backing 5 months later.

[cdbearsfan]

Eh? I think you missed my (poor) joke.

[hawkeye]

Most saine Villa fans want him to succeed. To his credit, despite managing the other lot he never showed disrespect to The Villa.
His failings at Blose was that he tried to compete in both cups with a thin squad and got found out. A lot of other managers of small clubs throw the cups to ensure survival. Our manager threw the FA Cup and lets face it if we had of beaten them in the QF, who knows what might have happened to us. My concern is more about what the board are thinking.

[PeterWithe]

Why would McLeish change his style to free flowing football anymore than Martinez would come here and start playing the long ball game? furthermore why would the board hire a bloke who plays one way expecting him to play in a completely different style?

We are going to be playing in the style of his SHA teams and I can fully understand why we have people feeling more than a bit aprehensive about it.

[Chris Smith]

Why would McLeish change his style to free flowing football anymore than Martinez would come here and start playing the long ball game? furthermore why would the board hire a bloke who plays one way expecting him to play in a completely different style?

We are going to be playing in the style of his SHA teams and I can fully understand why we have people feeling more than a bit aprehensive about it.

Did his Rangers side play the same way as the Blues?

[Chris Smith]

Lerner has decided McLeish is the man to take Villa forward, and has been unusually vociferous in saying that

Has he, what's he said?

[PeterWithe]

If actions speak louder than words he hasn't half been vociferous.

[Percy McCarthy]

I'll give him a chance. Although I'm swayed by some of the crap bits on his CV, I'm desperately hoping that the good bits are a truer reflection of his abilities.

[villa `cross the mersey]

When does he start work?

[PeterWithe]

Why would McLeish change his style to free flowing football anymore than Martinez would come here and start playing the long ball game? furthermore why would the board hire a bloke who plays one way expecting him to play in a completely different style?

We are going to be playing in the style of his SHA teams and I can fully understand why we have people feeling more than a bit aprehensive about it.

Did his Rangers side play the same way as the Blues?

From memory they were not disimilar