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

[Villa'Zawg]

Cowans has a job for life going nowhere! .  Re AM aint happy but will back him now and no doubt about it must have knackers the size of spacehoppers .

As for Randy he has put 200 million in without taking anything out so he has my trust and backing 100 % despite my misgivings over AM appointment hope he goes on to prove me wrong .

Not so, he's taken out "management charges".

do you know how much? I'm guessing it's a fraction of what he's put in though.

From memory, about £9m I think.  It is a fraction, but isn't "nothing".

Isn't about half of that £200m debt, for which he takes interest charges?

[Risso]

Cowans has a job for life going nowhere! .  Re AM aint happy but will back him now and no doubt about it must have knackers the size of spacehoppers .

As for Randy he has put 200 million in without taking anything out so he has my trust and backing 100 % despite my misgivings over AM appointment hope he goes on to prove me wrong .

Not so, he's taken out "management charges".

do you know how much? I'm guessing it's a fraction of what he's put in though.

From memory, about £9m I think.  It is a fraction, but isn't "nothing".

Isn't about half of that £200m debt, for which he takes interest charges?

That as well.

[Risso]

SSN reporter saying he said 'You just don't turn down Aston Villa' off camera.

...when you play shit football and have just been relegated you don't.  It sounds like a few other managers found a way.

[LeeB]

SSN reporter saying he said 'You just don't turn down Aston Villa' off camera.

*Thumbs up*

As Dave said, he's been more respectful and in tune with our club in one opening statement and an off-air comment than the previous manager, a man who I liked, managed in the time he was here.

[Villa'Zawg]

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Do you have any league tables to back up that theory villadawg?

No sorry, as I said earlier it was something I read in an academic paper.

[LeeB]

Just a thought, but last season many people had had it with Houllier because it was believed he didn't understand the history of the club, and the expectations of the fans.

Well there's probably not a better placed manager out there to correct that, seeing as he's spent the last three years over the road wishing he was managing us.

[dave.woodhall]

SSN reporter saying he said 'You just don't turn down Aston Villa' off camera.

*Thumbs up*

As Dave said, he's been more respectful and in tune with our club in one opening statement and an off-air comment than the previous manager, a man who I liked, managed in the time he was here.

I don't know why, maybe it's because they're a bit more respectful of tradition, but Scots seem to hold the Villa in more esteem than the English do. That's why I'm glad Sirralex said what he did - he might be a twat but I genuinely think he means well. 

[Witton Warrior]

I will certainly give him a chance.
Ron Saunders was looked askance when he came, Graham who?
McLeish has never entered into Villa-bashing while at SHA and was complementary about us after the 5-1
His abhorrent time with the unwashed masses will be expunged with his first trophy I should imagine

[Rancid custard]

Clean slate. Not once has he ever slagged us off and irked the way that some of that city lot can. I can only see one problem, and that's because of the history, he wont get the standard 10 game bedding in period that all new bosses get, 2 draws and a loss and there'll be shotgun toting fans running on the concourses...

[LeeB]

Clean slate. Not once has he ever slagged us off and irked the way that some of that city lot can. I can only see one problem, and that's because of the history, he wont get the standard 10 game bedding in period that all new bosses get, 2 draws and a loss and there'll be shotgun toting fans running on the concourses...

...probably trying to shoot warts off their fingers.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Nice3 article in the Times this morning by the way dave w.

 Share most your thoughts; slightly thawing my attitude towards McLeish, and my disappointment in RL.Be interesting what kind of impact we have in the transfer market this summer.

[RunRickyRun]

The mood around the chosen ones at work was that the protests had gone over the top and made them realise it's time now to back the manager.

[Clampy]

He's not the bloke we wanted or expected but he's here now and we've got to get behind him otherwise he'll fail anyway and that means giving him a rousing reception when he walks out at VP against Blackburn, even if we've lost the opening game.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I think Alex will have a head start on most former Villa manager. As he know the area and what we can do and understand Midlands football. I think he is a decent bloke (Not sure) and if he work on Aston Villa to improve the team and increase firepower and tightened up and continue developing young players and work with our coaching staff. If he want to add coaching staff, they should be as addition not replacement.

As we are good footballing side, he won't want to change the footballing side. Just sort out off the ball work and defending and set pieces.

Perhaps he will be able to attract higher quality players for the club as they wouldn't want to play for Birmingham City.

There is no point getting too angry with Alex and we have to give him a chance and clean slate. Did he do anything bad apart from managing Birmingham City and playing unsexy football.

[richard moore]

SSN reporter saying he said 'You just don't turn down Aston Villa' off camera.

*Thumbs up*

As Dave said, he's been more respectful and in tune with our club in one opening statement and an off-air comment than the previous manager, a man who I liked, managed in the time he was here.

He has always been very complimentary about us when interviewed about us in the past too...