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

[hawkeye]

Most pointless poll evoh. Doesn't matter how you voted, it will turn nasty the first bad result. Get to christmas and we're dragging along the bottom all hell will break loose

Agree, it dosent matter what people are saying now, his style of football will make the MON era look like a Bolshoy touring cast. I actually hope that he will be given some time but I doubt it.

[CBAV06]

Most pointless poll evoh. Doesn't matter how you voted, it will turn nasty the first bad result. Get to christmas and we're dragging along the bottom all hell will break loose

Agree, it dosent matter what people are saying now, his style of football will make the MON era look like a Bolshoy touring cast. I actually hope that he will be given some time but I doubt it.

Actually I think if he gives results all will be quiet (except for the unsettled few), regardless of what the football "looks" like. However the biggest problem with this appointment is the instant something goes wrong it will be on like Donkey Kong. Even if the biggest problem would've passed without the batting of an eye in previous years.

This will be rough.

[Toronto Villa]

thing is hilts, the pressure is being created by us. The very people who should be supporting him as opposed to making his job more difficult. Now that he's here we should be doing everything we can to ensure he is as successful as possible. Unfortunately, there is going to be a section of fans who won't give him a chance, and will be on his case at the very earliest opportunity. I mean, heaven forbid we lose a pre-season match.

[CBAV06]

thing is hilts, the pressure is being created by us. The very people who should be supporting him as opposed to making his job more difficult. Now that he's here we should be doing everything we can to ensure he is as successful as possible. Unfortunately, there is going to be a section of fans who won't give him a chance, and will be on his case at the very earliest opportunity. I mean, heaven forbid we lose a pre-season match.

Agreed.

[villa1]

Lord Mcgrath said we should back him.

That's good enough for me.

[villan from luton]

Im prepared to give the guy a chance. Yes, he played dull football at the sty, he will have better players here. I support Aston Villa regardless of who the manager is. Seems some people want the guy to fail already

[hawkeye]

He has played dull football wherever he has managed, leopards and spots.

[swatts]

Only in football can you totally fuck your job up and get offered a better one, the only reason blues never sacked him is because they couldnt afford to pay him off and now they want compensation! joke.

[Ger Regan]

Only in football can you totally fuck your job up and get offered a better one, the only reason blues never sacked him is because they couldnt afford to pay him off and now they want compensation! joke.

So that's a no from you, is it?

[villan from luton]

He did a good job for Scotland with the drivel he had. I didnt want him, but am willing to accept the decision and get on with supporting Aston Villa Football Club

[MarkM]

There needs to be another option on the list

"Don't have any choice but to put up with it "

[brian green]

It is not a question of pressure being put upon him.  He has put pressure on himself.  Do you honestly think he believed he would be welcomed by the Villa fans?   Any handicap he may have inhibiting his management skills has been inflicted on himself by agreeing to come to Villa.

But all that is academic.  All of those I know and to whom I speak and are most appalled and shocked by this madness say the same thing.   We wanted better for our club.   Whichever way you cut it Alex McLeish is a poor manager with a bad record.   To dredge up approval of his abilities from the likes of Dion Dublin, Stanley Collymore and Dennis Mortimer is like asking Mervyn King his opinion of Fred The Shred Goodwin.   He is a banker being asked his opinion in public what he thinks of another banker.   Of course he will say good chap, first class Oxbridge degree, worked on Wall St, written excellent articles for the Financial Times.   Of course in public the likes of Dublin and Collymore will big up McLeish they have their careers as pundits to think about.

I want only one thing for the club which has been part of my life for so long.   I want the best.   McLeish was probably the worst manager in the Premiership and certainly played the worst football.

The probability is that I am too old to hope to see us win the FA Cup again, Champions League is totally out of the question probably for ever but I renewed my season ticket today for one reason only, I want to see every match I can between now and when McLeish is shown the door.   I don't want to watch it on TV and have Dublin and Collymore telling what to do and what to think.   I don't want members of my family returning from matches and telling me about Villa games.   I want to see this ghastly saga unfold at first hand.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Most pointless poll evoh. Doesn't matter how you voted, it will turn nasty the first bad result. Get to christmas and we're dragging along the bottom all hell will break loose

It's just a shame greg that there are people who will be thinking the same way as you. It really doesn't have to be that way after 1 bad result. Good to see you are preparing yourself accordingly.

Early days, TV. I was sitting here thinking AM could surprise us and actually turn things around. I have always thought he was a decent fella but having just seen a few clips of interviews with him, I think he will be lucky to last the pre season friendlies.

[hawkeye]

Brian, Hold on to your seat

[oldtimernow]

look on the bright side at least there's no potential banana skin match against the Blose!