McLeish meets fans - notes from MM...

[OzVilla]

Said wants to pair Gabby with Bent thinks Gabby was wasted on the wing and wants to get him back to the level he was at !


Well that would be a major improvement right there.

[Toronto Villa]

I'll be quite happy to be in or near the relegation zone at xmas

I've restrained myself, and I will apologise in advance, and I'm happy to accept the admonishment of the moderators and will understand if this gets deleted and I get a warning....

You are a cunt.

ha ha. And you thought me calling you a moron was bad!! Have you ever wondered even why when walking innocently down the street everyone you look at wants to punch you? Might just be the vibes you give off as a shit stirrer or general wind up merchant. You know who they are just by looking at them. They don't even have to say anything, people just know. That's you.

You sound a very angry individual. Maybe you should stick to Ice Hockey if talking about football gets you this worked up. Judging by you previous posts and obvious lack of football knowledge I think this maybe a good idea all round.   

Teams that have been top 4 by xmas

Us under MON
Man City under Sven (when they were crap before the arabs)
Hull City in there first season

See, isn't that inconceivable is it?

oh yes, yes, I see what you've done there. You've given me an almighty slap down with a hockey reference because of where I live, and you think I'm Canadian so I have no knowledge of football or soccer I suppose it should be. You can now tell all your mates at school tomorrow how you pwned me or whatever 12 year olds say these days.

Have you noticed how so many people are agreeing with you. When you find yourself in the real world and everyone thinks you're an idiot, it's probably time to think to yourself "hmm, maybe I am an idiot" an consider that you might be taking the wrong approach on a few things in life.

[Matt Collins]

Said wants to pair Gabby with Bent thinks Gabby was wasted on the wing and wants to get him back to the level he was at !


Well that would be a major improvement right there.

Let's hope so, but I can't see it. I guess he wants gabby pulling wide to support bent. But that would be reverting to 2 out and out fwds neither of whom can really drop off and bring variety to our play. I think bent was an upgrade on gabby, not a partner.

[OzVilla]

I think they can play together, a Benyoun type player in the hole would work two with these two up top.

[eastie]

Ireland at his best would be ideal to feed the strikers with his passing skills- let's hope eck can get him back to his best.

[martyn ellis]

The capacity some people have for going on and on about whether AM is the right man for the job is astounding. I logged on to read about what he said to the fans group and it all kicks off again. Get a grip lads. Give the man (and us) a break.

[PaulTheVillan]

Gabby scored all his goals last year when Bent was on the pitch.

But Bent scores more when he's upfront alone.

I would go 4-3-3.

[Drummond]

Another interesting thread ruined. Thanks.

[Risso]

McLeishOUT (aka NottingVilla).  You were banned for being an idiot last time, and I've banned you again.  Please don't bother signing up again.

Dave Cooper - whatever justification you feel you have, please do not abuse people, and do not post to deliberately avoid the word filter, or you'll be joining him.

[Greg N'Ash]

Good to see he virtually rules out going back for his old players. A wise move me thinks.

[Hookeysmith]

An historically bad appointment. Nothing he has said in these laughable PR exercises has changed my mind.

Quite amazing how people are prepared to brush over his two relegation's. 

I'll be quite happy to be in or near the relegation zone at xmas if it means getting in a proper manager with a vision. Not a 4-4-2 hoofball merchant.

Mcleish plays percentage football, this isn't going to get us where we want to be. Not an opinion but a fact.

You want us to lose. Yup, that's the kind of supporter we need.

Mc Out - Would you like to have had Rednapp as our Manager?  I am sure you would (decent signings / plays open and attacking football) yet has at least 3 to my knowledge relegations to his name

The most important and overiding thing to me now that calm and normality has returned is that if nothing else the guy wanted the job. All the others either didnt want it or wanted totally their own rule for their own agendas, not for the good of the club

We do not have to sing his name from the rooftops but the guy deserves a fair crack - if there are folk out there that are prepared to boo him at his first game then i for one would accept lower attendances not to have them people at the ground

[Villa'Zawg]

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The most important and overiding thing to me now that calm and normality has returned is that if nothing else the guy wanted the job. All the others either didnt want it or wanted totally their own rule for their own agendas, not for the good of the club...

I suspect there were candidates who felt they couldn't make a success of the job with the budget/resources the board were willing to make available.

Still, as DW (and Ferguson) pointed out, McLeish was successful at Rangers without having much money to spend, so maybe he is the best man for the job.

[ktvillan]

Some encouraging signs I suppose, but some I'm dubious about.  Good that we're not after Green, whom I find too erratic and unreliable, good that he intends to play attacking football (at home anyway).  I can see the financial logic of trying to rehabilitate the ostracised players but would prefer to sign better full back than Beye and Warnock.

Less encouraging is that he doesn't mention attacking away from home, so can we expect to be rather dour and defensive on our travels?   Really not convinced Gabby and Bent will work as a combination, Gabby will just get in Bent's way.  Mentioning Dann is too expensive, when Stoke are in for him, is a bit of a downer.  It tells us a lot about the new frugality at VP but I suppose we already knew that.

I didn't want Feck and I'm still pissed off that we ended up with him but I wish him luck because I want Villa to do well.

[Dave Cooper please]

McLeishOUT (aka NottingVilla).  You were banned for being an idiot last time, and I've banned you again.  Please don't bother signing up again.

Dave Cooper - whatever justification you feel you have, please do not abuse people, and do not post to deliberately avoid the word filter, or you'll be joining him.

Point taken, alcohol had been consumed, apologies to anyone I may have offended.

I have got a wank sock called Mabel though, that bit is true.

[hilts_coolerking]

Mc Out - Would you like to have had Rednapp as our Manager?  I am sure you would (decent signings / plays open and attacking football) yet has at least 3 to my knowledge relegations to his name

It wasn't a choice between McLeish or Redknapp though was it?  There were plenty of other candidates out there, a number of whom didn't have any relegations on their CV plus plenty of cups and titles to boot.

I know what you're saying and of course I'll support the team whoever is in charge but I think it's perfectly justified to be critical of the selection process, such as it was, and the eventual appointment.