Alex Mcleish - good or average start?

[pauliewalnuts]

I actually thought we had a very decent amount of possession on Saturday

The problem was, we didn't do very much with it. Mind you, that was a recurring problem last season as well, so it seems a bit over optimistic to expect AM to have fixed it this quickly.

[Rigadon]

Solid start.  Needs to be brave and play Bannan from the start - that kid is a player.

[Villanation]

Below....................

You would expect any new manager to enjoy a honeymoon kind of impact period at the start of his tenure, when players want to impress and stake the claim for a place, I personally haven't seen any evidence of that, poor performance v Fulham, we got a win out of a team that would just about survive League 1 and Wolves.

These is a dream fixture start for a team like Villa, times will get tougher and i can see nothing that makes me believe we will stay the pace, also and very important that performance v Wolves was one of the most lack lustre Villa performances I've seen from a Villa side since the O'Dreary days, and one of the most boring games of football.

Conclusion...................Below par start.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

These is a dream fixture start for a team like Villa, times will get tougher and i can see nothing that makes me believe we will stay the pace, also and very important that performance v Wolves was one of the most lack lustre Villa performances I've seen from a Villa side since the O'Dreary days, and one of the most boring games of football.

Where have you been these last five years?

[TheSandman]

Garbage start.

Against Wolves in the second half it looked like they were at home.

0-0 at home against a team that will be in the bottom six in a couple of weeks time until the rest of the saeson is ...garbage.

They didn't get out of their half until about 75 minutes.

Some of the shite posted on this board is beyond ridiculous at times, I'm worried that the general concentration of fuckwittery is increasing to unsustainable levels.

I agree entirely. Somebody has clearly poured water on them or fed them after midnight, because the exponential increase in people talking total bollocks is staggering.

Indeed. It is quite staggering. Especially when a few of them are previously sensible posters.

[brice jovial]

on around 35 sec

[The Left Side]

Love the reaction, that's what I did when I thought it was joke!

[Monty]

It's not been a garbage start, nor has it been a nightmare or even particularly below par. It's just so listless, so uninspiring, so frustrating, and the manager hasn't helped it with his playing of Heskey where our major creative player should go, forcing the whole style into something approaching numbing boredom. It's not terrible, we won't get relegated, but we won't pull up any trees either, and not just in the sense of our final league table position.

Last season almost nobody in the league was sad to see Blues go down, and while, like I've said, we won't go down, we'll be nobody's second team this year, shall we say. This is an unnecessary state of affairs as, although we'd probably lose more games playing more expansively, we'd as likely win more as well, and while it's three points for a win and one for a draw that will be a good strategy. However, the manager seems to feel that we should not only pay for the privelige of mediocrity, but that said mediocrity should be drudgingly achieved. I hope he changes, I hope he expands our game and plays creative players who might make a mediocre season worth watching, but I have doubts as to whether he will.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I didn't hear too many complaints after the Blackburn game, Monty. Three games and admittedly the Wolves game was no end-to-end local derby ding dong but let's put the wigs, false bosoms and heavy make up away for a week or two.

In my mind, to date, McLeish has only really made one mistake and that's not playing Bannan in the advanced midfield role. Get that right and whisper it but we could have the most entertaining and points at Villa Park in a very long time.

[Monty]

I didn't hear too many complaints after the Blackburn game, Monty. Three games and admittedly the Wolves game was no end-to-end local derby ding dong but let's put the wigs, false bosoms and heavy make up away for a week or two.

In my mind, to date, McLeish has only really made one mistake and that's not playing Bannan in the advanced midfield role. Get that right and whisper it but we could have the most entertaining and points at Villa Park in a very long time.

Very true, but I think the fact that he doesn't do it but plays Heskey in that role could be taken as indicative. Like I say, I hope not, but there is certainly a listless feeling around the club at the mo.

[AV82EC]

Cracking programme on 5Live tonight about the perfect number 10 and rather sums up the current debate we're having on Heskey vs Bannan/Ireland.

[PaulTheVillan]

Cracking programme on 5Live tonight about the perfect number 10 and rather sums up the current debate we're having on Heskey vs Bannan/Ireland.

The perfect number 10? Teddy Sheringham.

[Monty]

Cracking programme on 5Live tonight about the perfect number 10 and rather sums up the current debate we're having on Heskey vs Bannan/Ireland.

I was thinking just that. Also, surprise surprise nobody's mentioned Sid.

[AV82EC]

Cracking programme on 5Live tonight about the perfect number 10 and rather sums up the current debate we're having on Heskey vs Bannan/Ireland.

I was thinking just that. Also, surprise surprise nobody's mentioned Sid.

I nearly texted it in but couldnt be arsed.  Great programme from 5live, they should get Richard Williams on more often, instead they give airtime to utter fuckwits like Gobby Cabbage and Alan Green.

[Monty]

Cracking programme on 5Live tonight about the perfect number 10 and rather sums up the current debate we're having on Heskey vs Bannan/Ireland.

I was thinking just that. Also, surprise surprise nobody's mentioned Sid.

I nearly texted it in but couldnt be arsed.  Great programme from 5live, they should get Richard Williams on more often, instead they give airtime to utter fuckwits like Gobby Cabbage and Alan Green.

Agree with that, even though Williams can be a really annoying right-on sort of guy sometimes.