Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers Post-Match Thread

[JUAN PABLO]

and other clubs bought some good quality for not alot of money too ..

[TonyD]

I don't feel sorry for AM at all.   He seems to have at least 3 match delay in responding to problems.  I suspect after a couple more tonkings he might play 2 in the middle who can tackle even if they are defenders.  Stan, Delphi and Ireland simply don't hold the side together.

[JUAN PABLO]

Fuck it, I am off to bed.

Cry yourself to sleep mate ...

[hawkeye]

Please do not fall into the trap of Blaming Mcleish, The real problem is with the Board, they are the guys who have pulled back all the finances at such speed to leave us with an unbalanced squad and a manager with a very poor ecord in the PL.
Thier decisions over the last 2 years have created this mess.

[Villanation]

The board is the problem very clearly, not the manager. You sell our best two players, then you sell/loan our first choice right back, one of our few centre midfielders on top of releasing a load of players. You then give the manager a fraction of the money to replace them with, you are going to be fucked. That's what we are and it is the board's fault.

It is hard to disagree with that.

That is all true, McCleish has been dealt a bad hand,but there are some good players there,and a better coach of players,would surely bring out alot more in them. Newcastle out played on Sat and they're shit. But it was Randy who chose him,so he must take the blame.

It's not the point though, all managers have to deal with players leaving, if AM thought that Ash Young and Downing leaving the club was more than he could cope with, then he should not have taken the job, it was always the case that Young was going, way before AM took over, everybody in football new that and outside.

Fact is RL stretched out his arm and appointed the first bloke he could lay his hands on, I remember that bloke Flores went public saying he wanted the Villa job, why didn't RL at least talk to a manager like that.

You stand and fall by the decisions you make in this life and RL is either going to do something or he will realise what it's like to be the other end of the scale in being Chair of Aston Villa.

[kippaxvilla2]

The scariest thing about it I don't even seem to care or have any fight left in me anymore.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

Just relax chaps...I'm sure that General Krulak will be on here later to spout his words of wisdom....

....just as soon as he's finished teaching the alphabet to his kids at school.

[Greg N'Ash]

Please do not fall into the trap of Blaming Mcleish, The real problem is with the Board, they are the guys who have pulled back all the finances at such speed to leave us with an unbalanced squad and a manager with a very poor ecord in the PL.
Thier decisions over the last 2 years have created this mess.

yep. they shit themselves when the saw GH's list of signings and the price and went with the troublemakers. tale wagging the dog - always ends badly

[west sussex villan]

here's a question - for those of you who want to give am a chance. How long until the chance is over?

[JJ-AV]

Seriously, what are we playing for now?

Until the FA Cup in January it's just a season of plodding along. Atleast Martinez would have given us belief of a bigger picture, an end-game.

This is just very, meh.

[TopDeck113]

The sense of malaise that has been hanging around our club for the last year or so probably clouds a few judgements.  However, the damning statistic is one shot on target. In the 89th minute.  There is bad days at the office and there is not being arsed.

[Vanilla]

Please do not fall into the trap of Blaming Mcleish, The real problem is with the Board, they are the guys who have pulled back all the finances at such speed to leave us with an unbalanced squad and a manager with a very poor ecord in the PL.
Thier decisions over the last 2 years have created this mess.

If the manager didn't think he was up to the job, he didn't have to take it. That's the though problem isn't it; they offered the job to someone who probably would have been touting himself around to lower Premier League, Scottish Premier or Championship teams when he walked out of blues.

Yet, he 'suddenly' got a phone call from Villa the second he resigned. He probably couldn't believe his luck. Which other team with top six aspirations would have approached him?

[Villanation]

here's a question - for those of you who want to give am a chance. How long until the chance is over?

Its over now, its a bit like being banged over the head with a plank but the pain don't kick in till tomorrow.

[lovejoy]

The most worrying thing is the crowd. I think the Board have lost the fans and that is a concern.

[Nev]

No one will be surprised, the sad thing is it is all so predictable. The unrest in the summer was initiated by the fear of nights like this.