McLeish out Chants / banners / protests

[brian green]

I agree Ger.   I am not saying that McLeish is responsible for Albrighton or anybody else losing their form.   All I am saying is that they had form to regain.   I believe they are regaining it because the manager has started to change the habits of a lifetime and allowing them to play front foot football.   I don't think the players' attitudes have changed I think the manager's has.

[hawkeye]

I dont want to see us ever play the surrender football like we did against Manure, Spurs, Citeh and Liverpool. If he has worked that out then he deserves a chance.

Did he choose to surrender or were we simply unable to compete in those games? Thats what i wonder. In the last 2 games we have shown that we can take the game to the opposition. Change of tactics or the team now gelling?

I think there was a definate change against Arsenal, we were pressing higher up the field and trying to use shorter passing and movement. I saw less against Stoke but I think that was because it was Stoke. The test willl be against Chelsea, and wether he goes back to surrender football.

[frank]

The test willl be against Chelsea, and wether he goes back to surrender football.

In some ways I'm sorry we're playing Chelsea now, just at a time when the team's playing with more cohesion and determination and gaining some confidence. We could do with an easy home game. On the other hand, we have a pretty good recent record at Stamford Bridge (if you ignore one result), Bent should be back, and there are signs that AM is allowing the wide players to play with more freedom. As you say, what we don't want is another surrender. If we play to our strengths and worry Chelsea as Fulham did, we can get something out of this game

[Legion]

I don't think the players' attitudes have changed I think the manager's has.

Great point.

[ez]

Other teams have got something against the top sides. Wigan got something against Chelsea, Wolves did against Arsenal, Blackburn did at Liverpool. If McLeish was surrendering he was a pratt to.

[KRS]

Its unlikely we'll get much return from the top 6 clubs, but we're good enough to stay up and with a few strewd signings we may just about make a top 10 finish if the last couple of performances can be improved upon. There is no reason on paper why we cant string some decent results together over the next few months, and that should buy AM time to at least the summer.

[JJ-AV]

If it were up to me I'd sack him and get Hodgson in.

It'd give the club a lift, he's shown in recent seasons he's capable of doing well at clubs with similar ambitions to ours currently and he improves players. Which would save us a fortune.

[Greg N'Ash]

yeah but sack him and we're back to square one again. We had the same with GH after MON left and again when AM was appointed - players bought that the new manager has to work with whether he likes it or not.. Sooner or later we need some continuation otherwise we're throwing good money after bad.

[Ian.]

Whatever happened to giving someone a chance? I do not really see half a season as a chance.

[PaulWinch again]

I see Ciaran Clark has come out and said 'We are good enough to beat anyone in this league.' Now if Mcleish adopts the same mindset we should be alright.

[Rick_avfc]

I don't think booing the team or McLeish is going to make a difference.  Before the festive period, I was one of those fans taht wanted him gone but now I have time to cool down and think about things, I think he needs some more time.  Yes, he may never completely win over us fans but I feel he needs to be given time to build his own squad of players.  Also, why would RL sack him?  He went out of his way to get him tapped up and then we ended up paying compensation for him!  Can't see him sacking him and then paying out more money to pay off Eck and then pay fo another manager (assuming we went after a manager already in a job)

Is it me or do you think Eck has given Petrov a license to shoot from ANYWAY on the pitch?  Against stoke he decided that he would should from anywhere in the Stoke half!

[pauliewalnuts]

If he's not going to sack him - and he isn't - then he has to back him, and that means money to spend in January

[ozzjim]

I think a modest amount - say 10 million in Jan, would be the most appropriate thing to get a midfielder and maybe a loan forward.

[Nev]

The only thing that will save him is good form, good results, half decent perfomances and a positive attitude towards games against anyone other than relegation fodder. And that looks light years away.

This is what I posted after the Liverpool game, we're getting there, slowly, but it's buying the manager time.

[Concrete John]

People are always going on about performances over results, but if you look at the last 4 games along those lines I'd say:-
Bolton - good
Liverpool - rubbish
Arsenal - excellent
Stoke - decent

We're not there yet, but the recent signs have been encouraging, so lets not talk ourselves down.  If we get a result against Chelsea we'll be wellset up for the easier games coming up.