Are We Alex McLeish's Claret & Blue Army Now?

[ROBBO]

I think you could reasonably conclude that GHs illness gave Lerner an out because GH would not have stood by while all his better players were sold and not be given any money to strengthen.Mcleish appointment is a statement in itself that Randy has given up, there are so many indicators (his continued absence for one). We are doomed to mediocrity until another buyer appears.

[pauliewalnuts]

The fact that Randy has been here twice this season says it all about how his attitude to the club has changed.

[preston28]

The fact that Randy has been here twice this season says it all about how his attitude to the club has changed.

Maybe but I believe he has gone through a divorce this (last) year (streesful enough) and has moved home to help his son settle into a school?? I guess he could have attended more than twice though??

[pauliewalnuts]

When you own your own private jet and are a billionaire, it can not really be that impossible to find a day here and there, can it?

[Edvard Remberg]

The fuel for his plane is to expensive also.

[Rick_avfc]

My answer to this topic is NO!  it will take a lot for us, well me anyway, to start singing that and I mean ALOT.
As for RL, time to sell up and move on.  We have not been told of our future plans and ambitions just so the fans know where they stand and what to really expect.  Instead, all we hear is that the wage bill needs to be reduced even more.  I genuinely think he is looking for a buyer and will seel up once he finds someone suitable and who is willing to meet his asking price.

Im not really fussed if he comes to games or not as he lives over in the states and not to mention his divorce he has gone through and help settling his son into a new school etc.

[KRS]

He's a good manager. He doesn't tell the players to fcuk up like they do, and he most certainly doesn't tell Darren Bent to stand around up front doing nothing. Obviously if things go badly in the next couple of games, opinion would start to change. He's building the team to play like it did against Chelsea, now he knows how to do it, it will still take time to integrate it.

If he's such a good manager then why didnt he do something about it by giving Warnock a bollocking for being so shit and telling Bent to move his arse. He is the manager, he has a voice, he has the power to substitute players who arent playing well and he's stood just a few feet away from the pitch, so he is the one responsible for allowing their piss poor performances to continue and not doing taking any action to do anything about it.

I dont want to take any credit away from AM or the team for the Chelsea result, but on reflection after all the hysteria has died down, we played defensive counter attacking football and on another day if Chelsea had been more clinical in front of goal then we could have been soundly beaten. You dont get breaks like that all the time, and you certainly cant play like that at home.

[Somniloquism]

The fuel for his plane is to expensive also.

Didn't stop him buying a new one this year though. I would have thought that for the amount he might use it and if Randy money is at a premium now with the stock crash, It would have been better value just to pay business class to fly when required.

[Concrete John]

on another day if Chelsea had been more clinical in front of goal then we could have been soundly beaten.

Just to check, exactly what were these clear cut chances Chelsea had for us to be soundly beaten?

[KRS]

Watch the highlights from the game again. We had a few more shots on target but they had 11 shots off target. The "what ifs" don't really matter so I'm just happy that we got the win otherwise we'd 15th in the table right now.

[dazzyg]

supertommy - You obviously think that ginger is the one to guide us forward ? what a load of cobblers he is useless he has no idea what he is doing why take Ireland off when he was playing pretty well? AM will be the first manager to take two teams down in consecutive seasons. He has no idea what to do lets face it. Come on lets sing "WE WANT GINGER OUT I SAY WE WANT GINGER OUT" he is nothing more than a waste of time we all know it apart from a few fans who thinks he is the right man - how wrong you are. Are you a secret nose??

[Ger Regan]

It's about time we started to let McLeish know how we really feel rather than pussy footing around we don't want him SIMPLE !!! We need to start singing for him to be sacked let's be honest the majority of us don't want him there are a few who say give hime a chance, why? He has had six months which was far too long anyway.

Don't fucking dare assume to know what I do or do not want. And you believing that 6 months is too long just sums up your understanding of the game.

[dazzyg]

supertommy - you say that Bent was standing around is it not to do with the fact the McLeish doesnt set out to play with a striker ?? Think about it. We all know that Bent is on his way out because he is disillusioned with how AM sets out his teams lets face it Am has always played for a draw in most games.

[Concrete John]

Watch the highlights from the game again. We had a few more shots on target but they had 11 shots off target. The "what ifs" don't really matter so I'm just happy that we got the win otherwise we'd 15th in the table right now.

I think that was mainly shots from distance.  Drogba had one good chance, when put through by Torres, and then he hit the bar himself.  And if we're playing that sort of game, then I'm claiming Gabby's sitter and saying they needed 3 decent chances just to draw, which I didn't see.
 

[KRS]

Yeah on the MOTD highlights they showed about 6 goal scoring chances for Chelsea compared to just Gabbys one-on-one. Funnily enough, I was furious at the bias coverage that they showed. Anyway, the point I was trying to make was that it looks like the Chelsea game was a one off result that was either due to AM tactics or a combination of factors going in our favour on the day.