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

[Witton Warrior]

If we were ever going to take a manager from Birmingham, I'm happy it was McLeish. He's always seemed to have respect for us, including after the 5-1.

"You have to say that Villa's agenda is totally different to ours - the bottom line is that they are a better team."

That seems like pretty flawed logic to me.

We shouldn't hire a manger because he seems to like us.

There was a piece on 5Live the other night about how "old school" managers always went in to shake the hand of the home team's Chairman "just in case"...

I love the Villa but I don't think I could manage them ;-)

[Dave]

If we were ever going to take a manager from Birmingham, I'm happy it was McLeish. He's always seemed to have respect for us, including after the 5-1.

"You have to say that Villa's agenda is totally different to ours - the bottom line is that they are a better team."

I wouldnt mind stealing Chris Houghton off them

The single benefit I can think of it Hughton became our manager is people might get his fucking name right once in a while.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Al this talk of crap football under McLeish and nbody is blaming our coaches, McDonald and Cowans. Strange.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Al this talk of crap football under McLeish and nbody is blaming our coaches, McDonald and Cowans. Strange.

I didn't realise cowans picked the team?

[Risso]

Al this talk of crap football under McLeish and nbody is blaming our coaches, McDonald and Cowans. Strange.

Coaches who presumably carry out the manager's instructions.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Al this talk of crap football under McLeish and nbody is blaming our coaches, McDonald and Cowans. Strange.

I didn't realise cowans picked the team?

So our reason for our crap football is team selection?

[Risso]

Al this talk of crap football under McLeish and nbody is blaming our coaches, McDonald and Cowans. Strange.

I didn't realise cowans picked the team?

So our reason for our crap football is team selection?

It's been one of the many problems.  Not the only one by any stretch though.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Hoping our youngsters will see us clear of relegation?

Proud history, bright future.

Thing is Paulie, they're hardly youngsters, with the exception of Gardner. As for our 'Proud history, bright future', I recall 20 year olds Gary Shaw and Gary Williams plus 21 year old Colin Gibson helping us win the League. If youngsters can handle the pressure at the top, I don't see why they can't manage midtable. What's this relegation you speak of?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Al this talk of crap football under McLeish and nbody is blaming our coaches, McDonald and Cowans. Strange.

I didn't realise cowans picked the team?

So our reason for our crap football is team selection?

It's been one of the many problems.  Not the only one by any stretch though.

Heskey apart, I don't see it as being aproblem at all. I think AM is very close to finally finding his best XI. There's stil the issue of accomodating both Bent and Gabby but I'm sure you'd expect to see both players in the starting line up?

[pauliewalnuts]

Hoping our youngsters will see us clear of relegation?

Proud history, bright future.

Thing is Paulie, they're hardly youngsters, with the exception of Gardner. As for our 'Proud history, bright future', I recall 20 year olds Gary Shaw and Gary Williams plus 21 year old Colin Gibson helping us win the League. If youngsters can handle the pressure at the top, I don't see why they can't manage midtable. What's this relegation you speak of?

Relegation? It was in reply to something someone else said. "Our youngsters will stop us getting relegated".

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Al this talk of crap football under McLeish and nbody is blaming our coaches, McDonald and Cowans. Strange.

Coaches who presumably carry out the manager's instructions.

So the credit for us finally giving up the hoof it from the back to now a more cultured passing game is down to McLeis's instruction? If that's the case, good on him, I say.

[Archie]

I think that Sid is absolutely not to blame for anything;  on the contrary probably he has the merit for that bit of passing football that we were starting to glimpse  in the last games (apart from the Swansea game).

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Absolutely, Archie. It's one, if not the only reason I think McLeish stands a chance at Villa, he has two great modern footballing men behind him in Kevin McDonald and Sid Cowans. If they can't make a Villa man out of McLeish, nobody can.

[Risso]

I think the "cultured football" thing is being overstated somewhat.  We're still crap to watch, with no movement off the ball whatsoever.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think the "cultured football" thing is being overstated somewhat.  We're still crap to watch, with no movement off the ball whatsoever.

Haha. Yeah, I forgot you were at he Swansea game. Swansea apart, the recent games have shown some positive signs, we just need to build on it. I'm far less worried than I was a month ago.