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

[Concrete John]

Don't think I'm on my own to suggest Alex Mcleish has started to turn things round? in spells we are playing the best attacking football since early Mon, ok so defensively we need some surgery and a couple of new faces in the Summer but on the whole we're improving or is it just Robbie Keane magic papering over the cracks?

Keane has undoubtedly helped, but the Chelsea and Bolton wins were before him arrived, as was the excellent performance at home to Arsenal. 

[dr.chekov]

Not sure Everton at home was 'excellent', but I agree we have been playing well (albeit intermittently) for a while before Keane arrived.

[Bottom Right 89]

He's got the best out of Ireland, but Warnock has gone to shit.

Warnock had gone to shit a long time before AM arrived, to be fair.

Whatever happened to the Warnock from a couple of seasons back? The guy that used to defend for his life, block everything, link the attacks, bomb forward. He needs to dig deep, stop trying too hard and play without fear. If the crowd can assist by not booing, I'm sure we'll get old Warnock back. Alternatively I hear Alan Wright has kept himself fit and thinks he retired too early.

[Ger Regan]

He's got the best out of Ireland, but Warnock has gone to shit.

Warnock had gone to shit a long time before AM arrived, to be fair.

I never remember him being this bad.

He wasn't far off it. I seem to recall him giving away a number of stupid penalties.

[Concrete John]

Not sure Everton at home was 'excellent', but I agree we have been playing well (albeit intermittently) for a while before Keane arrived.

Not sure what happened there as I meant to type Arsenal!!

Fixed my original post now!

[N'ZMAV]

Swansea and Liverpool were shocking.

[dr.chekov]

Swansea and Liverpool were shocking, absolutely. But I’ve seen runs at VP over the years when weeks and months were shocking rather than individual games. 

[Concrete John]

Swansea and Liverpool were shocking.

Of course they were, but the point was not about every game being great, just whether some of the better play we've seen recently is all to do with Keane or not. 

[Merv]

I don't know if we're improving or not, to be honest. I thought we'd turned the corner a couple of times since Christmas, but we're still shipping ludicrous goals (two v QPR, three v Arsenal, two v Wolves, one v Everton, 1 (and but for a missed pen 2) v Bristol Rovers, two v Swansea so far in 2012 and way too many.

The facts remain that we've beaten one top-half team all season (Chelsea). Our other victories have been against the current bottom four, and Norwich.

All we can do is stick it out for the rest of the season, see what transpires over the summer.

[pauliewalnuts]

I don't believe there are too many who think he's the right man for the job, but he's here to stay in difficult circumstances and they are giving him their support whilst he's here. I respect that even if I'm personally more of the opinion that we are more in need of someone who could have a galvanising effect on the club and more importantly the fans.

Mattjpa - Well said this is what I have been going on about for months now some "fans" and I use that term loosely dont actually go to the game so they just jump on board with other "fans" opinions weak as they may be. 

I do agree on one point though, you see a lot more of the 'give him a go' fans on here than you seem to come across at the match.

I agree but its alot easier to be of that opinion when you are sitting infornt of a computer-its alot of time and money to go to a game and watch your team get battered. I was in the north lower with some work colleages and one made a comment on how he had never been to a ground with such a lack of atmosphere (in the first half). Again, my apathy for the current situation stopped me really caring (in the sense that i laughed rather than went mad at the second goal). I didnt think we would get back into the game but it still didnt mean that much for some reason (maybe because im so used to seeing us f~~~ it up at the end anyway). AM may not be the right man for the job but I honestly dont think anything will change him being the manager. I dont even think he would get the chop if he took us down. So im in the give him a go camp too

Well said mattjpa - some "fans" on here obviously do not even go to the match they just hide behind the "moderators" I am not saying that "moderators" don't go just before they start throwing their toys out of the pram.

What the fuck are you blabbing on about?

Who hides behind the moderators?

You've managed to do one thing - pretty much the entire site is united in believing you to be a tedious, trolling twat.

You might want to change your act pretty sharpish, because it's getting very boring indeed.

[N'ZMAV]

Every time we look like we're hitting a very bad spell we seem to pull a result and/or performance out the bag which seems to keep McLeish's head above the water with a few fans.
Same the other way around though, as we tend to follow up this good result/performance with a shocker.

[Lee]

How often is this tosser going to get away with calling people morons and questioning their support of the club?
Twattyg, please just fuck off. Nobody cares what you have to say, and even more importantly, most of what you say is completely made up rubbish.

I like his new tagline though mate.... perhaps he is just in denial?

[Ger Regan]

How often is this tosser going to get away with calling people morons and questioning their support of the club?
Twattyg, please just fuck off. Nobody cares what you have to say, and even more importantly, most of what you say is completely made up rubbish.

I like his new tagline though mate.... perhaps he is just in denial?

Classic schoolyard crush symptoms. He's doing the internet equivalent of pulling AM's pigtails and calling him smelly.

[Lee]

How often is this tosser going to get away with calling people morons and questioning their support of the club?
Twattyg, please just fuck off. Nobody cares what you have to say, and even more importantly, most of what you say is completely made up rubbish.

I like his new tagline though mate.... perhaps he is just in denial?

Classic schoolyard crush symptoms. He's doing the internet equivalent of pulling AM's pigtails and calling him smelly.

Whilst systematically writing love letters and leaving them in AM'a desk, professing his undying and eternal love to him.

[Ger Regan]

It's starting to make sense now. How could we have been so blind? It's not that Dazzyg is a fuckwit by nature, it's just that he's been fuckwitted by love. Bless.