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

[Dave Clark Five]

THing about McLeish is that if we had gotten him 6 months earlier he'd have been the manager that won them their only trophy and got them to their highest ever PL finish.

Would still have been relegated with them and have a reputation of playing dire football.

A reputation that some people seem to have gained a degree in by avidly following McLeish's career. Why can't they let things take shape here, instead of foreseeing everything as bad? There has been some good football this season and there is hope for the future if money is invested, but the unpleasant noises behind the scenes are making things unpalatable. It is mob mentality at its worst. If they get their way and McLeish gets sacked, I hope these people will start to put their money where their mouths are. That will mean actually supporting the club instead of many of them hiding behind what they see as a good excuse to stay away.

[Lee]

Why is DazzyG masquerading as Pat Cowdell?

[prmort]

Gotten?!

You know...The place where Batman lives...

[JJ-AV]

I didn't want him, and I still don't rate him. But he's starting to win me over in the last few games.

I was very impressed with the line up and way we went about the Newcastle game. The defence is pathetic (especially Warnock) and the Heskey sub was needed to help him out. On another week he'd have put Gabby wide left for N'Zog to give us the defensive stability to protect Warnock and still allow us an option going forward.

I didn't go to the QPR game, but I saw it all and thought similar to above. Infact, since the loss to Liverpool I've only been really annoyed with McLeish's matchday work twice; Swansea at home and not doing anything sooner at Arsenal.

Be interesting to see how he goes about Sunday.

[dave.woodhall]

Be interesting to see how he goes about Sunday.

Indeed. If he goes out with the same damage-limitation mindset as Liverpool & Manchester United he deserves all the abuse he gets. If we give it a go and lose it'll be disappointing but excusable - we'll have lost to a better team. 

[Toronto Villa]

my impression is he's learnt his lesson from trying to be too conservative even though he knows all too well that our defensive frailities will leave us exposed. I genuinely believe he wants to play attacking football, but in order to properly do that we have to be solid at the back which we're not. Every team, from Sunday league upwards knows we are crap at LB, very dodgy at RB, and if you bomb enough balls into the box, from set pieces or otherwise we are likely to fuck things up in the middle. So, being too adventurous carries massive risks, and not being adventurous enough causes the natives to get restless. It's a tough spot for McLeish to be in.

[Compass]

I didn't want him, and I still don't rate him. But he's starting to win me over in the last few games.

I was very impressed with the line up and way we went about the Newcastle game. The defence is pathetic (especially Warnock) and the Heskey sub was needed to help him out. On another week he'd have put Gabby wide left for N'Zog to give us the defensive stability to protect Warnock and still allow us an option going forward.

I didn't go to the QPR game, but I saw it all and thought similar to above. Infact, since the loss to Liverpool I've only been really annoyed with McLeish's matchday work twice; Swansea at home and not doing anything sooner at Arsenal.

Be interesting to see how he goes about Sunday.

Haha what? He's starting to win you over in the last few games. So results against Arsenal, QPR and Newcastle made you happy did it? 2 defeats and 1 draw. No wins. Nice SHA ambition there.

And the person who made this thread should be ashamed of themselves.

[LeeB]

I didn't want him, and I still don't rate him. But he's starting to win me over in the last few games.

I was very impressed with the line up and way we went about the Newcastle game. The defence is pathetic (especially Warnock) and the Heskey sub was needed to help him out. On another week he'd have put Gabby wide left for N'Zog to give us the defensive stability to protect Warnock and still allow us an option going forward.

I didn't go to the QPR game, but I saw it all and thought similar to above. Infact, since the loss to Liverpool I've only been really annoyed with McLeish's matchday work twice; Swansea at home and not doing anything sooner at Arsenal.

Be interesting to see how he goes about Sunday.

Haha what? He's starting to win you over in the last few games. So results against Arsenal, QPR and Newcastle made you happy did it? 2 defeats and 1 draw. No wins. Nice SHA ambition there.

And the person who made this thread should be ashamed of themselves.

Get a fucking grip, you tart.

[Compass]

I didn't want him, and I still don't rate him. But he's starting to win me over in the last few games.

I was very impressed with the line up and way we went about the Newcastle game. The defence is pathetic (especially Warnock) and the Heskey sub was needed to help him out. On another week he'd have put Gabby wide left for N'Zog to give us the defensive stability to protect Warnock and still allow us an option going forward.

I didn't go to the QPR game, but I saw it all and thought similar to above. Infact, since the loss to Liverpool I've only been really annoyed with McLeish's matchday work twice; Swansea at home and not doing anything sooner at Arsenal.

Be interesting to see how he goes about Sunday.

Haha what? He's starting to win you over in the last few games. So results against Arsenal, QPR and Newcastle made you happy did it? 2 defeats and 1 draw. No wins. Nice SHA ambition there.

And the person who made this thread should be ashamed of themselves.

Get a fucking grip, you tart.

No you get a fucking grip you blinkered old fool.

[dave.woodhall]

I didn't want him, and I still don't rate him. But he's starting to win me over in the last few games.

I was very impressed with the line up and way we went about the Newcastle game. The defence is pathetic (especially Warnock) and the Heskey sub was needed to help him out. On another week he'd have put Gabby wide left for N'Zog to give us the defensive stability to protect Warnock and still allow us an option going forward.

I didn't go to the QPR game, but I saw it all and thought similar to above. Infact, since the loss to Liverpool I've only been really annoyed with McLeish's matchday work twice; Swansea at home and not doing anything sooner at Arsenal.

Be interesting to see how he goes about Sunday.

Haha what? He's starting to win you over in the last few games. So results against Arsenal, QPR and Newcastle made you happy did it? 2 defeats and 1 draw. No wins. Nice SHA ambition there.

And the person who made this thread should be ashamed of themselves.

Get a fucking grip, you tart.

No you get a fucking grip you blinkered old fool.

Enough.

[Compass]

Anyway, I don't see how anyone can still find positives of McLeish. You may mention the performances, but funny enough we've been diabolical at either the first half or second half. Not good enough. We need to be good at both halfs and we're not going to get it under this manager. We'll just drop further and further down the table.

[dave.woodhall]

Didn't you say you were off never to return?

[Dave Clark Five]

And the person who made this thread should be ashamed of themselves.

The title of the thread is a question, not a statement. Why should anybody be ashamed of themselves for asking an innocent question?

[not3bad]

EDIT: I asked a question that had already been asked in previous post.

[mrfuse]

Be interesting to see how he goes about Sunday.

Indeed. If he goes out with the same damage-limitation mindset as Liverpool & Manchester United he deserves all the abuse he gets. If we give it a go and lose it'll be disappointing but excusable - we'll have lost to a better team. 

With our defence I think our only option is too give it a go I doubt we could play defensive!
Mind you i guess we could set up as if we are playing away from home as we did against Chelsea, except Man City have better players