Saturdays Pre Match Entertainment. ( The McLeish Out Demo).

[richardhubbard]

I know we are not good, we seen in last month an improvement in performanc e and 2 win out of 3 games. Admittely we are shit but a protest, get real!

[Simba]

You don't want the man, neither do I. I think he is a terrible Manager and we usually play awful football.

But a protest at this stage of the season given the current league position is just too early. And if it is just a few of you - bloody embarrasing to you and the rest of us.

It won't change anything until you have the majority of the stadium behind you, and that might happen soon. So wait until the majority opinion supports a protest.  I hope we improve and that doesn't happen but... Then it will carry weight. Four of you with a bedsheet is pathetic.

[phantom limb]

Bloody hell, it could be a lot worse. I mean, just the other day we beat Bristol City! Imagine how angry people would be if we'd have stuffed that game up.

Protests rarely achieve anything other than bad publicity and gives SSN the opportunity to interview the biggest bilge spouting muppet with the most spelling mistakes on his sign, who everyone else proceeds to laugh at. Silly.

[PeterWithesShin]

When did we play Bristol City? Was it before or after we played Bristol Rovers? 

[Lambert and Payne]

Can they not just use that energy to instead sing some Villa songs and get the atmo going. Or is it really that hard to support our team?

[Jimmy Smash]

I think any demo would be embarrassing and completely counterproductive. McL should be given time, particularly as the board are doing very little to back him.

[Dave Clark Five]

All fans aren't like a few on here who think you can't fault the manager and you have to be positive otherwise people won't like it. Well it doesn't work like that in the real world if you don't agree then voice it.

Do you remember the 'Ellis Out' protests? They were cringeworthy and this is
going to be worse. If you want to protest, hit the club where it hurts - don't go to the match.

Already paid for a season ticket in August (stupidly) £620 down the drain

Very generous of you to pay over the odds for your season ticket.
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/SeasonTicketsPricesPayments


Does the fact you now resent having paid this mean that you won't be back next season?

[Legion]

This is bloody ridiculous.

[Chipsticks]

I'll turn up and have a watch, to be honest I'm kind of 50-50 on the matter, but I think he'll never win over the haters no matter how well he does, unfortunately

OCCUPY VILLA VILLAGE

[john e]

i wont be protesting, to old and cant be arsed,
i didnt want Mcliesh and still dont, although i do think he is a very decent man, and has handled the job with great dignity and tact, in fact i like the man a lot but not his football,
unfortunatly its his football thats the most important bit for me

having said all that, i didnt bother protesting originaly at VP when we were all laughing at the protesters then on these pages, if we had all gone and there was 20k saying we didnt want him, he wouldnt have been appointed,
 so in a way we got ourselves to blame, its all write moaning all the time [and i'm as bad as any other] but unless we are willing to do something about it you get what you dont want.

i have a little respect for the protesters, i know some of them will be little twats, but some will just want a change of manager and are prepared to do something about it, its our club after all, not Randy's he's just the owner for now, but its ours.
for those who dont mind Mcliesh being in charge and dont want any change, then i say fine, you have every right to moan about the protest,
 but for those who want Mcliesh out but still complain about the protest, and make fun of those prepared to do something about it then its you who are the hypocrites,
 like i said i wont be protesting but i wont be criticizeing those who are

[Clampy]

John pretty much summed up how i feel about Eck. I thought it was the wrong appointment at the time and i still do think that, but i can't help liking the bloke. I much prefer him to Houiller and it seems most of the players do as well. The main problem is that under him we're not creating enough chances. With Ireland getting a run now and Keane coming in, that might change and we'll hopefully start climbing the table, but overall the football has been poor and that needs to change if he's going to have any hope of winning the doubters over.

As for the protest, the board did'nt listen in pre-season, so they're not going to listen now. In any case, it's a 'he's a bluenose' protest and don't let them tell you any different.

[rjp]

What annoys me about this is I can just see the press reaction.  It won't be 'a few lads and a bed sheet' it'll be dressed up to sound like they speak for 'all villa fans' and that would include me.

As I see it, the time for this sort of thing is at the end of the season or if we're in real relegation trouble.  You could have half the Holte protesting on Saturday and the board won't sack him.  The only thing I can see it achieving is to add the gloom that's been about the place all season.  I believe that the team play better when we're behind them.  I also believe that there's signs of the players being nervous about playing at home as the slightest mistake seems to get the boo boys started at the moment.  If you want to see Villa improve then get behind them.  Anything else is pointless or counter-productive in my opinion.

[Villanation]

Premature, it will come to that, IMO they are shooting there bolt early, hold your horses guys, we may need that energy a month from now when it will really count.

[ColinMac]

What a bunch of pricks.

[Dave Clark Five]

RJP - that is why I have started to be relieved we are away in the cup.  The atmosphere at Villa Park can turn bad at the drop of a hat. Apart from the Arsenal game it has been bad anyway. That is no new thing though. The acoustics cannot be blamed and it is only occasionally that we get the place like a proper madhouse. Until the whole ground get at it, the noise levels are poor. I think it has always been like that, even going back to the 60s. Pity we can't put wooden seats and floorboards back in the Trinity.
A few hard tackles in midfield usually does the trick.