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

[Dave Clark Five]

Risso is right.

No he isnt

Let him think he is. He will be happier then.

[Greg N'Ash]

Have to agree with those who think a protest against Lerner is a more viable proposition and frankly this protest is just the anti-blose lot who've been quietly festering resentment about AM ever since he arrived. AM is doing ok i guess considering he had about a minus 15m budget in the summer. Like most people i have major doubts about his style of football and coaching ability but whereas with MON you could legitimately moan at the rubbish football because of his spending, with AM the question remains if he's sacked, who's gonna take over who's gonna improve the football? You really can't expect any manager to play champagne football with the likes of Dunne, Ivanhoe, Hutton Collins and Warnock lodged in the side. Houllier couldn't manage it and managed to upset the old hoof! guard in the process and thats the fundamental problem - if the chairman won't cough up the dough to replace them  because he was screwed financially by a previous manager then changing the managers isn't going to do much really. Barring a miracle from the youth team we can only hope long term that Lerner starts spending or buggers off and sells to someone who can afford to run a big premiership team.


Still think AM's appointment will all end in tears though.....

[Jimmy Smash]

A protest against RL is nonsense. We couldn't have asked more from over the past few years. We should be waving banners praising him to the heavens if truth be known.

[UK Redsox]

I don't know what's going to happen but I don't think we're in the shit. We're mid-table and that's where we'll probably stay.

Are you happy with that?

Long-term no. For this season, yes.

Agreed. Mid-table mediocrity is OK for this season. Villa don't have the squad to do any better at the moment. Changing the manager isn't going to alter that.

The Manager should have this season at least to see what he can do.

[Greg N'Ash]

A protest against RL is nonsense. We couldn't have asked more from over the past few years. We should be waving banners praising him to the heavens if truth be known.

yeah, how we've moved on from the times of Doug where we couldn't buy anyone, sold all our best players and only brought in loan players.....


oh.

[Jimmy Smash]

A protest against RL is nonsense. We couldn't have asked more from over the past few years. We should be waving banners praising him to the heavens if truth be known.

yeah, how we've moved on from the times of Doug where we couldn't buy anyone, sold all our best players and only brought in loan players.....


oh.

Rubbish. RL has put his heart and soul into this club since he took over. Get out of your armchair occasionally and you might catch a glimpse.

[Greg N'Ash]

A protest against RL is nonsense. We couldn't have asked more from over the past few years. We should be waving banners praising him to the heavens if truth be known.

yeah, how we've moved on from the times of Doug where we couldn't buy anyone, sold all our best players and only brought in loan players.....


oh.

Rubbish. RL has put his heart and soul into this club since he took over. Get out of your arm chair occasionally and you might catch a glimpse.

well you're entitled to your opinion but as far as i'm concerned the whole RL/MON period might as well not have happened. We're stuck back where we started before he took over under Doug and DOL. Skint, fearing relegation and with an actually smaller squad than back then. Oh but we have a shiny new pub that no-one uses, so thats something.

[saunders_heroes]

A protest against RL is nonsense. We couldn't have asked more from over the past few years. We should be waving banners praising him to the heavens if truth be known.

yeah, how we've moved on from the times of Doug where we couldn't buy anyone, sold all our best players and only brought in loan players.....


oh.

Rubbish. RL has put his heart and soul into this club since he took over. Get out of your armchair occasionally and you might catch a glimpse.

His heart and soul ain't in it at the moment, that's for sure.

[Dave Clark Five]

Big difference between Ellis and Lerner.
The former addressed us at an AGM every year and answered our questions.
The latter bought our shares off us.

Discuss.

[Jimmy Smash]

A protest against RL is nonsense. We couldn't have asked more from over the past few years. We should be waving banners praising him to the heavens if truth be known.

yeah, how we've moved on from the times of Doug where we couldn't buy anyone, sold all our best players and only brought in loan players.....


oh.

Rubbish. RL has put his heart and soul into this club since he took over. Get out of your arm chair occasionally and you might catch a glimpse.

well you're entitled to your opinion but as far as i'm concerned the whole RL/MON period might as well not have happened. We're stuck back where we started before he took over under Doug and DOL. Skint, fearing relegation and with an actually smaller squad than back then. Oh but we have a shiny new pub that no-one uses, so thats something.

Good for you Nash. You are a recumbent malcontent of old. And what do you mean by "we" exactly?

[Greg N'Ash]

Ungrateful as it seems, Lerner's big plus was his money. Now its gone or seems to be, then who wants an invisible Doug or Kenwright based in america? At least them too are/were there day to day and know whats going on. I doubt the Houllier vs player thing would have got a hold if he wasn't MIA all the time

[Dave]

So what's your suggested 'solution' to the problem Greg?

[pauliewalnuts]

Unfortunately, there is a fair amount of truth in what Greg says.

We are skint, we will be mooking around the arse end of the table, and the squad is far too small.

That's probably not what anyone expected for year five of proud history, bright future.

For all the money Randy put in, which he's trying to claw back and which we onow we him, he has managed the growth of the club so badly that we've regressed.

[Jimmy Smash]

Ungrateful as it seems, Lerner's big plus was his money. Now its gone or seems to be, then who wants an invisible Doug or Kenwright based in america? At least them too are/were there day to day and know whats going on. I doubt the Houllier vs player thing would have got a hold if he wasn't MIA all the time

 I can't even be bothered to debate with you. Every post you ever submit is an excuse for not going down.

[Greg N'Ash]

A protest against RL is nonsense. We couldn't have asked more from over the past few years. We should be waving banners praising him to the heavens if truth be known.

yeah, how we've moved on from the times of Doug where we couldn't buy anyone, sold all our best players and only brought in loan players.....


oh.

Rubbish. RL has put his heart and soul into this club since he took over. Get out of your arm chair occasionally and you might catch a glimpse.

well you're entitled to your opinion but as far as i'm concerned the whole RL/MON period might as well not have happened. We're stuck back where we started before he took over under Doug and DOL. Skint, fearing relegation and with an actually smaller squad than back then. Oh but we have a shiny new pub that no-one uses, so thats something.

Good for you Nash. You are a recumbent malcontent of old. And what do you mean by "we" exactly?

meh. either argue your case or don't bother. Haven't got the patience for the "better fan than yow" schick. How exactly are we better off now than before Doug left.?

pub
free coach trip
erm....