Protest? Not in my name...the football match is the main event

[KevinGage]

Does having the financial wherewithal to attend most/all Villa games mean that said Villa fans views on the club (or matters pertaining to) are infallible?

You can definitely make a pretty logical argument that if he has seen -for example-  one of our promising young players over an extended period of time he might know a bit more about him than the stayaway lot.  Or the overseas/ expat crew.

I get the impression that DC5 was a fan of McLesh long before he came to B6 though, and was far from unhappy that he was appointed.  Which is a bit different.  If I've misjudged that, I apologise.

I admire the way he defends him on here, even if I don't share his admiration for the ginner one.

[bertlambshank]

Does having the financial wherewithal to attend most/all Villa games mean that said Villa fans views on the club (or matters pertaining to) are infallible?

You can definitely make a pretty logical argument that if he has seen -for example-  one of our promising young players over an extended period of time he might know a bit more about him than the stayaway lot.  Or the overseas/ expat crew.

I get the impression that DC5 was a fan of McLesh long before he came to B6 though, and was far from unhappy that he was appointed.  Which is a bit different.  If I've misjudged that, I apologise.

I admire the way he defends him on here, even if I don't share his admiration for the ginner one.

Some of the blind faith put in McLesh on here is getting quite boring.
He is going nowhere and we are not going down.
A nothing season whenever there was one.
But the jumping up and down when somebody has a go at the Ginger One is getting silly.
The days of a balanced debate have gone because of the stupid protest sites and people are getting way too protective.

[Louzie0]

just want to say

Up the villa!
And totally support Alex McL our manager

[bertlambshank]

just want to say

Up the villa!
And totally support Alex McL our manager

Don't get me wrong he is our manager and will get my backing,it dosn't stop me questioning him.

[Brian Taylor]

If McL lets Keane go then he is stuffed; and so are our hopes of staying in the top half of the PL!. Keeping Robbie should be a major part of Sunday's protest

[bertlambshank]

If McL lets Keane go then he is stuffed; and so are our hopes of staying in the top half of the PL!. Keeping Robbie should be a major part of Sunday's protest

No protest,but I agree and at the time I thought he was a stupid signing.

[TheSandman]

But there's nothing Alex can do about Keane. He's going back to LA, irrespective of what McL says or does.

[bertlambshank]

But there's nothing Alex can do about Keane. He's going back to LA, irrespective of what McL says or does.

We could still buy him I think because their season hasn't started.

[AlwaysAVFC]

But there's nothing Alex can do about Keane. He's going back to LA, irrespective of what McL says or does.

We could still buy him I think because their season hasn't started.

surely our transfer window is closed so there is only 2 ways he can stay. LA Galaxy allow the loan to be extended, which is looking unlikely or LA Galaxy terminate his contract which is more unlikely and in that case we wouldn't be the only ones after him.

[Dave Clark Five]

Enthusiasm wins nothing.

Lack of enthusiasm wins nothing.

[SheffieldVillain]

If McL lets Keane go then he is stuffed; and so are our hopes of staying in the top half of the PL!. Keeping Robbie should be a major part of Sunday's protest

What? So you think people should protest that we should try to keep Keane, despite the fact that we've tried to keep Keane and his club have said no? What exactly are you protesting about? "We want to keep Keane and you won't let us - it's not fair" or "Randy - you didn't force LA Galaxy to allow us to keep your players registration"?

[Mister E]

Then he really should have appointed a manager who he could have had a sensible working relationship with, instead of one who wasted tens of millions on shit players. 

My understanding was that he DID appoint a manager with whom he had a sensible working relationship and whose judgement in the transfer market he trusted. Unfortunately, that man - MON - let him down badly on both the relationship and the transfer dealings and we all got burned.
Your opening comment "he really should have..." is classic hindsightism.

[Dave Clark Five]

If McL lets Keane go then he is stuffed; and so are our hopes of staying in the top half of the PL!. Keeping Robbie should be a major part of Sunday's protest

What? So you think people should protest that we should try to keep Keane, despite the fact that we've tried to keep Keane and his club have said no? What exactly are you protesting about? "We want to keep Keane and you won't let us - it's not fair" or "Randy - you didn't force LA Galaxy to allow us to keep your players registration"?

I think McLeish's only hope is to kidnap Keane.

[Dave Clark Five]

Does having the financial wherewithal to attend most/all Villa games mean that said Villa fans views on the club (or matters pertaining to) are infallible?

You can definitely make a pretty logical argument that if he has seen -for example-  one of our promising young players over an extended period of time he might know a bit more about him than the stayaway lot.  Or the overseas/ expat crew.

I get the impression that DC5 was a fan of McLesh long before he came to B6 though, and was far from unhappy that he was appointed.  Which is a bit different.  If I've misjudged that, I apologise.

I admire the way he defends him on here, even if I don't share his admiration for the ginner one.

I was happy when he was appointed. It has been a strange week. Almost as if there has been another game since the Newcastle one. Did we play a non league side and get stuffed 6-0 or something? The anti-McLeish bandwagon has certainly got itself overloaded since this protest was 'announced'.
By the way, I don't profess to have any greater knowlege about things than anyone else. Just because I don't tend to engage in tediously long posts which nit pick every word out of the previous post doesn't mean that my knowledge is any lesser either.

[Mister E]

I was happy when he was appointed. It has been a strange week. Almost as if there has been another game since the Newcastle one. Did we play a non league side and get stuffed 6-0 or something? The anti-McLeish bandwagon has certainly got itself overloaded since this protest was 'announced'....

I wasn't enamoured by McL's appointment, based purely on his record, but the point now is he's with us at the moment: why shoot his legs away at tihis crucial time in the season when the chairman is unlikely to get rid of him anyway? It's pointless - any protest should await the time when the season is all but over IMO.