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

[caster troy]

I'd protest if I thought there would be the slightest chance of McLeish going as a result, but there isn't.

I can't wait for this season to be over, it's been an absolute nightmare, especially at Villa Park. I understand those that want to vent their frustration even if I do think it's a wasted enterprise. My protest will be to not renew, and when they no doubt call me to ask why I've stopped going after 16 years my answer will be very straightforward.

[Shoody]

Should be an anti-protest really. Meet opposite the statue at 2.50pm and sing chants constantly. Hopefully the nutters that turned up, in last weeks unwashed clothes with piss-stained bedsheets, wont be able to be heard by any journo who thinks its worth turning up to see if they can get a printable/broadcastable sentence.

An hour of actually supporting the club/team... who'd have thought?

Then we can all go back to screaming abuse at kick off if a substitution isnt made at the exact moment we want one.

[Hopadop]

There was a mention on Radio 5 this evening. Perry Groves was very dismissive.

That's Perry Groves. Very dismissive. Take the shame protestors.

[PeterWithesShin]

Why didn't these pricks protest when we were in the bottom 3 under GH? Or when we had that crap run under MON in his first season and were lower than we are now? Or when we were dying on our arse under DOL? Oh yeah, none of them had managed small heath. But it's not about where he came from, no siree Bob.

[Shoody]

exactly. I wouldnt have agreed but I would be far more understanding if this was the 30th game of last year where we were looking very much like we could be relegated. I wouldnt have wanted a protest but I definitely would have been able to understand many peoples desire for one.

Not this time round. After Man City we have four must win games to save our season imo after that we'll hopefully be safe, protesting before big home games before then (or before end of season) is ridiculous. I wouldnt protest either way but if your going to, wait until end of season or something.

[cdbearsfan]

I don't know if it's so much because he managed Small Heath as that fans are now much more impatient than they were. Plus Wankbook and Twatter have taken over the World in the last few years. If you can't even be arsed to write a letter to the Mail then you can't be that good a protester as far as I'm concerned. Why not use the new media as a force for good and overthrow the Government like the North African nations did?

[Dave Clark Five]

I'd protest if I thought there would be the slightest chance of McLeish going as a result, but there isn't.

I can't wait for this season to be over, it's been an absolute nightmare, especially at Villa Park. I understand those that want to vent their frustration even if I do think it's a wasted enterprise. My protest will be to not renew, and when they no doubt call me to ask why I've stopped going after 16 years my answer will be very straightforward.

Do you really understand those that want to protest?

[ez]

So much talk of protest. I reckon the atmos will be more a continuation of the QPR game even though we're playing the probable champions and will probably lose. Its the Blackburn and Bolton games when the fans will be expecting/demanding wins and the pressure will be on.

[caster troy]

Why didn't these pricks protest when we were in the bottom 3 under GH? Or when we had that crap run under MON in his first season and were lower than we are now? Or when we were dying on our arse under DOL? Oh yeah, none of them had managed small heath. But it's not about where he came from, no siree Bob.

Houllier - He had no pre-season, inherited a team in crisis and then had to endure a terrible run of injuries. You could see that he was trying to get us to play football. He also had a much better reputation than McLeish. Given all that it's no wonder there were no protests.

O'Neill - First season he inherited a team that had flirted with relegation the previous season and had a tiny squad following years of under investment. He also had a better reputation than McLeish. Again, totally different to this season.

O'Leary - There were protests but of a different kind i.e. banners and 'O'leary' out chants, 'getting sacked in the morning' etc. He was also a popular appointment and did well for a time, which probably earned him a bit more sympathy than McLeish who wasn't wanted and has done nothing to change my mind at least.

I'm firmly in the McLeish out camp, but I couldn't give a monkeys about him managing Small Heath. They are insignificant to me. What is relevant is his Premier League record, our pathetic attempts at winning football matches at Villa Park, the dreadful atmosphere his appointment has created, the fact that even though we sold Downing and Young we still have a  vastly superior squad of players at our disposal to the likes of Norwich and Swansea and yet we continuously look like a team of strangers by comparison. When he came in I at least thought he'd sort the defence out but we still look like a parks team every time the ball comes in our area.

I guess I'll have egg on my face next season if he stays, I stop going and he turns it around, but there is no evidence past or present that he is capable of that so for now I'm standing by my opinion. I won't protest but I won't call the protesters 'pricks' either.

[Dave Cooper please]

Another thing. If Maz's mate's mate is correct and we do have rich Arab princes sniffing around, a pathetic bunch of teenagers shouting obscenities around the McGregor statue is going to look really good as he walks into reception on the way to the executive boxes.

So they shouldn't protest in case some bloke off the Internet's mates story about rich arab investors is true? 

No, they shouldn't protest because they are a bunch of c***s, but this could be an unwelcome side effect.

WOW

You protesting?

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Houllier was much worse than McLeish.

[Shoody]

You only think that because he was French. I can't bear to think what would happen under mcleish if we got a proper injury crisis like last year. Houllier was on the verge of bringing in some very good players too.

Not to mention much better football and the fact Dunne, Hutton,Collins.and Warnock wouldnt be here.

Think delph looked very good in his cameos last season too compared to this, would've been excited to see him fully fit under houllier. We poetically would be on the verge of seeing one of grealish or graham around the first team from what I've heard/read about houllier too.
Alot of people hated houllier but I was genuinely excited to see what her would do with his own team in here, we played some good football at times under him.

[PeterWithe]

With regard to Mcleish's statement, can a silent majority provide great backing?

[Chris Smith]

You only think that because he was French. I can't bear to think what would happen under mcleish if we got a proper injury crisis like last year. Houllier was on the verge of bringing in some very good players too.

Not to mention much better football and the fact Dunne, Hutton,Collins.and Warnock wouldnt be here.

Think delph looked very good in his cameos last season too compared to this, would've been excited to see him fully fit under houllier. We poetically would be on the verge of seeing one of grealish or graham around the first team from what I've heard/read about houllier too.
Alot of people hated houllier but I was genuinely excited to see what her would do with his own team in here, we played some good football at times under him.

People really are looking back with rose tinted glasses at Houllier's time, a manager who even had Gabby questioning his future at Villa. Results only improved after he was ill and MacDonald and McAllister reverted to playing the way the players new best.

In time he "might" have sorted things out but his man management skills were almost non existent and he was forever upsetting sections of the fan base such as with his fawning, arse licking performance at Anfield.

[MonsXI]

Another thing. If Maz's mate's mate is correct and we do have rich Arab princes sniffing around, a pathetic bunch of teenagers shouting obscenities around the McGregor statue is going to look really good as he walks into reception on the way to the executive boxes.

So they shouldn't protest in case some bloke off the Internet's mates story about rich arab investors is true? 

No, they shouldn't protest because they are a bunch of c***s, but this could be an unwelcome side effect.

WOW

You protesting?

No not for me!