AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Our last two opponents have conceded 113 so far this season.  We managed 1 goal in both games.  Negative? Our Alex?
Taxi for AM....

Although things are bad i really didn't expect us to come out of those two games without a win.

I did

[OzVilla]

I did too, had draws written all over them.

[Villanation]

AML being told by Lerner to keep us in the division this season while they sort out the financals is the only plausible conclusion I can think off as to why Lerner hasn't pulled the trigger (and atleast indicates that there's a plan of some sort) - or maybe it's just the thought of the pay off he'd have to give him after his inept appointment.

Either way he isn't going anywhere unless he have a change of ownership.  AML is the symptom while Lerner is the cause.

Absolutley pathetic either way.

Without question, but today's performance wasn't just some run of the mill load of crap that we have been putting up with all season (pure fiction this scenario but perfectly plausible) its almost as though the lads have formed some sort of union, come up with the notion to go out there, play out of there skins, probably best yet this season, very dynamic football, and then come out in the 2nd half full of mischief and b*ll*x everything just to make it obvious with regards to the managers tactics, player protest as taken many forms in the past, its not unknown, can Randy Lerner ignore this kind of performance.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

After the Wigan game, I decided enough was enough with Mcleish and he needed to go.
After todays game, I see no reason to change my mind. He still needs to go.

[villadelph]

Our last two opponents have conceded 113 so far this season.  We managed 1 goal in both games.  Negative? Our Alex?
Taxi for AM....

Although things are bad i really didn't expect us to come out of those two games without a win.

I did

Three weeks ago I figured these points were in the bag. Holy hell, how I was wrong. Not only did we completely avoid getting three points the proper way, there is no reason/progress to show that we'll be getting any better.

[pauliewalnuts]

The worst thing in all this is you just know Lerner isn't even thinking about sacking this bloke.

That is what is most depressing about it.

[OzVilla]

AML being told by Lerner to keep us in the division this season while they sort out the financals is the only plausible conclusion I can think off as to why Lerner hasn't pulled the trigger (and atleast indicates that there's a plan of some sort) - or maybe it's just the thought of the pay off he'd have to give him after his inept appointment.

Either way he isn't going anywhere unless he have a change of ownership.  AML is the symptom while Lerner is the cause.

Absolutley pathetic either way.

Without question, but today's performance wasn't just some run of the mill load of crap that we have been putting up with all season (pure fiction this scenario but perfectly plausible) its almost as though the lads have formed some sort of union, come up with the notion to go out there, play out of there skins, probably best yet this season, very dynamic football, and then come out in the 2nd half full of mischief and b*ll*x everything just to make it obvious with regards to the managers tactics, player protest as taken many forms in the past, its not unknown, can Randy Lerner ignore this kind of performance.

It's not a conspiracy, we've just got a shit Manager employed by a clueless owner.

[Villanation]

The worst thing in all this is you just know Lerner isn't even thinking about sacking this bloke.

That is what is most depressing about it.

Tell you what, just a hunch, but I wouldn't be surprised if by the time we face Fulham Mr McLiesh is history, he's just managed to do the one thing that not even rubbish form loss of status and languishing in the bottom 3 or negative football, I doubt would move our chairman to act on, if this doesn't do it we've got him for a very long spell indeed.

[PaulWinch again]

The worst thing in all this is you just know Lerner isn't even thinking about sacking this bloke.

That is what is most depressing about it.

That's the problem, it's horrible.

[pauliewalnuts]

The worst thing in all this is you just know Lerner isn't even thinking about sacking this bloke.

That is what is most depressing about it.

Tell you what, just a hunch, but I wouldn't be surprised if by the time we face Fulham Mr McLiesh is history, he's just managed to do the one thing that not even rubbish form loss of status and languishing in the bottom 3 or negative football, I doubt would move our chairman to act on, if this doesn't do it we've got him for a very long spell indeed.

No, unfortunately he will still be here. Lerner has not got a fucking clue.

[brian green]

We all assume that Randy Lerner has told McLeish that the two priorities are to stay in the Premiership and to cut the wages bill.

Suppose we are wrong and Lerner simply thinks McLeish is a good manager.   When he flew to Corsica perhaps he believed he had enough knowledge of football to know a good manager when he saw one.  Perhaps he was convinced that McLeish was the new Ferguson.

It means that the owner is blind to the inadequacy of the manager.   It also means that those same inadequacies will have us struggling again next year regardless of which league we are in.

I think if Mc Leish had been suggested by the board as Houllier's replacement Lerner would have rejected the choice out of hand.   The desperate problem the club faces is that the incompetent manager is the owner's man.

The example which springs to my mind was the US president Harry Truman who had a daughter, Margaret I think was her name.  Truman was convinced that Margaret was a concert pianist and clung to the belief until the daughter and the president had made complete arses of themselves.

[paulcomben]

We are not wrong; the assumption is correct. Eck's odd belief that defence is better than erm attack as the best form of defence is baffling and scary. Whatever he said to a flowing, confident, smiling, winning team at half time today is the opposite of what he should have said. Coaching staff: are Kevin Mac & Sid only worried about their mortgages? Really? On their career earnings?

[Shoody]

TODAY on Villa fans go crazy and will believe anything they read on Social Networking sites named 'twitter'.

Hearing Alex mcliesh has left by mutual consent after a brief meeting with PF #AVFC ?

by some guy named @emenyt. Somehow, and I have no idea how, every fan on twitter is suddenly talking about this.

Obvious bullshit is obvious.










#PleaseBeTrue

[PaulWinch again]

It's sad that I pray it's true, but clearly not.

[Bottom Right 89]

I've voted no up to this point, I've given him the benefit of the doubt all season not so long back I thought we had turned a corner, it turned out to be dead end. Not putting Blackburn or Wigan away is unacceptable, sorry Alex time to move aside.

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