AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[NiiLamptey]

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2012/04/25/alex-mcleish-lerner-is-backing-me/

This should cheer everyone up

Did AVB say he had the backing of the owner as well and we all know how that ended.

Anyway,  I was absolutely livid yesterday and it was the first time ever I booed a manager.  I could not believe what i was seeing yesterday.  When we went up 1-0 i thought thats it in the bag as Bolton did not look like they would score.
I cant believe this mug is still in charge of OUR great club.  Deadly Doug would have got rid ages ago as he clearly knows more about football than that idiot Lerner and Faulkner.  Im seriously worried now about the next 3 games and feel our time has come to an end in the premier league.

Didnt Big Eck also say Downing was going nowhere... lol

[PaulWinch again]

 To be honest if you reflect over the last couple of years, our collapse has been remarkable. Genuinely I don't think anyone looking to plan the demise of a club could have done a more complete job than our owner.

[pbavfckuwait]

Its like watching an episode of Dads Army, Mcwanker being Corporal Jones, "Dont panic" and Lerner being Mannering.

[VillaAlways]

Do you think that at any stage this season Lerner has contemplated relegation let alone planned for it should it happen ?

He behaves like he doesn't know it exists

[steve.t]

Having had a season ticket since 1989 I decided not to have one this year for financial and work commitment reasons, though I would of still got one if a decent manager had been employed last summer.

When AM was appointed it signalled the end of our club trying to compete in the top half let alone the top 6-8. For all Houlliers faults he was trying to improve our club but now we have the worst manager in the premier league and looks set to relegate a club for the 3rd time in 4 seasons.  That's impressive by anyone's standards. I want my club back!

[OzVilla]

To be honest if you reflect over the last couple of years, our collapse has been remarkable. Genuinely I don't think anyone looking to plan the demise of a club could have done a more complete job than our owner.

And we wonder why MON walked.  Perhaps it dawned on him what a bunch of incompetent tools Lerner, The General and Faulkner all were.   

[not3bad]

Did AVB say he had the backing of the owner as well and we all know how that ended.

No.  I remember AVB talking about the pressure he was under and the price of failure.  Can't remember him mentioning being backed by the owner.

[ktvillan]

To be honest if you reflect over the last couple of years, our collapse has been remarkable. Genuinely I don't think anyone looking to plan the demise of a club could have done a more complete job than our owner.

If it weren't for the vast sumes of money he' s spunked away, one could almost suspect Lerner's a secret Blues fan who went in undercover to screw Villa.  As it is I can only explain it by the fact he is an incompetent idiot.  I still, after all these months, cannot get my head around the logic of him appointing McLeish.  Madness.

[Rick_avfc]

Did AVB say he had the backing of the owner as well and we all know how that ended.

No.  I remember AVB talking about the pressure he was under and the price of failure.  Can't remember him mentioning being backed by the owner.

No.  He definitely said he had the backing of the owner even if they didnt get champions league.  His tune started changing about a week before he got the sack

[ktvillan]

Looking at McLeish's post match interview last night he did seem rather dewy eyed, almost on the verge of tears.  Maybe all this talk of understanding the fans reaction and having the support of RL and PF is hollow.   Maybe the fans reaction got to him and he suspects he's a dead man walking.  Here's hoping the "vote of confidence" has it's traditional follow up.

[PaulWinch again]

I just want him out of the club. On a personal level, aside from his tendancy to shift the blame to all other areas, I don't have a problem with him. I'm sure he's not an unpleasant person and once he was offered the job(which was a ludicrous decision) I don't blame him for taking it. He was offered a pay rise and the chance manage a big club.
I don't wish him any harm, and anybody who does has completely lost all sense of reality. However he just isn't up to the job and needs to go, it's the best option for all parties concerned. The club will improve under a different manager, and it can't be particularly nice for him knowing how unpopular he is. He'd not be under so much personal stress if we wasn't in the job. So whether its Alex or Randy who makes the decision, he needs to go and we need a new manager.

[mr woo]

AVB had Abramovichs backing before Xmas:

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2066202/Andre-Villas-Boas-backed-Roman-Abramovich-Dreaded-vote-confidence.html


And claimed he had it again in February :

http://m.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/18/andre-villas-boas-abramovich-chelsea?cat=football&type=article

Before being sacked in early March.

We live in hope.

[Surrey Villain]

I just want him out of the club. On a personal level, aside from his tendancy to shift the blame to all other areas, I don't have a problem with him. I'm sure he's not an unpleasant person and once he was offered the job(which was a ludicrous decision) I don't blame him for taking it. He was offered a pay rise and the chance manage a big club.
I don't wish him any harm, and anybody who does has completely lost all sense of reality. However he just isn't up to the job and needs to go, it's the best option for all parties concerned. The club will improve under a different manager, and it can't be particularly nice for him knowing how unpopular he is. He'd not be under so much personal stress if we wasn't in the job. So whether its Alex or Randy who makes the decision, he needs to go and we need a new manager.

The final straw for me last night was McLeish applauding the fans who were booing him as he walked to the tunnel.  Kevin Mac should have chinned McLeish!

[Zhong Yi]

read something earlier that if McLeish manages to do the Birmingham double he would be the only manager in the history of world football to take the 2 major clubs of a major footballing city down in successive seasons.

shocking statistic.

 

[Clampy]

All the clubs below us will be praying that we don't sack Mcleish, which is a good enough reason in itself.