AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[caster troy]

I've just emailed my thoughts to Faulkner. He won't reply and it won't change anything but I feel 0.0001% better now and I can't think of anything else I can do.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

What did Faulkner say on Talksport just after 6pm?  The radio in the car decided to lose its signal, then when it came back on they had a Villa fan responding, saying he didn't want to swear on live radio, so I imagine it wasn't good.

He said that despite all the misfortune Mcleish has had to contend with not once has he complained

McLeish has never complained...on his £2m salary.

What a fucking trouper he is.

[Brian Taylor]

When the fans were protesting at McLeish's appointment outside Villa Park a friend of mine (with no interest in football)
was attending a corporate event in the Holte Suite.
He was told by one of the Villa Management.
"The fans can protest all they like. We dont care what they want.  Mcleish is coming here as a business decision and  that's the end of it."

Haha and it has  worked out so well ,how many millions will they lose in reegation .idiots

If that story is true, then they're not only incompetent they're also masochistic. Idiots.

I've been saying this from the beginning of the season, since McL's appointment, and got abuse for it. prepare for another couple of year's of misery if the man is retained.
As far as Randy is concerned it is just business but with us it is very personal!
UTV!!!

[bones.]

I see Coyle has weighed in with his opinion of the 'abuse'. It's funny how everyone ignores how patient the fans have been given the absolute garbage we've been subjected to.

Mr Coyle was hurling his own abuse at Mcleish during the first half yesterday, he wants to make up his mind whos side hes on the dozy prick.

[john e]

Hopefully that statement is the standard vote of confidence which historically has always preceded a sacking.

well so did i to be fair.

but its a joke on here when people have been banging on about a club statement for weeks, then when they get one they go on about how they dont like what it says , it rediculous

[JUAN PABLO]

What did Faulkner say on Talksport just after 6pm?  The radio in the car decided to lose its signal, then when it came back on they had a Villa fan responding, saying he didn't want to swear on live radio, so I imagine it wasn't good.

He said that despite all the misfortune Mcleish has had to contend with not once has he complained

McLeish has never complained...on his £2m salary.

What a fucking trouper he is.

I was thinking the same thing Fletch

[john e]

Hopefully that statement is the standard vote of confidence which historically has always preceded a sacking.

well so did i to be fair.

but its a joke on here when people have been banging on about a club statement for weeks, then when they get one they go on about how they dont like what it says , it rediculous

sorry, that was supposed to be my reply to Juan Pablo on the previous page,
 i'm getting myself all mixed up

[caster troy]

Hopefully that statement is the standard vote of confidence which historically has always preceded a sacking.

well so did i to be fair.

but its a joke on here when people have been banging on about a club statement for weeks, then when they get one they go on about how they dont like what it says , it rediculous

If you go out for dinner and wait an hour for your food, complain, and then when it arrives it is inedible, are you not allowed to complain again? This statement has made me and the fans I know feel even worse, they can't even get the basis right.

[Randy Gurner]

I've just emailed my thoughts to Faulkner. He won't reply and it won't change anything but I feel 0.0001% better now and I can't think of anything else I can do.

What's his email address?

[garyshawsknee]

Pat Murphy just said crowds reaction is nothing to do with managers past,its the style of football and home record which is the reason. Finally people are starting to realise what we're going on about. Said Mcleish cant wait till summer so he can wheel and deal in the transfer market...ye gods.

[john e]

Hopefully that statement is the standard vote of confidence which historically has always preceded a sacking.

well so did i to be fair.

but its a joke on here when people have been banging on about a club statement for weeks, then when they get one they go on about how they dont like what it says , it rediculous

If you go out for dinner and wait an hour for your food, complain, and then when it arrives it is inedible, are you not allowed to complain again? This statement has made me and the fans I know feel even worse, they can't even get the basis right.

the statement is just standard, its not anything to get worked up about,
 what you want to hear is Mcleish has been sacked, so do i, but it was all about sticking together in the next 3 games, then i think we'l get what we want

[TonyD]

What did Faulkner say on Talksport just after 6pm?  The radio in the car decided to lose its signal, then when it came back on they had a Villa fan responding, saying he didn't want to swear on live radio, so I imagine it wasn't good.

He said that despite all the misfortune Mcleish has had to contend with not once has he complained plus basically what was in the statement

Good grief.  The only 'misfortune' McLeish has 'suffered' is being given another Premier League job after relegating the same team twice.  I honestly think that the real Faulkner and Lerner must have been abducted and replaced by malevolent Blues fans lookalikes.  Nobody could be THAT stupid and THAT negligent really, could they?

It does beggar belief.

[bones.]

Almost as bad as what SVC said earlier.

I was really disappointed in what Stan said aswell.

I one good thing from today is I am pretty confident that no matter what he is gone at the end of the season, because I was really worried they were contemplating keeping him next season.

Stan pretty much always sticks up for whoever is in charge at the Villa at any given time, however both Andy Gray and Ian Taylor have said on Talksport today that the fans discontent is justified ,the results arent good enough, and that the style of play is one of the main reasons for the discontent, moreso than where Mcleish last managed. It was a pleasant suprise.

[Steve67]

People in the media waking up at last.  Build the pressure people.

[john2710]

McLeish surely has no future at Villa Park? His fate will be sealed with one of the following;

1. Relegation
2. Season tickets sales should we stay up.

Nobody who cares about the club wants him at the club, he's been given every opportunity and received far more slack than Houllier got last season. He's not and never will be good enough to manage Aston Villa. Nothing he can do from now on will ever change that fact. I just hope we stay up and Lerner accepts that the appointment was a fundamental fuck up.

There is not another club in the country that would have even contemplated appointing McLeish as their manager, so why was he ever going to be good enough for us?

In addition, anybody employed at the club who instigated this appointment should also be sacked.