AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Holte End Stylist]

I'm not usually one for jumping on bandwagons but I now feel he has to go,thing is who is out there to replace him?

[Ian.]

I'm not gonna start calling for his head on the back of a loss to Citeh however bad the performance. He's gotta see off relegation fodder though or he's gone, Lerner's backing or not.

Quite right, now we need to start picking up results. Most of our recent performances have shown glimmers of hope and we have had some terrible luck with regards individual errors. How we didn't wipe QPR off the pitch I will never know. That game should have been like the stuffing of Wimbledon many years back.

I really am not sure if he is the way forward, I so hope he is. I just want him to really succeed for us.

[VinnieChase84]

Just watched his interview after yesterdays game again. Think its even more dumb and clueless watching it back! The part when asked how hes going to turn it arround is embarrassing. I think i may email the club that video with some 'comments' attached.

[garyshawsknee]

http://m.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/feb/13/five-things-premier-league-weekend?cat=football&type=article

Spot on about Mccleish,and a funny slating of Downing.

[maigrait]

albrighton wasn't the best yesterday but at least he got stuck in... I'm stuck in a loop just can't believe heskey got what, 55 minutes on the pitch. He gave us  two decent headers and... erm... nothing else.
At the end of the day there appeared to be no game plan... hoof is what the players resort to - to get rid of the ball but it increases pressure instead of decreasing it. Opposition comes straight back at you.

Damn you Barry for creating their goal

[Irish villain]

The lack of leadership from the board too sickens me. There is nobody in charge at Aston Villa.

[eastie]

The lack of leadership from the board too sickens me. There is nobody in charge at Aston Villa.

THIS.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Yes

[Walmley_Villa]

The lack of leadership from the board too sickens me. There is nobody in charge at Aston Villa.

THIS.

Agreed...

[richard moore]

http://m.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/feb/13/five-things-premier-league-weekend?cat=football&type=article

Spot on about Mccleish,and a funny slating of Downing.

Not too complimentary about Young either. It makes me smile to recollect the start of the season when the media were falling over each other to praise Young and Downing, going on and on about how a step up to bigger clubs would be the making of them. And also what an amazing manager they had bagged down 'the Bridge'. Young has been a bit unlucky to be competing for a place with Valencia who I think has been one of the top 5 players in the premier league this season whilst Chelsea's signing of Luiz is looking an increasingly rash one...another player who the experts 'in the know' all rammed down our throats as the next big thing

[AvFc4eVeR]

The lack of leadership from the board too sickens me. There is nobody in charge at Aston Villa.

Spot on!

[supertom]

He's piss poor, simple as that. Never mind his background. Never mind our apparent squad shortcomings.
The biggest problem is the manager. The players don't bust a gut. Tactically inept. Poor selections. No ambition, no organisation, just no idea whatsoever! He hasn't got the dressing room, that's as plain as day by the way we've played, and certain individuals have played, over the course of this season. There's little motivation. You might say Randy's played a part in sapping our team of its motivation by how he's set his stall out the last year.

But in the management game you have to be first in line for blame when it's not right, and it's definitely not right. It's poorer than O Leary's last year in truth. Our squad is at least better than the one he left for O Neill.

He has to go. We won't go down, because frankly I don't think that any of those clubs below us can overturn a 7 point deficit on us, so I'd quite happily fuck him off now. I'm just sick of the dire football and lacklusture performances. The baffling decisions and general cluelessness too.

Rolling over and dieing so often this season has been an utter disgrace.

[NeilH]

I’m genuinely interested. Knowing how Lerner operates and being more than happy with this whilst we were in the middle of the good times, what precisely do you expect him to say right now? Would it really help if Lerner pipes up and says ‘I agree with you all that we’re in a sea of sh** and drowning fast.’ or ‘I’ve got to drastically cut the wage bill at all costs.’
Lerner told you all you need to know about how he operates and what he thinks of us when he and Faulkner appointed McLeish in the summer to a barrage of outrage and tub-thumping.

[MarkM]

"The soul-destroying nature of many of their performances should be of concern to anyone with a vested interest in the club. "

Nail, head, hit

Don't read the Guardian but that line sums up where we are

[Concrete John]

I voted 'no'.

It's always easy to over react after a loss, and I'm sure not all of you are doing that, but he needs to be judged after 38 games.