AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Concrete John]

Our only hope might be if we get less than 5 points from the next four games RL might hear the warning bells even with his eyes closed as the good ship Aston Villa sinks nearer the Premiership relegation line. 

So you want us to lose games so we have an excuse to sack the manager?

[TaxDodger]

When mon left we had just finished 6th , had a decent squad and were a reasonably attractive club to any potential manager, randy blew the chance to replace mon with a top quality manager

What top quality managers were avaliable at the time?

[Concrete John]

When mon left we had just finished 6th , had a decent squad and were a reasonably attractive club to any potential manager, randy blew the chance to replace mon with a top quality manager

What top quality managers were avaliable at the time?

As I said at the time, waiting to see who applies was a mistake and we needed to go get a top man, even if it meant playing dirty and pinching him from his present club.

[garyshawsknee]

When mon left we had just finished 6th , had a decent squad and were a reasonably attractive club to any potential manager, randy blew the chance to replace mon with a top quality manager

What top quality managers were avaliable at the time?

They came out with the bullshit line of ' must have premier league experience' which reduced the field of candidates by quite a lot.

[TaxDodger]

When mon left we had just finished 6th , had a decent squad and were a reasonably attractive club to any potential manager, randy blew the chance to replace mon with a top quality manager

What top quality managers were avaliable at the time?

As I said at the time, waiting to see who applies was a mistake and we needed to go get a top man, even if it meant playing dirty and pinching him from his present club.

Could we really have attracted anyone of real quality though? Especially considering the new man would have been working on a restricted budget.

[ozzjim]

Didn't Sanchez Flores fella openly express interest under pretty much any circumstance?

[Rick_avfc]

Didn't Sanchez Flores fella openly express interest under pretty much any circumstance?

I remember reading that story shortly after we started talks with Eck but I dont know if it was under "any" circumstances.

[django]

We did play dirty and poach a manager from their club, that's why we had to pay them compensation.

[Concrete John]

When mon left we had just finished 6th , had a decent squad and were a reasonably attractive club to any potential manager, randy blew the chance to replace mon with a top quality manager

What top quality managers were avaliable at the time?

As I said at the time, waiting to see who applies was a mistake and we needed to go get a top man, even if it meant playing dirty and pinching him from his present club.

Could we really have attracted anyone of real quality though? Especially considering the new man would have been working on a restricted budget.

We're talking 18 months ago when the team had just finished 6th, other than swapping Milner for Ireland, and we had enough in the kitty to then go buy Darren Bent.

[Concrete John]

We did play dirty and poach a manager from their club, that's why we had to pay them compensation.

I was talking about when Houllier came and not when we got AM.

[stubbsyandy]

Have you seen Lee Clarke has just been sacked by Huddersfield..didn't they have some fantasic unbeaten run and are handily placed for promotion? And he was being linked with several jobs in January..I don't understand some of the things that happen in this game from all sides

[TaxDodger]

When mon left we had just finished 6th , had a decent squad and were a reasonably attractive club to any potential manager, randy blew the chance to replace mon with a top quality manager

What top quality managers were avaliable at the time?

As I said at the time, waiting to see who applies was a mistake and we needed to go get a top man, even if it meant playing dirty and pinching him from his present club.

Could we really have attracted anyone of real quality though? Especially considering the new man would have been working on a restricted budget.

We're talking 18 months ago when the team had just finished 6th, other than swapping Milner for Ireland, and we had enough in the kitty to then go buy Darren Bent.

Yeh but surely any new manager would have known he'd have to reduce the wage budget over the next few seasons. Something which may well have put off a lot of top quality managers.

[Concrete John]

When mon left we had just finished 6th , had a decent squad and were a reasonably attractive club to any potential manager, randy blew the chance to replace mon with a top quality manager

What top quality managers were avaliable at the time?

As I said at the time, waiting to see who applies was a mistake and we needed to go get a top man, even if it meant playing dirty and pinching him from his present club.

Could we really have attracted anyone of real quality though? Especially considering the new man would have been working on a restricted budget.

We're talking 18 months ago when the team had just finished 6th, other than swapping Milner for Ireland, and we had enough in the kitty to then go buy Darren Bent.

Yeh but surely any new manager would have known he'd have to reduce the wage budget over the next few seasons. Something which may well have put off a lot of top quality managers.

I suppose that all depends on whether it's reduce for reductions sake ro reduce to clear the decks and build again.  What woukld appeal is the squad we had then, so a top manager maintaining that sort of position would mean greater income and less reduction needed to achieve the required turnover/wages ratio.

Ultimately, it would be about how the club sold the job and longterm vision to a candidate.

[mr underhill]

all our defensive players are high earners and I doubt there is a club anywhere who would want any of them based on their performances this season and last

[Phil from the upper holte]

mcleish to Huddersfield it is then, out of Birmingham and two leagues below, Suits everyone