AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[hawkeye]

Well done Faulkner for inviting them, its like the kid at school that goes around threatening everybody until someone says allright you and me, outside. Then all of a sudden thier bravado deserts them-pathetic

[dicedlam]

A bunch of berks all of them.
The Villa Fans...whatever for refusing to talk to the club and thinking its a slap in the face for the club. 
And Faulkner for offering to talk with them in the first place.

[mrfuse]

Regarding competing with Spurs, one reason we fell away from them was because while Spurs were paying Modric 20k a week, we were throwing double that at Steve Sidwell.. That says it all.

Yes when you read something like that it makes you realise that MON was nowhere near as astute as some would have us believe, and what a massive opportunity he wasted by refusing to sign good players from abroad.  I don't believe for a second he was genuinely interested in trying to get Sneijder in either.

I can't comment on the Sneijder thing, but the difference is that when in a strong position Spurs were able to go up a level in transfer dealings with players like Modric and VDV.  We still couldn't get anything better then we already had, such as Downing.

I do think the London thing had a bearing, but most of the fault must lie with MON.  Maybe not for not going for these players, but because we couldn't as finances being tight due to funds being effectively wasted on squad players that weren't featuring.

Id rather nearly compete with spurs than nearly compete with the baggies as were doing now

[Woody]

Ah Damian Dugdale...the frontman for a South African bid if I remember his call correctly.

The collective power of the supporters' voice...why not use an existing democratic supporter group model?

[Phil from the upper holte]

Maybe we the heroes and villains forum united should meet Faulkner? Should be interesting.

[hawkeye]

Maybe we the heroes and villains forum united should meet Faulkner? Should be interesting.

Count me in

[hawkeye]

A bunch of berks all of them.
The Villa Fans...whatever for refusing to talk to the club and thinking its a slap in the face for the club. 
And Faulkner for offering to talk with them in the first place.
Sorry, I dont think you can fault Faulkner on this.

[Lee]

in actual fact noone knows who he was after, despite many people spending lots of time ridiculing him for wanting to sign Keane. That one seems to have gone away now.

The fact remains he was a good Villa manager who will undoubtedly do well at other clubs. People should get over it. The way he left was a shame, but if it had just been him walking out without a reason then he wouldn't have won compensation and we'd know all the details.

For over two years now this club has been a shambles, the buck falls with Learner.

There is leaving for a reason and there is leaving and being spiteful. I have been told roughly what he got and the way he was rather "happy" that not only with the pay off, but also the fact that he had got one over on the club by walking out when he did. That is the reason that I have a distaste for the man and will continue, despite his relative success he had at Villa.

[villadelph]

Maybe we the heroes and villains forum united should meet Faulkner? Should be interesting.

Count me in

I'm there, and in a hurry.

[dave.woodhall]

A bunch of berks all of them.
The Villa Fans...whatever for refusing to talk to the club and thinking its a slap in the face for the club. 
And Faulkner for offering to talk with them in the first place.
Sorry, I dont think you can fault Faulkner on this.

Whoever made the offer gave them credibility. Good on them for wanting to engage with fans - I can't imagine any other club doing it - but this now gives every internet rebel without a clue the excuse to think up three initials, say they're not happy and wait for the invite. They'll now be sitting in their bedrooms talking with their online mates about how they showed that Faulkner up and it gives any media muckraker the perfect opportunity to say "Look - even their own fans don't want to talk to them."

[PeterWithesShin]

I just went to the bathroom and had a movement that has a lot more credibility than that bunch of fuckwits.

[villadelph]

I just want to know who raised the name Alex McLeish. I don't want to fault them for it or curse them, I just want to know who was the original brain behind the who thing. Who said, "What about 'Eck?"

[Dante Lavelli]

I just want to know who raised the name Alex McLeish. I don't want to fault them for it or curse them, I just want to know who was the original brain behind the who thing. Who said, "What about 'Eck?"

What happened was one guy said "What about Steve McLaren"
Disgruntled by the suggestion, our northern employees said "ooh by heck!"
Randy, confused by the colloquial turn of phrase, interpreted this as "buy Eck".
So not only did we end up with Eck as our manager but we also bought him which is where the compensation farce comes in.

True story.

[Dave Clark Five]

Can you imagine the clowns sitting in the meeting with Paul Faulkner? They would be very uncomfortable in that position, red faced around a table and extremely self conscious.

They would have to get one brave soul at the front saying 'two relegations but nuffink to do with Small Heath' while the rest stand behind looking over his shoulder, as if trying to get into range of an imaginary Sky TV camera, clapping and bursting into hilarious renditions of Shit on the City.

There will be one of them, as there is in all these groups, who sees this as his chance to be invited onto the board so he can swill champagne before, during and after every game and stick two fingers up to his friends who are still 'never going again mate'. At that point, he couldn't care less who the manager is, how much the tickets cost or whatever happended to O'Neill. It is, and always has been for some of them, a precursor to selling souls to the Devil.

[cheltenhamlion]

Well put John. What time are you getting to the pub Saturday? We will rock up at eleven.