AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Fergal]

I would rather have Gary Mac back in charge for the last few games than this inept clueless manager.

[gervilla]

His time is up.

[Dave Cooper please]

Still saying no, not because I don't want him to go, like evoh! But because we won't get the manager we need right now, there isn't anyone available right now.
I don't think a caretaker from within will do any better with this bunch of disinterested fuckballs either.

Horrible innit?

[PeterWithesShin]

It's possible to think both that McLeish isn't the right manager for us and also that the protesters were a bunch of fucking idiots.

Is the correct answer.

[Compass]

Still saying no, not because I don't want him to go, like evoh! But because we won't get the manager we need right now, there isn't anyone available right now.
I don't think a caretaker from within will do any better with this bunch of disinterested fuckballs either.

Horrible innit?

How would you know if they're not given a chance? It's better than sticking with an anti football idiot who has guaranteed relegations.

Also, I think the best way of protesting is just not to spend any more at this club. This isn't Aston Villa Football Club anymore. It's Randy Lerner Football Club and he doesn't care about the fans. All he cares about is money.

The number 1 priority should be is to hurt Randy's wallet and he may act faster.

[villadelph]

It's possible to think both that McLeish isn't the right manager for us and also that the protesters were a bunch of fucking idiots.

Is the correct answer.

I like that also.

[joe_c]

So do people still think the protesters were wrong.  They got awful uncalled for stick IMO.

Not necessarily wrong but they are a shower of dicks and I couldn't possibly bring myself to support a shower of dicks.

[pauliewalnuts]

Here are our remaining fixtures. I can't see where many points are going to come from this.

Blackburn v Aston Villa
Aston Villa v Fulham
Arsenal v Aston Villa
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Liverpool v Aston Villa
Aston Villa v Stoke
Man Utd v Aston Villa
Aston Villa v Sunderland
West Brom v Aston Villa   
Aston Villa v Tottenham
Norwich v Aston Villa

[Irish villain]

I would rather have Gary Mac back in charge for the last few games than this inept clueless manager.

I was thinking that earlier.

[ez]

Still saying no, not because I don't want him to go, like evoh! But because we won't get the manager we need right now, there isn't anyone available right now.
I don't think a caretaker from within will do any better with this bunch of disinterested fuckballs either.

Horrible innit?

I think just McLeish going would give the whole place a much needed lift.

[caster troy]

Still saying no, not because I don't want him to go, like evoh! But because we won't get the manager we need right now, there isn't anyone available right now.
I don't think a caretaker from within will do any better with this bunch of disinterested fuckballs either.

Horrible innit?

I think just McLeish going would give the whole place a much needed lift.

Spot on.

[joe_c]

Still saying no, not because I don't want him to go, like evoh! But because we won't get the manager we need right now, there isn't anyone available right now.
I don't think a caretaker from within will do any better with this bunch of disinterested fuckballs either.

Horrible innit?

I think that's about the size of it. There really isn't any point in removing him at this stage of the season. I genuinely still believe the chances of us going down are negligible and any manager we might bring in now isn't going to have us improve greatly. And who is available anyway? Mick McCarthy or Steve Bruce ffs?

[pauliewalnuts]

Still saying no, not because I don't want him to go, like evoh! But because we won't get the manager we need right now, there isn't anyone available right now.
I don't think a caretaker from within will do any better with this bunch of disinterested fuckballs either.

Horrible innit?

I think that's about the size of it. There really isn't any point in removing him at this stage of the season. I genuinely still believe the chances of us going down are negligible and any manager we might bring in now isn't going to have us improve greatly. And who is available anyway? Mick McCarthy or Steve Bruce ffs?

I'd remove him now and put Sid and Kev McDonald in charge. Just steady the ship till the end of the season, and I believe the lift of removing McLeish would be enough to lift us to safety.

We're a fair number of points above the relegation pack, but we currently look entirely incapable of beating anyone, and that frightens me a bit.

[SheffieldVillain]

2 have said no already.  Jesus

I was one of them. Apologies for having an opinion different to yours.

My reasons, which I'm sure will be translated by dazzyg and co as "Ooh you love McLeish"
- I don't think we're going to get anyone in at this stage who will improve matters either in the short-term or the long-term. Who's available - Bruce, Curbishley, McCarthy? The summer might be a different matter. And for those saying we will attract an up-and-coming manager - Lambert, Rodgers... no, we won't. They would be on a hiding to nothing coming in with a couple of months left.
- I think we will get enough points in the next few games that mean we won't be relegated. It might make our eyes bleed to watch, but we're safe in my opinion.
- McLeish I'm sure knows that we need to get rid of a substantial portion of our senior players as did Houllier. It took both of them time to work this out. What I do not want is someone coming in who wipes the slate clean for Collins, Dunne, Warnock et al. I want them to fuck off, preferably now.

In summary, what I want (other than the season to end tomorrow) is to get to the end of the season, take stock, get rid of the over-paid, under-performing wankers who've now stunk the place out under three different managers and then hopefully get a forward-looking manager who can rebuild for the future.

[PeterWithesShin]

Added the points I think we will get.

Here are our remaining fixtures. I can't see where many points are going to come from this.

Blackburn v Aston Villa 3pts
Aston Villa v Fulham 1pt
What happened to the Bolton game? 3pts
Arsenal v Aston Villa 1pt
Aston Villa v Chelsea 1pt
Liverpool v Aston Villa 0pt
Aston Villa v Stoke 1pt
Man Utd v Aston Villa 0pt and thank fuck we can't be given minus points for how much of a surrender this will be.
Aston Villa v Sunderland 1pt
West Brom v Aston Villa 0pt   
Aston Villa v Tottenham 0pt
Norwich v Aston Villa 0pt

End result. We stay up by boring everyone to death. Next season, new manager please.