AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Legion]

Surely you mean the bottom 6 then, as we are currently 15th?

[Boz]

I'm starting to feel that AM is being portrayed as a worse manager than he actually is; Curbishley is just as limited and uninspirational as Big 'Eck.

I think out of those two, Villa fans would happily take neither. I wouldn't have minded if Villa had scoured Europe and targeted an up and coming manager rather than the one they did. At least Doug used to have a social network in football and always had someone lined up when a manager departed. It's obvious that the hierarchy at Villa now have no footballing network at all.

I still can't see why we didn't approach Mark Hughes.

I know it's all opinions, but I wouldn't want Hughes either, along with Curbishley or dare I whisper, old Potato Face .

None of these are known for playing the football we'd like to see at B6.

In the position we're in we are unlikely to attract anyone other than an up and coming manager such as Poyet.

[Boz]

Surely you mean the bottom 6 then, as we are currently 15th?

True, but I am anticipating in two more games we could be in the bottom 5.

[paul_e]

As I said earlier in the thread, what we really need to do i decide on the direction of the club and employ someone at board level (eith er a new director of football role or to replace Faulkner) whose responsibility it is to ensure that direction is consistent at all levels in the club and that the players and coaches all fit that model.  This process needs to start now so they can start looking at how we're setup on a match day, how we train, etc and then as soon as the season finishes they can start making changes.

Get this right and the ongoing success of the club stops being reliant on the individuals and becomes based on the system, whenever someone leaves you replace based on that club vision, either by promoting within or bringing in someone with proven success as using the style you're implementing.  Early on this might be expensive if you want more than treading water for a few seasons but once the mentality and training techniques are consistent bring players through from youth to reserves to first team becomes a much simpler process and you start to get to a point where the squad naturally refreshes itself.

[Eigentor]

Surely you mean the bottom 6 then, as we are currently 15th?

True, but I am anticipating in two more games we could be in the bottom 5.

We won't. There's a seven point gap between ourselves and Wolves. Anyway, at the very least we should aim to maintain the space between ourselves and the bottom five.

[Vanilla]

I'm starting to feel that AM is being portrayed as a worse manager than he actually is; Curbishley is just as limited and uninspirational as Big 'Eck.

I think out of those two, Villa fans would happily take neither. I wouldn't have minded if Villa had scoured Europe and targeted an up and coming manager rather than the one they did. At least Doug used to have a social network in football and always had someone lined up when a manager departed. It's obvious that the hierarchy at Villa now have no footballing network at all.

I still can't see why we didn't approach Mark Hughes.

I know it's all opinions, but I wouldn't want Hughes either, along with Curbishley or dare I whisper, old Potato Face .

None of these are known for playing the football we'd like to see at B6.

In the position we're in we are unlikely to attract anyone other than an up and coming manager such as Poyet.

True, but at the time Hughes was the more attractive option and available, but we went for who we did. Why?

[Ads]

Kevin Mac and Sid would give the fans and I believe the players a lift for the run in. McLeish is suffocating us.

Boycotting is a ridiculous idea and won't help.

All we need is two wins and a couple of draws. I think they could give us that short term bounce to secure safety straight away. Then we'd have longer to prepare for the summer.

As it stands West Brom and Stoke well finish above us. Fucking sweet Jesus.

[woody4866]

I said before that I wanted him shot - sacking was too good

After playing the mighty Wigan I have changed my mind

I want him beaten with heavy blunt instruments until he crawls back to Stan Andrews

He is just a useless tw@ that should not be allowed in B6

Him and Billy McNeil have too much in common for my liking - fook him off now, it may not be to late

[Ian.]

I said before that I wanted him shot - sacking was too good

After playing the mighty Wigan I have changed my mind

I want him beaten with heavy blunt instruments until he crawls back to Stan Andrews

He is just a useless tw@ that should not be allowed in B6

Him and Billy McNeil have too much in common for my liking - fook him off now, it may not be to late

No need for this.

[Ads]

That said, we'll go and win the next two games as the best centre forward at the club will lead the line.

[villa for life]

There's a real danger of  making a bad situation even worse. If the younger impressionable players get influenced by what they read on the net etc, they might start to follow the "herd mentality", which will affect their performances.

There is not going to be any change in management for the remainder of the season, just as there wasn't last season. No matter how angry people are feeling, hurling insults isn't helpful and will only increase the chances of things going wrong.

[woody4866]

I said before that I wanted him shot - sacking was too good

After playing the mighty Wigan I have changed my mind

I want him beaten with heavy blunt instruments until he crawls back to Stan Andrews

He is just a useless tw@ that should not be allowed in B6

Him and Billy McNeil have too much in common for my liking - fook him off now, it may not be to late

No need for this.

Sorry - I apologise

just shoot the c*nt and have it over and done with, no need to drag it out

[villajk]

I said before that I wanted him shot - sacking was too good

After playing the mighty Wigan I have changed my mind

I want him beaten with heavy blunt instruments until he crawls back to Stan Andrews

He is just a useless tw@ that should not be allowed in B6

Him and Billy McNeil have too much in common for my liking - fook him off now, it may not be to late

No need for this.

Sorry - I apologise

just shoot the c*nt and have it over and done with, no need to drag it out

Woody, that is still way out of order.

[pauliewalnuts]

I said before that I wanted him shot - sacking was too good

After playing the mighty Wigan I have changed my mind

I want him beaten with heavy blunt instruments until he crawls back to Stan Andrews

He is just a useless tw@ that should not be allowed in B6

Him and Billy McNeil have too much in common for my liking - fook him off now, it may not be to late

No need for this.

Sorry - I apologise

just shoot the c*nt and have it over and done with, no need to drag it out

Can we have a bit less of that, please? Although, I'll admit, your revision did make me chuckle, in a slightly guilty way.

There's no need for it, really, though, so best avoid it.

[PeterWithe]

I really am not too concerned that we will be relegated, I just cant see it. With that in mind 'd sack him now, although to be fair there has never been a point when I wouldn't have sacked him, and put in McDonald to the end of the season to see what he can do whilst seeking out alternatives who haven't got a CV that screams 'unsuitable'.