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Offline bertlambshank

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1470 on: March 02, 2012, 06:09:37 PM »
The useless lump has been bleating about how wonderful his relationship with Randy is and how much he is looking forward to putting his own stamp on the squad this summer. God fucking help us!
How is he gonna do that, Is Randy selling a kidney to fund it?

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1471 on: March 02, 2012, 06:13:03 PM »
The useless lump has been bleating about how wonderful his relationship with Randy is and how much he is looking forward to putting his own stamp on the squad this summer. God fucking help us!

They'll have to bring in extra staff during the summer to cope with the mad rush for season tickets.

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1472 on: March 02, 2012, 06:15:08 PM »
. I've not got a magic wand and I don't think there are a lot of managers who could do a lot better than the job I am doing just now."



Sooty has a magic wand
And a hand up his arse.

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1473 on: March 02, 2012, 06:21:37 PM »
The useless lump has been bleating about how wonderful his relationship with Randy is and how much he is looking forward to putting his own stamp on the squad this summer. God fucking help us!

Terrifying. If he stays I am going to ignore football entirely for a season and pray that when he finally leaves we are still in the Premier league.

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1474 on: March 02, 2012, 06:47:55 PM »
The pressure is building upon McLeish and that's not not for our club. The only way he will get sacked is if we get relegated. I don't want that and I don't think we will . So I am afraid we have him for at least another season. That would be another two years wasted in the history of Aston Villa.

spot on . Its not fun supporting Villa at the moment and another season of this dire rubbish and the crowds will be lower next season.

He doesn't help himself. I'm confident that had we took the game to Wigan we would have won. They are rubbish. Three points would have relieved some pressure but now we are a bit more desperate for a win.

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1475 on: March 02, 2012, 06:52:15 PM »
Article below

one alex ,dont tell us how to support our team we have done it for a while

two alex .if you are not telling the players to go out and play negative it is not working wouldnt you say

three alex alot didnt want you to come but gave you a chance 6 wins in 28 i think we are done

From the mail



ALEX McLeish has urged the angry claret and blue boo-boys to put their grievances with him aside and support their club this weekend.

Villa’s boss was the target of a series of anti-McLeish chants in the first show of public dissent from the away fans at Wigan last Saturday.

McLeish has also dismissed accusations of boring football, claiming: “I don’t say to players ‘Go and play negatively, go and pass the ball back’.’’

His comments come ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Blackburn with Villa hoping to ease their own relegation fears by beating Steve Kean’s strugglers.

McLeish admits it has been a tough week for Villa with fans venting their frustrations and the club posting record £54 million losses for 2010-11.

“At the moment it is a bit gloomy with the figures coming in and the fans showing a bit of dissent,” he said.

“A few never really fancied me coming in in the first place.

“They have to get right behind every player that wears that Villa shirt



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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1476 on: March 02, 2012, 06:59:15 PM »
My God he just doesn't get it at all. Sometimes on a football pitch you have to go back to go forwards. His thinking that a single step backwards is somehow more negative than an aimless boof to the, you know, opposition for them to attack you is just amateurish.

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1477 on: March 02, 2012, 08:09:41 PM »


“At the moment it is a bit gloomy with the figures coming in and the fans showing a bit of dissent,” he said.

“A few never really fancied me coming in in the first place''

“They have to get right behind every player that wears that Villa shirt''

Can't really argue with that. Supporting the team must come first.


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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1478 on: March 02, 2012, 08:13:34 PM »
“At the moment it is a bit gloomy with the figures coming in and the fans showing a bit of dissent,” he said.

“A few never really fancied me coming in in the first place''

“They have to get right behind every player that wears that Villa shirt''

Can't really argue with that. Supporting the team must come first.

It's not a smart thing to say, though. In fact, despite his numerous PR gaffes Houllier was more clever saying that the manager isn't important, but the team is.

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1479 on: March 02, 2012, 08:19:25 PM »
He needs to play it a bit cannier, starting to blame the fans for not getting behind the team? Thank fothat Eck.
Not a magician? Well we should get someone who is then!

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1480 on: March 02, 2012, 08:24:26 PM »
He's right we should be giving our full and unconditional support tomorrow during the game. But we should reserve the right to grumble like mad if we put in another limp dick, piss poor performanceas we meander back up the big hill on the way home.

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1481 on: March 02, 2012, 08:26:38 PM »
“At the moment it is a bit gloomy with the figures coming in and the fans showing a bit of dissent,” he said.
“A few never really fancied me coming in in the first place''
“They have to get right behind every player that wears that Villa shirt''
Can't really argue with that. Supporting the team must come first.
You're right, DC5, except that he is beginning to use the "a few never really fancied me" as a bit of an excuse. It'll be his constructive-dismissal line when it happens.

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1482 on: March 02, 2012, 08:34:02 PM »
“At the moment it is a bit gloomy with the figures coming in and the fans showing a bit of dissent,” he said.
“A few never really fancied me coming in in the first place''
“They have to get right behind every player that wears that Villa shirt''
Can't really argue with that. Supporting the team must come first.
You're right, DC5, except that he is beginning to use the "a few never really fancied me" as a bit of an excuse. It'll be his constructive-dismissal line when it happens.

I don't care what line he uses, just so long as he is dismissed in the near future.  Not that it will happen though..

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1483 on: March 02, 2012, 08:54:08 PM »
My prediction is:

Stay up this season, keep him on for next season, relegated next.

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Re: Should AM be sacked ? Poll reset after Wigan. [Reply#780]
« Reply #1484 on: March 02, 2012, 09:32:43 PM »
Well If we do go down , you can imagine Paul ' McLeish' Daniels coming out with ' any team that loses Darren Bent would find it hard to stay in the premiership '   

 


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