AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Nirog72]

Maybe he was told his only job was to keep us up this season while we sort the financial mess out. If so, he's doing ok.

Meanwhile, back in the real world he's turning us into a joke and encouraging reasonable players to play shite football.

[villadelph]

Maybe he was told his only job was to keep us up this season while we sort the financial mess out. If so, he's doing ok.

Meanwhile, back in the real world he's turning us into a joke and encouraging reasonable players to play shite football.

How is he doing okay? Okay, by my standards, is anywhere from 10th to 13th with comfort.

[Pete3206]

Is Graham Taylor busy at the moment?

[Rico]

Agents Mcleish and Lerner, you've been rumbled! Now feck off the pair of ya!

[Cuz]

Why ? How ? one fuck up after the next, him and Grant haven't a clue.
Do the right thing Alex GO!!!

[Nirog72]

villadelph - read the second bit.

[villadelph]

villadelph - read the second bit.

I did. You said he was fulfilling his duties (doing okay) while also turning us into a joke. These things are not mutually exclusive.

[Fergal]

Our last two opponents have conceded 113 so far this season.  We managed 1 goal in both games.  Negative? Our Alex?
Taxi for AM....

[Nirog72]

Fair point - I guess what I'm saying is he may have been asked solely to keep us up this season. In which case he is (so far). However, this is absolutely nowhere near good enough and is embarassing.

[ez]

Our last two opponents have conceded 113 so far this season.  We managed 1 goal in both games.  Negative? Our Alex?
Taxi for AM....

Although things are bad i really didn't expect us to come out of those two games without a win.

[villadelph]

Fair point - I guess what I'm saying is he may have been asked solely to keep us up this season. In which case he is (so far). However, this is absolutely nowhere near good enough and is embarassing.

Oh, we're a complete joke, I agree. His job security is nothing short of comical at this point. Why on Earth is McLeish invincible? Of all managers up against it this year who would've thought that McLeish would be the only one that doesn't have to worry for a minute about his job. I imagine Randy talked to him after the game.. "Don't worry Eck, you're doing fine."

[Villanation]

Not grasping at straws here, I am convinced that what Randy Lerner has just witnessed will make him sit up and take notice, he watches enough sport, he will know that the team are not behind AM and never will be, this will have more of an impression on him than even a bad run of results or probably being in the bottom 3.

IMO, Alex McLiesh's position as just become completely untenable, I'm expecting to hear news within the next few days, assuming RL is bothered enough to look at the games anymore.

[OzVilla]

AML being told by Lerner to keep us in the division this season while they sort out the financals is the only plausible conclusion I can think off as to why Lerner hasn't pulled the trigger (and atleast indicates that there's a plan of some sort) - or maybe it's just the thought of the pay off he'd have to give him after his inept appointment.

Either way he isn't going anywhere unless he have a change of ownership.  AML is the symptom while Lerner is the cause.

Absolutley pathetic either way.

[phantom limb]

I voted GET THE FUCK OUT.

[Kevin_Brum12]

Continuing the musical theme, The Hollies had Alex McLeish spot on...

He's not the man to hold your trust,
Everything he touches turns to dust
In his hands,
Nothing he can do is right
He'd even like to stay in the top flight
But he can't

God forbid he is here any longer.  The thought of Blues going up, and us going down, should make any Villa fan sick in the stomach.

And McLeish looks like someone who would turn a vault of gold bars into a pile of manure...