AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[ozzjim]

To put that into context, Christian Gross managed to win 9 out of 27 at Spurs, and Brian Kidd had a win percentage of 27% at Blackburn. In almost any other season, we would be gone with our current plight. As it is, we might be very, very fortunate and survive on about 36 points.

[andyh]

I am sick of hearing that we cant/wont go down because there are 4 or 5 teams worse than us. That is not a  criteria that should apply to us. how the fuck has it come to this.

[ozzjim]

We appointed a man no one wanted to a job he was incapable of doing, following getting his previous side relegated twice in 3 years. And the board thought that was a good idea, although 1 clearly thought it was a shit idea as he scarpered from all communication with the fans around the day he was appointed.

[villan1975]

He needs to go if only to give Dave Woodhall the chance to right something different.
Must be the hardest job in journalism at the moment.

[rob_bridge]

Signings will be of the ilk Barry Ferguson, Zigic and Alan McGregor and the style next season could be even worse.

[Eigentor]

Even if you try to balance it out: doing a decent job at Rangers; getting 9th with Birmingham and winning the League cup as well - it's difficult to see that those achievements offset two relegations and a reputation for playing the worst football in the league. I guess only Randy will know how this was supposed to be a good appointment.

[dave.woodhall]

He needs to go if only to give Dave Woodhall the chance to right something different.
Must be the hardest job in journalism at the moment.

You're all heart.

[Irish villain]

Those rumours I've seen must be bollocks right? I was driving for the past hour and a half, logged onto facebook and saw the Irish Lions page had it that rumours suggest he's walked???

[TonyD]

RL by all accounts doesnt give a shit about the fans in the states but that team cannot get relegated.  If anything will make the twat sack the other twat and then AM it will be the cost in his pocket with the revenues falling.

[The Left Side]

Three times I have voted yes, I just think we are talking to ourselves though!

[Steve67]

I'd like to know how many points we have dropped from winning positions. Another bloody draw.  McLesh must be delighted.  Useless knob.  Sack him but don't let Faulkner or Lerner select the next one.

The "there are worse clubs than us" argument is also a load of crap, we shouldn't be in this position at all.

[tricky dicky]

i have seen that gabby has said players don't hear much on the pitch well i know for a fact the referee heard the abuse hurled at mcleish because i was talking to him on wigan station while waiting for the train he even asked who threw the flare in the crowd and told us i heard you lot having a go at mcleish so it did get through to him

[eric woolban woolban]

15 points lost by my reckoning.

[Irish villain]

We've been an established top flight club for the guts of 25 years, and in the decade of our last relegation, we also won the European cup.

In the quarter of a century that we have been top flight, we have seriously flirted with relegation about five times. Most of the time we have been pretty comfortable in mid-table and have spent more time in the top six than fighting the drop.

The lack of ambition this season, and the toleration of such a pathetic managerial performance is actually scandalous.

[hawkeye]

The worst clubs than us is about our survival, we can not put the blame for the state of our club entirely at the feet of this manager. He just represents the abysmal way this club has been run for the last 3 years.