AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Percy McCarthy]

I pity everyone who doesn't support us.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Fantastic article in the Birmingham mail

Had to laugh at the claim in the comments section that O'Neill had us playing great football. Away from home, on occasions, yes. But at home?

I think the anger at the shit football at home this season has been made a little worse than it would have been by the fact the last two years under MON and last year under GH were piss poor at Villa Park, too.

Like under GH, as the season progresses, I can see positive signs with the football we are trying to play. Admittedly it's not complete, the delivery into the box all season has let us down but that for me is our only real weakness of late. It certainly beats hoofing it and for that alone I am grateful.

[damon loves JT]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing that everything is great. But at this stage of the season you have to weigh up whether things will get better, or get worse. McLeish has the opportunity now to show us where we're heading.

[Dave Clark Five]

Who wrote it ? McLeish

Probably. Everything in there is lies.

Such as?

Sorry. I had turned into a protestor for a moment.

[Bad English]

McLeish has the opportunity now to show us where we're heading.

Cheers Damon! I now have fucking Lene Marlin passing by in my head.

[john e]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing that everything is great. But at this stage of the season you have to weigh up whether things will get better, or get worse. McLeish has the opportunity now to show us where we're heading.

yes he has the opportunity to be a bit more brave as we look pretty safe now,
 he can send the lads out without the big pressure that comes with a relegation dog fight which always makes any team look a lot worse than what it really is,
so lets hope we can see some decent football like we did on Saturday at times again

[paul_e]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing that everything is great. But at this stage of the season you have to weigh up whether things will get better, or get worse. McLeish has the opportunity now to show us where we're heading.

yes he has the opportunity to be a bit more brave as we look pretty safe now,
 he can send the lads out without the big pressure that comes with a relegation dog fight which always makes any team look a lot worse than what it really is,
so lets hope we can see some decent football like we did on Saturday at times again

but but but...

McLeish's brand of football put us in the position where relegation became a worry, I agree the pressure doesn't help but that doesn't account for the poor football earlier on.

I've given up worrying about wanting him out, it's clearly not going to happen anytime soon, I just hope his work this summer doesn't set us back further.

We should be in a position by September where the wages are much more in line with revenue, if this has been achieved by signing players who can take us forward then great, if we're stuck with slightly cheaper versions of what we already had then we're screwed for another 3-4 years until we can get rid of the new lot.

[TheSandman]

At the end of the day we're just going to take our medicine and see what happens as it is patently obvious that McLeish is here to stay.

I do reserve the right to moan on here about it though. I'm at grudged acceptance.

[LeeB]

I pity everyone who doesn't support us.

Likewise. It's them that have no soul.

[LeeB]

I've also read the comments in the mail to the article in question, and each response made me back the manager a little bit more..

I'm officially with Dave McLark Five. Fuck it, I went dark after Wigan, but if it means being down with the likes of andyh then I'm out.

Mods, a name change please.

[dave.woodhall]

I still find it hard to believe that anyone who backs the manager can then be accused of not being a proper supporter and the local newspaper can be criticised for not attacking him.

[Legion]

I've also read the comments in the mail to the article in question, and each response made me back the manager a little bit more..

I'm officially with Dave McLark Five. Fuck it, I went dark after Wigan, but if it means being down with the likes of andyh then I'm out.

Mods, a name change please.

To what?

[KevinGage]

We should be in a position by September where the wages are much more in line with revenue, if this has been achieved by signing players who can take us forward then great, if we're stuck with slightly cheaper versions of what we already had then we're screwed for another 3-4 years until we can get rid of the new lot.

That's my concern too.

[N'ZMAV]

I think McLeish has ridden out the worst of it now, for this season anyway. The chances of us going down are as slim as they're going to be in our situation, I don't see anyone below us catching us up. Now is his time to analyse what he has in terms of players and make some decisions on what he can do this summer. He needs to use this time fucking wisely.

[KevinGage]

Whenever we have looked like turning the corner in recent months we've thrown in a real cowpat of a performance soon after. 

So as welcome as the win against Fulham was, forgive me if I'm a bit reticent to see it as the start of a bright new era. It was, for the most part, an ugly performance with very little penetration.  So quite a lot in common a fair few games under Big Eck this season.

And as welcome as our new found stability at the back is, it wasn't a tactical reshuffle by Big Eck that brought this about. If Dunne was fit Carlos would still be warming the bench.