AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[villa for life]

impossible!

[Clampy]

impossible!

It's debatable but not impossible. I prefer Mcleish as a person to Houiller but at least under Houiller he had some kind of plan of how he wanted to play and we created chances.

[john e]

Worse than O'Leary.

i want him out of the club,
 but as a person he is a twice the  man than O'leary will ever be

[TheSandman]

About half the manager though. He shares the same tendency to talk the club down as well.

[ozzjim]

impossible!

It's debatable but not impossible. I prefer Mcleish as a person to Houiller but at least under Houiller he had some kind of plan of how he wanted to play and we created chances.

Amazed anyone would say we are better under McLeish than Houllier. From the end of jan onwards, we were a decent side that had hope of playing decent football, with a manager that had proved a winner over a number of years. Eck is a useless lump.

[PaulWinch again]

Agreed Ozz. Also I'm also beginning to dislike Mcleish as a man, as he constantly blames others for his mistakes and belittles the club.

[Irish villain]

impossible!

It's debatable but not impossible. I prefer Mcleish as a person to Houiller but at least under Houiller he had some kind of plan of how he wanted to play and we created chances.

Amazed anyone would say we are better under McLeish than Houllier. From the end of jan onwards, we were a decent side that had hope of playing decent football, with a manager that had proved a winner over a number of years. Eck is a useless lump.

Even though I never liked him, there was a bit of glamour about Houllier, and he had a track record to stand over! Eck is way out of his depth.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Fucking Eck is twice the human being O'Leary is, that said, I can't ever imagine the ginger one getting us to 6th in the League.

[paul_e]

I never bought into the 'he seems a decent guy' thing tbh.  Did the dirty on Blues to come to us and did it in a way that shows no decency in the slightest.

Now that he's spent 3/4s of a season slagging the players and fans off and talking about how managing a team that had finish top half 4 years running was the hardest job ever in the world I've decided he's about as full of shit as anyone in the game.

The fact that he seems completely unwilling to accept that he can do something about it is the thing that makes me so against the guy.  We do have a couple of weak spots in the squad but generally we've got a squad of decent players who are capable of more than their giving currently.  He seems to be totally focused on the weak spots and ignoring the under-performing aspect.

[Toronto Villa]

impossible!

It's debatable but not impossible. I prefer Mcleish as a person to Houiller but at least under Houiller he had some kind of plan of how he wanted to play and we created chances.

Amazed anyone would say we are better under McLeish than Houllier. From the end of jan onwards, we were a decent side that had hope of playing decent football, with a manager that had proved a winner over a number of years. Eck is a useless lump.

Even though I never liked him, there was a bit of glamour about Houllier, and he had a track record to stand over! Eck is way out of his depth.

Houllier was building something and had a very good track record in England and France of accomplishment. I really wish he hadn't gotten ill because there is no way on earth we'd be where we are today. A lot of the deadwood fuckers abusing our beautiful colours would be gone, replaced by the sort of players that have turned Newcastle into a decent outfit.

FUCK ME

[Doorbell]

I never bought into the 'he seems a decent guy' thing tbh.  Did the dirty on Blues to come to us and did it in a way that shows no decency in the slightest.

Now that he's spent 3/4s of a season slagging the players and fans off and talking about how managing a team that had finish top half 4 years running was the hardest job ever in the world I've decided he's about as full of shit as anyone in the game.

The fact that he seems completely unwilling to accept that he can do something about it is the thing that makes me so against the guy.  We do have a couple of weak spots in the squad but generally we've got a squad of decent players who are capable of more than their giving currently.  He seems to be totally focused on the weak spots and ignoring the under-performing aspect.

This!  I was thinking the very same a little earlier...

[PaulWinch again]

impossible!

It's debatable but not impossible. I prefer Mcleish as a person to Houiller but at least under Houiller he had some kind of plan of how he wanted to play and we created chances.

Amazed anyone would say we are better under McLeish than Houllier. From the end of jan onwards, we were a decent side that had hope of playing decent football, with a manager that had proved a winner over a number of years. Eck is a useless lump.

Even though I never liked him, there was a bit of glamour about Houllier, and he had a track record to stand over! Eck is way out of his depth.

Houllier was building something and had a very good track record in England and France of accomplishment. I really wish he hadn't gotten ill because there is no way on earth we'd be where we are today. A lot of the deadwood fuckers abusing our beautiful colours would be gone, replaced by the sort of players that have turned Newcastle into a decent outfit.

FUCK ME

Yep it is very very frustrating. We'd have the likes of Cabaye in our side rather than an ageing Petrov.

[ozzjim]

In all seriousness, I cannot see us getting over 40 points, which would leave us most seasons up shit creek, but will be safe this as the current bottom 3 have quite difficult run ins, and will likely go down. With the squad we have that is not just bad, it is a performance management issue, and in any other place of work would be grounds for dismissal on simply not doing his job properly!

Surely he will be got rid of come the summer. Worst manager in the history of the club for me. And the nice guy stuff is just trying to dress it up and make people feel better inside about having a completely useless manager in charge.

[JUAN PABLO]

impossible!

I remember us beating arsenal under Houlier

[SoccerHQ]

I admit it I wanted Houllier gone from this point last season.

However not for one second did I imagine his replacement would be McLeish.

If I'd know that would be the case, I'd have been happy for Houllier to be given another season providing his health had been o.k.