AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Monty]

Is there a new word filter?

To the Sexists thing? Well, I tried to come up with more insulting names for them, but couldn't do better than the truth.

[bones.]

Talkshite interview here.
http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/richard-keys-and-andy-gray/120404/mcleish-admits-petrov-has-been-humbled-support-168778
I dont know how to shorten the link Im afraid. The interview is about five minutes long

[Villanation]

From McLeish out website

This is a copy of the letter I will be sending to Alex McLeish tomorrow morning.  I have also sent a copy of it to the email of Paul Faulkner and Nicola Keye.  So it should be read by somebody at the club.

 

Dear Mr McLeish,

I am writing this letter to urge you to consider your position as Aston Villa manager. You have been in charge of this great club for 292 days and it has been nothing short of a disaster. You have presided over the worst season seen at Villa Park since the relegation year of 1986/87. We have a truly awful record of 7 wins in 30 games and are in serious danger of being relegated. The similarities between Aston Villa and your relegated Birmingham City side are uncanny. From studying your record I see you have been in charge of a 130 Premier League games and yet you have only won 33, so our record this season is not a blip but it is the norm where you are manager.

So in the 3 seasons you have been a Premier League manager you have managed to oversee 2 relegations, and are a good bet to make it 3 this year. With this in mind I ask you to consider your position and as a professional admit the job is too big for you and walk away before any more damage is done.

I would like to ask you why you believe you are the man to take Aston Villa forward as even your record in Scotland leaves a lot to be desired, especially as you managed to achieve the impossible and finish 3rd with Rangers in a normal 2 horse race and lead them on their record streak of 10 games without a win.

Also I would like to ask you why throughout the course of this season 2011/12 you have managed to blame everybody for our current predicament, but have failed to take any responsibility for it yourself. Why is that? Surely as manager it is your responsibility? A true leader in whatever field of life show’s his/her true courage in taking responsibility when being at the helm. I liken you to a certain Captain Smith of Titanic infamy. We are in my humble opinion akin to the SS Titanic in being unsinkable and your tactics and that of your crew in particular a certain Peter Grant are in true fashion blind to the iceberg ahead. Once you sink Aston Villa, we will remain at the depths of the English Football League and you will leave with a golden handshake of millions of £££’s. Go look in the mirror and say to yourself  “Am I the man to lead Aston Villa Forward”  Your conscience should tell you to do the honourable and decent thing… Walk now Mr McLeish and admit that you could not do the job you said you could when interviewed. You tried, you failed, and are now a multi-millionaire who is unemployable at any other English Premier League club

I have been following Aston Villa for over 25 years now and come from a Villa supporting family with over 100 years’ worth of support, and I can honestly say this is the worst I have ever seen. Aston Villa FC are in major decline and you are at the root of the problem. A poll conducted by a Villa fans site suggests 96% of fans would like you to step down as manager, but still you suggest the silent majority are backing you? I can assure that you have managed to lose the backing of all Aston Villa fans with your negative brand of football. Also the fact your negative brand of football fails to deliver results. Correct me if I’m wrong but football is a results business?

So for the good of Aston Villa please tender your resignation immediately before irreparable damage is done.

Yours Sincerely

Chris Hearn

Nice one, any chance of hiring this guy to knock me a letter up to the tosser of an account manager I have at Lloyds TSB, actually the similarity between McLeish and them is scary, both doomed.

Well you have to say if he has any sense he should sit up and take notice of this letter, even if we survive we can't go on seeing the overall decline of a very decent club.

[Legion]

"I am writing this letter..."

Well, of course.

[Villanation]

"I am writing this letter..."

Well, of course.

How come its signed Chris Hearn???

[Legion]

He is the fan who has initiated the 'McLeishout' website.

[Villanation]

He is the fan who has initiated the 'McLeishout' website.

Well whoever he is, McLeish should take notice because this is short, to the point, concise and accurate and as they say "In a nutshell" IMO.

[brian green]

Too personal and too subjective.   It is the sort of letter which would be written in green ink in the old days.

[Villa in Denmark]

Not at this moment, no. You're not going to get a new manager, or at least not the right choice, so we'd have have Kev Mac until the end of the season and I don't think he wants to be in charge. 

I wonder how much this influences the continued employment of McLeish.  Things have really gone to rat shit since we went past the realistic point of hiring externally for this season which leaves an internal appointment.  A man who almost no-one wants or a man who doesn't want it?

[Aston Manor]

With the  situation surrounding Stan there won't be too much vitriol at the ground for the rest of the season. If we do avoid the drop,and that now has become a big IF, then the time to vent our feelings is either after the final whistle following the last home game or at Norwich where we'd be drowned out whilst they celebrate their great season.

[London Villan]

He probably gets dozens of these every week.

[Legion]

He got one off me a few weeks ago. I was constructive, positive and encouraging. Never got a response.

[JUAN PABLO]

Talkshite interview here.
http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/richard-keys-and-andy-gray/120404/mcleish-admits-petrov-has-been-humbled-support-168778
I dont know how to shorten the link Im afraid. The interview is about five minutes long

I dont think the form has been  practically bad he said

you are third from bottom in the 2012 form guide Alex.

[brian green]

He got one off me too which was objective, inoffensive and good humoured, all of which took a lot of effort bearing in mind how strongly I feel about our plight.   I did not get a reply but I did not expect one.   I imagine there is a great big cardboard box by his desk with the words "hate mail" written in black felt pen across the top.

[Clampy]

The letter was far far too personal and if anything would probably make Mcleish want to carry on rather than quit.