AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[PeterWithesShin]

Former Aston Villa star Paul Mortimer.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Former Aston Villa ace Najwan Ghrayib

The best left back John Gregory had ever seen in his entire life.

We're talking pre Warnock here

[Irish villain]

Former Aston Villa ace Najwan Ghrayib

The best left back John Gregory had ever seen in his entire life.

We're talking pre Warnock here

In fairness to Gregory, I think it was Ross MacLaren that was drooling over Ghrayib!

[charlie659]

Former Villa marksman Gustavo Bartelt 
Former Villa stopper Vaclav Drobny 

[TheSandman]

Former Aston Villa ace Najwan Ghrayib

The best left back John Gregory had ever seen in his entire life.

We're talking pre Warnock here

In fairness to Gregory, I think it was Ross MacLaren that was drooling over Ghrayib!

When Gregory worked in Israel, Ghrayib was his Assistant Manager.

Completely irrelevant but a fact nontheless, fact fans.

[Ozzjim]

The point above re his contract - surely clubs legal teams are into some kind of PBR type contracts, with the incentives of increased payments/ break clauses if there is not performance to match expectation, that don't cost the club money?

[Dante Lavelli]

PBR = Pre Big Ron?

[Ozzjim]

Payment by results... apologies - work speak spilling into H&V

[Dante Lavelli]

Payment by results... apologies - work speak spilling into H&V

The club *should* have expected a degree of backlash and therefore you’d hope that they’d have covered their arses with the sort of contract you describe, after all McLeish was getting an over all payrise having relegated a team so his position of negotiation was not great.

Furthermore, the quotes at the time suggested that the club expected us to be much better than 15th, so he might be on rocky ground. 

[Legion]

Great letter. Made me smile.

[Ads]

I remember the paper planes. Great fun.

[PeterWithesShin]

I remember the paper planes. Great fun.

Cov home wasn't it? Most entertaining thing about the evening was the Holte cheering as a plane got nearer and nearer to the pitch.

[Toronto Villa]

I normally hate these kinds of letters, but he's really not wrong is he? Following Villa shouldn't make me not really give a shit. And most of the time it makes me feel that way. Helpless almost. I hate that.

[Ads]

I thought it was a bit later than Coventry.

I'm sure I can remember roaring one on that somebody had chucked nearly to the eighteen yard line.

[pauliewalnuts]

I normally hate these kinds of letters, but he's really not wrong is he? Following Villa shouldn't make me not really give a shit. And most of the time it makes me feel that way. Helpless almost. I hate that.

It is totally different to that other one. That one stank of self importance and self righteousness.

This one is witty and well written. And also far more likely to make Randy to think, were he to read it.