AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Irish villain]

To be honest as much as I hate the 'we don't give him a chance because he's from Blose' bollocks. If he leaves and then blames it on that I don't care, just as long as he leaves.

This. His performance has been atrocious in my view. We should have had more goals and points while Darren Bent was fit. He couldn't get the ball to a £20m striker and didn't know what to do with him.

I'm hoping we show some ambition in the summer. Most other fans talk to me as if it's a foregone conclusion Villa will sack McLeish. My United supporting friend from Northern Ireland was onto me yesterday about the upcoming fixture. He casually started listing managers villa should go for 'when McLeish leaves'. I think it's obvious to most people that we have under-achieved with McLeish, especially in a season when the positions to fifth were actually wide open for anybody that could get a decent run together.

[PaulWinch again]

Just sack him Randy for fucks sake and actually get a coherent and workable vision for the club. We're a complete mess at the moment and Mcleish's performance has been atrocious and unacceptable.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I'm looking at who he's bought.  Not too shabby, so far. 

I have or had, an issue with the way he used subs.  Far too late, but recently that has got a lot better and the subs have made a real impact.

If the team or some of them are ignoring tactics and 'defending' (ie hanging around) too far back then the sooner those individuals move on the better, for the club.
I think he needs to show what he can do with a full pre-season. 

Given's done OK, but we've had nothing like value for money from Hutton or N'Zogbia.  Also, Given isn't really an improvement on Friedel, but has cost us dosh.

Think Given has done well, obviously Hutton is toilet.
N'Zogbia I blame Mcpisspoor 100%, I feel that to get the best out of N'Zogbia, you need to play attacking football and give him the freedom to express himself more, our defensive style doesn't suit him at all.

I think we'll see the best out of him IF we get a new Manager in.

And that's a big IF.

[PaulWinch again]

I think a useful question is whether you think he should be sacked now or not. Does any Villa fan want him in charge honestly? I'm pretty confident that the vast majority don't and that is the key point.

[JUAN PABLO]

I'm looking at who he's bought.  Not too shabby, so far. 

I have or had, an issue with the way he used subs.  Far too late, but recently that has got a lot better and the subs have made a real impact.

If the team or some of them are ignoring tactics and 'defending' (ie hanging around) too far back then the sooner those individuals move on the better, for the club.
I think he needs to show what he can do with a full pre-season. 

no please .....

Which bit?

show what he can do  ....

[JUAN PABLO]

Darren bent is the england striker , scored goals for fun , got one of the best scoring records in recent years .

McLeish made him look like Bosko Balaban .


McLeish OUT!!!!

[Steve67]

I suppose, the longer Randy leaves it before sacking him, the less compo he has to pay!  Might as well wait until the end of the season.  Go all out to get Lambert.  I understand that Tom Ross, that "one eyed font of all knowledge claret and blue", said that he's been told by Faulkner that McLeish is staying and will be backed in the transfer market in the summer.  As Ross is wrong on pretty much everything he ever says, I'm hoping that this one is a given.

[dave.woodhall]

Darren bent is the england striker , scored goals for fun , got one of the best scoring records in recent years .

McLeish made him look like Bosko Balaban .


McLeish OUT!!!!

Nine goals in 22 games is hardly Balaban.

[PeterWithesShin]

Darren bent is the england striker , scored goals for fun , got one of the best scoring records in recent years .

McLeish made him look like Bosko Balaban .


McLeish OUT!!!!

Nine goals in 22 games is hardly Balaban.

It's also pretty much bang on Bent's career goals per game ratio.

[Ads]

Sadly, the only way he'll get the boot is if season ticket sales are only hitting the fifteen thousand mark. A forty percent drop won't be ignored.

The sales are so poor at the moment that it could well turn out that way.

[TopDeck113]

Go all out to get Lambert.

Was my pick last summer. Think he's done a fantastic job at Norwich and would love to see him get the opportunity with us. 

[villan1975]

I think a useful question is whether you think he should be sacked now or not. Does any Villa fan want him in charge honestly? I'm pretty confident that the vast majority don't and that is the key point.

Even if Randy was considering sacking before then end of season ,I think the Wolves Mcarthy sacking and putting his assistant in charge has been such a disaster that he would be foolish to get rid before the end of season. After the Norwich game mind I would say goodbye and make him walk home if I was Randy.

[caster troy]

I think the best scenario now is he is sacked when we reach mathematical safety, hopefully before the Spurs game. If we're safe and he remains in charge for that one it'll be a very sour atmosphere. Let's scrape the points we need before then, get rid, put K-Mac in charge for the final two games and end the season with some optimism.

[Irish villain]

Go all out to get Lambert.

Was my pick last summer. Think he's done a fantastic job at Norwich and would love to see him get the opportunity with us. 

The thing about Lambert too is he has that experience of Borussia Dortmund. He must have picked up a few interesting bits of knowledge when he won the Champion's League with them. Then more I think about it the more I'd like to see him in the Villa Park hotseat.

[TopDeck113]

Go all out to get Lambert.

Was my pick last summer. Think he's done a fantastic job at Norwich and would love to see him get the opportunity with us. 

The thing about Lambert too is he has that experience of Borussia Dortmund. He must have picked up a few interesting bits of knowledge when he won the Champion's League with them. Then more I think about it the more I'd like to see him in the Villa Park hotseat.

I thought the whole experience at Dortmund was of more relevance than the much lauded "must have managed in the Premier League", especially when applied to the clown we ended up with.