AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[paul_e]

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  ....

The main issue I have with this is that he's had a full pre-season with us already, and did nothing in that time to resolve our defensive weakness from set pieces which everyone had seen the year before.  Aside from that a lot of our problems are with the mental aspects - confidence, attitude, etc.  These are things we should be working on all season.  A pre-season is good for grounding in fitness levels (which have been pretty poor so he didn't do anything about that either) and working on organisational and tactical ideas.

I guess I just don't see how anyone can think getting more of his own players and having another pre-season will change his playstyle, he played like this for 3 1/2 years at blues with lots of his own players, he's done it with us regardless of who is on the pitch.  For all his gesturing and comments on the touchline the one consistent in nearly 4 1/2 seasons of playing shit defensive football in england is him.

I'm also with john e on sacking him I just can't see anyway that the board will think he's performed up to the level to earn his wage.  I firmly believe he won't be here at the start of next season.

[pauliewalnuts]

McFuck / McChuff / McLeish / whatever your chosen name for him, became our manager on June 17th - that has to be a full pre-season, doesn't it?

Were the players even back off holiday at that point?

[PaulWinch again]

McFuck / McChuff / McLeish / whatever your chosen name for him, became our manager on June 17th - that has to be a full pre-season, doesn't it?

Were the players even back off holiday at that point?

It was a full pre-season. He has no excuse for his ineptitude.

[James]

Alex McLeech, so called because he's sucked the life out of this wonderful club.

Mr Lerner, Sir, get rid of this sucker now while the club still has a pulse and while you're at it, get your own shit together and start looking like you give a fuck!

McLeech's future, in the unbelievable world of football failures, should be counting his payoff on a beach somewhere far, far from B6, and nothing more!

[john e]

My absolute nightmare synario is for AM to remain in charge next season and to be given reasonable funds,
That would truly put the club back years

[Eigentor]

Eigentor, Just out of curiosity, what is a Muppet Hero?

Ages ago I did some moderating tasks on this site because no-one else could/wanted to, and the site admin thanked me by giving me the title "Muppet Hero". As you see from the bar below that title, the level of muppetry is how posters are ranked on this site.

[pauliewalnuts]

Eigentor, Just out of curiosity, what is a Muppet Hero?

Ages ago I did some moderating tasks on this site because no-one else could/wanted to, and the site admin thanked me by giving me the title "Muppet Hero". As you see from the bar below that title, the level of muppetry is how posters are ranked on this site.

Are you an actual real Norwegian, Eigentor?

Your English is utterly indistinguishable from any other poster on here.

[Eigentor]

My absolute nightmare synario is for AM to remain in charge next season and to be given reasonable funds,
That would truly put the club back years

I'd say that AM to remain in charge and not given reasonable funds is a worse scenario. Regardless of who the manager is, the squad needs to be improved in the summer.

[Dave Cooper please]

It's a damn sight better than most. including mine.

[Eigentor]

Are you an actual real Norwegian, Eigentor?

Your English is utterly indistinguishable from any other poster on here.

I am. In a small country like Norway, we speak, read and write almost as much in English as in our mother tongue.

[preston28]

Perhaps he could be Sir Alex's successor?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17713400

[PaulWinch again]

Yes Sir Alex he's done a remarkably bad job, you bellend.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I can't help feeling that Ferguson laughs up his sleeve after singing the praises of some of his so called 'rival' Managers.
Hasn't he also waxed lyrical previously about Allardyce, Bruce etc, safe in the knowledge that they're no threat to him whatsoever.

Sadly, Blandy took the glowing letter of praise about McHappyshopperFerguson as evidence of some sort of genius. said letter is surely now in tatters from the massive discharge of fuckmuck all over it.

If and when he does get the push, you just know that the media are going to make out that he was persecuted to within an inch of his life at every home game he managed.

[Eigentor]

To Ferguson, his friendship with McLeish is more important than the fortunes of Aston Villa. That's the reason behind his quotes. And as much as I dislike the man, it's not his job to look after Villa's interests.

[john e]

My absolute nightmare synario is for AM to remain in charge next season and to be given reasonable funds,
That would truly put the club back years

I'd say that AM to remain in charge and not given reasonable funds is a worse scenario. Regardless of who the manager is, the squad needs to be improved in the summer.

can you imagine what sort of players AM would bring in if he was handed a decent budget,
 it would take us years to get over it, we are still railing from MON's spending, and he was far better than the scotsmeister