AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[OzVilla]

And that home win came from an injury time Goalkeeping error when half the crowd had already buggered off.

To pin our hopes on winning games at VP between now and the seasons end would be madness - I predict if we get there we'll get there through draws only.

Next season, if we stay up and AML stays, we are cold, stone certaintees.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Does anybody get the impression that McPissflaps is really not all that bothered about the situation?

[NeilH]

Does anybody get the impression that McPissflaps is really not all that bothered about the situation?

He acts like a man that knows his job is safe. Clearly Randy and/or Faulkner have already given him the assurance that he'll be here no matter what next season. If that is the case then it is an almighty 'fu*k you to the fans'

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Does anybody get the impression that McPissflaps is really not all that bothered about the situation?

He acts like a man that knows his job is safe. Clearly Randy and/or Faulkner have already given him the assurance that he'll be here no matter what next season. If that is the case then it is an almighty 'fu*k you to the fans'

It's either that or he's safe in the knowledge that he'll get a nice little pay off if they decide to fuck him off.

Premiership football always amazes me in the way that it rewards failure.

[David_Nab]

I think he seems unworried as still people don't mention us going down and he has the blame everyone but himself routine perfected !

Even accounting for the players who left he had more than enough for midtable ..he has been a failure as us the fans knew from the beginning ! Based on each place in the league being worth a million he is 6mil off last season with no hope of bettering that but every chance of it being worse. He has been a footballing ,pr and financal disaster.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

If we go down, he's bound to come out with

'The fans have made it impossible for me.'

[frank]

What should never be in doubt, though, is the manager's wanting to have a go. We should always be approaching matches with am intention of trying to win.

We've all seen plenty of rubbish seasons for Villa in the past, but I don't think McLeish's main problem is the sheer rubbishness of this season alone, it is that too often you can say he clearly did not have a go at winning games. That's not on.

Martinez in today's Times: "I believe the way out of trouble is playing well...To win you have to be a little different, to be brave enough to get on the ball and to try things, to have belief and arrogance"

[NeilH]

At the back of my head comes keeps coming this thought that if we sacked him now and put KMac and Sid in charge for the next two games we'd scrape a win from one of them to secure us. Am I wrong in this assumption?

[TimTheVillain]

His future is well away from B6, I know that much.

[Walmley_Villa]

His future is well away from B6, I know that much.

His immediate future preferably!

[PaulWinch again]

If we go down, he's bound to come out with

'The fans have made it impossible for me.'

If that's his reason for leaving whether we stay up or go down I'll take it. It may be bollocks but anything to get him out of the door.

[Merv]

Of course he looks relaxed - I still maintain his brief this season was to keep us up, and he'll do that.

It also helps his cause massively when you have the likes of Lee Dixon, on MOTD2, claiming he's done 'a good job', citing 'Villa have had injuries' as an excuse for form (ignoring the reality that we had almost a full squad until the end of Feb). And, of course, his old mucker, Sir Alex, again singing his praises in interviews last week.

You have enough people publicly saying you're doing a good job, despite a team winning fewer games than anyone, apart from Wolves and Blackburn, and you start believing it yourself.

[Percy McCarthy]

If Randy believes any of that claptrap then we're beyond hope.

[PaulWinch again]

The reality his for 12 games, which is almost a third of the season. We have won one game, and that was a last gasp winner. One win in a third of a season is embarrassing. He's done a terrible, terrible job.

[Summers]

I reckon he'll be gone at the end of the season. As stated in another thread, I'm feeling positive today.