AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

In some ways I hope he does survive the summer and gets to bring in his own players ..then when he does fail ,which he will there will be no excuses left for him

I'm not so sure, if they're not going to sack him after this car crash of a season, I don't think they ever will.

[Clampy]

Keeping McLeish would almost be as stupid as it was to employ him.

[andyh]

Maybe Lerner should have asked Hleb about AM rather than Sralex.

[PaulWinch again]

In some ways I hope he does survive the summer and gets to bring in his own players ..then when he does fail ,which he will there will be no excuses left for him

I'm not so sure, if they're not going to sack him after this car crash of a season, I don't think they ever will.

Also as I said, I don't care about his excuses justified or not. I care about Villa not being horrendously dull to watch. The only way that is going to change is him going as soon as possible.

[Dave Cooper please]

Maybe Lerner should have asked Hleb about AM rather than Sralex.

Nah, Hleb doesn't know fuck all about Ferguson.

[drisaac]

Probably someone has said this before but the only place we can look for evidence of Randy sacking people is at the Browns:

Crennel 2005 5-11
Crennel 2006 6-10
Crennel 2007 10-6
Crennel 2008 4-12 - Sacked after 3 out of 4 seasons of mediocrity and one as almost-contenders.

Mangini 2009 5-11
Mangini 2010 5-11 - Sacked after 2nd season of mediocrity.

Shumur 2011 4-12 - More mediocrity.  Wikipedia says "frequently beset by confusion in personnel and play-calling at critical junctures." Sounds familiar?

Shumur has survived, as will McLeish, for another year at least.  See you back on this thread in 12 months time.

[Rigadon]

This season isn't mediocre.  That'd be about 8th in the league and the players on the beach by now.

This season is an abomination. 

[sid1964]

Personally, after 40+ years of attending games on a regular basis and being a season ticket holder for the last 20 years, i honestly think that I cannot justify spending my money on a season ticket, whilst McLeish is in charge

If he is there next season then I wont be!!!

[pauliewalnuts]

Christ almighty.

"The day before a game he would come onto the pitch and show us what to do: 'You stand here, the goalkeeper will give you the ball here, kick it as far as you can and don't pass to anyone nearby. And we all run.'"

*ding dong .. Monty to the McLeish thread, please*

[Hookeysmith]

Last night i had a dream that turned into a nightmare
Mc was sacked and we had a statement from the board that was along the lines

"Premiership experience, European exp, exciting football yabba yabba"

"this guy was recommended by one of the leading lights in the game Siralex i would like to introduce Steve Bruce as Manager of the villa"

The dream then fast forwarded to the first home game of the season and the team ran out to not a single fan in site and Randy and Faulkener looking bemused at what was going one

My biggest fear about getting rid of Eck is the complete lack of trust and ability in our people to get the right replacement in

What a sorry sorry state we are in

[mozza]

The future of Alex McLeish ?

I can't wait for the day that we refer to him in the past tense as the manager that shouldn't have been appointed

[PaulWinch again]

Christ almighty.

"The day before a game he would come onto the pitch and show us what to do: 'You stand here, the goalkeeper will give you the ball here, kick it as far as you can and don't pass to anyone nearby. And we all run.'"

*ding dong .. Monty to the McLeish thread, please*

Quite.

[David_Nab]

Difference being in the NFL you can't be relegated so depsite being shit you are at least going to be in the same league and get the same income..

You can not give mediocrity time in the Premier League

[GarTomas]

Can not see him being removed. This season has felt like an exercise by the club to manage expectations down.

This has certainly been well executed.

[PaulWinch again]

Last night i had a dream that turned into a nightmare
Mc was sacked and we had a statement from the board that was along the lines

"Premiership experience, European exp, exciting football yabba yabba"

"this guy was recommended by one of the leading lights in the game Siralex i would like to introduce Steve Bruce as Manager of the villa"

The dream then fast forwarded to the first home game of the season and the team ran out to not a single fan in site and Randy and Faulkener looking bemused at what was going one

My biggest fear about getting rid of Eck is the complete lack of trust and ability in our people to get the right replacement in

What a sorry sorry state we are in

I would hope the board have now realised that the Premier experience bit is complete bollocks. Also they should disregard any sort of advice Sir Alex Ferguson. Two reasons really, firstly he only recommends managers who have played under him so is shamelessly biased. Secondly eventhough we are not remotely close to them at the moment, Man Utd are a competitor of ours and why on earth would you seek advice from one of our competitors on who would make us a success?