AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[ozzjim]

I agree, although his goal record to games was still excellent this season really, and the points we got with him per game were significantly better than without, 9 in 12 games with him out of the side says it all.

[ROBBO]

If we survive he will be gone, Randy will have nightmares just thinking about relegation and take appropriate action. Could happen if we win tonight.

[Californian Villain]

In the standard pre-match interview today McLeish told reporters that we've missed Petrov's shooting ability from the edge of the box since he was diagnosed with his illness.

Petrov's scored 9 goals for the Villa in almost 200 matches.  Does he genuinely think that's our biggest problem?!  The guy's an absolute clown.

Did he say that . If so , what a joke. I mean he has scored the odd goal Stan but most of the time I am shouting Don't shoot Stan.

Of all the legitimate reason's he could have given for missing Stan (leadership, defensive abilities, organization, experience, blah blah blah...) and he had to trot out that! Ridiculous.

[Tom Sawyer]

In the standard pre-match interview today McLeish told reporters that we've missed Petrov's shooting ability from the edge of the box since he was diagnosed with his illness.

Petrov's scored 9 goals for the Villa in almost 200 matches.  Does he genuinely think that's our biggest problem?!  The guy's an absolute clown.

Did he say that . If so , what a joke. I mean he has scored the odd goal Stan but most of the time I am shouting Don't shoot Stan.

Of all the legitimate reason's he could have given for missing Stan (leadership, defensive abilities, organization, experience, blah blah blah...) and he had to trot out that! Ridiculous.

I think he means that as we have no chance of getting near the goal through normal channels, even a player with Stan's goal tally is a bonus because he sometimes actually takes a shot.

[Simba]

I felt sorry for Bent. Statistically he had the least touches of the ball in the Premier League. He did frighten defences though and his movement caused problems even if he was marked out of the game or more realistically ignored by a midfield playing on the distant horizon.

As for this comment about Stan- well it beggars belief as JP said he could have stated a number of much more valid and respectful attributes.

The man is an idiot who has embarrassed this Club since his arrival with his cowardly football and comments like this.

[David_Nab]

Doesn't suprise me in way ,his Birmingham team was reliant on Gardner scoring from long range ..he has no ability to set up an attacking  team.

Moron !

[Clampy]

I notice the in the press conference today Mcleish said -

'"Our recent lack of winning obviously shows where we are. Form-wise, the amount of injuries and the young kids that have come in, we have performed well, if not the top quality that we would expect at Aston Villa."

Unfortunately Alex it's not really a 'recent' thing, we've hardly won any games all season. It's not really form when it goes on for so long.

The absolute worst thing Lerner and Faulkner could do now is to bury their heads in the sand and pretend things haven't been as bad as we say they have - they need to grow some balls and end this bloke's stay in the job the minute the season ends.

If we win tonight and by the end of the weekend we're safe, i'd sack him then, put Kmac and Sid in charge for the last 2 games and let the fans enjoy what's left of the season.

[mr underhill]

sadly I can't see him going anywhere. The combined hubris of our owner and Chief Executive/MD/whatever will ensure his tenure extends into next season at least.  If so, we might well be sleepwalking towards irreversable decline

[PaulWinch again]

I notice the in the press conference today Mcleish said -

'"Our recent lack of winning obviously shows where we are. Form-wise, the amount of injuries and the young kids that have come in, we have performed well, if not the top quality that we would expect at Aston Villa."

Unfortunately Alex it's not really a 'recent' thing, we've hardly won any games all season. It's not really form when it goes on for so long.

The absolute worst thing Lerner and Faulkner could do now is to bury their heads in the sand and pretend things haven't been as bad as we say they have - they need to grow some balls and end this bloke's stay in the job the minute the season ends.

If we win tonight and by the end of the weekend we're safe, i'd sack him then, put Kmac and Sid in charge for the last 2 games and let the fans enjoy what's left of the season.

If we win tonight, we should sack him tomorrow because we won't be going down. I just want him gone.

[NiiLamptey]

What amazes me is the media reporting regarding the situation...

Reading this really angered me yesterday...

"THEY came to bury Martin O’Neill not to praise him but in the end Villa fans were left grateful that another survival point had been secured.
The former Villa boss faced a torrent of booing on his first return to the club he left behind five days before the start of last season.

It mattered little that O’Neill had secured sixth place in three successive seasons during his time at Villa Park.

But such is the fickle nature of Villa supporters they have subsequently turned their anger on his replacement Alex McLeish.

Both managers were glad to have got this one out of the way – O’Neill because it was not a pleasant return and McLeish because it was another valuable point earned."

Taken from:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/315916/?

Why dont the media say it as it is, why are fickle natured? one man walked out on us 5 days before the season, the other is inept!

even this one... acknowledges out worst ever run with Mcleish in charge, then goes on to call us disillusioned (E.g. we have an inappropriate prospective)...

"O’Neill steered Villa to three sixth-place finishes but his controversial exit and the way he saddled Villa with overpaid and average players seems to be remembered more.

His successor Alex “Big Eck” McLeish is hardly any more popular as his team are striving to avert their worst Premier League points haul.

The Scot was booed equally at the end by the disillusioned Villa faithful after the club’s 15th league draw this season.

McLeish said: “We’ve had too many draws for this club but it’s no good crying over spilt milk. "

taken from...

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/247304/Aston-Villa-0-Sunderland-0-Martin-O-Neill-cops-abuse-as-Alex-McLeish-feels-wrath/?

[Rick_avfc]

@NiiLamptey - they are two shit papers so take no notice.  They haven't got a clue how us fans are really feeling about everything

[NiiLamptey]

I know, I just always have a flick through NewsNow.co.uk every morning, and unfortunately read a lot of trash papers!

Just cant believe any sporting journalists can have those sort of opinions....

Would of thought by now the media would have all been mirroring the reality, villa are about to register their worst ever season in the history of the EPL, and rightly so fans are not happy... they dont have to blame Big Eck, they can blame the regime, but surely they must be able to see that the Villa Fans have ended up with worse off under recent history with the current club management...

[Ad@m]

What amazes me is the media reporting regarding the situation...

acknowledges out worst ever run with Mcleish in charge, then goes on to call us disillusioned (E.g. we have an inappropriate prospective)...

"O’Neill steered Villa to three sixth-place finishes but his controversial exit and the way he saddled Villa with overpaid and average players seems to be remembered more.

His successor Alex “Big Eck” McLeish is hardly any more popular as his team are striving to avert their worst Premier League points haul.

The Scot was booed equally at the end by the disillusioned Villa faithful after the club’s 15th league draw this season.

taken from...

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/247304/Aston-Villa-0-Sunderland-0-Martin-O-Neill-cops-abuse-as-Alex-McLeish-feels-wrath/?

Two things:

1)  It's the Star!
2)  You don't seem to know what disillusioned means.

Other than that, you're spot on!!

[NiiLamptey]

disillusioned - having lost one's ideals, illusions, or false ideas about someone or something; disenchanted

So i read is as the journalist saying - Aston Villa Fans think we should be doing better with resources - Reality is villa are about where they should be...

[jembob]

I'd be happy to accept the charge of being fickle and that we didn't give him a chance from the start if it means he goes. We all know how bad he's been this season and if his chums in the media want to try and polish the turd, so be it - just get the clown out of our club!