AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Hoppo]

The man is gone end of season no matter what happens. Simples!

[Matt C]

The undertone of that statement is pretty clear to me, aside from spelling it out - we don't like him either but he's here for the next three games so lets get through those - I'm not sure what else they could say.

[PaulWinch again]

Surely that statement alludes to purely the next three games? "our horizon is the next three games" reads to me like there saying, get behind the team until the end of the season and then we will do something about it "We very openly acknowledge the frustrations of Villa fans and share in them completely" surely means, were as fed up as you, but sacking the manager now will only further increase the unrest for the players etc. You can but hope.....

Exactly how I read it. I really hope we're right, Mcleish absolutely must go. Ideally he'd be gone now, but if it's after the next 3 games so be it. However he must go.

[Irish villain]

To me it reads like a 21st twist on the old 'dreaded vote of confidence'. The sack used to usually follow soon after a board had expressed its confidence in a manager.

Fingers crossed.

[KevinGage]

Picked up on that too Paul.   


Hopefully  the penny has finally dropped.   Fucking well took long enough.

[Clampy]

The man is gone end of season no matter what happens. Simples!

As much as i hope that's the case, we could be outside the bottom three on goal difference on Sunday night with two games to go. It needed to be done two months ago, never mind today.

[Eigentor]

McLeish will go in the summer. The big questions are if the board capable of hiring a decent manager? And is Lerner willing to go for someone competent rather than someone likeable?

[James]

I guess we'll find out in three weeks time, I just hope that we're still a Premier League club at that point!

[littlevillain]

They have absolutely no idea what they are doing. Imagine an englishman buying an american football club in the states and trying to act like you have been a fan of that club for years. You throw some money around, clean up some local landmarks and hire some guy who seems 'nice' to coach it.  How can they possibly understand the real depth of supporting a local club in england when in the states clubs change their names and move cities without blinking an eye.
Americas so vast there's a disconnect from fans to club. It seemed refreshing at first but now when the chips are down you can see they don't know what to do.

[PaulWinch again]

Well if it has to be after three games, then so be it. I just hope it isn't too costly. If you read that statement a couple of times, it doesn't look good for Mcleish. If they were fully behind him the reference to him would have been at the top, rather than towards the bottom. Also the reference to him, very much reads 'we're stuck with him for the moment and we need your support for those three games'. The fact 'three games' and 'remaining games' is mentioned twice is quite telling.

[Eigentor]

Well if it has to be after three games, then so be it. I just hope it isn't too costly. If you read that statement a couple of times, it doesn't look good for Mcleish. If they were fully behind him the reference to him would have been at the top, rather than towards the bottom. Also the reference to him, very much reads 'we're stuck with him for the moment and we need your support for those three games'. The fact 'three games' and 'remaining games' is mentioned twice is quite telling.

Yes, let's get these three games out of the way, stay in the division, and then next season we'll have to try something different. That's how it reads to me.

[Californian Villain]

I'm surprised SVC is not being more critical. Maybe having his own collumn in the matchday programme has something to do with it.

he is a parady of a journalist along with Robbie Savage I do not know how they get the work 

By saying controversial stuff that attracts attention and gets people talking about them and their outlet - in this case talksport. Stan knows what the score is really, he's just doing his job.

[Californian Villain]

McLeish will go in the summer. The big questions are if the board capable of hiring a decent manager? And is Lerner willing to go for someone competent rather than someone likeable?

I hope so, but if we survive relegation, I think he could well get another season.

[Fergal]

We would be better off without him for the next three games

[Clampy]

I'm surprised SVC is not being more critical. Maybe having his own collumn in the matchday programme has something to do with it.

he is a parady of a journalist along with Robbie Savage I do not know how they get the work 

By saying controversial stuff that attracts attention and gets people talking about them and their outlet - in this case talksport. Stan knows what the score is really, he's just doing his job.

Doing his job is one thing, not being honest about the club you support to get people to ring up is another. I'm not sure i could do it.