AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Whatever this board may be, they're still quick to respond to mass opinion. Tuesday night showed them it's not just a few idiots on the internet.

Cheers Dave

If they'd responded to mass opinion last summer we wouldn't be in this mess.  Still, his money I suppose, up to him how he squanders it.

Quite.
The appointment was baffling and universally loathed, the situation has got progressively worse and the board have since moved with the speed of a tranquilised slug with a gammy leg.

[PeterWithe]

They didn't respond to mass opinion after the Wigan game either.

[Irish villain]

Whatever this board may be, they're still quick to respond to mass opinion. Tuesday night showed them it's not just a few idiots on the internet.

It shouldn't have taken a relegation dogfight, with three tough games left, for them to realise something was amiss. The danger signs have been there for months and villa fans have shown remarkable restraint until now.

[JUAN PABLO]

The signs were there before McLeish signed that contract ;(

[paul_e]

Whatever this board may be, they're still quick to respond to mass opinion. Tuesday night showed them it's not just a few idiots on the internet.

It shouldn't have taken a relegation dogfight, with three tough games left, for them to realise something was amiss. The danger signs have been there for months and villa fans have shown remarkable restraint until now.

But it did, tuesday was the first time the reaction from the fans went beyond grumblings and booing at the final whistle.  There was genuine hostility in the atmosphere on tuesday that has never been there before.

[Ads]

Agreed. I've heard it at away games against Arsenal under O'Leary and obbiously Wigan this season, but I have never heard anything like it on Tuesday.

I am confident that he won't be here after the next three games, regardless of what happens.

[adrenachrome]

Agreed. I've heard it at away games against Arsenal under O'Leary and obbiously Wigan this season, but I have never heard anything like it on Tuesday.

I am confident that he won't be here after the next three games, regardless of what happens.

Correct.

As a few posters correctly predicted, circumstances had kept the fans' discontent bottled up, and when the pressure was released, it was not pretty.

[dave.woodhall]

Whatever this board may be, they're still quick to respond to mass opinion. Tuesday night showed them it's not just a few idiots on the internet.

Cheers Dave

If they'd responded to mass opinion last summer we wouldn't be in this mess.  Still, his money I suppose, up to him how he squanders it.

Or rather, it's something that can't be explained away as just a few idiots on the internet. In hindsight the protest last summer was the wrong thing to do as it led to a siege mentality in the boardroom.

[paul_e]

Whatever this board may be, they're still quick to respond to mass opinion. Tuesday night showed them it's not just a few idiots on the internet.

Cheers Dave

If they'd responded to mass opinion last summer we wouldn't be in this mess.  Still, his money I suppose, up to him how he squanders it.

Or rather, it's something that can't be explained away as just a few idiots on the internet. In hindsight the protest last summer was the wrong thing to do as it led to a siege mentality in the boardroom.

Agree totally, the protests before he'd joined made it seem tribal and have led to the near constant accusation that the complaints were because of his former employers.  The board have then seen themselves as being 'above' this pettiness and have ignored the many well-reasoned arguments pointing out his numerous failings over the season.

[Nev]

The appointment, such as it was, always lead me to believe that it was just a matter of time before the manager departed. I estimated that the fans would turn with the Swansea game at home. As it was the surprise victory at Chelsea bought him more time, the aquisition of Keane helped but it just seemed to delay the inevitable. The clock was ticking from day one.

The fans get a lot of stick but have been amazingly patient and that is to their credit. Not mine though, I was bawling and shouting at him as he left the pitch at Fulham away, fuelled by beer and a horrible feeling that we would end up relegated.

[Dr.Feelgood]

GET ME A BUCKET !!!  Just seen the 'clip' on Central News... McLeech saying something like "I'll take the heat off the players" LIKE ALL OF THIS SHIT IS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM !!??? 

[Dr.Feelgood]

The Club are currently promoting 'a night with Shay Given' or some such , via Facebook. I'd rather have 10 minutes with McLeech...  (and it wouldn't be pleasant)

[Legion]

The Club are currently promoting 'a night with Shay Given' or some such , via Facebook. I'd rather have 10 minutes with McLeech...  (and it wouldn't be pleasant)

Dine with Shay.

[Dr.Feelgood]

Like many fans, I was prepared to give the man a chance.
The Blues connection was less of a concern than his ability.
I thought the protests worked against the fans & still do , -
but let's be honest, 'the doubters' have been proved right.

And (unlike McLeech) I AM prepared to admit I was wrong.

[Dr.Feelgood]

The Club are currently promoting 'a night with Shay Given' or some such , via Facebook. I'd rather have 10 minutes with McLeech...  (and it wouldn't be pleasant)

Dine with Shay.

you miss my point - I would SHAME the bloke out of our club...