AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[James]

If Grant is here next season I will be fucked off.

You don't think they'd get rid of McLeech and give it to him do you? Then again with our board .... shit no, surely!

[steffo]

Regarding going back, I didn't know you had stayed away so the point was not aimed at you. There are plenty who have said that they will never go back while AMcL is there. I strongly suspect that SOME (apologies for the warleywonder capitals) of these are spouting crap. They have no intention of coming to our games at all and hide behind any fashionable excuse. It is like looking at some of the stuff on the Villa Facebook site etc. There are people on there who just copy what the majority are saying. I bet I could pick a few of them out, stand them in front of the Villa team and say to them 'tell me who is who' with little chance of a correct reply.

Not only could i recognise every Villa player, I could advise AMC to play them in the correct position

[ROBBO]

It may all come down to how low Lerner is willing to see the crowd numbers go and how much season ticket money he is prepared to lose. I would be interested to know if Randy has learned anything from the season.

[Fasth56]

I'm sure I will be corrected if this is bollocks... talking to my son, who hasn't had a season ticket since the Moscow debacle, he said that we had only sold 4,000 season tickets upto a couple of weeks ago and Mcleish would be gone in the summer because of it. Don't shoot the messenger I don't know where the info came from.

[James]

For a guy called Lerner, you'd think he'd actually, well, learn wouldn't you?

[Dave Clark Five]

What did McLeish actually say to DCF?

bought him a pint.

Not on this occasion.

[villadelph]

I don't think McLeish is going anywhere.

[bertlambshank]

Re your previous post Dave, I would go back if we appointed someone like Martinez for sure. It would be interesting to see if he could get us playing decent football.

As for McLeish, he was shit scarred of popping his head out. If he wasn't, he would not have made up the frankly lamest excuse in the history of shit excuses.

Haven't you noticed that McLeish has a very dry sense of humour? It is obvious to me why he stayed where he was. If the vile chants had started then we may as well have thrown the towel in there and then. I think he acted in the best interests of the club.

Regarding going back, I didn't know you had stayed away so the point was not aimed at you. There are plenty who have said that they will never go back while AMcL is there. I strongly suspect that SOME (apologies for the warleywonder capitals) of these are spouting crap. They have no intention of coming to our games at all and hide behind any fashionable excuse. It is like looking at some of the stuff on the Villa Facebook site etc. There are people on there who just copy what the majority are saying. I bet I could pick a few of them out, stand them in front of the Villa team and say to them 'tell me who is who' with little chance of a correct reply.

Ask Randy and Paul the same question and you would probably get the same reply.They know fuck all about managers so why would they know anything about players.

[Californian Villain]

What did McLeish actually say to DCF?

bought him a pint.

Not on this occasion.

well...he is Scottish...!

[ozzjim]

He is warbling about how we have missed Stan this morning. Of course we have missed Stan, and Bent. BUT he had them both for 25 plus premier league games this season, and only managed a point a game with them in the side. Rolling out the constant excuse of not having these people is so bloody annoying when it is being used to cover up how shit he was when he had them available!

[Clampy]

He is warbling about how we have missed Stan this morning. Of course we have missed Stan, and Bent. BUT he had them both for 25 plus premier league games this season, and only managed a point a game with them in the side. Rolling out the constant excuse of not having these people is so bloody annoying when it is being used to cover up how shit he was when he had them available!

This. He can moan all he likes about injuries but when you think back to games like Swansea away when he played Heskey as a midfielder, he can't really have any excuses.

[not3bad]

I agree with you guys, but I believe that DCF has met the man recently and I'm interested in 'why' he is prepared to give him more time and what he believes that the outcome of doing so would be.

Dave did indeed meet him recently at the awards dinner i believe, then came on here the following morning telling us all that he'd spoken to him and was now looking forward to the game on Sunday.

The thing is Mcleish has a history of 'talking' a good game.  He certainly charmed Randy Lerner, as we all know, and he did the same to a group of Villa supporters over the summer with his talk of attacking wingers and overlapping fullbacks.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I agree with you guys, but I believe that DCF has met the man recently and I'm interested in 'why' he is prepared to give him more time and what he believes that the outcome of doing so would be.

Dave did indeed meet him recently at the awards dinner i believe, then came on here the following morning telling us all that he'd spoken to him and was now looking forward to the game on Sunday.

The thing is Mcleish has a history of 'talking' a good game.  He certainly charmed Randy Lerner, as we all know, and he did the same to a group of Villa supporters over the summer with his talk of attacking wingers and overlapping fullbacks.

Yes, he lied through his teeth about how he was going to set us up to be more attacking.
The simple truth is that he is totally and utterly incapable of setting up teams in a positive way.
He had a one hit wonder season of 9th with The Blues playing backs to the wall football, he seems to think this trick can be repeated.

Be off with you, you excuse ridden ashtray on a motorbike, and take your bore draw brand of 'football' with you.

[Risso]

The simple truth is that he is totally and utterly incapable of setting up teams in a positive way.
He had a one hit wonder season of 9th with The Blues playing backs to the wall football, he seems to think this trick can be repeated.

Be off with you, you excuse ridden ashtray on a motorbike, and take your bore draw brand of 'football' with you.

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[PaulWinch again]

I agree with you guys, but I believe that DCF has met the man recently and I'm interested in 'why' he is prepared to give him more time and what he believes that the outcome of doing so would be.

Dave did indeed meet him recently at the awards dinner i believe, then came on here the following morning telling us all that he'd spoken to him and was now looking forward to the game on Sunday.

The thing is Mcleish has a history of 'talking' a good game.  He certainly charmed Randy Lerner, as we all know, and he did the same to a group of Villa supporters over the summer with his talk of attacking wingers and overlapping fullbacks.

Yes, he lied through his teeth about how he was going to set us up to be more attacking.
The simple truth is that he is totally and utterly incapable of setting up teams in a positive way.
He had a one hit wonder season of 9th with The Blues playing backs to the wall football, he seems to think this trick can be repeated.

Be off with you, you excuse ridden ashtray on a motorbike, and take your bore draw brand of 'football' with you.

Sums it up nicely for me. Jog on Mcleish.