AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

Villa fans should boycott the club. No season tickets, no replica kits, not a penny spent in any of the Villa outlets until McLeish has gone.

Lerner and Faulkner might not understand football, but i'm fairly sure they understand business. Whilst we keep chucking the money at the club, they'll keep him in a job. If they had one iota of common sense McLeish would have been fired within 10 minutes of the game finihing today...

[curiousorange]

If he stays, it will last about 8 weeks. He has totally lost the fans, and I reckon some of the dressing room too.

If it's announced he's staying, the reaction of the fans will be far worse than it was last season. I'm not saying there will be riots, but the point will certainly be made pretty vocally that not a single fan will back the decision.

[dicedlam]

McLeish is more delusional than 'Comical Ali' if he thinks that the fans are still on his side.

[NeilH]

I think its simple really. Once the Norwich game is over and the dust has settled, the powers that be need to grow a pair of bollocks, realise that this has been a fundamental error of judgement and do what is best for the long term future of the club and the relationship between the board and fans.

Despite all my reservations I think the Bolton game has forced their hand and the right decision will be made.

I consider myself a reasonable man and if the powers that be have a higher opinion of McLeish than us supporters I think we can give him and them some leeway.
They can sack him now or the morning immediately after the Norwich game, I dont mind.

I think the choice is pretty easy, carry on with their 'experiment' and alienate the fans or accept that they have cocked up and put right the wrong.

As regards the nonsense that Faulkner has spouted about Ajax. Ajax have once more lifted the domestic title and despite facing the prospect of losing two of their best players, they are already strongly linked with hoovering up all the best talent here. Yes they develop their own players, but it is always backed up with the creme of Dutch talent from rivals. Faulkner wants to introduce Ajax Lite, where we spend nothing and pray that all of our youth players develop into vintage Barca. Its fundamentally flawed, but then what would you expect from a good businessman with no football brain.

[Irish villain]

McLeish is more delusional than 'Comical Ali' if he thinks that the fans are still on his side.

I'm hoping he is just being ironic and knows he is leaving....

[Dante Lavelli]

Someone (EffDee?) has worked out that our attendances are down roughly 10% this season.  The latest accounts on Swiss Ramble show a matchday income of 21m (for 2011).  That 2m drop in revenue is roughly the equivalent of AMc salary each season.  Assuming the fans return, then we could pay off AMc’s salary in full and be no worse off.

Next year the match day revenues are likely to be even lower.  It’s not just the dire football, the economic justifications are there too.

[D.boy]

[Eigentor]

My guess is that something like this will happen:

• After the end of the season, the board spend two weeks or so 'assessing' the situation.
• At the end of the two weeks or so, Mat Kendrick tweets that McLeish is leaving.
• The club then spends about a week negotiating McLeish's departure.
• After the manager's departure is officially announced, the board goes all out to get one of Lambert or Rodgers as the next manager.
• To avoid last season's protracted search, they'll give the job to KMac if they can't get Lambert or Rodgers. (With the added bonus of having to spend less on managers and perhaps more on players.)

[curiousorange]

My guess is that something like this will happen:

• After the end of the season, the board spend two weeks or so 'assessing' the situation.
• At the end of the two weeks or so, Mat Kendrick tweets that McLeish is leaving.
• The club then spends about a week negotiating McLeish's departure.
• After the manager's departure is officially announced, the board goes all out to get one of Lambert or Rodgers as the next manager.
• To avoid last season's protracted search, they'll give the job to KMac if they can't get Lambert or Rodgers. (With the added bonus of having to spend less on managers and perhaps more on players.)

My guess is that if that happens, we'll be nailed on for relegation.

[Clampy]

It's up to Randy at the end of the day. If he wants poor ST sales, 30k crowds, fan disgruntlement and poor football, then stick with Mcleish.

[PaulWinch again]

My guess is that something like this will happen:

• After the end of the season, the board spend two weeks or so 'assessing' the situation.
• At the end of the two weeks or so, Mat Kendrick tweets that McLeish is leaving.
• The club then spends about a week negotiating McLeish's departure.
• After the manager's departure is officially announced, the board goes all out to get one of Lambert or Rodgers as the next manager.
• To avoid last season's protracted search, they'll give the job to KMac if they can't get Lambert or Rodgers. (With the added bonus of having to spend less on managers and perhaps more on players.)

My guess is that if that happens, we'll be nailed on for relegation.

Less likely than with Mcleish.

[dicedlam]

I have a horrible feeling that Lerner and Faulkner are hoping that this will all die down once the season is over.

[curiousorange]

My guess is that something like this will happen:

• After the end of the season, the board spend two weeks or so 'assessing' the situation.
• At the end of the two weeks or so, Mat Kendrick tweets that McLeish is leaving.
• The club then spends about a week negotiating McLeish's departure.
• After the manager's departure is officially announced, the board goes all out to get one of Lambert or Rodgers as the next manager.
• To avoid last season's protracted search, they'll give the job to KMac if they can't get Lambert or Rodgers. (With the added bonus of having to spend less on managers and perhaps more on players.)

My guess is that if that happens, we'll be nailed on for relegation.

Less likely than with Mcleish.

No disrespect intended towards KMac, but some coaches are cut out to be managers and some aren't. Look at Steve Kean and Terry Connor. I wouldn't want to take the chance.

[PaulWinch again]

I have a horrible feeling that Lerner and Faulkner are hoping that this will all die down once the season is over.

If they are they're wrong. There is no turning back now, it's gone too far.

[villadelph]

I have a horrible feeling that Lerner and Faulkner are hoping that this will all die down once the season is over.

That's how Lerner treats the Browns. Just a big, "eh, they'll get over it in the off season."