AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[JUAN PABLO]

just looking at the table in print in the paper.

played 37 won 7 ..   That is f***** awful  , no manager can survive not being sacked after that.

[old man villa fan]

"Listen, I've taken a lot of weight on my shoulders this season and I was happy to take the pressure off of the players. I'm not doing that again next season. They'd better get their finger out."

I think everyone should just take a minute to digest that.

I have and I have just thrown up!

[ozzjim]

"Listen, I've taken a lot of weight on my shoulders this season and I was happy to take the pressure off of the players. I'm not doing that again next season. They'd better get their finger out."

I think everyone should just take a minute to digest that.

I have and I have just thrown up!

But been too scared to set foot out of the dugout for 2 games...

[old man villa fan]

"Listen, I've taken a lot of weight on my shoulders this season and I was happy to take the pressure off of the players. I'm not doing that again next season. They'd better get their finger out."

I think everyone should just take a minute to digest that.

I have and I have just thrown up!

But been too scared to set foot out of the dugout for 2 games...

Ah, that's what he means, then!

[Toronto Villa]

Interesting quote from the McLeish/Guardian interview at the end: "Listen, I've taken a lot of weight on my shoulders this season and I was happy to take the pressure off of the players. I'm not doing that again next season. They'd better get their finger out."

Hopefully you won't need to Alex.

what a burden being manager of Aston Villa Football Club it must be. Let's hope like the club relieve him of the stress soon.

[PaulWinch again]

It is absolutely imperative that Mcleish is not in the job at the start of next season. He's been an unmitigated disaster and we have scraped survival by the finest of margins, we won't be that lucky next year with him in charge.

[Legion]

Delusional idiot:

"It has put us through the mill, no doubt about it, but we're planning and we can rise. At clubs I've worked with before, with proper planning, we've done well.

"If I can go through that this season, I will have to have a crack at the big time and try to enhance the quality of the squad."

[Steve67]

Even if he brings in half a dozen players this summer, if he gets off to anything but a really positive start next season, playing a different style of football to the shit we have witnessed this season, the fans will be on his back after just a few games.  His position is untenable and just a result away from a big protest at any stage.

[CJ]

If the nightmare scenario plays out and he is still in charge next season VP won't be pleasant. I can see parallels with Blackburn - escaped relegation last season by the skin of their teeth, spent a whole season protesting against an unpopular (and Scottish!) manager, clueless owners, low crowds, and ultimately likely relegation. If he's still here insert AVFC for BRFC next season.

[olaftab]

Asked whether he thought he would be given another chance, McLeish replied: "I don't know. There's not been any indication that we need an urgent meeting. I guess Randy [Lerner, the owner] will be pretty pleased with today's outcome because he's been very supportive in his texts over the last few days, which indicates great support. But you never know. I would expect to be here next season and I hope to win over the dissenting Villa fans. But I've got to get a consistently winning team on the pitch.

I hope Randy is not pretty pleased that we have avoided relegation and that will do from now on.

Alex you have not managed to consistently win in 4 seasons in the PL. You can and have consistently won in the Scottish PL and the Championship. That is where you should ply your trade.

[Clampy]

Delusional idiot:

"It has put us through the mill, no doubt about it, but we're planning and we can rise. At clubs I've worked with before, with proper planning, we've done well.

"If I can go through that this season, I will have to have a crack at the big time and try to enhance the quality of the squad."

What he's gone though this season he's mainly brought on himself.

[garyshawsknee]

Another quote from the Guardian  "But with planning we can rise. At the clubs I've worked with before, with proper planning, I've done well. If I went through that [this season], I've got to have a crack at the big time, when we can try and enhance the quality of the squad."

Proper planning? The guy is getting more deluded,I'd say he had proper planning at Blues after finishing ninth with them,then we all know what happened the following season. Seeing him interviewed, he looks like a man who knows what his fate is,and i don't think it'll be as our boss next season.

[Irish villain]

Didn't he say something about jumping off a bridge yesterday? What an insult to those of us who have been touched by suicide. He's one of the top twenty paid managers in world football. Perspective please Alex.

[berneboy]

Another quote from the Guardian  "But with planning we can rise. At the clubs I've worked with before, with proper planning, I've done well. If I went through that [this season], I've got to have a crack at the big time, when we can try and enhance the quality of the squad."

Proper planning? The guy is getting more deluded,I'd say he had proper planning at Blues after finishing ninth with them,then we all know what happened the following season. Seeing him interviewed, he looks like a man who knows what his fate is,and i don't think it'll be as our boss next season.

He's playing with his CV for his next job.

I hope

[Irish villain]

Interesting quote from the McLeish/Guardian interview at the end: "Listen, I've taken a lot of weight on my shoulders this season and I was happy to take the pressure off of the players. I'm not doing that again next season. They'd better get their finger out."

Hopefully you won't need to Alex.

Don't people attribute Ferguson's success to his reluctance to blame his players? He always found another scapegoat and always publicly defended his players and kept criticisms internal. That was one of the  main failures of Houllier, both at Anfield and Villa Park. He publicly hung his players out to dry. McLeish has been doing that too. Surprise Sir Ferguson never taught him that key attribute.