AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Adam Gittins]

Mind , the way he played Darren Bent , probably would have struggled to get 4 or 5 .

Touches?

[villadelph]

Mind , the way he played Darren Bent , probably would have struggled to get 4 or 5 .

I agree. McLeish has no idea how to organize an offense that would allow Darren to get the ball. I think Bent wants out, he's never around, doesn't turn up to games and seems genuinely disinterested in the Villa. I don't blame him.

[mr woo]

Mind , the way he played Darren Bent , probably would have struggled to get 4 or 5 .

Touches?

I believe the phrase these days is LOL. Very good.

[Ian.]

Mind , the way he played Darren Bent , probably would have struggled to get 4 or 5 .

I think Bent wants out, he's never around, doesn't turn up to games and seems genuinely disinterested in the Villa. I don't blame him.

Isn't it called an injury? A bad one too?

[luke25]

we have missed Darren Bent for 19 games now. I would have expected four or five goals in those games at least which would have made things more comfortable.



only four or five in 19 games . 

That is actually hilarious, get him out Randy ffs.

[paul_e]

I think I managed about a third of that story on sky before having to close it from risk of breaking my PC in anger.  you can still see the shape of my hand on the mouse from the grip tightening.

Anyone who says he's a decent or honourable person just needs to read his comments from the last month and compare them to his first month at the club.  I refuse to accept anyone as a decent person if they're totally unwilling to accept their own flaws.  Nice maybe, but not decent or honourable, he's thrown other people on the fire far too many times for me.  The only way he could get any respect from me now is to walk away with no payout admitting that he'd failed the club and fans.

[mr underhill]

i've read elsewhere that neither PF or RL are going to be at the game with PF away until Monday. Anything in that?

[jonc73]

I just watched the whole press conference and think he's staying.

It was O'Leary-esque at time, some of the arguments are paper thin, and the journalists never seem to ask him a direct question.Wish Jeremy Paxman was  there today.

Now it seems it was always going to be a long hard season-why did he state he was going to try and finish above 9th?

He was even congratulated for keeping us up!

Lerner appointed him last year and hell probably keep him.Why would he change his mind-wishful thinking aside?

[pauliewalnuts]

i've read elsewhere that neither PF or RL are going to be at the game with PF away until Monday. Anything in that?

McLeish said he'd emailed Faulkner re getting together for a chat and been told "I'm available next week".

Honestly, when i read shit like that, I do start to think that they genuinely are thinking of keeping this bloke on. I genuinely can't see how anyone with the best interests of the team at heart could even consider doing that.

[PaulWinch again]

He's change his mind, because Mcleish has done such a bad job that there are nobodies expectations it could have met. This is a real tipping point for the club, he has to go or an enormous rift will open between the club and the fans and we will continue in a downward spiral.

[pauliewalnuts]

If we kept him on, it'd really just feel so utterly hopeless.

They'd deserve the shit gates they'd get next season.

[VillaAlways]

If he stays it would be due to sheer pig headedness on Randys part. Custodian of the club ,my arse

[Legion]

Can't we get someone to write a letter a la Sorenson?

[brian green]

I stick by my prediction that he will go at Christmas.   The board and Lerner will bottle it.   The soft option is to let him stay.   He will stay until we are five points adrift at the bottom of the Premiership then they will sack him.


The one certain thing you can say about this owner and this board is that they will always do the wrong thing.   He will stay for half the season then whether or not we get relegated depends upon who replaces him and how much money he is given to save us.

[PaulWinch again]

Lerner you fool you have to sack Mcleish, get your thumb out of your ass. It will cost you so much if you don't