AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Percy McCarthy]

I would gladly take Martinez now, despite being unimpressed this time last year.

[PaulWinch again]

Right Mcleish if you're that desperate that your now trotting out comments for Ferguson that you've done well to keep us in the leage, you truly are a moron. Mcleish has done a fucking awful job and should fuck off now he's talking of Villa as justifiable relegation candidates, he's worse than O'Leary.

[PaulWinch again]

"McLeish's views on his #AVFC future will be in Saturday's Mirror after today's presser. Heard and saw nothing to change my view he's doomed"

James Nursey

Let's pray that's correct. If there's any common sense left in the world that will be correct.

[luke25]

If he truly believes that teams below us have better squads then he must think that we've over achieved this season, surely we can get rid of him on mental health grounds?

[asgpaul]

If he truly believes that teams below us have better squads then he must think that we've over achieved this season, surely we can get rid of him on mental health grounds?

Excellent.

[Brian Taylor]

If he truly believes that teams below us have better squads then he must think that we've over achieved this season, surely we can get rid of him on mental health grounds?

The average Villa fan this season must be on a similar list by now...McL has to go for the sake of our collective health!

[Eigentor]

Our squad is as good as any outside the top eight, with the possible exception of Stoke.

[Ad@m]

Another classic from the clown:

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.

One of the most prolific goalscorers in the Premier League and McLeish reckons he's good for a goal every four or five games.  You're right Alex, but that's only because you set us up so that the nearest teammate is always 40 yards from him.

I don't think I've disliked a Villa manager as much as this one.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/05/12/3096625/mcleish-vows-to-stay-on-and-reveals-he-is-planning-for-next

[Ian.]

Another classic from the clown:

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.

One of the most prolific goalscorers in the Premier League and McLeish reckons he's good for a goal every four or five games.  You're right Alex, but that's only because you set us up so that the nearest teammate is always 40 yards from him.

I don't think I've disliked a Villa manager as much as this one.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/05/12/3096625/mcleish-vows-to-stay-on-and-reveals-he-is-planning-for-next

That is such a shocking statement.
I think this is the worst part of AM as manager. The constant down talking of our ability and the knocking of confidence from within the ranks. It's happened far to often now publicly so I do wonder how he talks to the players?

If he has no belief in the squad what hope do we have.

[pauliewalnuts]

Another classic from the clown:

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.

One of the most prolific goalscorers in the Premier League and McLeish reckons he's good for a goal every four or five games.  You're right Alex, but that's only because you set us up so that the nearest teammate is always 40 yards from him.

I don't think I've disliked a Villa manager as much as this one.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/05/12/3096625/mcleish-vows-to-stay-on-and-reveals-he-is-planning-for-next

I don't think I have, either.

He has certainly moved fully into O'Leary territory with some of his recent quotes.

[PaulWinch again]

I've just read the entire Ferguson reference and I am raging. He is belittling us more than O'Leary did. Fuck off Alex, you are a coward who blames everyone else for your failings and can't accept responsibility.

[Ian.]

I've just read the entire Ferguson reference and I am raging. He is belittling us more than O'Leary did. Fuck off Alex, you are a coward who blames everyone else for your failings and can't accept responsibility.

He is a patronising, arrogant bastard.

[Ad@m]

I've just looked up Bent's goalscoring record:

Ipswich - Goal every 2.5 appearances
Charlton - Goal every 2.2 appearances
Spurs - Goal every 3.3 appearances
Sunderland - Goal every 1.8 appearances
Villa so far - Goal every 2.1 appearances

Stats courtesy of Wiki.  Spurs will have been worse as he made a lot of appearances off the bench.

So McLeish has publicly stated that he thinks that Bent under his tactics is half as effective as he's been throughout his career.  In any other industry, if you walked in and made the most expensive piece of machinery in the factory half as effective you'd rightly be sacked for it.

[bertlambshank]

We need a poll. Who do you hate more DOL or AMC?

[Jimbo]

Another classic from the clown:

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.

One of the most prolific goalscorers in the Premier League and McLeish reckons he's good for a goal every four or five games.  You're right Alex, but that's only because you set us up so that the nearest teammate is always 40 yards from him.

I don't think I've disliked a Villa manager as much as this one.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/05/12/3096625/mcleish-vows-to-stay-on-and-reveals-he-is-planning-for-next

I don't think I have, either.

He has certainly moved fully into O'Leary territory with some of his recent quotes.

He's worse than O'Leary. Certainly as a manager, as his record proves. But I always got the sense with O'Leary that a lot of his comments were aimed at the chairman, he was just so utterly lacking in charm and charisma as to taint the whole club. McLeish is constantly trying to justify himself to the detriment of the players at his disposal. That he thinks his revisionist comments about where he expected the club to finish will go unnoticed smacks of arrogance.