AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Phil from the upper holte]

"People expect us higher up the table. This is not the Aston Villa team of 1982 (when they won the European Cup) and people have to realise that.

please tell me he hasn't said that?

[MAGNAN VILLAIN]

"People expect us higher up the table. This is not the Aston Villa team of 1982 (when they won the European Cup) and people have to realise that."

It sounds like he is asking to be sacked coming out with statements like that, he has no respect for the history and honour of our club let alone any ideas how to improve on it.

Surely today must be the last time he's let loose with our club and he gets his reward, by email perhaps?

[Greg N'Ash]

well he's got a point. There were people interviewed during the protest who believed this team should be in the top6. I presume they were being serious or weren't under medication. Mind, even i'm struggling to work out who the "silent majority" are that still back him.

[ozzjim]

I think had a poll been done at the turn-style in the last game, do you want Eck in charge next season, the silent majority would have been about 2%!

[Greg N'Ash]

frankly if he got 2% i'd be surprised. 0.2% maybe

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Those of you who are making the trip to Carrow Road please do the rest of us a favour and scream your heads off for McLeish to be removed.  He is a cock and HAS to go.

Is that an order?

If you say so!

Which I don't.

How can a sentence with the word please in it be an order? Sounds like a request to me.

It's a bit Sargeant Wilson getting the Home Guard to fall in if you ask me.

[Rigadon]

Embarrassing, almost O'Learian revisionism from McLeish.  "Not the 82 side blah blah.... Did you expect us to win the league blah blah".  Outrageous really, but probably more evidence that he will be getting the tin tack next week. 

[Brian Taylor]

I love that story told by someone here about McLeish meeting Ron Saunders at a football doo and asking how the present side would fare against the lads of '82. Ron said they current side might get a draw, if they were lucky, but a good few of his lads would need a week to get match fit first!

[jembob]

Alex Mcleish

When it was pointed out to McLeish that some fans were waiting to hear of his fate before deciding whether to renew their season tickets, he suggested a “silent majority” were still behind him.

Carlos Cuellar

“To see how good the players we’ve got on the team, but how bad the last two seasons were, you feel sad and bad. You feel, with the players we’ve still got, we have to do more.
"And the supporters deserve something better.”

[cdward]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1069047/aston-villa's-alex-mcleish-vows-to-strengthen-over-summer?cc=5739

"I am anticipating change this summer. We have to bring in some added quality to the squad. If you look at the back-up this season, we could have easily been four or five players short of real quality and experience.

"We can certainly look to make sure next season is a more productive season than this one.''

"We have underachieved for Aston Villa in terms of past history and in terms of the name Aston Villa. People expect us higher up the table. This is not the Aston Villa team of 1982 (when they won the European Cup) and people have to realise that.

"But sometimes there are reasons for that not being the case and losing four or five players at crucial moments of the season has not helped. 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 for us.''

McLeish believes the negative reaction towards him does not prevail through all sections of the club's fanbase.

He said: "I don't believe that it's a giant contingent of fans. I believe it's a silent majority out there. I certainly think the fans have been really, really good this season. They have reacted as I would expect any fan in the world to react when their team loses a game.

"I don't think there's anything more negative about our fans than any other fans.''

His comments are becoming more ridiculous, and show how out of touch he is with our football club and the fans. I really do not see how he can win the fans over, and the more he speaks the more obvious it becomes.
I hope he just walks to save his own dignity and ours, but he has to go.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Alex, just to make it crystal clear FUCK OFF!!!

Thanks

[Phil from the upper holte]

frankly if he got 2% i'd be surprised. 0.2% maybe

I thought it was just Dave behind him?

[Billy Walker]

"I am anticipating change this summer. We have to bring in some added quality..."

Yes.  Starting with a new manager.

[Stu]

frankly if he got 2% i'd be surprised. 0.2% maybe

I thought it was just Dave behind him?

Not even DCF is really behind him, he's been on a giant wind up since about Christmas.

[Nev]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1069047/aston-villa's-alex-mcleish-vows-to-strengthen-over-summer?cc=5739

"I am anticipating change this summer. We have to bring in some added quality to the squad. If you look at the back-up this season, we could have easily been four or five players short of real quality and experience.

"We can certainly look to make sure next season is a more productive season than this one.''

"We have underachieved for Aston Villa in terms of past history and in terms of the name Aston Villa. People expect us higher up the table. This is not the Aston Villa team of 1982 (when they won the European Cup) and people have to realise that.

"But sometimes there are reasons for that not being the case and losing four or five players at crucial moments of the season has not helped. 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 for us.''

McLeish believes the negative reaction towards him does not prevail through all sections of the club's fanbase.

He said: "I don't believe that it's a giant contingent of fans. I believe it's a silent majority out there. I certainly think the fans have been really, really good this season. They have reacted as I would expect any fan in the world to react when their team loses a game.

"I don't think there's anything more negative about our fans than any other fans.''

His comments are becoming more ridiculous, and show how out of touch he is with our football club and the fans. I really do not see how he can win the fans over, and the more he speaks the more obvious it becomes.
I hope he just walks to save his own dignity and ours, but he has to go.

That's the end of that then, he's jumped the shark, so to speak, with the '82 stuff.

There are two choices at a club such as ours when it comes to our greatest achievement. You can use it as a stick to beat the fans with, treating them with contempt as you lower expectations using our finest hour. Or use it in a positive manner, giving due praise and acknowledgement via a far off dream to maybe one day, reach those heights again.

I hope he gets huge abuse this afternoon, comments such as these, from anyone associated with our club are not acceptable