AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Rigadon]

Chelsea away, Norwich at home.

I think you could argue that they were decent results, but achieved despite our manager's tactics.

The most damning thing is that despite all of the usually valid excuses a manager has (injuries, bad apples, players sold, the blues thing) he STILL deserves the sack.  He talks about 'a Mcleish side wouldn't play like that' etc but he is renowned, not only in the midlands but nationwide, for dull, uninspired, artless football.  Fuck knows what his Rangers side were like to watch.  He is either inept or his coaches are and he doesn't recognise it which still spells inept. 

I have no idea how he has managed to balls it up so spectacularly.  The performances have been abject aside from roughly 4 hours of the season.  Moyes he isn't.

Lets put it into context, if Spurs had been a game away from relegation what would the outcome be for one of their managers?  Everton?  Newcastle?  All similar clubs to the present day Villa.  That anybody should be even debating his future is absurd.  Gotta go.

 

[Irish villain]

I've just noticed - the OS has all tweets hashtagged avfc on its home page.

Take a look now for some interesting content. How fucking half-arsed is that?

Just checked that, the whole homepage is McLeish out tweets. Extraordinary.

[Louzie0]

I've just noticed - the OS has all tweets hashtagged avfc on its home page.

Take a look now for some interesting content. How fucking half-arsed is that?

Been on there since just after the game - can't imagine that being allowed to continue ( unless they all know something as well.)
If this were twitter I'd be #clutchingatstraws!

[Summers]

It isn't half-assed to that. Twitter is MASSIVE now, it makes sense to embrace it and involve it on the OS.

Our say will be on the official site. It's fantastic.

[Risso]

I've just noticed - the OS has all tweets hashtagged avfc on its home page.

Take a look now for some interesting content. How fucking half-arsed is that?

Ha ha, everybody, to the Twit Cave!

[Steve67]

#fuck off McLeish.

At which club exactly have you "done it all before, turned it all around"? Given that you've had three relegation scraps in the last four? Tosser, just fuck off.

[pauliewalnuts]

[curiousorange]

I've just noticed - the OS has all tweets hashtagged avfc on its home page.

Take a look now for some interesting content. How fucking half-arsed is that?

Ha ha, everybody, to the Twit Cave!

I'm tweeting like my life depended on it.

[Steve67]

I hope the OS thing isn't a mistake that someone gets sacked for.  Unless of course it's McLeish!  I really hope the press pick up on it.

[VillaAlways]

It worries me that the club print this shit and seem very much behind him

Alex McLeish spoke of his frustration after his team's 2-0 defeat to Norwich, insisting: "That was an unacceptable display."

It may have been the final day of the season but McLeish was already looking ahead to the start of the 2012-13 campaign, revealing change was needed in the playing staff to ensure a more fruitful coming term for the claret and blue troops.

He said: "It was flat. It was disappointing because over the past few weeks we have shown a bit of resilience to get us over the line.

"But that was an unacceptable performance in Aston Villa colours. I have to change that. There will be change.

"People will talk of an end of season mentality this afternoon but I can't accept that because I've been used to winning trophies and medals throughout my career both as a player and manager.

"I have not had the riches to spend on players that other managers would have liked but I believe I can turn Aston Villa around by changing things around and adding to the quality, bringing players in who will work their socks off for this club and for me.

"I can totally understand the frustration of the fans. I am the guy who carries the can for the performances.

"But I don't ask the players to make a 10 yard pass and not find the target, a team-mate. It's frustrating for me to watch that kind of stuff."

McLeish has vowed to build a winning mentality after two seasons of the team flirting with relegation from the top-flight.

He added: " It's up to me to turn the opinion around.

"I have to try and build a winning mentality at this club. It's two season now of flirting with relegation.

"We got in Darren Bent in January to get goals to stay up and we have still suffered the same kinds of problems this season, the lack of goals. The teams around us have all scored more.

"I think I can turn it around. I have done it before. I think in terms of the season you have to analyse it a bit more than just 'It's Aston Villa, they shouldn't be doing that.'

"We have problems. There are definite problems. I said at the start of the season that if we lost some senior players it could be a battle.

"I even said we could be in the bottom six or seven, maybe that was wishful thinking. Analysing the squad I thought that was a reality.

"I know we have still got to trade. The chairman has been clear. He's not going to throw in millions of pounds to bring giant names into the club.

"We still have to wheel and deal a little bit. But we certainly have to make some changes because two seasons in a row for Villa is not acceptable."

[The Situation]

Has there always been a Twitter feed on the OS or has it just been put up today?

#Inquiringmindswanttoknow

[GJH]

Forget the injuries,suspensions etc.

Mcleish still played 4-5-1 didn't matter who was on the field and in which negative formation he played.

Start of the season he said he had a better squad than blues and was aiming for a top 6 finish, christmas he said we would aim for a mid table top ten finish, yesterday he said the squad of players wasnt good enough and he wasnt suprised by where we finished!! The guy is a complete idiot, forget the boring negative football and the fact he has never managed a team to 40 points in a premier league season - he should get the sack for his after match comments alone!!!

Remember the negative comments through out the season, we can't defend, we can't pass the ball, we can't attack the ball etc etc etc- this went on and on and on. No wonder we finished where we did.

[Risso]

That' a big ten lol good buddy.

[Dave]

#Inquiringmindswanttoknow

Huh?

[pauliewalnuts]

That' a big ten lol good buddy.

Ha ha!

Brilliant. I posted one about McLeish bumming badgers, waiting for it to appear.