AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Chipsticks]

read somewhere we had sold less than 6000 STs

Would it normally be much higher as the season only finished yesterday?

to be honest i'm not sure, i just saw that figure and assumed it was low
how many ST holders do we currently have ? isn't it about 22k?

I seem to recall we had about 28,000 around the time we got to the Carling Cup Final, and over the last two seasons it's been around the 20-22,000 mark.

[Damo70]

Pleased he has been sacked.
Pleased it has been done so quickly.
Pleased with the bluntness of the statement.
Pleased with the optimism for the future in the statement.
Hoping to be pleased with the new managerial appointment and new signings.
Brendan Rodgers would be my choice.
 

[silhillvilla]

Gentlemen and Ladies just ordered a Havana Punch on hearing this news. A sad chapter in our history is ended.

where do you het a Havana Punch in Castle Brom 

[Jim Bradley]

This is good news, but the real test will be whether Lerner and Faulkner can appoint someone suitable who can get the team a) winning and b) playing attractive football based on the wage cap limitations and transfer budget available - exactly the issues I would suggest put Martinez off last time around and will put others of aa similar calibre off this time.  Where does that leave us?

[Irish villain]

First chance I've had to properly register my thoughts.

The statement released by the club is the most positive signal they have sent out in two years. There is an inescapable sense that they have realised the errors of their ways and realise what it takes to succeed. They got it so badly wrong since August 2010 some of us had worried if they could recover.

The swift sacking of McLeish and that statement indicate to me a determination to right the wrongs of the past and start Aston Villa again on the road to glorly

[Clark W Griswold]

Come on Lerner, make me want to go down the Villa again. Make it a sensible, or even inspiring appointment this time, and now some of the expensive dead wood is off the books give him a bit of money to spend.

[Stu]

Pity those poor Citeh fans gathering in Albert Square.....they've only got a poxy championship to celebrate  and well those plastic Mancs have nothing at all

The first win in a string of pyrrhic victories for English football. Woohoo, we spent the most money and shockingly have won the title.

[The Left Side]

I got to work here an hour ago, a colleague told me the news and I went barmy... great news to start the week off, FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!!!!

[silhillvilla]

Pity those poor Citeh fans gathering in Albert Square.....they've only got a poxy championship to celebrate  and well those plastic Mancs have nothing at all

The first win in a string of pyrrhic victories for English football. Woohoo, we spent the most money and shockingly have won the title.

just shy of £1billion to win / buy the league

[Rick_avfc]

Hasn't this thread been locked yet!?  LOL!

[MarkM]

Pat Murphy on Five Live said...

"Alex McLeish's Birmingham City past was irrelevant - his playing style and results did for him at Aston Villa."

It took them a while but looks like some will look past where he came from

[Stu]

There is no doubt in my mind that the numbers of season ticket holders saying they were very disappointed with this season and were not renewing/were seriously doubting it had an effect here

Money talks

Conjecture. The club were/are well on course for the same amount of season tickets sold as last year.

How many is that?

I think I read it was around 6,000 earlier in the month, which was similar to last year. Like it or not, going down the Villa is what some people just do.

[mrfuse]

Now that it's all done and dusted, let's take a look at some of the highlights of McLeish's reign. ... And that concludes the highlights.

[Risso]

Pat Murphy on Five Live said...

"Alex McLeish's Birmingham City past was irrelevant - his playing style and results did for him at Aston Villa."

It took them a while but looks like some will look past where he came from

Oh thank christ for that.  Is that the sound of a penny dropping I hear?

[darren woolley]

I'm over the moon he's gone I'm glad we sacked him now we must go for somebody like Lambert, Martinez, or Rodgers I don't mind which one of these we get because I like the way they play football and that can only be good for us.