AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Ron Manager]

Gentlemen (and Ladies) Ive had 6hrs to digest this news and I think we are maybe getting a little over excited at this stage.
Mr McCleish has gone (with a nice cheque!) and Mr Lerner has issued a statement that uses for once the right words.

We seem to be expecting that nice Mr Lambert to be arriving at Villa Park tommorrow morning to sign on the dotted line.
But maybe he was putting feelers out to other big clubs yesterday. For all we know Mr Faulkner is on the phone to Fergie at this moment asking for specialist advice

"Och that Steve Keen at Blackburn hes a promising talent..and Scotch too boot"

Ooh thanks Sir Alex Ill tell Randy straight away!

With Aston Villa anything is possible and I still believe our next manager will be David Moyes

[saunders_heroes]

On a more sober note: ain't it great that even the PR  from the Club was no nonesense. None of this bloody "mutual consent" crap.

The results, performance, entertainment and mostly expectations of a club like Aston Villa were not met: so f off. You are effin nicked mate. Fired.

I liked that.

Me too.

[Irish villain]

I've been on cloud nine since I heard at about 4 o'clock. Quite frankly the happiest I've felt in weeks.

Me too, i keep humming villa songs to myself. My housemates think I'm nuts!!!!

[The Situation]

I think we should be looking to do better than Martinez to be honest.  He hasn't set the world alight at Wigan (granted he got some unexpected results at the end of the season) but if Villa are planning on a relegation fight each season then Ok. We should be aiming for higher though.

I heard this same nonsense last summer.

Can people stop this elitist mentality and being all like "he's not good enough" "we deserve better". It's embarrassing. We aren't Real Madrid. We need to think outside the box. It's not necessarily about who is/isn't good enough, its about who is the right man for the job.

If Martinez isn't good enough than what have Rodgers or Lambert done in their first premier league season to show they're better? Lots of new promoted teams will have a good first season and the manager of that promoted team will get hyped up and then the following season things don't go so well and people wonder if it was all a fluke.

I'm not saying Martinez should be our new manager all I'm saying is that he should be carefully considered just like all potential candidates. I'm just sick of all this moaning.

When looking at Lambert, it's the fact that he's got Norwich back into the Prem from League 1 in 3 consecutive seasons.

Considering Martinez, his teams are shit, don't turn up until April, and turned us down last year.

His Swansea team weren't shit. He got them promoted. And his shit Wigan team has finished 5 points ahead of us.

[cdbearsfan]

On a more sober note: ain't it great that even the PR  from the Club was no nonesense. None of this bloody "mutual consent" crap.

The results, performance, entertainment and mostly expectations of a club like Aston Villa were not met: so f off. You are effin nicked mate. Fired.

I liked that.

Me too.

I didn't. I see no reason why they couldn't have at least included the usual "we thank him for his efforts and wish him the best for the future".

He conducted himself with dignity and showed respect for the club's history. I see no reason not to be respectful to him in the statement.

[Californian Villain]

Gentlemen (and Ladies) Ive had 6hrs to digest this news and I think we are maybe getting a little over excited at this stage.
Mr McCleish has gone (with a nice cheque!) and Mr Lerner has issued a statement that uses for once the right words.

We seem to be expecting that nice Mr Lambert to be arriving at Villa Park tommorrow morning to sign on the dotted line.
But maybe he was putting feelers out to other big clubs yesterday. For all we know Mr Faulkner is on the phone to Fergie at this moment asking for specialist advice

"Och that Steve Keen at Blackburn hes a promising talent..and Scotch too boot"

Ooh thanks Sir Alex Ill tell Randy straight away!

With Aston Villa anything is possible and I still believe our next manager will be David Moyes

LOL...do you still believe in Father Christmas too?

[SheffieldVillain]

On a more sober note: ain't it great that even the PR  from the Club was no nonesense. None of this bloody "mutual consent" crap.

The results, performance, entertainment and mostly expectations of a club like Aston Villa were not met: so f off. You are effin nicked mate. Fired.

I liked that.

Me too.

I didn't. I see no reason why they couldn't have at least included the usual "we thank him for his efforts and wish him the best for the future".

He conducted himself with dignity and showed respect for the club's history. I see no reason not to be respectful to him in the statement.

They did. Paul Faulkner said "We'd like to thank Alex for his hard work and efforts throughout this tough season".

[James]

I think we should be looking to do better than Martinez to be honest.  He hasn't set the world alight at Wigan (granted he got some unexpected results at the end of the season) but if Villa are planning on a relegation fight each season then Ok. We should be aiming for higher though.

I heard this same nonsense last summer.

Can people stop this elitist mentality and being all like "he's not good enough" "we deserve better". It's embarrassing. We aren't Real Madrid. We need to think outside the box. It's not necessarily about who is/isn't good enough, its about who is the right man for the job.

If Martinez isn't good enough than what have Rodgers or Lambert done in their first premier league season to show they're better? Lots of new promoted teams will have a good first season and the manager of that promoted team will get hyped up and then the following season things don't go so well and people wonder if it was all a fluke.

I'm not saying Martinez should be our new manager all I'm saying is that he should be carefully considered just like all potential candidates. I'm just sick of all this moaning.

When looking at Lambert, it's the fact that he's got Norwich back into the Prem from League 1 in 3 consecutive seasons.

Considering Martinez, his teams are shit, don't turn up until April, and turned us down last year.

His Swansea team weren't shit. He got them promoted. And his shit Wigan team has finished 5 points ahead of us.

Rodgers got Swans up, not Martinez, he was busy fighting relegation last year with Wigan. Oh, and Lambert's team finished 9 points above us without ever being involved in the relegation scrap. Not arguing btw, just posting the alternative viewpoint!

[cdbearsfan]

On a more sober note: ain't it great that even the PR  from the Club was no nonesense. None of this bloody "mutual consent" crap.

The results, performance, entertainment and mostly expectations of a club like Aston Villa were not met: so f off. You are effin nicked mate. Fired.

I liked that.

Me too.

I didn't. I see no reason why they couldn't have at least included the usual "we thank him for his efforts and wish him the best for the future".

He conducted himself with dignity and showed respect for the club's history. I see no reason not to be respectful to him in the statement.

They did. Paul Faulkner said "We'd like to thank Alex for his hard work and efforts throughout this tough season".

Fair enough, I didn't notice that bit... they never mentioned it on Sky or Midlands Today.

[Klaus Katt]

The hostage is alive and safe.

[Dave Clark Five]

Me too, i keep humming villa songs to myself. My housemates think I'm nuts!!!!

Haven't they heard 'A knock-kneed chicken and a bow-legged hen' before?

[Lambert and Payne]

I'm glad the right things been done, but Randy is the one who should have done the firing, and for him not to be is a big dissapointment

[The Situation]

I think we should be looking to do better than Martinez to be honest.  He hasn't set the world alight at Wigan (granted he got some unexpected results at the end of the season) but if Villa are planning on a relegation fight each season then Ok. We should be aiming for higher though.

I heard this same nonsense last summer.

Can people stop this elitist mentality and being all like "he's not good enough" "we deserve better". It's embarrassing. We aren't Real Madrid. We need to think outside the box. It's not necessarily about who is/isn't good enough, its about who is the right man for the job.

If Martinez isn't good enough than what have Rodgers or Lambert done in their first premier league season to show they're better? Lots of new promoted teams will have a good first season and the manager of that promoted team will get hyped up and then the following season things don't go so well and people wonder if it was all a fluke.

I'm not saying Martinez should be our new manager all I'm saying is that he should be carefully considered just like all potential candidates. I'm just sick of all this moaning.

When looking at Lambert, it's the fact that he's got Norwich back into the Prem from League 1 in 3 consecutive seasons.

Considering Martinez, his teams are shit, don't turn up until April, and turned us down last year.

His Swansea team weren't shit. He got them promoted. And his shit Wigan team has finished 5 points ahead of us.

Rodgers got Swans up, not Martinez, he was busy fighting relegation last year with Wigan. Oh, and Lambert's team finished 9 points above us without ever being involved in the relegation scrap. Not arguing btw, just posting the alternative viewpoint!

Martinez got Swansea promoted to the championship and it was Rodgers who became manager of a Martinez team.

[Stu]

I think we should be looking to do better than Martinez to be honest.  He hasn't set the world alight at Wigan (granted he got some unexpected results at the end of the season) but if Villa are planning on a relegation fight each season then Ok. We should be aiming for higher though.

I heard this same nonsense last summer.

Can people stop this elitist mentality and being all like "he's not good enough" "we deserve better". It's embarrassing. We aren't Real Madrid. We need to think outside the box. It's not necessarily about who is/isn't good enough, its about who is the right man for the job.

If Martinez isn't good enough than what have Rodgers or Lambert done in their first premier league season to show they're better? Lots of new promoted teams will have a good first season and the manager of that promoted team will get hyped up and then the following season things don't go so well and people wonder if it was all a fluke.

I'm not saying Martinez should be our new manager all I'm saying is that he should be carefully considered just like all potential candidates. I'm just sick of all this moaning.

When looking at Lambert, it's the fact that he's got Norwich back into the Prem from League 1 in 3 consecutive seasons.

Considering Martinez, his teams are shit, don't turn up until April, and turned us down last year.

His Swansea team weren't shit. He got them promoted. And his shit Wigan team has finished 5 points ahead of us.

So an awful Villa season is a great one for Martinez and Wigan? I'm glad we agree

Martinez is not the man, I fully believe he'd get us relegated. We need someone with steel, something that I don't think Martinez has got enough of.

[Risso]

I'm glad the right things been done, but Randy is the one who should have done the firing, and for him not to be is a big dissapointment

I couldn't care less.  McLeish resigned by email last year, so at least he was shown more respect in a face to face meeting than he showed last summer.