AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[richard moore]

Agree with you James, time to have just the one thread

[avfcpg]

Do we really think there is going to be £30m for the new manager to spend?

He'll have to have some sort of kitty made available to spend for a new man (I would hope so anyway). We found £20 million for Bent when we had to so am ever hopeful. Any new manager will want to bring "his" type of players in anyway.
Reducing the wage bill was a step in the right direction.
Getting shot of AM was another.
The next few steps should be interesting.

[damon loves JT]

BFR talking shite on the radio. 'He didn't get a fair crack'. HE HAD A WHOLE SEASON, AND WE GOT WORSE

[London Villan]

It's more to do with wages than transfer fees though. We have cut massive amounts in the past 18th months, off the top of my head...

Young           £40k pw
Downing       £40K pw
Beye            £40k pw
Heskey         £50k pw
Cuellar         £30k pw
Sadly Petrov too £40k pw

£200k+ per week off the books will give any new manager a fair bit to play with and that's before any wheeling and dealing.

[Wilfred the Hairy]

Greatest. Picture. Ever.

Tis a thing of beauty.

Can we just refer to him as 'The Scottish Manager' from now on?

Ha ha! Very good.
Yes, "the Scottish Manager" will do nicely. Here's the drill for anyone who utters the word "McLeish":

"When the name of the manager is spoken, tradition requires the person who spoke it to leave, perform traditional cleansing rituals and be invited back in. The rituals include turning three times, spitting over one's left shoulder, swearing, or reciting a line either from, or referring to, another Villa manager. Popular lines for this purpose include "You wanna bet against us?", "with your customary 110% support" and "We’re not fickle, we just don’t like you". A more elaborate cleansing ritual involves leaving the room, spinning around and brushing oneself off, and saying "McGrath" three times before entering again."

[James]

Guzan and Marshall out of contract now too, though not in the same bracket moneywise I should think!

[London Villan]

I bet Guzan is on a decent enough wedge. £10k + at least.

[PaulWinch again]

BFR talking shite on the radio. 'He didn't get a fair crack'. HE HAD A WHOLE SEASON, AND WE GOT WORSE

Yep absolute bollocks.

[Legion]

Agree with you James, time to have just the one thread

Almost agree! Can we get this thread back on topic to saying goodbye to Alex? If not I'll merge/lock and we can all look to our hopes, dreams, wishes and desires as to who our future manager will be.

[London Villan]

Bye Alex... enjoy your time at Aberdeen or Dunfermline.

[PaulWinch again]

I'd just like to say that now that he's gone, I have no ill will towards him and good luck to him in the future. I think he did genuinely respect our history, but he just wasn't up to the job at all. He should have resigned, but at the same time he probably believed he could turn it round. So from my perspective no hard feelings now that he's gone.

[PeterWithe]

Has McLeish released a statement?

[Eigentor]

BFR talking shite on the radio. 'He didn't get a fair crack'. HE HAD A WHOLE SEASON, AND WE GOT WORSE

Fair point. If we had been abysmal in the first half of the season but steadily improving, the case for giving McLeish another season would have been stronger. Even factoring in the injuries the truth is that we got steadily worse with Big Eck in the hot seat.

[Summers]

talksport are about to spend some time talking about Villa now.

[London Villan]

Has McLeish released a statement?

"I'm sorry and here's the £2m you paid me, go and buy a full-back that knows what the position entails." AM