AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[PaulTheVillan]

Alex McLeish's Claret & Blue Army!!

Might as well sing it once now.

[PaulTheVillan]

McLeish took the rap for the players?

[pauliewalnuts]

McLeish took the rap for the players?

Murphy has had the royal hump for 6 years now that Lerner won't speak to the press.

Fair enough, it makes his job difficult, but fuck me, to believe him, it's at the root of all our problems.

[mr underhill]

i think it is totally unrealistic not to expect people to express extreme views on AM. The past season has been a horror of unimaginable proportions and whilst he in no way shoulders the blame entirely, he has to take a huge degree of responsibility for what went on on the pitch. Yes, he should never have been appointed but he took the job knowing it was the most devisive appointment in our history, knew exactly what to expect, and, predictably was found wanting. People are entitled to get angry after turning up week after week, parting with considerable sums of money and witnessing  the most turgid brand of anti football imaginable. I actually think he got off realy lightly. The only time things got really dark was against Bolton, other than that, given his unique brand of mediocrity, he got an easy ride. And let's face it, none of us are ever going to be rewarded so well for such abject failure. Like Bob Dylan said 'there's no success like failure, and failure is no success at all'. Time to draw a line and for everyone to get back behind the club we all love despite its many faults and failings.

[Lambert and Payne]

McLeish was justified in mentioning the lengthening injury and illness list towards the end of the season but he had a full complement of players to choose from in the first six months of the campaign, when they lost too many points - 22 - from winning positions.

Blows the 'injuries were the cause of it' theory out of the window

[Risso]

McLeish took the rap for the players?

Murphy has had the royal hump for 6 years now that Lerner won't speak to the press.

Fair enough, it makes his job difficult, but fuck me, to believe him, it's at the root of all our problems.

To be fair, the title is out of kilter with what is a decent and balanced article.

[dave.woodhall]

McLeish took the rap for the players?

Murphy has had the royal hump for 6 years now that Lerner won't speak to the press.

Fair enough, it makes his job difficult, but fuck me, to believe him, it's at the root of all our problems.

It's a good piece until the hobby horse is mounted.

[garyshawsknee]

He talked a lot of sense last night,unlike the scottish journalist,who was on a complete wind up.

[OzVilla]

Murphy must be a long time lurker on here as his points are almost a verbatim re-write of some posts i've seen. 

Anyway, has has been said no hard feelings with AML - it didn't work so we moved on - good luck for the future.

Kudos to Randy for pulling the trigger so swiftly, atleast now we'll have time to conduct a decent recruitment. 

The biggest losers here are the Stripeys who'll now have a totally unequal fight on their haqnds when trying to atrtract a top Manager to their Club - in much the same way it might be for us if 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' move KKK upstairs this week.

[ozzjim]

Murphy must be a long time lurker on here as his points are almost a verbatim re-write of some posts i've seen. 

Anyway, has has been said no hard feelings with AML - it didn't work so we moved on - good luck for the future.

Kudos to Randy for pulling the trigger so swiftly, atleast now we'll have time to conduct a decent recruitment. 

The biggest losers here are the Stripeys who'll now have a totally unequal fight on their haqnds when trying to atrtract a top Manager to their Club - in much the same way it might be for us if 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' move KKK upstairs this week.

I do hope if we both want Lambert the boggies don't get in their first.

[OzVilla]

Murphy must be a long time lurker on here as his points are almost a verbatim re-write of some posts i've seen. 

Anyway, has has been said no hard feelings with AML - it didn't work so we moved on - good luck for the future.

Kudos to Randy for pulling the trigger so swiftly, atleast now we'll have time to conduct a decent recruitment. 

The biggest losers here are the Stripeys who'll now have a totally unequal fight on their haqnds when trying to atrtract a top Manager to their Club - in much the same way it might be for us if 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' move KKK upstairs this week.

I do hope if we both want Lambert the boggies don't get in their first.

If he or any other Manager is looking seriously at the Boggies, they'll also sound us out surely.

The Albion Board will be gutted that we've pushed AML so soon - as pecking orders go, we are way above them.  My guess is that is what Randy was thinking too.   Similarly we'll move down the pecking order with a vacancy at 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' - it's a game of Managerial chess basically.

What price MON pitching up at 'The Mighty Reds YNWA'?

[seanthevillan]

There is an audio clip somewhere of Rob Shepard on Talksport arguing with Alan Brazil and Ronnie Irani about depression suffered by sports stars.

It says all you need to know about Shepard that Irani had the moral high ground and made the most thoughtful and insightful points.

Here

Shocking really, and Brazil isn't much better - doesn't seem to think that depression actually exists.

[danlanza]

There is an audio clip somewhere of Rob Shepard on Talksport arguing with Alan Brazil and Ronnie Irani about depression suffered by sports stars.

It says all you need to know about Shepard that Irani had the moral high ground and made the most thoughtful and insightful points.

Here

Shocking really, and Brazil isn't much better - doesn't seem to think that depression actually exists.

That's because Brazil is usually pissed out of his fat face!

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

There is an audio clip somewhere of Rob Shepard on Talksport arguing with Alan Brazil and Ronnie Irani about depression suffered by sports stars.

It says all you need to know about Shepard that Irani had the moral high ground and made the most thoughtful and insightful points.

Here

Shocking really, and Brazil isn't much better - doesn't seem to think that depression actually exists.

That's because Brazil is usually pissed out of his fat face!

I'd really like to punch Alan Brazil repeatedly until his piggy eyes popped out of his big fat head.

[Hookeysmith]

There is an audio clip somewhere of Rob Shepard on Talksport arguing with Alan Brazil and Ronnie Irani about depression suffered by sports stars.

It says all you need to know about Shepard that Irani had the moral high ground and made the most thoughtful and insightful points.

Here

Shocking really, and Brazil isn't much better - doesn't seem to think that depression actually exists.

That's because Brazil is usually pissed out of his fat face!

I'd really like to punch Alan Brazil repeatedly until his piggy eyes popped out of his big fat head.

You get in the queue and wait your turn like all the rest of us