AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[Lambert and Payne]

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

Lambert to Villa and we let them have Eck, fair compromise?

[Duncan Shaw]

I agree with Risso, the title of the Murphy's article contradicts the content, which many of us on here could have written.  Yes he gets on his hobby horse because Randy won't speak to him, but how many of us would like to hear his vision for the club now?
They have acted swiftly and coupled with the statement I think have had a massive wake up call and the penny has dropped.  They're halfway through clearing out MONs deadwood and we have some bright attacking talent to work with.  A good appointment now, football man on the board, coupled with defensive re-inforcement would show us that they understand.

[Fred]

I agree with most of what he has said, I think Lerner should communicate to the fans about his plans for the club. Be it on tv/radio or just a interview with the local press.

[James]

I agree with most of what he has said, I think Lerner should communicate to the fans about his plans for the club. Be it on tv/radio or just a interview with the local press.

It's not even that difficult, he could write a piece and pop it on the OS, job done! He doesn't need to do interviews, just let us know what he's up to!

[Lambert and Payne]

Apolagies if posted today, but Big Ron thinks McLeish was treated harshly http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18070294

[PaulWinch again]

Apolagies if posted today, but Big Ron thinks McLeish was treated harshly http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18070294

Yes and it's a load of old bollocks. 'Good football man', so what? he wasn't any good at his job.

[VILLA MOLE]

Apolagies if posted today, but Big Ron thinks McLeish was treated harshly http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18070294

Yes and it's a load of old bollocks. 'Good football man', so what? he wasn't any good at his job.

Another mate of Ecks and he does seem to have alot of palsin the game who wont slag him off

. good luck to him he seems a nice guy but that doesnt help us   

[Merv]

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.

I was thinking about this earlier; Lerner doesn't really 'do' interviews, but then again, how many PL club owners do? And where is the real desire and demand to hear from them? Paul Faulkner is really the man who runs the overall show on a day to day basis and he seems perfectly approachable and willing to give interviews - I listened to his interview, with Murphy, on 5Live earlier as I was in the car at the time, and PF came across well.

[Toronto Villa]

Apolagies if posted today, but Big Ron thinks McLeish was treated harshly http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18070294

Unfortunately, and I speak as a fan of the man, but Big Ron has been talking utter bollocks for a while. And there appears to be no sign of him stopping.

[usav]

Actually, I don't see a lot long with what Ron has said there.....(runs for cover)

[PaulWinch again]

He was given an entire season, he had Bent, Petrov and Dunne up until February and we consistently got worse. By that definition he got a 'fair crack of the whip.'

[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.

I was thinking about this earlier; Lerner doesn't really 'do' interviews, but then again, how many PL club owners do? And where is the real desire and demand to hear from them? Paul Faulkner is really the man who runs the overall show on a day to day basis and he seems perfectly approachable and willing to give interviews - I listened to his interview, with Murphy, on 5Live earlier as I was in the car at the time, and PF came across well.

I think a lot of it is down to history. We had a chairman who was the public face of the club, therefore we always expect the chairman to do the same.

[KevinGage]

How many briefings does Gazidis at Arsenal give?   Or Sheikh Mansour at Citeh, the Glazers at United and so on and so forth.

It seems a weird infatuation that only Murphy seems to possess.

Besides, when there were calls for RL to explain his thought processes last summer, we had that cringeworthy letter from Siralex episode.   Sometimes less is more.

[Toronto Villa]

How many briefings does Gazidis at Arsenal give?   Or Sheikh Mansour at Citeh, the Glazers at United and so on and so forth.

It seems a weird infatuation that only Murphy seems to possess.

Besides, when there were calls for RL to explain his thought processes last summer, we had that cringeworthy letter from Siralex episode.   Sometimes less is more.

Murphy is obsessed by the fact that he feels shut out and will scweem and scween until Randy opens his door, which isn't going to happen. Randy made more noise with his statement yesterday than he has in his entire time at the club. It was damning verdict that it has gone seriously wrong at the club and needs to be fixed. No interview could have put it better.

[Fuse]

Randy did an interview with a radio sattion in Clevelnad recently and it was the firs toen he had done since he took over from his father I believe. We did get a sort of interview with him on the OS (not a videon but written) last pre-season if I recall. SO maybe we will get soemthing over the summer?