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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8040 on: May 19, 2012, 10:25:05 AM »
I still like the fella and good luck to him. I really wanted it to work out for him for our sakes and his. It would have also been good to piss off the Noses too.

I wasn't to be and come the end his ramblings were getting a bit odd which makes me believe he has known for a few weeks now and he was just talking crap to the press just to give them something.

Good luck to him in the future.

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8041 on: May 19, 2012, 10:53:10 AM »
From now on I think as Villa Fans we should collectively blank out all memories of last season. It should be deleted from our history books. Have you ever heard how actors refer to the Shakespeare play MacBeth as the Scottish play? (Bad luck to call it by it's real name apparently). Then I think we should adopt the same mentality with Mcleish. From now on he should just be referred to as "The Scottish Manager" or "TSM" for short. Actually, thinking about it, I don't think we should ever appoint another manager whose second name starts with Mc. Remember Bingo Billy McNeil? "The Scottish Manager Mark I". Never again please!

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8042 on: May 20, 2012, 01:13:46 PM »
Smashing bloke Mc£eish.

I wish him all the best, with his fucking £4m pay off.

A sad indictment of modern day football, a massive pay out for somebody who has been truly apalling in his job.

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8043 on: May 20, 2012, 01:20:51 PM »
Quite true and he is made for life after failing at his job. Surely these contracts should be written very differently from the beginning though?

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8044 on: May 20, 2012, 05:05:14 PM »
That first press conference sticks in my mind, especially "I am the right man for the job".

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8045 on: May 20, 2012, 05:50:39 PM »
That first press conference sticks in my mind, especially "I am the right man for the job".
I'm sure he felt that way, it was a win-win situation.
Bags of cash however it panned out.

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8046 on: May 20, 2012, 08:08:06 PM »
Mcleish has got a job with Sky.

he fits his first dish on monday.

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8047 on: May 21, 2012, 08:19:38 AM »
Mcleish has got a job with Sky.

he fits his first dish on monday.

If he falls off the roof of a house, he'll have a nice soft landing on his oversized, bulging wallet.
The ******.

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8048 on: May 21, 2012, 08:31:28 AM »
Do we actually know the amount of comp. Not sure how true it is but I heard it was only 2 million between him and Grant

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8049 on: May 21, 2012, 08:32:21 AM »
£4 million.

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8050 on: May 21, 2012, 08:35:34 AM »

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8051 on: May 21, 2012, 09:08:21 AM »
I'd heard it was less than half of that.

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8052 on: May 21, 2012, 09:11:32 AM »
I'd heard it was less than half of that.
If it was £2m, then it's £2m too much.
What other walk of life would you get paid that in 'compensation' for doing a piss poor job?

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8053 on: May 21, 2012, 09:16:12 AM »
I agree. He should have been sent packing with his BFH a good while ago.

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Re: AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.
« Reply #8054 on: May 21, 2012, 10:07:38 AM »
I'd heard it was less than half of that.

Who have you heard that from?

 


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