Why was McLeish sacked?

[andyh]

At the end of the day, it's not his fault he got job. He was approached by us and must have thought all his Christmases had come at once. He'd have been mad NOT to take it.

The real problem is with the muppet(s) who thought it was a good idea to approach him in the first place.

[JUAN PABLO]

^^^^^

this

[supertom]

At the end of the day, it's not his fault he got job. He was approached by us and must have thought all his Christmases had come at once. He'd have been mad NOT to take it.

The real problem is with the muppet(s) who thought it was a good idea to approach him in the first place.

The weird part is that the fan reaction to McLaren appeared to result in Randy closing off that line of enquiry. When the rumours first appeared about McLeish (which right up until it began to look certain, we all thought was a joke) I'm surprised that he didn't listen again. Obviously it's his club, he can do what he wants with it, and you can't always give in to what the fans want, but he seemed to do it regarding MacLaren.
In retrospect we probably should have kept Houllier and McAllister on board, with Houllier taking a DOF role perhaps.

[dave.woodhall]

At the end of the day, it's not his fault he got job. He was approached by us and must have thought all his Christmases had come at once. He'd have been mad NOT to take it.

The real problem is with the muppet(s) who thought it was a good idea to approach him in the first place.

The weird part is that the fan reaction to McLaren appeared to result in Randy closing off that line of enquiry. When the rumours first appeared about McLeish (which right up until it began to look certain, we all thought was a joke) I'm surprised that he didn't listen again. Obviously it's his club, he can do what he wants with it, and you can't always give in to what the fans want, but he seemed to do it regarding MacLaren.
In retrospect we probably should have kept Houllier and McAllister on board, with Houllier taking a DOF role perhaps.

McLaren not getting the job had nothing to do with fan reaction and Houllier didn't want to be anything but manager.

[saunders_heroes]

Well off the top of my head there's chelsea at home this season, liverpool away (twice), arsenal away, sunderland at home last season, some excellent football and brilliant goals scored. I'm not denying the shit that has also gone on, but what I've listed alone is better than anything that mcleish did.

So what, every team in the land however poor they are gets the occasional decent result and performance, and McLeish and Lambert are no different.
They both inflicted pain onto Villa, and one of them is still here as well!

[supertom]

At the end of the day, it's not his fault he got job. He was approached by us and must have thought all his Christmases had come at once. He'd have been mad NOT to take it.

The real problem is with the muppet(s) who thought it was a good idea to approach him in the first place.

The weird part is that the fan reaction to McLaren appeared to result in Randy closing off that line of enquiry. When the rumours first appeared about McLeish (which right up until it began to look certain, we all thought was a joke) I'm surprised that he didn't listen again. Obviously it's his club, he can do what he wants with it, and you can't always give in to what the fans want, but he seemed to do it regarding MacLaren.
In retrospect we probably should have kept Houllier and McAllister on board, with Houllier taking a DOF role perhaps.

McLaren not getting the job had nothing to do with fan reaction and Houllier didn't want to be anything but manager.

I honestly can't remember back to that summer (possibly repressed memories) but did we actually interview Schteeve for the job?

[dave.woodhall]

At the end of the day, it's not his fault he got job. He was approached by us and must have thought all his Christmases had come at once. He'd have been mad NOT to take it.

The real problem is with the muppet(s) who thought it was a good idea to approach him in the first place.

The weird part is that the fan reaction to McLaren appeared to result in Randy closing off that line of enquiry. When the rumours first appeared about McLeish (which right up until it began to look certain, we all thought was a joke) I'm surprised that he didn't listen again. Obviously it's his club, he can do what he wants with it, and you can't always give in to what the fans want, but he seemed to do it regarding MacLaren.
In retrospect we probably should have kept Houllier and McAllister on board, with Houllier taking a DOF role perhaps.

McLaren not getting the job had nothing to do with fan reaction and Houllier didn't want to be anything but manager.

I honestly can't remember back to that summer (possibly repressed memories) but did we actually interview Schteeve for the job?

I believe so. I think he talked himself out of contention.

[supertom]

At the end of the day, it's not his fault he got job. He was approached by us and must have thought all his Christmases had come at once. He'd have been mad NOT to take it.

The real problem is with the muppet(s) who thought it was a good idea to approach him in the first place.

The weird part is that the fan reaction to McLaren appeared to result in Randy closing off that line of enquiry. When the rumours first appeared about McLeish (which right up until it began to look certain, we all thought was a joke) I'm surprised that he didn't listen again. Obviously it's his club, he can do what he wants with it, and you can't always give in to what the fans want, but he seemed to do it regarding MacLaren.
In retrospect we probably should have kept Houllier and McAllister on board, with Houllier taking a DOF role perhaps.

McLaren not getting the job had nothing to do with fan reaction and Houllier didn't want to be anything but manager.

I honestly can't remember back to that summer (possibly repressed memories) but did we actually interview Schteeve for the job?

I believe so. I think he talked himself out of contention.

Maybe it was his terrible faux brummie accent.

[ez]

He was sacked because we came dangerously close to relegation and the football was awful. We were actually worse than blues the season before when he did get them relegated. Saying it was because he came from blues is just a smokescreen to avoid talking about the football. It was the fans fault the results were so bad? I find that laughable.

[Legion]

Wrong person, wrong time, wrong place.

[saunders_heroes]

Wrong person, wrong time, wrong place.

And everyone knew it, except Randy Lerner of course.

[ez]

Wrong person, wrong time, wrong place.

And everyone knew it, except Randy Lerner of course.

Randy's reasons
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-randy-lerner-believes-165518

[saunders_heroes]

Wrong person, wrong time, wrong place.

And everyone knew it, except Randy Lerner of course.

Randy's reasons
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-randy-lerner-believes-165518

What a fool that man is.

[rob_bridge]

Wrong person, wrong time, wrong place.

And everyone knew it, except Randy Lerner of course.

Randy's reasons
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-randy-lerner-believes-165518

What a fool that man is.

.....Lerner also revealed he was further convinced about the appointment when a letter arrived from Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, praising the decision....

As stated earlier welcome to the small time - old Purple Nose was happy at the appointment of another of his useless Accolytes. Another 6 points guaranteed. He'd have probably wrote a letter if we had hired Mark McGhee

I am flabbergasted that there were 23 worse candidates according to that article. I wonder who they are and what they are doing now.

[Monty]

One thing he said there, though, should be noted - Fergie wrote to him after the appointment not before, so this 'on Ferguson's recommendation' stuff is not true.