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Alex McLeish sacked as Villa manager
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well done to him for resigning, would have been very easy just to dig his heels in and wait for the inevitable sacking with a decent pay off.
just not suited for the villa jobHe has been fired, no mutual consent and certainly no resignation.
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You have every right to express your opinion, but there are many phrases that are trotted out repeatedly on here that have no factual basis. This is just one of them, from what I can tell no club has ever said this, nobody in the media has said it who would actually know this is how club owners actually think, it's just repeated on here enough that it is believed. I'm sorry for questioning this blind belief. You didn't state it as an opinion, you stated he'd been out the game too long for a prem owner to appoint him. If that was just your opinion then at least make that clearer, otherwise don't be surprised when somebody asks you where you head no prem owner wants him because he's been out the game too long.By who? Have you asked current prem owners and got that response? Seems to me Wolves offered him the job when they were a prem team, and some of the no-names who do get jobs (Steve Kean for instance) it seems more that Curbs just hasn't applied for many of the so called vacancies. I say so-called, because a lot are filled before the other guy is even out the door.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Curbs roll up at West Brom.
Oh, here we go again!
"have you asked all the current Prem owners"
Yes I have, each and every one, and i'm posting the response on a fans message board.
On reflection you are probably right and he will get a job any day now, ahead of no names like Steve Bruce and Pep somethingorother.
Sorry for expressing my opinion.0 -
Everything I say on here is my opinion - get used to it.
You have every right to express your opinion, but there are many phrases that are trotted out repeatedly on here that have no factual basis. This is just one of them, from what I can tell no club has ever said this, nobody in the media has said it who would actually know this is how club owners actually think, it's just repeated on here enough that it is believed. I'm sorry for questioning this blind belief. You didn't state it as an opinion, you stated he'd been out the game too long for a prem owner to appoint him. If that was just your opinion then at least make that clearer, otherwise don't be surprised when somebody asks you where you head no prem owner wants him because he's been out the game too long.By who? Have you asked current prem owners and got that response? Seems to me Wolves offered him the job when they were a prem team, and some of the no-names who do get jobs (Steve Kean for instance) it seems more that Curbs just hasn't applied for many of the so called vacancies. I say so-called, because a lot are filled before the other guy is even out the door.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Curbs roll up at West Brom.
Oh, here we go again!
"have you asked all the current Prem owners"
Yes I have, each and every one, and i'm posting the response on a fans message board.
On reflection you are probably right and he will get a job any day now, ahead of no names like Steve Bruce and Pep somethingorother.
Sorry for expressing my opinion.0 -
On BBC – sacked
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/180562820 -
If di matteo doesnt get the chelsea job i reckon he'll get this one if it's still vacant0
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Haven't read any other posts but am not surprised at this news.
I look at Villa as an "also ran" type of Premier Club these days - nothing to get excited about, no special players, dull as ditchwater and |I think their finishing position sums them up.
Shame that such a "big" old Club is nosediving ...Maybe need a big name Manager to turn them around.
Cue Ian Dowie ? (joke!)0 -
Does no one else think he's a touch unlucky, having had Darren Bent injured for a fairly lengthy amount of time? They'd more than likely have picked up an extra 'few' points if he was fit...0
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Does no one else think he's a touch unlucky, having had Darren Bent injured for a fairly lengthy amount of time? They'd more than likely have picked up an extra 'few' points if he was fit...
Sadly that is a managers lot, if the luck is against you, nobody says give him another season he was unlucky. Now if you are a legend ... cue dalglish
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If Bent had been fit, they'd have been higher and maybe McLeish would still be in a job. Since he got injured in early Feb, think they have only won 1 game and having to rely on Heskey and Agbonlahor for goals shows how weak they are without Bent.
Losing Petrov in March also meant they had to rely on youngsters, feel a bit for McLeish but his negative style of football would have tested the patience of any Villa fan regardless of his Brum connections.
They don't have a great deal of money to spend but there are some good solid Premiership players there, one or two good additions and they could be back in the top half.
How funny would it be if the job went to Steve Bruce!0 -
the 'unlucky' mcleish managed a 21% win ratio with villa and the worst home record in premiership history, collecting 19 points...and the football they played was boring too apparently....as their fans said 'its not where you came from, it's where you're taking us'...I'd say he's not all that as a premiership manager imo.0
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Lambert to Villa, Di Matteo to Norwich, Redknapp to Chelsea, Martinez to Spurs, Caldwell player manager at Wigan, Curbs to West Brom.
Right, what are the odds?0 -
Lambert to Villa, Di Matteo to Norwich, Redknapp to Chelsea, Martinez to Spurs, Caldwell player manager at Wigan, Curbs to West Brom.
Right, what are the odds?
Odds on.
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Di Matteo to Villa?0
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Was never going to work, I mean what club would appoint a manager who got their rivals relegated?
In all seriousness though, Lambert makes so much sense for them. Pretty sure he'd take it as well.0 -
Really i know Villa are a big club and certaintly bigger than Norwich. But with lambert being hot property would he want to go to a club
who dont want to spend and no real talent beyond Bent and Ireland. Just think he shud wait out for a better job, as norwich just seem
to have more about them in terms of quality and the way the club is run0 -
I would still say Villa have a better team than Norwich though, just McLeish is awful. I'm sure Lambert would take the likes of Makoun, N'Zogbia etc at Norwich in an instant. Maybe about the way the club is run but I think Villa will back their next manager if the wage bill has been trimmed a bit as even though O'Neill was great, they paid so much money to rubbish players like Habib Beye.0
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Was listening to talksport earlier some Villa fan wanted AVB0
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Really i know Villa are a big club and certaintly bigger than Norwich. But with lambert being hot property would he want to go to a club
Lambert is a very disloyal man, he dropped Colchester like a sack of spuds to get the Norwich job. I could see him being tempted easily by Villa which is idea for him. If it all goes wrong he can justifiably say they were a club in decline, if he can turn things around he'll be praised as a hero.
who dont want to spend and no real talent beyond Bent and Ireland. Just think he shud wait out for a better job, as norwich just seem
to have more about them in terms of quality and the way the club is run
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Trouble is villa regard themselves as a 'big club', and without Bent they have been lucky not to get relegated.
The ex manager was never going to be accepted by the villa fans, the rivalry is intense beetween villa and blues fans.
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I genuinly don't think the fact that he used to manage Birmingham was that big a part in it. If, for example, they got Houghton I think they'd be much more open to him as a manager. It's more an issue with he sets out his teams, and their style of play.0
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I genuinly don't think the fact that he used to manage Birmingham was that big a part in it. If, for example, they got Houghton I think they'd be much more open to him as a manager. It's more an issue with he sets out his teams, and their style of play.
I agree.
01 Given
03 Warnock (Baker - 81' )
05 Dunne
06 Collins
21 Clark Booked
24 Cuellar (Gardner - 66' )
30 Lichaj
07 Ireland Booked
31 Herd (Bannan - 46' )
11 Agbonlahor
18 Heskey
That was his last team selection, it contained 6 defenders in the team!
And i'm sure at one point in the season he played 7 defenders at home!0 -
At the time of his appointment I predicted it would end in tears and have been proven right.
To go out and appoint the manager of your local rivals after he has got them relegated? You wouldn't catch a club like Charlton doing such things...........................Oh wait a minute.................0 -
I genuinly don't think the fact that he used to manage Birmingham was that big a part in it. If, for example, they got Houghton I think they'd be much more open to him as a manager. It's more an issue with he sets out his teams, and their style of play.
Try telling that to a Villa supporter Rob.......
logic and reason really have little to do with it, Fan's at villa were unhappy when they had deadly Doug Ellis as chairman, they regarded themselves as the 'cock of the walk' in the midlands. Bit like Arsenal supporters, the season has been a 'failure' as the gap beetween them and spurs has not only narrowed but possibly eclipsed.0
