Delphinho123

I actually spoke with someone who works at the ticket office just a few days back. He was telling me how difficult his job had become this season compared to the last couple. They simply arent taking calls for renewals and purchases and instead are filling there day by ringing current ST holders asking them to renew. He mentioned how it had just become cold calling and a real call centre vibe. ST renewals are around the 6,000 mark he thinks but doesnt actually have access to the exact number. The funniest thing he mentioned was how fans actually take their frustration out on him over the phone as is its his fault Mcleish is the manager! I can honestly see the club only selling 12-14 thousand season tickets next year if Mcleish isnt removed from his position next week.

Season ticket sales alone will be the bullet that finishes Mcleish. No manager can survive the staggering acheivement of single handedly driving away 10,000 season ticket holders. Thats his Comp. package right there. UTV.

Benjamin Massing's foul is the best.

And yet you have a love-in with the manager who could potentially bring him here!! Idiot.

Idiot. Ill let someone else tell him why.

Anyone with half a brain who watches football can see that the job McLeish has done has been completely unacceptable. We have a right to be angry. What's your view on the players this season, are you happy with the shift they've put in CI, Your posts are almost as embarrassing as Mcleish' post match interviews. I dont know who's more deluded. You or him.

"I have taken a lot of weight on my shoulders this season. I was happy to take pressure off the players. I am not going to again next season though. They better get their fingers out" Such a Martyr. We should just blame all the players, all the young players, anybody but him.

You don't half talk some rubbish sometimes. What does that even mean? Are you stating that we're definitely going to be relegated in your opinion, despite that facts are on our side like QPR's poor away record and Man City's amazing home form this season? Add to that that QPR will also need to pick up points from their other game which isn't a given and Bolton will too. It's all still up in the air at the moment, no-one knows what will happen but it's looking more favorable that we'll stay up than go down so stop being such a drama-queen. In five minutes you'll have changed your opinion anyway. Its provocative. Gets the people goin'

i seem to recall that he tried to bed martinez and he said no. True. But different circumstances this time. I believe Martinez is out of contract? And also, there may be money to spend this time as the wage bill will have been reduced slightly. Hopefully its Martinez anyway.

Martinez for me. Would signal a move away from this ancient philosophy of kicking it as high and far as we can and hoping Heskey wins the header. Martinez has done terrific things at Wigan and he comes across as a bloody nice guy in interviews as well. He would have my 100% support from the off and would love to see what he could do with our younger players. Think he could work wonders with Stephen Ireland as well. Go and get Him Randy. You massive bell end.

It was annoying I agree. The media were the worst. I remember listening to a talksport phone in the day after he was hired and I wanted to tear my hair out. They were banging on about how he deserved a chance because of his success in Scotland and how he beat France as Scotland manager. It was crazy. Any honest football fan with a scrap of knowledge knew this would never work out. He was doomed the moment he arrived at Bodymoor Heath. The man is/was a failure of a manager. He will never succeed as a coach. He is to football what Colonel Mustard is to Cluedo. A right prick.

You know, I would have massive respect for Alex Mcleish if he walked at the end of the season. As silly as that may sound. I hate the bloke as a manager, I think he is downright awful and Im starting to think even he is realising it. A lot of the media have picked up on his body language at the Albion match stating he looked like a beaten man. I hope more than most this bloke leaves at the end of the season. But If he resigns and takes the decision away from Villa, saving us millions of pounds in compensation then part of me will have a lot of respect for the man. I mean, as bad as he is (and he is ****' bad) who wouldnt have taken the job in his position? The chances of him succeeding were slim to none and he probably knew that but on a big contract managing a massive club, he was perfectly within his right to take the job. It was Lerner who was the idiot even offering this sad excuse for a manager the position. You know, I still cant believe it ever happened... But, Like Ive said, If he walks, holds his hands up and admits he couldnt hack the job, Ill respect the man. The chances of that happening are slim though, I mean, who would walk away from millions of pounds...? You idiot Lerner. UTV.

Im not so sure you know. They will require funds but maybe not the 'fortune' you state. I look at the team for next season and I see.... ---------------------Bent---------------------- Gabby------------Ireland-------------N-zogbia ---------------Herd-----?---------------------- ?-------------Clark--------?-------------Lichaj --------------------Given----------------------- A couple of shrewd signings. Maybe 1 or 2 big money 7/8m pound players and we will have a decent team again. We havent got a 17th/18th place squad, more like a 10th place squad. Dont be fooled into thinking we have a poor team just because Mcleish has dumbed down any expectations you might have of ever seeing decent football at Villa again. A couple of decent signings and the right management/tactics and we will be ok again. We might not be europa league standard yet, but something to build on. Mcleish Out.

Could it be that they wanted a 'Patsy' and he fit the bill perfectly? I just think its tremendously senile for the man to honestly stand there and claim he has 'got through tough jobs like this before'. I suppose he is right. Only problem is Alex, you always ended up in a division below the one you were supposed to be in you fat ginger cretin.

"They realise the tough job I've got and perhaps that's why they've chosen me because they've seen me getting through tough jobs like this before." Anyone care to pick apart this statement? I woke up with a chuckle when reading this anyway.

Another idiot. Any normal people want to ring in? Pacbuddies?

That was indeed funny. He didnt have a clue how to respond. Cretin. Liverpool fans shouldnt be allowed to pass judgement on anything. In fact, they shouldnt even be allowed to vote.

Scouser on now. Another idiot.

Why is it only spastics ringing in? Can someone normal please ring in? Noone's blaming the kids. Dingles... etc. The only people ringing in are idiots.

That dingle was a ****' idiot

I dont think we will go down. I think we will survive by default. I just cant see the other 4 teams below us all doing enough to leap frog us. That said, there is a very real chance it could happen and if it does then Que sera sera. Randy Lerner came to this club and inherited a very poor football team. He has spent circa 150m pounds on the club and 5/6 years down the road now has a team of less ability than the one he started with. Staggering. In Alex Mcleish, Villa have potentially the worst manager to have ever graced the division. Hideous to all 5 senses the man will take us down next season if not this one. The mans position was untenable the day he stepped foot into villa park and this hasn't changed since. Every football fan knew it was a disaster the moment the decision was announced yet Mr Lerner decided he knew best and paid Birmingham City for the privilege. The club is a complete shambles from head to toe. If we go down, it will be no more than Lerner deserves, its just a shame the great fans of this club have to witness it. Mr Lerner/Alex Mcleish will eventually leave this club with millions of pounds in there pockets and we will be left to pick up the pieces. AVFC is rotten down to the core. Up the Villa. Mcleish/Lerner Out.

Looking at others fixtures and our goal difference, I think a draw against Bolton will see us safe. If we lose, I think we will go down. I personally wouldnt mind losing though, it will really crank up the pressure on that ginger spastic.

:!: That does nothing to confirm anything.

Hold on a minute....what happens if Bolton beat us?

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