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talkSPORT using Guardiola as an example of fans not wanting a manager when he started but look at them now. Right, I expect world class players and subsequent outstanding football from here on in. Didn't think so.

The board have spoonfed us BS from day one if the appoint McLeish. Krulak might as well **** off to another forum as I can't see how he can expect us to believe any more shit from him. First we had the big statement about not letting the horrendous year under GH happen again, then came the statement saying that we have been researching non-stop for weeks to find the right candidate that fits the clubs traditions and ethos etc and now we hear nothing except a copied supposed statement from GK to a fan on another forum. If they lump for McLeish when Benitez and Hughes (who not only quit his job like AM but also was entitled to do so without issue) are free then the board can suck on my saggy ball sack.

The most depressing thing is that Mark Hughes is a free agent at the end of the month. Our board have massively **** up with this one. Mark Hughes is the best available candidate for the job and as we don't have to pay him anything to be our manager would be perfect for Randy's ethos of scrimping manager-wise. I feel sick at the thought of McLeish managing us next season.

General, go get Mark Hughes. We need Randy to do what is best for our club, not Fulham.

Hi General, Normally I like to be bought dinner before getting rodgered. Can I have a Balti Pie? I think if the rumours are true and McLeish is successful you will be making a big mistake. But then you guys didn't listen to the fans regarding Houllier either and instead chose to use your "advisors with football knowledge". When you see them next can you ask if they have any vacancies cos my wife is currently looking for a job and she knows **** all about soccerball?

McLeish will say yes. **** Faulkner will roll out the red carpet and it will get signed tomorrow. This is **** shit. Lowest scorers in the league last season, two relegations in 3 seasons and all glossed over by the luckiest cup win the world has ever known. I honestly can fathom how the board can be so **** retarded about this. I'm surprised they didn't interview Avram Grant the way this alleged manager "search" has gone. Maybe it's taken so long because RL has been waiting for AM to put together a cast iron case for quitting for free. I feel like i've woken up next to a really fat bird.

Hi General. Just want you to know that I still expect Randy to continue to make the right decisions by our club and, particularly with the last club statement in mind, it is obvious that appointing a manager who will distance the club from it's fans is certainly a massive gamble if what SSN are reporting is true. I don't think we've ever been in more of a state in my 20 years as a fan.

Are their sources the dude from the Mirror or Daily Mail? Christ why would Kendrick not be breaking this story? I just don't believe it just yet. If we end up paying SHA for a manager we don't want then Lerner is **** stupid.

If talkSPORT have announced this the club needs to act now if this is not true.

Why would Aston Villa release a statement saying that Moyes is staying at Everton? I didn't think the fan reaction for McLeish could get worse than what was put forward for McLaren but I actually think it's worse. It will not end well if he is appointed.

No it isn't. Managers have philosophies, how many managers in the game do you see change their way they manage clubs regularly depending on their club? Martinez doesn't get Wigan playing like Barca but he certainly gives a passing game a go because that's his style. McLeish is a very negative manager and it wouldn't change here. Maybe not to the extent, just like when O'Neill was at Leicester, we'd just see a slightly better game, mainly because we have better playes. We wouldn't see a change of style though from what McLeish usually manages. David Moyes uses negative tactics, so does Rafa Benitez - but i see loads of people wanting them here?? Whats the difference? Oh thats right...he managed blues. The difference is he managed to get Blues relegated twice, in 3 years. This is not good enough and no amount of excuses can justify that. He is not good enough for where we want to be and it is as simple as that. If the likes of Hughes & Benitez weren't available and willing to join us then McLeish maybe a viable option but he has not performed well at Birmingham. I fail to see how some people think that winning the League Cup, after a massive blunder by Arsenal's goalie, and then getting relegated whilst playing god awful football is some kind of achievement that we should covet at our club.

Do you have any idea how **** busy I am Arex McReish?

My favourite bit of this saga so far has been Pannu slandering us in the media saying that we have to pay them £5m or he will report us to the PL. So according to him we're guilty of tapping up his manager and is accusing RL of meeting AM in Corsica. We should sue his fat ass.

Just makes me wonder exactly what sort of power Al-Fayed has over Randy. Did he teach Karate as a teenager Mr Miyagi style? So we don't go for Jol, a free agent who would have been welcomed by a good % of fans, probably because Fulham were after him. And now that they have their 1st choice from last season, we still can't talk to Mark Hughes about the Villa job. Why show Fulham so much respect yet we shit on Peter Pannu's doorstep? Doesn't make sense to me, which is why I think the McLeish stories are just that. I think it would be a very bad move on the boards part to appoint McLeish just to say that they got one over on our biggest rivals. That would be grossly misreading the fans desires and would backfire as I'd imagine that most of the fans of Blues are happy to see him go.

Interesting how?? Its quite clear that the more balanced supporters are going to be drowned out by the boo boys Just like we were with GH. I'm a very balanced supporter and have never, and will never, boo my club. However, I would also not vote for McLeish. Purely because his football is rubbish and his track record when given funds is questionable at best. I would also prefer Mark Hughes to take the roll as although he is less successful, he comes with far less baggage. Apart from that nob-jockey Kia Joorabchian.

I think it is more than a rumour! BCFC say we have contacted them about him! Nope. What has happened so far is that BCFC contacted us asking us what our position on McLeish was now he had resigned. We e-mailed back saying that as he was a free agent we could speak to him if we wished to. That's it. Let's hope this is true.

I think we should go all out for someone like Poyet. **** it, we can't do any worse than McLeish so let's take a gamble on a lower league manager who oozes class and can continue the good work GH started from a footballing perspective. Evertonia1878 - I'm sure we won't get Moyes but don't believe everything you see on SSN. We may still go for Hughes and are just waiting for his contract wrangle to be sorted.

Our club has made one statement regarding the 8 managers we have been linked with so far, and that was because of Dave Whelan's big mouth. At the moment we should not make any statements as anything from our club will only justify Peter Pan's ranting. PANNU - "You pay me £5m or I take you to Premier Reague" FAULKNER - "**** Off."

Moyes was the "Meltdown" MM was talking about wasn't he?

SSN are such a bunch of fuckwits. So we have made an enquiry for AM and they want £5m for him. **** that. BBC WM are running with this story as if it's gospel. Will be mortified if this man is given the job.

How would our board know that AM would quit? What have we been doing for the last 2 weeks? I find it impossible to believe that we will hire McLeish as manager given how much of a risk it would be. We have just come off the back of a very difficult season under GH and the last thing we should do is hire a manager who is not backed by the majority of fans. Let's hope this is all a smokescreen.

There is no way Moyes will get a top 4 job. The media just assume it's the Top 4 plus Liverpool and Spurs and nobody else. We are a BIG club and a manger of Moyes' ability would jump at the chance to try and get us back to the glory days.

According to talkSHITE Randy is now in talks with Bob Bradley over the vacant manager's position. Well that would certainly fulfill the PL experience criteria.

This could be the turning point to what has been a horrible 12 months as a Villa fan. Moyes announced tomorrow and I'll definitely be getting sacked for shagging my laptop at work.

Not sure if this has been mentioned but the Everton fan who said Moyes is resigning tomorrow also set that there is an emergency Press Conference at Finch Farm tomorrow so this must be the reason for it. How true that is I don't know. I'd still think it's a massive **** up on RL's part if he hires McLeish given the morale highground we allegedly took over Hughes quitting. Moyes to Villa Coyle to Everton McLeish to Bolton MON to Birmingham.