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The 600 or so Villa fans who spent a couple of hours singing "Shit on the City" and "**** off Small Heath, the city is ours" last night haven't helped with the media's interpretation of things though. To be honest since he-who-must-not-be-named left it's been impossible to get anything helpful out of the media anyway

Good throwaway comment that, considering he passed his interview at Fulham a year ago

The thought of Mcleish and Faulkner's smug face with an absent Lerner is terrible. Our board have lost their **** minds and I fully expect the fans to turn on each other rather than trying to just get behind the club and staff. If they kick Sid out the backroom I'm going to be more steaming than I am now

It's the mirror, it must be at least >80% bollocks. If not then Flores and Rijaard came sniffing for this job, and we weren't interested. In which case, someone tell the board to get **** and flush this "Premiership experience" requirement down the bog.

They had **** better be.

Wont make an ounce of difference if he appoints Mcleish I get the feeling it's been extended because we're appointing Mcleish Unlike some, I don't find it embarrassing with this protesting. Randy needs to be told how unpopular this is. Although, for the first time ever since the 2006 takeover, I now genuinely think Lerner knows and is committing football suicide

It could tie in as to why Young's gone..Along with Friedel, Reo Coker and Downing most likely. I think MM was right...Its meltdown. :? He was certainly right about that. And he might have dropped a hint if it was someone to get excited about. Instead he said he didn't want to make a hint in any way shape or form - otherwise it would have leaked and cue the uproar. It also ties in with Shaun Teale randomly popping out with "gobsmacked if true" on twitter. Mystery Man didn't know about this. Infact he specifically said we would not go for McCleish at one point. The "meltdown" he was talking about was his guesswork that we were attempting to get Moyes, which was obviously unsuccessful. MM should get credit when he gets something right but he's had no idea about the goings on during this manager search. Think this is pretty much 100% spot on.

Not a great post (sorry, IMO ) Only because I don't think it's some fans gobbing off. It's +90%, and it's justified. Once it's all over with I will try and brush this under the carpet and just back my club. But it IS commercial suicide.

It could tie in as to why Young's gone..Along with Friedel, Reo Coker and Downing most likely. I think MM was right...Its meltdown. :? He was certainly right about that. And he might have dropped a hint if it was someone to get excited about. Instead he said he didn't want to make a hint in any way shape or form - otherwise it would have leaked and cue the uproar. It also ties in with Shaun Teale randomly popping out with "gobsmacked if true" on twitter.

Yes, our first signing once McLeish is in place will be Rory Delap. I know an interesting fact about Rory Delap... hmm, can't seem to remember it. Allow me to help you- he was born on the 6th of July, 1976 :winkold:

i think you need to s t f u I think you need to calm down and move away from the keyboard, internet warrior. i think you should support blues if you want to suck off mccliesh so much Stop picking fights with everyone and acting like a word removed. Grow up FFS. This. Plus I don't want McCleish anywhere near our club. And by 'our club', I mean Villa because I'm not a knuckledragger.

i think you need to s t f u I think you need to calm down and move away from the keyboard, internet warrior.

1. In a very early draft of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones carried brass knuckles instead of a bullwhip. 2. Adolph Hitler played chess daily. He always played the white pieces, and insisted on being allowed to replace one of his bishops with a second queen. 3.The striped mittenfish, a deepwater species recently discovered in the Java Sea, can change its sex at will by turning its entire body inside out.

Yes our next manager should be all of those things and if McLeish takes the job then he may very well tick all of those boxes. But he must also get results on the pitch and the evidence to date suggests that may not happen. As well as obviously taking the noses down twice, he managed to 'guide' Rangers to 3rd in the SPL. Quite an impressive achievement in a 2 team league. Being a 'good manager' is a much more important box to tick than the size of the man's cojones or his ambition. And that's the point here. He just doesn't appear to me to be someone worth chasing, ignoring his association with them. So let's cut to tomorrow's headline: "Lerner crumbles to supporter pressure.......again!" Realistically, who next? Well, I thought that Big 'Eck would be the most unlikely in the odds when this circus started. So, it can only be someone who originally had longer odds. It's either Tony Morley being unveiled in a truimphant return or it's Trevor Francis.

No it's not. We're not the boy scouts. so what is it then you smart arse prick It's "Prepared". Your sincerely, Smart Arse Prick esq This has to be the most simple ownage I have ever seen.

Oh look, another board arse-licker. Here we go. Claret and blue on claret and blue time. Round 1, ding ding ding ding. I expect more will follow

The possibility of that statement being true REALLY fills me with sadness.

It has been asked on here before, but McCleish only quit last week. What the **** have we been doing before this? Why have we thrown "the shortlist" in the bin and jumped for McMuppet at the first chance? Something STINKS about this sorry fiasco.

**** hell, joke's over now Lerner. Get Hughes in now.

So, that's twice it's happened then? The board are so clever they invent the McClaren link and then this? I think it might be backfiring on them. Oh, wait...news just in from Twitter that Ancelloti has cancelled his holiday and is on his way to Corsica...

Brilliant!

I've just read this. My God I hope he knows what he's doing.

two words to calm this insanity: CLUB STATEMENT. ..and not one that says "wait, be patient". An actual snippet of info to calm the nerves.

This is true - it will be to bail them out. OK, understand all this. But why should we give them any **** money to help them out. They're desperate, they caused it. Sod 'em, and stuff your manager. I know we might be portrayed in the media now as "nobody is good enough for Villa fans" but, come ON! I don't think we even contemplated this

I think it is more than a rumour! BCFC say we have contacted them about him! Agree. If it's a rumour then please explain generals comments, thanks.