Mantis Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I was very against his appointment mainly for his atrocious record with Blues but I somewhat warmed to him as he set about his task with what I viewed as courage in the face of the opposition. After watching his performances in the past week though, he has lost me totally. The contrast between his after-match rambling excuses for the disgraceful team performance today and Mick McCarthy's apology to Wolves fans was marked. McLeish is a man under pressure and the mask is slipping. Singling out Ireland and N'Zogbia when they were beginning to show form was inexplicible. Picking Heskey in midfield, Hutton and Collins getting a free pass despite costing us every time they set foot on the pitch is depressing. He needs to go NOW!I agree. It also pisses me off that people keep on going on about how he's a nice man. He's not. Oh yeah, and most importantly of all he's a diabolical manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 its getting the stage where you can't beleive a word he says:- 1. Iam not a negative manager 2. We working hard in training - things will change.. and his biggest whopper 3.I believe i will be spending big in the summer Yeah right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didiersix Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I just want this nightmare to end. Amen brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 He made some bad decisions as manager today and doesn't seem to recognise that. One thing he did get right was dropping Warnock and not bringing him on as sub when Dunne was injured. Give him a bit of cfor that, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didiersix Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I didn't see the game today but Sir Graham Taylor was a bit perplexed by Our tactics from the off on radio 5. Especially the Heskey on right wing thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 He made some bad decisions as manager today and doesn't seem to recognise that. One thing he did get right was dropping Warnock and not bringing him on as sub when Dunne was injured. Give him a bit of cfor that, I suppose.I thought it was a good move (Cuellar was solid at LB) but with him it's always 1 step forward 2 steps back. He made the right decision by dropping Warnock but then plays Heskey on the wing and sets up to to draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 As soon as I saw Heskey's name in the starting line up I knew we were ****! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottie_villa Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 The Next four games will prove McLeish's worth as manager, away to Wigan & Blackburn, then at home to Fulham & Bolton.. Think we should wait off judgement til then, no shame in losing to top of the table 1-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 The Next four games will prove McLeish's worth as manager, away to Wigan & Blackburn, then at home to Fulham & Bolton.. Think we should wait off judgement til then, no shame in losing to top of the table 1-0. The shame doesn't come from losing 1-0 to the team that are top of the table. The shame comes from not even trying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 no shame in losing to top of the table 1-0. thats our biggest problem, there was no shame in losing to utd or liverpool on paper either but its only half the story, we are so bad its embarrassing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmarsha_926 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 McLeish is not the problem but he is part of a bigger problem and it is very harsh to say he is the only problem. Here is what I think our problems are - Our back 4 is inconsistent. - We only have Ireland who is comfortable passing the ball - Gabby is not 100% fit leaving N'Zogbia with our only pace out wide - Our fullbacks are not good enough and they need help from the wingers, Our wingers don't have the defensive abilities to help - Manager not playing to what strengths we do have - Players lacking the confidence especially at home - Lack of investment on new players this season and having in 5 mangers in 2 years Under MON we had a good back four to soak up pressure, we had Milner and Barry who could keep the ball and pace on the wings. That is why counter attacking football worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The Next four games will prove McLeish's worth as manager, away to Wigan & Blackburn, then at home to Fulham & Bolton.. Think we should wait off judgement til then, no shame in losing to top of the table 1-0. Theirs no shame in losing to any team.......as long as OUR team plays to win.Playing not to lose at home is a disgrace to all Villa fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Anyone got a link to his post match interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The Next four games will prove McLeish's worth as manager, away to Wigan & Blackburn, then at home to Fulham & Bolton.. Think we should wait off judgement til then, no shame in losing to top of the table 1-0. The manner of he defeat suggests otherwise. At home we should go out with the belief that we can win. Today we were not set up to even try, and for that reason there is shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I didn't see the game today but Sir Graham Taylor was a bit perplexed by Our tactics from the off on radio 5. Especially the Heskey on right wing thing. it was so we could play long diagonal balls up to him and he could beat kolarov and flick it on to bent/keane for us to score the fact that we can't accurately play diagonal balls / man city doubled up on heskey and constantly beat him in the air / bent and keane played 20m away from him probably wasn't shown on ecks drawing board god knows why Mancini didn't go with Richards and clichey today we'd have been slaughtered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelboyVilla Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Anyone got a link to his post match interview? Try Skysports mate! It well worth a watch? The guy is a deluded fucktard, he thinks the tactics and set up of the side were excellent today!!??? According to him we were 'unlucky' not to get a point? I think he was watching another game to the rest of us!! He was very defensive though and the guy from sky kept asking him what we need to do to break the poor run of home games we have had? Eck said win the next one? Sky Guy asked 'How you going to do that'! You could see the hate on Eck's face and hear the pressure in his voice! The ginger prick is starting to crack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanO Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Gutted, Another spineless weak poor home performance brought to us by Mcluless and co. **** off now, Lerner you must be stupid after spending a fortune on Villa you let people like this dog into the club. If you (Lerner) can't do the right thing then you too need to **** off and get someone in who can! We are now in a massive battle to stay up, if we do stay up I very much doubt it will have anything to do with Mclueless's tactic's and a lot to do with how bad those teams below us are. I have no problem with losing a game, that's football but this continual giving up before a ball is kicked really pisses me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 He made some bad decisions as manager today and doesn't seem to recognise that. One thing he did get right was dropping Warnock and not bringing him on as sub when Dunne was injured. Give him a bit of cfor that, I suppose.I thought it was a good move (Cuellar was solid at LB) but with him it's always 1 step forward 2 steps back. He made the right decision by dropping Warnock but then plays Heskey on the wing and sets up to to draw. I know, freaking frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Finally seen McLeish's post match interview, if people defend him after that then there is no hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Bar the last 5 minutes we didn't even try, Still McLeish is probably quite pleased since that was the plan all along. Really really HATE to say i told you so, McLeish is the most predictable sorry excuse for a manager this league will ever see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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