Alex Mcleish

[OSRGull]

Clueless as always.

Hows that Barnes bet coming on?

Yes as always..

Not good clearly..

 

[piersa]

A bizarre sacking and a very shite appointment in theory. They will alienate the fans if they appoint Mcleish if they have not alienated them already.

 

[Driver8]

Well that will be one less team to worry about.

 

[piersa]

I cannot believe it. How stupid can you get. They have actually appointed McLeish. Nuts. Utterly insane. They cannot have ever seen his teams

 

[The Modfather]

Thought Forest were looking good for a play-off place but they are out of the equation now.

 

[vegster]

Wow, if ever anyone needed to be reminded that football is a rule unto itself, this appointment is it.

 

[greyseagull]

As Peter Andre would say, "this is insania..."

 

[Stat Brother]

I can't work out if O'Driscoll would be peed off, that he'd be replaced by McLeish, of all people.

Or pretty chuffed that he's quickly got out of the asylum, with a big wodge of cash.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

This is hilarious! Who will Blackburn appoint now, Sven?

 

[Stat Brother]

This is hilarious! Who will Blackburn appoint now, Sven?

Steve Keane?

 

[Marxo]

Looks like the more foreign owners the better. Anyone that would criticize our local born, Albion fan owner should have their head examined!

 

[Acker79]

I don't know what I feel about this. I didn't realise mcleish was so poorly thought of. I knew he didn't do well at Villa, but he is a former premier league, and scottish premier league manager, whereas when I think of o'driscoll I think of him as a manager of bournemouth crawley and doncaster, so thought it can't be that bad an appointment. But then all the texts they're reading out on ssn from Forest fans seem to be upset with it, on here there seems to be disbelief that anyone would refer to his appointment as "decent", which isn't exactly getting carried away with praise.

 

[Albion Dan]

Just heard this and having a couple of Forest supporting mates am Loving it! This is right up there with the appointment of the Wally with the Brolly. Yet another bunch of utterly clueless foreign owners doing a good job of blowing tons of cash!

 

[Finchley Seagull]

I don't know what I feel about this. I didn't realise mcleish was so poorly thought of. I knew he didn't do well at Villa, but he is a former premier league, and scottish premier league manager, whereas when I think of o'driscoll I think of him as a manager of bournemouth crawley and doncaster, so thought it can't be that bad an appointment. But then all the texts they're reading out on ssn from Forest fans seem to be upset with it, on here there seems to be disbelief that anyone would refer to his appointment as "decent", which isn't exactly getting carried away with praise.

It depends on how you look at his career. I really don't rate him but you could say he got Birmingham promoted to the Premier League and won the League Cup with them and also won the SPL and the cups with Rangers. However, the alternate side is that you have a 1 in 2 chance of winning the SPL when at Rangers, he took Birmingham down from the Premier League twice and was awful at Villa.

I was surprised that Forest sacked O'Driscoll and was even more shocked to hear McLeish got the job. Would be furious if I was a Forest fan now!

 

[Driver8]

I don't know what I feel about this. I didn't realise mcleish was so poorly thought of. I knew he didn't do well at Villa, but he is a former premier league, and scottish premier league manager, whereas when I think of o'driscoll I think of him as a manager of bournemouth crawley and doncaster, so thought it can't be that bad an appointment. But then all the texts they're reading out on ssn from Forest fans seem to be upset with it, on here there seems to be disbelief that anyone would refer to his appointment as "decent", which isn't exactly getting carried away with praise.

He has a disastrous record in England and his teams play shit boring football. I can't see any positives at all.

He may have won titles with Rangers but with their budget at the time so could you or I.

 

[greyseagull]

I don't know what I feel about this. I didn't realise mcleish was so poorly thought of. I knew he didn't do well at Villa, but he is a former premier league, and scottish premier league manager, whereas when I think of o'driscoll I think of him as a manager of bournemouth crawley and doncaster, so thought it can't be that bad an appointment. But then all the texts they're reading out on ssn from Forest fans seem to be upset with it, on here there seems to be disbelief that anyone would refer to his appointment as "decent", which isn't exactly getting carried away with praise.

I think the problem that most Forest fans have is that they believe SOD had, despite some inconsistent results, had implemented a style of play that sits well with the ethos of their club. Whereas they think AM plays more long ball tactics. Either way, if he wins the first five games playing any style of football then he will be classed as a hero and the saviour. Fickle football fans, eh? Remember the uproar of West Ham fans when Big Sam took over? Didn't last long did it?!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Poor negative tactics/style of football....... Feel sorry for any club that has to go through what Villa did..... Hope they are looking forward to 1 in the oppositions box and the rest in their own....

Villa have suffered from the Yank losing interest, haven't they?

 

[BensGrandad]

The simple test of opinion is to ask yourself if Gus left would you want him as the next BHA manager Simple answer from me is NO,.

 

[piersa]

I don't know what I feel about this. I didn't realise mcleish was so poorly thought of. I knew he didn't do well at Villa, but he is a former premier league, and scottish premier league manager, whereas when I think of o'driscoll I think of him as a manager of bournemouth crawley and doncaster, so thought it can't be that bad an appointment. But then all the texts they're reading out on ssn from Forest fans seem to be upset with it, on here there seems to be disbelief that anyone would refer to his appointment as "decent", which isn't exactly getting carried away with praise.

Too much Xmas punch?

 

[BensGrandad]

BBC Sport says McLeish appointed and will take over tomorrow after a press conference.