Aston Villa have sacked manager Alex McLeish after one season in charge.
So this is the latest headline from the "You should have seen that one coming department." Yesterday Aston Villa sacked manager Alex McLeish after finishing 16th in the EPL last season, just a breath away from relegation.
Villa's hire of McLeish after last season was somewhat controversial in and of itself. Gerard Houllier had left the team for health reasons, and McLeish had just won the League Cup with Birmingham City. Of course, Birmingham had also just been relegated, but that didn't seem to concern Villa. Perhaps they should have paid more attention.
According to ESPN, Villa's American owner *snort* flew into town yesterday after Villa lost 2-0 to Norwich on Survival Sunday. McLeish met with him and staff, and afterward the Villa website announced that his contract had been terminated.
Here's an editorial comment: Assuming ESPN is correct, if I owned an EPL team, and they were in danger of being relegated, I'd be in the stadium watching. I wouldn't be "flying in" the next day to sack the manager. What a joke.
Early favorites for the job include Wigan's Roberto Martinez and Norwich's Paul Lambert. Martinez has already dismissed the link and Norwich has said that any approach to Lambert would not be welcomed.
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