{"id":448776,"date":"2011-06-27T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/27\/alex-mcleish-vows-to-impart-his-personality-on-aston-villa\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T18:30:00","slug":"alex-mcleish-vows-to-impart-his-personality-on-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/27\/alex-mcleish-vows-to-impart-his-personality-on-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex McLeish vows to &#8216;impart his personality&#8217; on Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Richards<\/h3>\n<h4>27 Jun 2011 19:30:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.7637231504\">\n<div readability=\"18.5720930233\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL ; Alex McLeish - Gerard Houllier, Birmingham City v Aston Villa(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/121600\/121666_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL ; Alex McLeish &#8211; Gerard Houllier, Birmingham City v Aston Villa(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"12.4914965986\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/19100\/alex-mcleish\">Alex McLeish<\/a> has promised to stamp his authority on his new team when they report back for pre-season training on July 8.<\/p>\n<p>After three seasons under Martin O&#8217;Neill, and three successive sixth place finishes, Villa struggled last season in Gerard Houllier&#8217;s short stint at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>And McLeish, who arrives at Villa Park in controversial fashion from bitter rivals Birmingham City, is ready to increase the levels of character and spirit in the dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>He told the <em>Express and Star<\/em>: &#8220;I\u2019ve got to impart my personality on the team \u2013 the spirit and the character.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I can see that character in a lot of the guys that are already there. The seasoned pros should be the guys that are really leading the way. It\u2019s vitally important that these guys help the young ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I want my players to be straight up and honest and give everything they can for the football club and for themselves.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/27\/2550565\/alex-mcleish-vows-to-impart-his-personality-on-aston-villa\" title=\"Alex McLeish vows to 'impart his personality' on Aston Villa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex McLeish vows to &#8216;impart his personality&#8217; on Aston Villa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Richards 27 Jun 2011 19:30:00 EPL ; Alex McLeish &#8211; Gerard Houllier, Birmingham City v Aston Villa(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has promised to stamp his authority on his new team when they report back for pre-season training on July 8. After three seasons under Martin O&#8217;Neill, and three successive sixth place finishes, Villa struggled last season in Gerard Houllier&#8217;s short stint at the helm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alex McLeish vows to &#039;impart his personality&#039; on Aston Villa - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/27\/alex-mcleish-vows-to-impart-his-personality-on-aston-villa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Alex McLeish vows to &#039;impart his personality&#039; on Aston Villa - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Richards 27 Jun 2011 19:30:00 EPL ; Alex McLeish - Gerard Houllier, Birmingham City v Aston Villa(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has promised to stamp his authority on his new team when they report back for pre-season training on July 8. 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