As we were awaiting confirmation last night of Alex McLeish’s appointment at Villa Park, the Birmingham Mail’s Mat Kendrick spoke with theScore’s Brendan Dunlop and Kristian Jack of The Footy Show podcast to share his reaction to events over the past week or so.

It’s an interesting insight so I’ve borrowed a little under five minutes from the final 16 minutes or so of the podcast which featured the interview with the man from the Mail. The clip picks up with Kristian and then Brendan brings Mat into the conversation and we stick around for the first couple of questions.

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You can find the full podcast, including the rest of the interview, at The Footy Blog here and subscribe on iTunes here. You can also follow @brendan_dunlop and @kristianjack on Twitter.