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Online dave.woodhall

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Press etc
« on: March 05, 2012, 09:42:59 AM »

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2012, 09:53:27 AM »
Good.

Offline Chris Harte

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2012, 10:29:16 AM »
"I daresay the same was thought in Blackburn when the Venkys took over."
...and in Aston when Lerner pitched up with a marketing team making proclaimations about Bright Futures.

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2012, 10:43:40 AM »
I don't want Randy to sell because he's not rich enough and I don't doubt that he wants the Villa to do well. 

It's more to do with the way we lack direction and his appalling selections when it comes to football Managers.  With better selections and we could've spent less and achieved more.

I'm sure he's a great guy but I don't think he's cut out for English Premier League football ownership. 
« Last Edit: March 05, 2012, 10:45:29 AM by OzVilla »

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2012, 10:47:00 AM »
"I daresay the same was thought in Blackburn when the Venkys took over."
...and in Aston when Lerner pitched up with a marketing team making proclaimations about Bright Futures.


...then put in £200 million.

Offline Duncan Shaw

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2012, 10:52:51 AM »
Another nail on head article Dave.  Mind you, it must be easy to write, do you just use the same template every week at the moment?

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2012, 10:55:07 AM »
Another nail on head article Dave.  Mind you, it must be easy to write, do you just use the same template every week at the moment?

It's harder to write the same thing every week than find fresh angles. Oh for the days when we had Collymore, Curcic, Bosnich & Milosevic in the same team.

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2012, 11:02:32 AM »
"I daresay the same was thought in Blackburn when the Venkys took over."
...and in Aston when Lerner pitched up with a marketing team making proclaimations about Bright Futures.


...then put in £200 million.

how much of that £200m was in the form of loans which the club has to pay with back with interest to RAL?

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2012, 11:08:40 AM »
"I daresay the same was thought in Blackburn when the Venkys took over."
...and in Aston when Lerner pitched up with a marketing team making proclaimations about Bright Futures.


...then put in £200 million.

how much of that £200m was in the form of loans which the club has to pay with back with interest to RAL?

We'll have to see when the time comes. See earlier comments on this subject.

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2012, 11:14:55 AM »
He's already written about half off/swapped it for equity.

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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2012, 03:39:12 PM »
I don't like to get sucked into moaning about the media having it in for us post MON era but two comments over the weekend really wound me up. Firstly, even though a number of people in the various media named their goalkeeper as man of the match and it was them who got a late eqaualiser, apparently "Villa snatched a draw at Blackburn". Secondly, although we got a point and of the five teams we have below us by a reasonable number of points, two equalled our point and the other three lost, "Villa got sucked deeper into relegation trouble". Then just when you think you can rely on DW and The Birmingham Press for accuracy, he goes and spells Noel Brotherston's name wrong (sorry, can't do winky's or smiley's)!

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2012, 04:45:51 PM »
Good article, Dave. While we've obviously been left behind by teams like Chelsea and Man City, many feel that being owned by a billionaire owner like Abramovich, with his 8 managers in 9 years, is a not price worth paying for success. In any case, as Blackburn fans have discovered, there aren't many such owners and perhaps never will be. What is more important is that we are able to compete with teams like Newcastle, Everton and Spurs who haven't got super-rich backers and that Randy ensures that we have the right management team, on and off the field, to achieve this. Perhaps we have. In O'Neill's first season we went through a dreadful period at this time of year. Despite our good start, after 27 games we had won 7 and had 32 points (which would have been our position today if it hadn't been for Paul Robinson!). I haven't made my mind up about McLeish, but I can see the argument for letting him build his own squad in the summer. It will be interesting to see to what extent Randy, who is not super-rich but probably better off than most PL owners, will back him financially.

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2012, 07:37:06 PM »
Always enjoy reading your pieces on a Monday, Dave.

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2012, 07:42:11 PM »
Aren't the majority of Spurs' shares owned by a multi-billionaire financier? I forget his name.

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Re: Press etc
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2012, 07:49:28 PM »
Joe Lewis?

 


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