Randy sells American Birmingham City for $1 billion

[Yossarian]

Dear Santa

For Christmas I would like:
- A new stadium (built on the old one)
-  Messi
- A tractor

[Chipsticks]

Coulde not link the Holte with a new Witton and then a new North Stand leaving the Trinity on its own ? Would give a great atmosphere inside the ground.

I can't quite see the logic in buidling a new Witton lane?

Fill in the gap between the Holte and the Witton then redevelop the North Stand to meet up with the Witton.

Ah, that makes more sense. Thought you meant we should knock it down and build a new one!

[danlanza]

That is what he said when there were rumours that Lerner was going to sell Villa aswell.
Does that meen that there will be no extra finances for Villa ?

[danlanza]

Dear Santa

For Christmas I would like:
- A new stadium (built on the old one)
-  Messi
- A tractor

Whats the Messi thing ? I get the other two !!

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I like the stadium pretty much as it is. Four distinct sides to it with names to them.
Definitely don't want one of those that looks like a bog seat from above.

Develop the North Stand and rename it The Witton End!

Messi would be ok, ;-)

[jcsutv]

It makes me laugh how it is being spent before it has hit the bank account. My Dad never tells my Mom if he has a win as she 'thinks it lasts forever'. My other half spends it as soon as she sniffs it. Poor old Randy.

Actually we are talking a billion. Is it all relative?

[cdbearsfan]

For a billion dollars, I'd want Lionel Messi, Suzanne Virdee and my own spaceship and dinosaur.

[Kent Villian]

Working in Cleveland for a few months so have spoken to lots of locals about Randy & the Browns - the vast majority think highly of him for achieving moderate success when competing with the financial clout of the big boys in the states. He has left a very young team with lots of potential to make progress & a great stadium. As a side line I found out the other day why they are called the Browns - the kit is awful! The story goes that in the 40's they had a Cloughie type head coach called Brown, who over time became all powerful within the club. As part of his influence he persuaded the Board to officially name the team after himself - I am surprised Mr Ellis never thought of that one!!

[not3bad]

For a billion dollars, I'd want Lionel Messi, Suzanne Virdee and my own spaceship and dinosaur.

Triceratops?

[jcsutv]

Pterodactyl.

[not3bad]

Nice.  I wonder if you can teach them to talk?

[Mazrim]

A really terrible insult to Cleveland Browns fans. They've been rubbish for a long time but likening them to the Blues? Ouch.

[Richard Richard]

Working in Cleveland for a few months so have spoken to lots of locals about Randy & the Browns - the vast majority think highly of him for achieving moderate success when competing with the financial clout of the big boys in the states. He has left a very young team with lots of potential to make progress & a great stadium. As a side line I found out the other day why they are called the Browns - the kit is awful! The story goes that in the 40's they had a Cloughie type head coach called Brown, who over time became all powerful within the club. As part of his influence he persuaded the Board to officially name the team after himself - I am surprised Mr Ellis never thought of that one!!

Aston Ellis, I went to school with a guy named that.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Randy isn't as rich as you think he is. A billion dollars is ONLY about 700 million quid so he'll have to carry on being a Big Issue seller for the foreseeable future.

[junxs]

Doesn't a US billion have 1 zero less than a UK billion?