Goodbye Paul Faulkner.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Just heard on 5Live that Faulkner is to step down as Chief Executive.
Nothing on the OS at the moment.

[Gregorys Boy]

Just heard on 5Live that Faulkner is to step down as Chief Executive.
Nothing on the OS at the moment.

I guess this isn't really surprising, but thought it might wait until the new owners are in place.  Weather this is a sign of a deal becoming closer who knows.  Good luck to him.

[Dr Butler]

on the official site right now TLP....

[PaulWinch again]

That's interesting, does that imply things have moved along?

Either way thanks to Paul in terms on the commercial stuff he did for the club.

[Ger Regan]

Not sure how good this is in terms of signing new players tbh, regardless of what people think of his performance as CEO.

[Clampy]

It could mean something is in the pipeline in regards to the takeover but I doubt Randy would have issued yesterday's statement if something was close to being done. Interesting development none the less.

[Simon Ward]

I can see the headlines in the Mail "Villa in crisis"!

[RussellC]

To be perfectly honest, I have absolutely no idea if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Given the terrible business and football decisions that have been made at the club during Randy's tenure though, I think I'm leaning towards 'good'.

[glasses]

http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=39665.15

Just dug this out.

Who knew he was a Norwich fan.

Makes Lambert, Holt and Hoolahan make sense now!

[Ads]

I think this is bad news in terms of signings.

[glasses]

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~3973205,00.html

[Ads]

Robin Russel in temporary charge then. At elast he knows the club, but what he knows about transfers, beyond the cost of them, remains to be seen!

[cdbearsfan]

Good luck to him. Thought he got undeserved stick on here. Why people think a Chief Executive is likely to be in charge of things like appointing managers and deciding how much transfer money we have to spend I don't know. It's obvious that the Chairman is likely to be making decisions like that. Who'd spend hundreds of millions on a club and not even want to decide who the manager was?

He got us the biggest shirt sponsorship deal in our history, the biggest kit manufacturer deal in our history and generally modernised the presentation of the club... so you can now read all about Villa on our official Chinese website if you want to, for instance.

Hopefully his departure indicates that a deal may be completed at some point before Christmas.

[silhillvilla]

I see this as a positive. The guy was clueless and out of his depth. Don't let the door hit you on the arse on the way out.

[LeeB]

I think this is bad news in terms of signings.

Roy can handle any sensitive negotiations.