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Offline andyh

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« Last Edit: January 14, 2016, 12:08:28 PM by andyh »

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Re: New chairman
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2016, 12:06:22 PM »
Who?!

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: New chairman
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2016, 12:06:26 PM »
YEEEEEEEEESSSS!!!

A new signing!

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Re: New chairman
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2016, 12:06:56 PM »
Any locals know much about the fella? I'm intrigued as to how RL can operate "at a further distance". Perhaps he has a moon base.

Offline kiddylion

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Re: New chairman
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2016, 12:08:08 PM »
Can he play upfront?

Offline Chipsticks

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Re: New chairman
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2016, 12:08:25 PM »
This has come very out of the blue - my first thought was that Randy had stepped down, looks like this is instead part of him slowly distancing himself? This sounds like good news.

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Re: New chairman and Lerner ramblings
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2016, 12:11:24 PM »
Another businessman instead of a football manager.

More PR bullshit from Lerner

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Re: New chairman and Lerner ramblings
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2016, 12:13:13 PM »
Love this bit from our new chairman..
"As we have witnessed in the Premier League this year with other clubs - money no longer buys success."

Online Dave

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Re: New chairman and Lerner ramblings
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2016, 12:13:23 PM »
Quote
Lerner said: "That Aston Villa can and should operate in a far more stable and on a far more successful level, both in terms of football as well as commercially, is plainly clear. It is similarly clear that this great club has not been on stable footing for at least five years.

"In May of 2015 I again reiterated my intention to sell the club or, in the alternative, to shift to a Board governance structure that begins with the appointment of a new chairman; a chairman with a proven track record for getting into the thick of troubled organisations, working with embattled executives and getting results. Steve has taken the last six weeks to become familiar with the deeply serious predicament in which the club has found itself and has my total support to address the issues we face.”

Presumably those who were desperate to hear something from Lerner can now be happy and satisfied.

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Re: New chairman and Lerner ramblings
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2016, 12:13:33 PM »
Management by committee? It worked in the old days, the very old days that is!

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Re: New chairman and Lerner ramblings
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2016, 12:13:37 PM »
He's only come on loan until the end of the season because of the club's precarious PL position.

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Re: New chairman and Lerner ramblings
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2016, 12:13:52 PM »
This has come very out of the blue - my first thought was that Randy had stepped down, looks like this is instead part of him slowly distancing himself? This sounds like good news.

Apparently he is distancing himself further , where is he going the moon?  :P

Offline mattjpa

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Re: New chairman and Lerner ramblings
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2016, 12:13:55 PM »
Another businessman instead of a football manager.

More PR bullshit from Lerner

I dont want a football manager in the role of chairman, I want a successful businessman who will take the correct advice from the correct people regarding football matters

Offline David_Nab

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Re: New chairman and Lerner ramblings
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2016, 12:16:43 PM »
Another businessman instead of a football manager.

More PR bullshit from Lerner

Which current clubs have football people as Chairmen , none of the current top 4 do for starters

Online Dave

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Re: New chairman and Lerner ramblings
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2016, 12:16:45 PM »
Another businessman instead of a football manager.

Is there any club in the league whose chairperson is a "football manager"? If that's the key you'd have thought that people would be doing it more.

Edit: this appears to have been raised.
« Last Edit: January 14, 2016, 12:18:17 PM by Dave »

 


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