Mervyn King joins the Board

[Locko]

Fuck off Hollis you c***. Happy enough to talk about a boardroom appointment, but completely silent after failing to back the manager. Twat.

This 👍

[Confusious says]

Mervyn King is a good appointment at least he is a Villa man, and can talk to Fox and Hollis
With more monatery knowledge than they have put together. I hope he can put the argument forward for speculating on the right players to buy in in order that the club can accumulate &
return to our former glories and enjoyable football to watch.  GOOD LUCK MERVYN at getting
your Way with the others

[Duncan Shaw]

I know it's another accountant, and I know they've been silent all week and deserve all the pelters they get, but I really don't see how this can be anything but a positive appointment.  A guy who has massive experience in calling others to account and a big fan to boot.  i wonder if he had been in place during the window whether he'd have let them wave the white flag so readily.

[Bottom Right 89]

Bloody hell - that's a cracking appointment, well done Steve Hollis.

[Clampy]

I haven't got too much of a problem with it. We've got someone there who loves the club and with financial expertise thrown in.

[DaveD]

It should put the asset stripping story to bed at least I suppose.

[andyh]

The only way an enhanced board can be of any benefit is they have any real power.
If Lerner is still pulling the strings, then we are fucked whoever is on the board.

And, judging by the last transfer window, it makes you wonder just who is making the strategic decisions.

[Chris Jameson]

Bloody hell - that's a cracking appointment, well done Steve Hollis.

Absolutely, really looking forward to him banging in a few goals starting on Saturday against Norwich.

[tomd2103]

I know it's another accountant, and I know they've been silent all week and deserve all the pelters they get, but I really don't see how this can be anything but a positive appointment.  A guy who has massive experience in calling others to account and a big fan to boot.  i wonder if he had been in place during the window whether he'd have let them wave the white flag so readily.

Agree. 

[gpbarr]

Easy to cast anything the board does in a bad light given recent form, but I think this is a good appointment - Villa fan, a lot of wealthy connections, and unlikely to sit and blithely watch Villa sink further.

[AlexAlexCropley]

This is a good thing.Lord Digby Jones next would be good.Let's get HS2 rerouted to B6.
Why not Lee Child on board to write the next Jack Reacher book:Inside Randy's Mind

[Monty]

To be fair, this is definitely someone who knows a thing or two about when to pump money into the system to stave off Armageddon.

[themossman]

He's a big fan of austerity too.

[cdward]

Does he still have his spare key to the mint?

[kippaxvilla2]

At least he has talked about getting us to being one of the top clubs in the world not the absolute dirge about fcukin shake ups that Fox Hollis came out with.