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Offline Smirker

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2016, 05:47:53 PM »
Nike kit deal. A couple of nice shirts.
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Offline Big Dick Edwards

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2016, 05:56:47 PM »
He hasn't erected a statue of Michael Jackson outside Villa Park.
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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2016, 05:58:59 PM »
The Acorns shirts.
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Offline The Man With A Stick

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2016, 06:00:18 PM »
Two cracking nights out in Prague.
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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2016, 06:01:31 PM »
The initial buzz and lifting , and change ,of atmosphere and investment in training facilities and Hole pub etc. The team in his early days and The General was pretty unique. It's a shame it wasn't long term.
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Offline ExclDawg

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2016, 06:05:25 PM »
I don't know how anyone can look on the 2006-2010 years and not smile.  Everything since has been pretty dire. 

Like I said in the Lerner thread, he sort of went all in those first few years, hoping O'Neil could pull off a Champs League appearance and Americans would buy into the Premiere League.  Unfortunately, neither really panned out, and it's been a disaster since.
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Offline SteveD

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2016, 06:11:09 PM »
He reconnected with our past but unfortunately we're not a theme park or a heritage project. The "proud history" is still be rammed down our throats at every opportunity but is hard to digest when you look at how far we've fallen. So his legacy will be turning Villa into a museum. But one decreasing numbers will want to visit.
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Offline saunders_heroes

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2016, 06:12:08 PM »
Quote from: ASHTONVILLA on March 07, 2016, 05:58:59 PM
The Acorns shirts.

Yes, I'd forgotten about this. A really nice touch.
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Offline class-of-82

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2016, 06:35:08 PM »
For stopping to have a chat with me in London for about 20 minutes just a few yards from where his pad is after mon left, his phone rang 6-7 times but he said they can wait we are talking about the villa.
I was on cloud 9 for ages
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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2016, 06:39:35 PM »
acorns
Holte Pub refurbishment
Bodymoor Heath upgrade
The hope at the outset
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Offline Steve67

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #25 on: March 07, 2016, 06:44:43 PM »
Quote from: Legion on March 07, 2016, 06:39:35 PM
acorns
Holte Pub refurbishment
Bodymoor Heath upgrade
The hope at the outset

Totally this. Until we realised that MON wasn't good enough to press the flesh of those at the top table, we had some real hope and people took the name of Aston Villa seriously.
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Offline brian green

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #26 on: March 07, 2016, 06:45:52 PM »
Inviting my son to join him at his restaurant table and talk about Villa for half an hour.
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Offline Chris Harte

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #27 on: March 07, 2016, 06:50:31 PM »
The Holte Hotel.
The European Cup mural in the Lower Holte.
Finishing the Trinity Road.
Upgrading the training ground.
Four trips to Wembley.
Giving us hope for a time that we could be back, competing in the big time.

Looks like we may be about to suffer for it bigstyle, mind.
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Offline Lucky Eddie

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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2016, 06:52:03 PM »
The scarf
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Re: Positives from the Lerner era
« Reply #29 on: March 07, 2016, 06:52:58 PM »
Which one?
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