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Offline kippaxvilla2

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #600 on: August 24, 2018, 11:14:03 PM »
Got to love this bitterness.

Alan Nixon
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How the fk have Villa gone from being up shit Creek financially to signing players?
Surely if they don’t go up this season they are totally fucked Alan?
They can’t afford to keep doing this.

Knowing their fans they’ll want Bruce sacked if there’s a run of 3 draws

Offline kippaxvilla2

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #601 on: August 24, 2018, 11:15:03 PM »
For the 122nd time we haven’t breached FFP.

Offline robbo1874

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #602 on: August 25, 2018, 08:34:15 AM »
The whole takeover from day one appeared to be a way of him stepping aside and being eased out quietly and diplomatically over a short period of time without shoving him through the exit door too quickly so he could retain some pride and respect. I think he had the best of intentions but just wasn't up to running a football club. I shudder to think exactly how bad things could have got on and off the pitch without the takeover. Aside from our new owners clearly being rich I was delighted they also had experience of running a sports team.
we’re all guessing really, but this is how I see it Damo. I do believe Dr T had good intentions, but was out of his depth. Looks like he’s found a (relatively) cheap and face-saving exit door.

Offline brian green

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #603 on: August 25, 2018, 08:40:38 AM »
FWIIW I think Tony Xia fell into exactly the same trap as Randy Lerner.  He had the wrong people around him.  By and large opportunistic careerists who exploited both owners' naivety.

Offline robbo1874

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #604 on: August 25, 2018, 08:43:34 AM »
Got to love this bitterness.

Alan Nixon
Alan Nixon
@reluctantnicko
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New owners means new money. And a new gamble.
Quote Tweet
Charlie Hicks
@CharlieYidz
Replying to @DC_32212 and @reluctantnicko
How the fk have Villa gone from being up shit Creek financially to signing players?
Surely if they don’t go up this season they are totally fucked Alan?
They can’t afford to keep doing this.

Knowing their fans they’ll want Bruce sacked if there’s a run of 3 draws

To be fair- he’s right about the last bit! #ficklevillafansfromtheshiresintheirrangerovers 😉

Offline robbo1874

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #605 on: August 25, 2018, 08:49:00 AM »
FWIIW I think Tony Xia fell into exactly the same trap as Randy Lerner.  He had the wrong people around him.  By and large opportunistic careerists who exploited both owners' naivety.
I think you’re on the money there too Brian. Who was that ****** from arsenal- Tom Fox ? Had me hook line and sinker. I do wonder where my natural healthy Villa fan cynicism disappeared to when they got him in. I put it down to pure desperation that everything was going to be alright.

Offline brian green

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #606 on: August 25, 2018, 08:53:28 AM »
Me too.

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #607 on: August 25, 2018, 09:17:27 AM »
FWIIW I think Tony Xia fell into exactly the same trap as Randy Lerner.  He had the wrong people around him.  By and large opportunistic careerists who exploited both owners' naivety.

spot on

and the new owners will either rise or fall on their recruitment record

Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #608 on: August 25, 2018, 09:19:36 AM »
Fox had some good ideas on how to organise us into a modern business entity. He just didn't have the football experience to put it into practice.

Offline Risso

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #609 on: August 25, 2018, 09:20:20 AM »
Fox had some good ideas on how to organise us into a modern business entity. He just didn't have the football experience to put it into practice.

The bloke was a fucking idiot.

Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #610 on: August 25, 2018, 09:27:00 AM »
Fox had some good ideas on how to organise us into a modern business entity. He just didn't have the football experience to put it into practice.

The bloke was a fucking idiot.

We will have to agree to disagree. He was far from stupid but had nowhere near the required experience to dig us out of the shit.

Offline Risso

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #611 on: August 25, 2018, 09:32:35 AM »
He was an unmitigated disaster.  He made Tim Sherwood (who he appointed, lest we forget) look like a beacon of intelligence and competence.  Fox was just about the worst senior exec we've ever had, and given some of the numpties of late, that's quite an accolade.  False Narrative arsehole.

Offline themossman

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #612 on: August 25, 2018, 09:37:50 AM »
Just to confirm Bristol city fans really do hate us to a bizarre degree. Guy cutting my hair this week was talking about joe Bryan like it’s was a legendary victory for them and it wipes out the 5-0.

I think a lot of it is Kodjia based I guess that was the clearest example of us steaming in with parachute money and nicking another champ club’s best player.

Online LeeB

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #613 on: August 25, 2018, 10:05:28 AM »
He was an unmitigated disaster.  He made Tim Sherwood (who he appointed, lest we forget) look like a beacon of intelligence and competence.  Fox was just about the worst senior exec we've ever had, and given some of the numpties of late, that's quite an accolade.  False Narrative arsehole.

Convincing someone to pay you millions of pounds to job you can’t do is not the work of an idiot, in my view.

Offline Marlon From Bearwood

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Re: NSWE Investment
« Reply #614 on: August 25, 2018, 10:35:54 AM »
He was an unmitigated disaster.  He made Tim Sherwood (who he appointed, lest we forget) look like a beacon of intelligence and competence.  Fox was just about the worst senior exec we've ever had, and given some of the numpties of late, that's quite an accolade.  False Narrative arsehole.

Convincing someone to pay you millions of pounds to job you can’t do is not the work of an idiot, in my view.

Depends if the person you’re trying to convince is an idiot I suppose.

 


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