I think in hindsight MON should have been given total control of first team matters but some kind of DOF was needed regarding the structure of the club in general. I was a big fan of MON but like most managers it was all about the here and now and results. That is fine so long as someone else at the club has an eye on the bigger long term picture.
Quote from: Clampy on April 23, 2019, 04:48:05 PMQuote from: XXVilla on April 23, 2019, 04:42:20 PMQuote from: Clampy on April 23, 2019, 04:31:49 PMQuote from: paul_e on April 23, 2019, 04:27:58 PMThe best thing they've done is employ Purslow and keep quiet. A proper administrator with experience not being undermined by a vocal owner is almost like they taken the mistakes made by the last 2 owners and been determined not to repeat them.That was possibly Randy's biggest failing. He stayed in the background but didn't employ anyone decent to run it.Out of his depth really. This became obvious when the money dried up.I'm not sure the money dried up, he probably just lost interest.Villa gave him quite a battering in his pocket. That and the financial crash
Quote from: XXVilla on April 23, 2019, 04:42:20 PMQuote from: Clampy on April 23, 2019, 04:31:49 PMQuote from: paul_e on April 23, 2019, 04:27:58 PMThe best thing they've done is employ Purslow and keep quiet. A proper administrator with experience not being undermined by a vocal owner is almost like they taken the mistakes made by the last 2 owners and been determined not to repeat them.That was possibly Randy's biggest failing. He stayed in the background but didn't employ anyone decent to run it.Out of his depth really. This became obvious when the money dried up.I'm not sure the money dried up, he probably just lost interest.
Quote from: Clampy on April 23, 2019, 04:31:49 PMQuote from: paul_e on April 23, 2019, 04:27:58 PMThe best thing they've done is employ Purslow and keep quiet. A proper administrator with experience not being undermined by a vocal owner is almost like they taken the mistakes made by the last 2 owners and been determined not to repeat them.That was possibly Randy's biggest failing. He stayed in the background but didn't employ anyone decent to run it.Out of his depth really. This became obvious when the money dried up.
Quote from: paul_e on April 23, 2019, 04:27:58 PMThe best thing they've done is employ Purslow and keep quiet. A proper administrator with experience not being undermined by a vocal owner is almost like they taken the mistakes made by the last 2 owners and been determined not to repeat them.That was possibly Randy's biggest failing. He stayed in the background but didn't employ anyone decent to run it.
The best thing they've done is employ Purslow and keep quiet. A proper administrator with experience not being undermined by a vocal owner is almost like they taken the mistakes made by the last 2 owners and been determined not to repeat them.
Quote from: Damo70 on April 23, 2019, 10:01:16 PMI think in hindsight MON should have been given total control of first team matters but some kind of DOF was needed regarding the structure of the club in general. I was a big fan of MON but like most managers it was all about the here and now and results. That is fine so long as someone else at the club has an eye on the bigger long term picture.We needed someone who could have stopped MON dishing out lengthy contracts to older players like Heskey and Given. Steve Stride would have been perfect in that role.
Somebody with a link to one of our former American players told Chico a few years ago that Lerner’s mom had put a pocket money cap on his investment in the Villa as she didn’t want him squandering the family fortune. The number I have in my head is £400m.
Quote from: Damo70 on April 23, 2019, 10:01:16 PMI think in hindsight MON should have been given total control of first team matters but some kind of DOF was needed regarding the structure of the club in general. I was a big fan of MON but like most managers it was all about the here and now and results. That is fine so long as someone else at the club has an eye on the bigger long term picture.Surely the problem was that MON WAS given total control of the football side of the club and acted as DoF, Manager and Coach at the same time. He was out of date when we appointed him and did nothing to disprove that in his time at the helm. A third of a billion spunked up the wall and not a trophy or CL qualification to show for it and has been found out in every job he’s had since. And MON would have walked sooner if we’d insisted on a DoF as he saw himself as a Clough/Shankly/Busby figure the only drawback being he had about 1/10th of the ability. Lerner was an inept a charlatan as Xia it was just hidden behind the money he threw at it for the first 3 or so years. As soon as he stopped the money his disinterest and appalling executive and managerial choices meant only one inevitable result.
To be fair, didn't he upgrade the training facilities?