Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on April 30, 2014, 09:07:55 PM
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http://thebirminghampress.com/2014/04/47174/
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Good stuff and well done to all involved.
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Fair play to him. You wouldn't catch me doing that.
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So can we assume that the take over won't be complete before the beginning of July and he'll still be CEO...?
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So can we assume that the take over won't be complete before the beginning of July and he'll still be CEO...?
I don't think we can assume anything other than good luck to him and anyone else who takes part.
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Yes. Good look to them all.
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Fair play. Not a fan of him in his role but that is a very unfortunate thing for him to have to deal with.
Well done.
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Great stuff, good luck to him a very worthy cause.
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Good luck to his son, most importantly. It would be understandable if Faulkner's mind wasn't as much on the job this season.
Would it have been unreasonable to expect his boss to have spent a smidgen more time here to take some of the pressure off him?
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I didn't realise that your son was poorly. Good luck.
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I might have believed you were seriously congratulating him if you didn't abuse him in the same breath.
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I might have believed you were seriously congratulating him if you didn't abuse him in the same breath.
Pleased it's for charity, don't care that it's him doing it.
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For Faulkners sake I hope they've bought rope that's up to scratch, not some shite from pound world that's not up to the task.
And well done to him. Good cause.
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There's plenty of other threads to get digs in at Faulkner, why people feel the need to use one where he is doing something for a charity that helps his child is beyond me.
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Well done Paul. Rather him than me.
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There's plenty of other threads to get digs in at Faulkner, why people feel the need to use one where he is doing something for a charity that helps his child is beyond me.
100% agree. Not every single thread needs to have a go at the club, Chairman, CEO etc
Well done Paul
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Fair play to him. People that use this thread as an opportunity to abuse the club are pretty pathetic, in my opinion.
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There's plenty of other threads to get digs in at Faulkner, why people feel the need to use one where he is doing something for a charity that helps his child is beyond me.
It's because this silly game that we all base far too much of our happiness on has the tendency to make people act like dicks.
There are more important things in life, this is one example. Good luck Paul.
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There's plenty of other threads to get digs in at Faulkner, why people feel the need to use one where he is doing something for a charity that helps his child is beyond me.
It's because this silly game that we all base far too much of our happiness on has the tendency to make people act like dicks.
There are more important things in life, this is one example. Good luck Paul.
Absofrigginlutely..
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There's plenty of other threads to get digs in at Faulkner, why people feel the need to use one where he is doing something for a charity that helps his child is beyond me.
It's because this silly game that we all base far too much of our happiness on has the tendency to make people act like dicks.
There are more important things in life, this is one example. Good luck Paul.
On a personal level I wish the Faulkner family well and, as with anyone who has a serious medical condition afflicting a member of their family, I hope that he is able to raise a significant amount of money for the cause.
However, playing devil's advocate for a minute, it is not as if he is, say, running the London Marathon as an anonymous private citizen. He is Aston Villa's CEO, a position that many people felt he was under-qualified to fulfil and has done much to suggest that that initial assessment was perhaps correct. He is now seen to be using his position to utilize his employer's website and local media to publicise the charity raising that involves abseiling down part of his employer's infrastructure. Presumably that is in the hope that supporters of the club will support his cause. If many do that is great, but if he goes down that route, he must also accept that others will look at their club's plight and his role in it, and use this as an opportunity to have a dig, however churlish and small-minded it may seem.
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It would be nice to think that in the circumstances anyone who wanted to have a dig would think better of it.
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Fair play to him. I hope that this will pick up awareness of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and raise a bit of cash in doing so. A bit of positive for the club coming when things aren't going so well on the pitch.
All good in my book, well done.
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It's for a fantastic cause which is obviously close to his heart so fair play to him.
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Fair play to him. I hope that this will pick up awareness of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and raise a bit of cash in doing so. A bit of positive for the club coming when things aren't going so well on the pitch.
All good in my book, well done.
Ah the fine art of understatement is alive and well!!
Good stuff, though. Could he also do an abseil to raise money for a new striker?
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Well done Mr Faulkner and good luck.
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My girlfriend's sister is doing an abseil down the Spinnaker tower in Portsmouth to support Arthritis UK, and it's brave stuff I wouldn't fancy doing it.
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Paul is doing this as a dad, not as CEO of the Villa - I wish him, his family and the charity every success.
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There's plenty of other threads to get digs in at Faulkner, why people feel the need to use one where he is doing something for a charity that helps his child is beyond me.
It's because this silly game that we all base far too much of our happiness on has the tendency to make people act like dicks.
There are more important things in life, this is one example. Good luck Paul.
On a personal level I wish the Faulkner family well and, as with anyone who has a serious medical condition afflicting a member of their family, I hope that he is able to raise a significant amount of money for the cause.
However, playing devil's advocate for a minute, it is not as if he is, say, running the London Marathon as an anonymous private citizen. He is Aston Villa's CEO, a position that many people felt he was under-qualified to fulfil and has done much to suggest that that initial assessment was perhaps correct. He is now seen to be using his position to utilize his employer's website and local media to publicise the charity raising that involves abseiling down part of his employer's infrastructure. Presumably that is in the hope that supporters of the club will support his cause. If many do that is great, but if he goes down that route, he must also accept that others will look at their club's plight and his role in it, and use this as an opportunity to have a dig, however churlish and small-minded it may seem.
As a person that has a fear of heights I would much prefer to do the London marathon than do what he is doing. Good Luck Paul
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There's plenty of other threads to get digs in at Faulkner, why people feel the need to use one where he is doing something for a charity that helps his child is beyond me.
It's because this silly game that we all base far too much of our happiness on has the tendency to make people act like dicks.
There are more important things in life, this is one example. Good luck Paul.
On a personal level I wish the Faulkner family well and, as with anyone who has a serious medical condition afflicting a member of their family, I hope that he is able to raise a significant amount of money for the cause.
However, playing devil's advocate for a minute, it is not as if he is, say, running the London Marathon as an anonymous private citizen. He is Aston Villa's CEO, a position that many people felt he was under-qualified to fulfil and has done much to suggest that that initial assessment was perhaps correct. He is now seen to be using his position to utilize his employer's website and local media to publicise the charity raising that involves abseiling down part of his employer's infrastructure. Presumably that is in the hope that supporters of the club will support his cause. If many do that is great, but if he goes down that route, he must also accept that others will look at their club's plight and his role in it, and use this as an opportunity to have a dig, however churlish and small-minded it may seem.
As a person that has a fear of heights I would much prefer to do the London marathon than do what he is doing. Good Luck Paul
Must admit I'd also find abseiling a more daunting propect than a marathon. Good luck Mr Faulkner.
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Fair play to him. I hope that this will pick up awareness of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and raise a bit of cash in doing so. A bit of positive for the club coming when things aren't going so well on the pitch.
All good in my book, well done.
Indeed. He could have quite easily have just given a donation but the fact he's using his position to draw attention to the charity and their work is fantastic news for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust . There are over 160,000 registered charities in the UK, making it probably the most competitive market imaginable as they all have to raise donations. Just because there's so many charities it doesn't mean people give more, they all have to fight from the same limited pot.
Good luck, Paul. If as a club we were as good on the pitch as we are off it, we'd be champions of Europe.
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Just to bump this -
If you are not aware, you can actually do it too if you can raise £100.
I think I'm going to go for it.
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So that is why he has gone to America, he wants Randy to sign his sponsorship form!
All joking aside, fair play to him. I hope they raise plenty.
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Only just read this, July 6th? Looks like we're stuck with Faulkner and co for a while yet.
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Some of the facebook comments about this were just beyond belief. There's some absolute twats out there.
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Just to bump this -
If you are not aware, you can actually do it too if you can raise £100.
I think I'm going to go for it.
Nice one. Post up a donation link, I'm sure you'll get a few quid.
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Only just read this, July 6th? Looks like we're stuck with Faulkner and co for a while yet.
Or he has been planning something for months and working out things with the charity and H&S and it will still go ahead whether he is still in charge or not.
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Good luck to him, that is not a nice thing to happen to anyone, Heartbreaking
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http://thebirminghampress.com/2014/04/47174/
Excellent. I'll FB&T this article later.