To his credit Randy gave it his best shot, but his investment was placed in the hands of the wrong manager and the plan failed. Now we have to adjust to being happy with Premier League survival, and the occasional cup run if we're lucky, lest we 'do a Leeds'. We may still yet 'do a Leeds' if we do not sturdy ourselves and pull in the same direction for the grind ahead. Appointing a manager with a poor Premier League record from our most hated rivals will do little to unite fans in backing the 'new Villa'* especially in such a precarious transitional season. *Some might say this amounts to the same as the old Villa.
Quote from: Jimbo on June 25, 2011, 04:11:45 PMTo his credit Randy gave it his best shot, but his investment was placed in the hands of the wrong manager and the plan failed. Now we have to adjust to being happy with Premier League survival, and the occasional cup run if we're lucky, lest we 'do a Leeds'. We may still yet 'do a Leeds' if we do not sturdy ourselves and pull in the same direction for the grind ahead. Appointing a manager with a poor Premier League record from our most hated rivals will do little to unite fans in backing the 'new Villa'* especially in such a precarious transitional season. *Some might say this amounts to the same as the old Villa.£80m invested in the squad over five years isn't enough, regardless of who the manager was/is. There was no reason to assume we could have a top four team based on that level of investment and we did extremely well to get as close as we did.
Quote from: Villadawg on June 25, 2011, 04:57:53 PMQuote from: Jimbo on June 25, 2011, 04:11:45 PMTo his credit Randy gave it his best shot, but his investment was placed in the hands of the wrong manager and the plan failed. Now we have to adjust to being happy with Premier League survival, and the occasional cup run if we're lucky, lest we 'do a Leeds'. We may still yet 'do a Leeds' if we do not sturdy ourselves and pull in the same direction for the grind ahead. Appointing a manager with a poor Premier League record from our most hated rivals will do little to unite fans in backing the 'new Villa'* especially in such a precarious transitional season. *Some might say this amounts to the same as the old Villa.£80m invested in the squad over five years isn't enough, regardless of who the manager was/is. There was no reason to assume we could have a top four team based on that level of investment and we did extremely well to get as close as we did. Spot on, and it will be £40m if Downing is sold before we buy anyone.
Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on June 25, 2011, 04:52:43 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on June 25, 2011, 04:38:44 PMLerner's shit. He's done nothing for us. I always said so, I just kept quiet about it for 4 1/2 years. He should sell up now to a consortium of Arab billionaires. There's bound to be one waiting.There you go - that'll save a few pages. That's possibly one of your more petulant responses.The reign is 5 years old, given the events of especially this summer, I think it is worth analysing its record.Obviously you dont believe what you write is correct, but I am fairly certain you do not think RAL have been perfect either in their stewardship so why not give us the good and bad points, assuming you want to contribute any further to this debate, if not fair enough.Really? Well it's one of your more tedious threads so that makes us even. We're having this debate just about everywhere now, and it's getting a bit boring. Randy does what we want him to do for four years - Randy's great. Randy does something unpopular - he's crap and he always has been, everything the club does now is wrong.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on June 25, 2011, 04:38:44 PMLerner's shit. He's done nothing for us. I always said so, I just kept quiet about it for 4 1/2 years. He should sell up now to a consortium of Arab billionaires. There's bound to be one waiting.There you go - that'll save a few pages. That's possibly one of your more petulant responses.The reign is 5 years old, given the events of especially this summer, I think it is worth analysing its record.Obviously you dont believe what you write is correct, but I am fairly certain you do not think RAL have been perfect either in their stewardship so why not give us the good and bad points, assuming you want to contribute any further to this debate, if not fair enough.
Lerner's shit. He's done nothing for us. I always said so, I just kept quiet about it for 4 1/2 years. He should sell up now to a consortium of Arab billionaires. There's bound to be one waiting.There you go - that'll save a few pages.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on June 25, 2011, 04:56:59 PMQuote from: kippaxvilla2 on June 25, 2011, 04:52:43 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on June 25, 2011, 04:38:44 PMLerner's shit. He's done nothing for us. I always said so, I just kept quiet about it for 4 1/2 years. He should sell up now to a consortium of Arab billionaires. There's bound to be one waiting.There you go - that'll save a few pages. That's possibly one of your more petulant responses.The reign is 5 years old, given the events of especially this summer, I think it is worth analysing its record.Obviously you dont believe what you write is correct, but I am fairly certain you do not think RAL have been perfect either in their stewardship so why not give us the good and bad points, assuming you want to contribute any further to this debate, if not fair enough.Really? Well it's one of your more tedious threads so that makes us even. We're having this debate just about everywhere now, and it's getting a bit boring. Randy does what we want him to do for four years - Randy's great. Randy does something unpopular - he's crap and he always has been, everything the club does now is wrong. I start a thread about an analysis of the 5 year stewardship of the club under the current owner and I state everything he has done is crap. You will have to point to my post where I actually say that.
It's amazing that it was only 6 months ago that everyone was thanking Randy for Darren Bent.
Quote from: clampy on June 25, 2011, 05:12:46 PMIt's amazing that it was only 6 months ago that everyone was thanking Randy for Darren Bent. So we should just keep thanking him because he bought a player