Randy Lerner "State of Aston Villa" Statement

[Irish villain]

I've just watched the General's speech on being announced President of Birmingham Southern College. He speaks just how I imagined he would, with a lot of warmth and sincerity. He means it, like only very successful men can.

But Proud History, Bright Future also gets a mention. I feel a bit cheap.

Is it on youtube?

[TimTheVillain]

Statement from Mr. R. Lerner owner of Aston Villa Football Club..........
Don't worry about a thing
cause every little thing is gonna be alright
don't worry about a thing
every little thing is gonna be alright

Rise up this morning
smiled with the rising sun
three little birds
pitch by my door step
singing sweet songs
of melodies pure and true
saying, this is my message to you:

don't worry about a thing...

Is he buying Ajax ?

I think he's lost a bit of interest in the EPL as he knows he can't win, and he desperately wants success.

He has invested an awful lot of money into the club, but it's sadly not enough to compete at the highest level.

He bought the club cheaply, so, time to sell ??

I bet he's thought about it, but with Everton struggling to find a buyer, multi-billionaires don't appear to be growing on trees!

I do wish he'd open up just a bit more, but he won't.

Ho hum.

[TheSandman]

Randy does an annual statement to the press. I've no reason to doubt this one will be any different to the rest.

I agree. I expect it will be nothing revolutionary.

[Hopadop]

I've just watched the General's speech on being announced President of Birmingham Southern College. He speaks just how I imagined he would, with a lot of warmth and sincerity. He means it, like only very successful men can.

But Proud History, Bright Future also gets a mention. I feel a bit cheap.

Is it on youtube?

www.bsc.edu/livestream/index.cfm

I'm trying to decide if that could be a Villa tie.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Just two quotes from that struck me.......when talking about his wife he said "this would be their 32nd move in 47 years of marriage". Does this mean he is moving to the other Birmingham? And if so where does that leave us?
"Proud History Bright Future." That sounds very hollow now, talk about being sold a line.
After I heard him say that I stopped the vid, I didn't want to listen to anymore. Like many on here I always assumed that "Proud History Bright Future" was specific to The Villa. Now it just sounds like a bit of glib sales patter. General when you said that in your speech as far as I'm concerned you may just as well have burst into a chorus of SOTV.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'm not for one second defending the running of the club, which is shambolic by most companies' standards, but I don't know many companies who don't file their accounts on the deadline day, successful or not.

I've acted for dozens of businesses over the years and have found a very clear correlation between their relative performance in any particular year and their eagerness to get those results out in to the public domain.

It stands to reason.  Customers, suppliers, financiers, etc are going to look at your last set of accounts as a first port of call when deciding whether you're a business they want to work with.  If your current results are worse than your last set then you want them to be the latest set of results for the shortest time possible which means delaying their publication.  If your current results are better though then you'll get them out there ASAP so that they tell the world what a great business you are.

I doubt any of our customers took even a cursory look at my business's accounts, otherwise they wouldn't have touched us with a bargepole.

[bertlambshank]

The VT General thread has turned into Where has all the money gone?

[Michel Sibble]

I've just watched the General's speech on being announced President of Birmingham Southern College. He speaks just how I imagined he would, with a lot of warmth and sincerity. He means it, like only very successful men can.

But Proud History, Bright Future also gets a mention. I feel a bit cheap.

Is it on youtube?

www.bsc.edu/livestream/index.cfm

I'm trying to decide if that could be a Villa tie.

It's not. The stripes are green.

[Michel Sibble]

Couldn't help doubting the sincerity of the General's words after seeing that.

It's fine if he means what he says to us via his thread, but that really felt recycled.

"Bright Future" indeed...

[Des Little]

Sorry but after listening to that load of old bollocks I can't help but feeling we've been had.  I wonder what other straplines they've got up their sleeve?  Reckon they gave out free scarves as well? 

[dave.woodhall]

This is getting a bit precious. He's copied a marketing slogan, and not an original one at that, not sold Aston Park to the Indians.

[cdbearsfan]

Sorry but after listening to that load of old bollocks I can't help but feeling we've been had.  I wonder what other straplines they've got up their sleeve?  Reckon they gave out free scarves as well? 

What's wrong with giving out free scarves?

[pauliewalnuts]

They should make amends by giving out free scarves this season but with slogans which reflect how they really think.

I was thinking "meh" or *shrug*

[Somniloquism]

They should make amends by giving out free scarves this season but with slogans which reflect how they really think.

I was thinking "meh" or *shrug*

Too expensive, it would be cheaper to chop off the Bright Future bit and just give us the half that says Proud History. Maybe they can attach it to a stick and pretend it is a woolen flag.

[Billy Walker]

I see no problem with GK using the "Proud history..." slogan, in fact one could view it as a little nod to Villa that he decided to throw into his speech.  Surely it's no different to him signing off his posts with "semper fidelis" - just a simple nod to an institution he is part of/worked for?