Norwich City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[OzVilla]

I'd have thought that almost certainly you'd be hit with a constructive dismissal claim on either count.

It simple, Randy just needs to pull the trigger and we'll just have to wear the cost.  His stupid appointment caused this in the first place.  No dithering, just do it FFS.

[German James]

...why is it not possible to take him down the competency route, demonstrate that he has failed to fulfill the competences contained in his role profile and thus be able to safely terminate his employment on such grounds without recourse?

Fair point. None of us knows exactly what the "competences contained in his role" were, but you would think they'd be some sort of get-out, at least in terms of compensation, if he cocked it up to this extent. Maybe it really was just about not getting relegated, but that's a risky strategy (as we've seen) and defensive damage limitation on this scale has surely lost Lerner more than a few pennies.

[Matt C]

You can blame who or what you like Alex but that was quite simply not good enough and the buck stops with you.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[London Villan]

If we had of got relegated no doubt he had a clause in his contract where he could be dismissed.

Staying up probably has guaranteed him £2m in terms of pay-offs when he is sacked... no wonder he was concentrating on that...

[Merv]

By the way, I've decided I don't want to see James Collins play in a Villa shirt ever again after seeing some of the Norwich game. What a mindless couple of minutes he had - first blasting the ball into Grant Holt's nuts from two yards away at a free-kick, and then bulldozing into one of their players to give away a needless free-kick - which Norwich then opened the scoring from.

Such indiscipline from a senior central defender. We need to do better than the likes of him.

[Simon Ward]

At least the season is over now! That is all!

[nick harper]

At least the season is over now! That is all!

Agreed - I just felt relief at 5pm yesterday that it was all over. Without doubt the most painful and traumatic since 1987.