Faulkner elected to FA council

[DeeBoy1]

http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2012/06/03/aston-villa-paul-faulkner-elected-on-to-the-fa-council-97319-31104457/

F*ck me...?!

(Sorry...not sure how to do short links)

[*shellac*]

He's getting more & more nearer to Yoda.

[Irish villain]

I have criticised him a lot but fair dues to him.

He is still very young and is probably learning all the time. In a few years he could be one of the best. He's only 33 now! By the time he's 40 he'll have a wealth of experience under his belt and (hopefully) will have learned from past errors.

[DeeBoy1]

To be honest I was pretty shocked thatbevwas only 33...! Maybe the Lambert signing is a corner turned...we can but hope!

[Pete3206]

It's the FA. Enough said.

[andyh]

I'm not quite sure why the "f**k me" comment.
Do we have to criticise absolutely everything positive that comes out of the club ?

[cdbearsfan]

Well done Paul.

[Toronto Villa]

I'm not quite sure why the "f**k me" comment.
Do we have to criticise absolutely everything positive that comes out of the club ?

Well said Andy. On the grand scale of things it's not a big deal but it provides another platform for some to slag him or the club off yet again. It's really a non story, or if it is, then well done to him. I hope he presents himself and the club positively.

[Chipsticks]

Surely this can only be a good thing for the club. To do this at such a young age, fair play to him.

[olaftab]

The FA Council can be best described as a conjuration of imbeciles!

[Steve67]

This might not be the popular view but at least he had the bollocks to stand up to O'Neill and tell him the finances were out of control.  Play them or sell them.  O'Neill told him where to shove it and walked out.  It has taken PF a couple of years to get up to speed on running a football club but I think the guy deserves some credit for learning quickly and bringing in a couple of very good deals.  The Genting and Macron deals are great deals.  He might have helped to pick a couple of dummies as managers in the last couple of years but that blip now seems to have been rectified. Good luck to him, it also gives Villa some publicity.  It's about time the F.A. had someone young on their books.

[jembob]

This might not be the popular view but at least he had the bollocks to stand up to O'Neill and tell him the finances were out of control.  Play them or sell them.  O'Neill told him where to shove it and walked out.  It has taken PF a couple of years to get up to speed on running a football club but I think the guy deserves some credit for learning quickly and bringing in a couple of very good deals.  The Genting and Macron deals are great deals.  He might have helped to pick a couple of dummies as managers in the last couple of years but that blip now seems to have been rectified. Good luck to him, it also gives Villa some publicity.  It's about time the F.A. had someone young on their books.

Totally agree.

[darren woolley]

Surely this can only be a good thing for the club. To do this at such a young age, fair play to him.

I agree.

[Pete3206]

Hell of a blip Newby. A week is obviously a long time in football.

[Steve67]

Hell of a blip Newby. A week is obviously a long time in football.

I wouldn't disagree Pete, but Randy is also to blame for the managers selected.  I hope they have both learned from the last two years as Villa have been in a coma.  Hopefully Lambert is the man to move the club forward again. It's about time the old farts on the Football Association recognised that there is room for modern thinking.