Don't blame the manager

[Ad@m]

Oh and Randy Lerner is the worst supporter we've got.

What makes you say that?

Because he is the owner who rarely attends,has he been to a game this season? He is the custodian of the club and as such should make some effort, he cannot keep his finger on the pulse by email. Deadly for all his faults attended most if not all games and was there to see the seldom good and the often bad. I simply do not believe you can run the club by proxy.

Make some effort?!

How much money has he put in to our club since he took over?  He's not here to make a quick buck like Doug was or the Glazers up at Old Trafford are.  In the first few years he redeveloped large chunks of the stadium, virtually rebuilt the Holte Pub, turned Bodymoor Heath in to one of the finest training facilities in the country, paid (admittedly too much) for some of the best players we've had for years, etc, etc.  All he's done the past two years is say that he can't compete in the rich stakes with oil barons from the Middle East so we need to try a different approach.

Would it make any difference to the team (or you for that matter) if he did a Delia Smith-style speech on the pitch before every game?!

[dave.woodhall]

Of the many things I'd accuse Doug of, the one he didn't want to do was make a quick buck. He certainly took every opportunity to bump up the value of his holding, but I honestly believe that the main attraction of running the Villa to him was that it fed his gargantuan ego.

[Ad@m]

Of the many things I'd accuse Doug of, the one he didn't want to do was make a quick buck. He certainly took every opportunity to bump up the value of his holding, but I honestly believe that the main attraction of running the Villa to him was that it fed his gargantuan ego.

He paid himself quite a generous salary out of the club's funds when no other club owner did so.

Over the course of his tenure I'd suggest he took a lot more out than he put in.

[dave.woodhall]

Of the many things I'd accuse Doug of, the one he didn't want to do was make a quick buck. He certainly took every opportunity to bump up the value of his holding, but I honestly believe that the main attraction of running the Villa to him was that it fed his gargantuan ego.

He paid himself quite a generous salary out of the club's funds when no other club owner did so.

Over the course of his tenure I'd suggest he took a lot more out than he put in.

He did indeed, but that wasn't his prime objective.

[Ad@m]

Of the many things I'd accuse Doug of, the one he didn't want to do was make a quick buck. He certainly took every opportunity to bump up the value of his holding, but I honestly believe that the main attraction of running the Villa to him was that it fed his gargantuan ego.

He paid himself quite a generous salary out of the club's funds when no other club owner did so.

Over the course of his tenure I'd suggest he took a lot more out than he put in.

He did indeed, but that wasn't his prime objective.

OK, so bragging to his mates that he owned a football club was his prime objective.

Filling his pockets with said club's funds was objective number two.

You're right, that sounds much better!!!

[dave.woodhall]

Of the many things I'd accuse Doug of, the one he didn't want to do was make a quick buck. He certainly took every opportunity to bump up the value of his holding, but I honestly believe that the main attraction of running the Villa to him was that it fed his gargantuan ego.

He paid himself quite a generous salary out of the club's funds when no other club owner did so.

Over the course of his tenure I'd suggest he took a lot more out than he put in.

He did indeed, but that wasn't his prime objective.

OK, so bragging to his mates that he owned a football club was his prime objective.

Filling his pockets with said club's funds was objective number two.

You're right, that sounds much better!!!

We're not talking anyone normal here. We're talking Doug.

[Ad@m]

Indeed.

My god I'm glad he's gone!!!

[silhillvilla]

Wasn't Doug the highest paid chairman in football for a good few years ?

[dave.woodhall]

The thing to remember as well is that he paid himself, sorry, the Renumeration Committee recommended he be paid, decent but not massive amounts until flotation. He made most of his wealth when the share price boomed pre-flotation and not even Doug at his most Nostradamus could have predicted that a share worth £35 in 1992 would be traded for £1,400 five years later.

[Risso]

Lambert has seen how vile our support can be at the end of last season.

I imagine the Norwich supporters' reaction to him will be a lot more "vile" at the weekend!

[Dave Clark Five]

Lambert has seen how vile our support can be at the end of last season.

I imagine the Norwich supporters' reaction to him will be a lot more "vile" at the weekend!

I very much doubt it.

[Dave Clark Five]

Indeed.

My god I'm glad he's gone!!!

He hasn't gone anywhere.

[Ad@m]

Indeed.

My god I'm glad he's gone!!!

He hasn't gone anywhere.

I'm pretty sure he has, in so much as the solid oak Chairman's door with his name on no longer exists and his vice-like grip on the coffers has been removed.

[dave.woodhall]

Indeed.

My god I'm glad he's gone!!!

He hasn't gone anywhere.

I'm pretty sure he has, in so much as the solid oak Chairman's door with his name on no longer exists and his vice-like grip on the coffers has been removed.

Ask Greg Nash and you'll get a different tale.

[hawkeye]

Indeed.

My god I'm glad he's gone!!!

He hasn't gone anywhere.

I'm pretty sure he has, in so much as the solid oak Chairman's door with his name on no longer exists and his vice-like grip on the coffers has been removed.

Ask Greg Nash and you'll get a different tale.

Facepalm, sorely missed