Who Do You Blame/Who Are You Angry With?

[Risso]

Don't think it matters anymore. Threads like this or similar have been on here for the last 3 years with all of us (me in particular) dishing out the blame. Bottom line is only 3 of those names on the list still have an input on how aston villa are run.

Lambert seems to have been dealt the same shoddy hand as the last two encumbents - that doesn't excuse his piss poor organisation and tactics - he needs to get a grip - fast.

Faulkner is just an overpromoted idiot with his dreams of a Villa side winning titles/making money on the back of a youth squad who clearly aren't good enough. If it was possible Paul, don't you think the likes of Man U, Chelsea, and Citeh would be doing it? Or do you think they like spending billions on other club's players? Lerner's new years resolution should be to get someone living on planet earth in and jettison the prat.

Lerner. Well where do you start? I can't work out if he's stupid, just knows nothing about football, or he's got some sort of Brewster's millions thing going on.  Taking advice from Ferguson hints at a combination of the first two options. God help us.

Well said Greg.

I have to agree.

Yes,you can always rely on Greg to appear to tell us how shit things are whenever we hit a bad run

What has he said that isn't true?  And we've been shite for most of the season, if you hadn't realised.

[VillaAlways]

Don't think it matters anymore. Threads like this or similar have been on here for the last 3 years with all of us (me in particular) dishing out the blame. Bottom line is only 3 of those names on the list still have an input on how aston villa are run.

Lambert seems to have been dealt the same shoddy hand as the last two encumbents - that doesn't excuse his piss poor organisation and tactics - he needs to get a grip - fast.

Faulkner is just an overpromoted idiot with his dreams of a Villa side winning titles/making money on the back of a youth squad who clearly aren't good enough. If it was possible Paul, don't you think the likes of Man U, Chelsea, and Citeh would be doing it? Or do you think they like spending billions on other club's players? Lerner's new years resolution should be to get someone living on planet earth in and jettison the prat.

Lerner. Well where do you start? I can't work out if he's stupid, just knows nothing about football, or he's got some sort of Brewster's millions thing going on.  Taking advice from Ferguson hints at a combination of the first two options. God help us.

Well said Greg.

I have to agree.

Yes,you can always rely on Greg to appear to tell us how shit things are whenever we hit a bad run

What has he said that isn't true?  And we've been shite for most of the season, if you hadn't realised.

Nothing.It's just I would have liked to have seen his input when we were beating Man City,Norwich and Liverpool too and going 6 games unbeaten,through to a semi final with everything to feel poitive about

[Risso]

Don't think it matters anymore. Threads like this or similar have been on here for the last 3 years with all of us (me in particular) dishing out the blame. Bottom line is only 3 of those names on the list still have an input on how aston villa are run.

Lambert seems to have been dealt the same shoddy hand as the last two encumbents - that doesn't excuse his piss poor organisation and tactics - he needs to get a grip - fast.

Faulkner is just an overpromoted idiot with his dreams of a Villa side winning titles/making money on the back of a youth squad who clearly aren't good enough. If it was possible Paul, don't you think the likes of Man U, Chelsea, and Citeh would be doing it? Or do you think they like spending billions on other club's players? Lerner's new years resolution should be to get someone living on planet earth in and jettison the prat.

Lerner. Well where do you start? I can't work out if he's stupid, just knows nothing about football, or he's got some sort of Brewster's millions thing going on.  Taking advice from Ferguson hints at a combination of the first two options. God help us.

Well said Greg.

I have to agree.

Yes,you can always rely on Greg to appear to tell us how shit things are whenever we hit a bad run

What has he said that isn't true?  And we've been shite for most of the season, if you hadn't realised.

Nothing.It's just I would have liked to have seen his input when we were beating Man City,Norwich and Liverpool too and going 6 games unbeaten,through to a semi final with everything to feel poitive about

Well, seeing as he last posted in June, he's missed far more shite than good stuff, so this notion that Greg only posts when we do badly is bollocks.  He's have been here for all but roughly four games if that was the case.

[eastie]

Post when we're losing, Greg only posts when we're losing - only kidding gnasher - I for one am delighted to see you back mate!

[richard moore]

Well said Greg and great to have you back mate....

[VillaAlways]

Post when we're losing, Greg only posts when we're losing - only kidding gnasher - I for one am delighted to see you back mate!

You better hope we don't start winning or get to Wembley then

[Dave Clark Five]

I spoke to Mr.Ellis at Hannover and thanked him for getting O'Neill to join us.

I also got O'Neill's autograph on three programmes for that game, having called him 'David'. On
the third David, he said 'who the fuck's David?' I said 'you are'. It was a combination of a bier festival in the town and the O' bit in the name that he shared with David O'Leary.

How I regret the moment that I thanked Mr.Ellis for that appointment, although he was only doing
what we all thought was right at the time.

doug ellis getting the credit for o neill coming here is the biggest load of bollocks i have ever heard. i was tipped off by a mate of john robertsons about 6 weeks before the appointment that o neill was in ohio discussing the strategy when randy took over. he would never have come if ellis was chairman.

Where were you when I advised you that O'Neill was about to go? Shall we dredge that up?
Why did O'Neill really go? You must know all this. Don't keep it to yourself.

what has that got to do with the statement that i made and dredge what up? plain fact, oneill would only come if doug wasnt anywhere near the frigging place.

Dredge up what you had to say at the time, having such a wonderful ITK.
We could have stopped all the speculation.

[eastie]

Post when we're losing, Greg only posts when we're losing - only kidding gnasher - I for one am delighted to see you back mate!

You better hope we don't start winning or get to Wembley then

Already bought the superglue to Sabotage his keyboard just in case.

[citizenDJ]

Don't think it matters anymore. Threads like this or similar have been on here for the last 3 years with all of us (me in particular) dishing out the blame. Bottom line is only 3 of those names on the list still have an input on how aston villa are run.

Lambert seems to have been dealt the same shoddy hand as the last two encumbents - that doesn't excuse his piss poor organisation and tactics - he needs to get a grip - fast.

Faulkner is just an overpromoted idiot with his dreams of a Villa side winning titles/making money on the back of a youth squad who clearly aren't good enough. If it was possible Paul, don't you think the likes of Man U, Chelsea, and Citeh would be doing it? Or do you think they like spending billions on other club's players? Lerner's new years resolution should be to get someone living on planet earth in and jettison the prat.

Lerner. Well where do you start? I can't work out if he's stupid, just knows nothing about football, or he's got some sort of Brewster's millions thing going on.  Taking advice from Ferguson hints at a combination of the first two options. God help us.

Well said Greg.

I have to agree.

Yes,you can always rely on Greg to appear to tell us how shit things are whenever we hit a bad run

To be fair, we've been on a pretty bad run for most of the last three years!

[VillaAlways]

Don't think it matters anymore. Threads like this or similar have been on here for the last 3 years with all of us (me in particular) dishing out the blame. Bottom line is only 3 of those names on the list still have an input on how aston villa are run.

Lambert seems to have been dealt the same shoddy hand as the last two encumbents - that doesn't excuse his piss poor organisation and tactics - he needs to get a grip - fast.

Faulkner is just an overpromoted idiot with his dreams of a Villa side winning titles/making money on the back of a youth squad who clearly aren't good enough. If it was possible Paul, don't you think the likes of Man U, Chelsea, and Citeh would be doing it? Or do you think they like spending billions on other club's players? Lerner's new years resolution should be to get someone living on planet earth in and jettison the prat.

Lerner. Well where do you start? I can't work out if he's stupid, just knows nothing about football, or he's got some sort of Brewster's millions thing going on.  Taking advice from Ferguson hints at a combination of the first two options. God help us.

Well said Greg.

I have to agree.

Yes,you can always rely on Greg to appear to tell us how shit things are whenever we hit a bad run

To be fair, we've been on a pretty bad run for most of the last three years!

Not as bad as losing 15-0 in a week though

[ez]

Villa's losses could make Lerner cut his

At what stage does Randy Lerner decide that he has had enough of life as Aston Villa's owner? The American made a rare visit to Villa Park on Saturday and must have departed wishing he had stayed away. Villa are heading for a relegation battle for the third successive season, which must be particularly galling when Lerner looks at a balance sheet that shows he has pumped upwards of £200m into the club since he took over in 2006. The club's net spend over the last five years is just under £70m, which is the fourth highest in the Premier League. Tottenham's net spend over that period is just over £3m. Everton's figures show a profit. Yet while those two clubs are pursuing Champions League qualification, Villa are trying to avoid slipping into the Championship, which means Lerner may have to dip into his pocket once more. There must come a point when he becomes fed up with running up huge losses and seeing little reward on the pitch and decides it is time to sell up and get out. Stuart James

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/dec/31/premier-league-10-talking-points

Can't fault the amount of money Lerners put in. Its shocking we are spending so much and fighting relegation battles. It makes me imagine an aerial view of villa park with one of those black holes and money disappearing into it.

[Dave Clark Five]

Villa's losses could make Lerner cut his

At what stage does Randy Lerner decide that he has had enough of life as Aston Villa's owner? The American made a rare visit to Villa Park on Saturday and must have departed wishing he had stayed away. Villa are heading for a relegation battle for the third successive season, which must be particularly galling when Lerner looks at a balance sheet that shows he has pumped upwards of £200m into the club since he took over in 2006. The club's net spend over the last five years is just under £70m, which is the fourth highest in the Premier League. Tottenham's net spend over that period is just over £3m. Everton's figures show a profit. Yet while those two clubs are pursuing Champions League qualification, Villa are trying to avoid slipping into the Championship, which means Lerner may have to dip into his pocket once more. There must come a point when he becomes fed up with running up huge losses and seeing little reward on the pitch and decides it is time to sell up and get out. Stuart James

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/dec/31/premier-league-10-talking-points

Can't fault the amount of money Lerners put in. Its shocking we are spending so much and fighting relegation battles. It makes me imagine an aerial view of villa park with one of those black holes and money disappearing into it.

Pity he let the Poison Dwarf squander so much of it. Every manager since has had to suffer for that twat.

[eastie]

Villa's losses could make Lerner cut his

At what stage does Randy Lerner decide that he has had enough of life as Aston Villa's owner? The American made a rare visit to Villa Park on Saturday and must have departed wishing he had stayed away. Villa are heading for a relegation battle for the third successive season, which must be particularly galling when Lerner looks at a balance sheet that shows he has pumped upwards of £200m into the club since he took over in 2006. The club's net spend over the last five years is just under £70m, which is the fourth highest in the Premier League. Tottenham's net spend over that period is just over £3m. Everton's figures show a profit. Yet while those two clubs are pursuing Champions League qualification, Villa are trying to avoid slipping into the Championship, which means Lerner may have to dip into his pocket once more. There must come a point when he becomes fed up with running up huge losses and seeing little reward on the pitch and decides it is time to sell up and get out. Stuart James

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/dec/31/premier-league-10-talking-points

Can't fault the amount of money Lerners put in. Its shocking we are spending so much and fighting relegation battles. It makes me imagine an aerial view of villa park with one of those black holes and money disappearing into it.

Pity he let the Poison Dwarf squander so much of it. Every manager since has had to suffer for that twat.

Bit harsh, Mcleish spent about £20m on nzogbia, Hutton and given and Hutton and nzogbia have both proved poor value , as did makoun and Ireland who both arrived after mon , so there's the best part of £40m spent .

O Neill wasted a fortune I agree, but he's not the only one .

Amazing to see where Everton are and the squad they have on far far less money than we spent on recent years , they rarely make bad signings where we have made loads in recent years.

[LeeB]

Don't think it matters anymore. Threads like this or similar have been on here for the last 3 years with all of us (me in particular) dishing out the blame. Bottom line is only 3 of those names on the list still have an input on how aston villa are run.

Lambert seems to have been dealt the same shoddy hand as the last two encumbents - that doesn't excuse his piss poor organisation and tactics - he needs to get a grip - fast.

Faulkner is just an overpromoted idiot with his dreams of a Villa side winning titles/making money on the back of a youth squad who clearly aren't good enough. If it was possible Paul, don't you think the likes of Man U, Chelsea, and Citeh would be doing it? Or do you think they like spending billions on other club's players? Lerner's new years resolution should be to get someone living on planet earth in and jettison the prat.

Lerner. Well where do you start? I can't work out if he's stupid, just knows nothing about football, or he's got some sort of Brewster's millions thing going on.  Taking advice from Ferguson hints at a combination of the first two options. God help us.

Well said Greg.

I have to agree.

Yes,you can always rely on Greg to appear to tell us how shit things are whenever we hit a bad run

What has he said that isn't true?  And we've been shite for most of the season, if you hadn't realised.

There's nothing there that's 'true', it's just the usual miserablist subjective garbage.

You favour it because you're in full sacrifice mode.

[Risso]

Don't think it matters anymore. Threads like this or similar have been on here for the last 3 years with all of us (me in particular) dishing out the blame. Bottom line is only 3 of those names on the list still have an input on how aston villa are run.

Lambert seems to have been dealt the same shoddy hand as the last two encumbents - that doesn't excuse his piss poor organisation and tactics - he needs to get a grip - fast.

Faulkner is just an overpromoted idiot with his dreams of a Villa side winning titles/making money on the back of a youth squad who clearly aren't good enough. If it was possible Paul, don't you think the likes of Man U, Chelsea, and Citeh would be doing it? Or do you think they like spending billions on other club's players? Lerner's new years resolution should be to get someone living on planet earth in and jettison the prat.

Lerner. Well where do you start? I can't work out if he's stupid, just knows nothing about football, or he's got some sort of Brewster's millions thing going on.  Taking advice from Ferguson hints at a combination of the first two options. God help us.

Well said Greg.

I have to agree.

Yes,you can always rely on Greg to appear to tell us how shit things are whenever we hit a bad run

What has he said that isn't true?  And we've been shite for most of the season, if you hadn't realised.

There's nothing there that's 'true', it's just the usual miserablist subjective garbage.

You favour it because you're in full sacrifice mode.

There ARE facts there LeeB you daft old headinthesandanista you, such as Lerner and Faulkner running the club, and Lerner taking advice from Ferguson (I wonder if that letter is still safely tucked up in his safe?).  The rest, if not exactly "facts", are at least hard to argue with, unless you actually believe that Faulkner is doing a good job or that Lerner knows how to run a football club.  But nobody's that dim, surely?