Randy Lerner

[supertom]

Sometimes this club reminds me of episodes of Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares. Someone comes in, from a completely different line of business thinking they can run a successful restaurant, piss money up the wall and then get to a point where disaster is just around the corner.
My point?
Anyone have Gordon Ramseys number?

"Oi Randy yer fooking bastard! Get a director of football in!"
"Oi Ireland! Do something! How bout getting yerself a syrup like mine!"
Etc.

[Hillbilly]

Lerner's major error was gambling on the wrong horse when he let Mon spend champions league money on players that proved insufficient to the task.  If we'd made the top 4 under MoN and done a decent job in the champions league, the wages issue would never have happened.  RL backed him that we were going to get there.  The 3rd 6th place showed clearly that he'd hit a wall but if Lerner had withdrawn the funds earlier would the fans have been lauding him for making the right decision, or deriding him as another Doug who nearly made it but then wimped out.

Everything since then has come from the fact that we gambled on making the champions league and failed, with the only other major error being that he thought TSM could come in and get us back to playing the way MoN did, thereby making use of the millions of pounds of players we had at the club who couldn't adapt to the GH methods.

Calls for him to sell are well wide of the mark as far as I'm concerned, and suggesting he's some terrible owner who's gone from mistake to mistake just doesn't fit my view of things at all.

That's how I see it.

Me too.

[villadelph]

He just needs to take the club out of Paul Faulkner's hands. Randy has absolutely nothing to do with any of it. The only role player that has remained throughout this entire relegation dogfight over the past 2.5 to 3 years is Faulkner. He guides the club, the same way Mike Holmgren did at the Browns. New GM/CEO with an actual footballing brain and a plan and we'll come good.

[dave.woodhall]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

[DB]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

Indeed. I wonder if we could match his wages...

[Stu]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

I'm sure you've said before how unlikely this scenario is. I'd still like it to happen though.

[eastie]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

What role has stride got with uefa? I didn't know he was still involved in football- would be a much better option than Faulkner in my opinion.

[not3bad]

Sometimes this club reminds me of episodes of Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares. Someone comes in, from a completely different line of business thinking they can run a successful restaurant, piss money up the wall and then get to a point where disaster is just around the corner.
My point?
Anyone have Gordon Ramseys number?

"Oi Randy yer fooking bastard! Get a director of football in!"
"Oi Ireland! Do something! How bout getting yerself a syrup like mine!"
Etc.

Gordon Ramsey wears a syrup?!

[dave.woodhall]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

What role has stride got with uefa? I didn't know he was still involved in football- would be a much better option than Faulkner in my opinion.

He's on their 'expert' panel - acts as overseer for games and sits on tribunals, that sort of thing. It's not full-time but I daresay it's not a bad part-time gig. 

[Stu]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

What role has stride got with uefa? I didn't know he was still involved in football- would be a much better option than Faulkner in my opinion.

He's on their 'expert' panel - acts as overseer for games and sits on tribunals, that sort of thing. It's not full-time but I daresay it's not a bad part-time gig. 

Exactly, would he even want to come back here?

[bertlambshank]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

What role has stride got with uefa? I didn't know he was still involved in football- would be a much better option than Faulkner in my opinion.

He's on their 'expert' panel - acts as overseer for games and sits on tribunals, that sort of thing. It's not full-time but I daresay it's not a bad part-time gig. 

I will carry him to Villa Park if that's what it takes.Where does he live?

[SashasGrandad]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

What role has stride got with uefa? I didn't know he was still involved in football- would be a much better option than Faulkner in my opinion.

He's on their 'expert' panel - acts as overseer for games and sits on tribunals, that sort of thing. It's not full-time but I daresay it's not a bad part-time gig. 

I will carry him to Villa Park if that's what it takes.Where does he live?

I think he is still in Four Oaks. He's a friend of a friend on my facebook thingy.

[bertlambshank]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

What role has stride got with uefa? I didn't know he was still involved in football- would be a much better option than Faulkner in my opinion.

He's on their 'expert' panel - acts as overseer for games and sits on tribunals, that sort of thing. It's not full-time but I daresay it's not a bad part-time gig. 

I will carry him to Villa Park if that's what it takes.Where does he live?

I think he is still in Four Oaks. He's a friend of a friend on my facebook thingy.

Bad back and a dodgy knee,but I will take one for the team.

[Hillbilly]

Is it stating the obvious to say (again) that the best signing Villa could make this January would never play a game, nor set foot in the pitch?

Stride, stop fannying around with UEFA and get back to your desk.

What role has stride got with uefa? I didn't know he was still involved in football- would be a much better option than Faulkner in my opinion.

Probably working on a plan to legitimize franchising...

[N'ZMAV]

Mr Woodhall, do you think Stride will return?