Lerner backs Villa boss Lambert

[kipeye]

Fair enough we are all entitled to our own opinion, and opinions will very much be varied when the club is in this position...

However this statement has left me more confused than i was before.  Lambert clearly stated at lunchtime that there is no money to spend on players...

So where's this money come from in the last 3 hours? ermm

The money was always there , hes said theyve been in for players already , lambert is being cagey and people are hanging on his every word.
All will become clear on thursday .

I think it has got to do with the'merry go round' of players in a chain.

[Drummond]

I'm sorry, it doesn't even come across as if it was written by someone who is supposed to be a fan. No passion or emotion in it. The final paragraph starts with 'On a personal note...' but what exactly was personal about it? It sounded as formal as the rest of the statement. It sounds no different to a statement that would be released by someone like McDonalds if they were found guilty of food poisoning. It is just a damage limitation exercise with Lerner knowing that a loss against Newcastle will mean the he will permenantly lose the vast majority of fans. This is just an attempt to nip some of this unrest in the bud. Well Mr Lerner, you may subdue some with this hollow statement, but you don't fool me!

What do you want - an ending of SOTC? Of course it's formal; it's a professional business statement. It's not a Facebook status.

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[TheEgo]

Why isn't this "statement" on the official site? Where has it come from? Just trying to catch up

[Chris Smith]

A similar statement was released this time last year, if i remember rightly it was a letter backing McLeish and stating a similar vision..

He was then sacked at the end of the season - and people wonder why we don't believe what Lerner is saying?

hmm...

Didn't the article mention this was the first public communication from RL since 2010? If this is true then he must not have said the same last season.

I will have a dig around when i get time to see.

May be an interesting end to the week; transfer day on Thur and hearing the new Depeche Mode single on Friday

You just can't get enough, can you?

[Jockey Randall]

Fair enough we are all entitled to our own opinion, and opinions will very much be varied when the club is in this position...

However this statement has left me more confused than i was before.  Lambert clearly stated at lunchtime that there is no money to spend on players...

So where's this money come from in the last 3 hours? ermm

The money was always there , hes said theyve been in for players already , lambert is being cagey and people are hanging on his every word.
All will become clear on thursday .

It doesn't seem that way to me. He's basically said that we've not got a substantial amount and we're looking for cheap options who will improve what we currently have. Trying to do this in the january transfer window and for inflated prices has led to us currently signing no one and this would all point to what we've already been told- that it's "unlikely" that any new signings will arrive. I suppose it comes down to how much faith you put in your ITK info.

[davisa]

Fair enough we are all entitled to our own opinion, and opinions will very much be varied when the club is in this position...

However this statement has left me more confused than i was before.  Lambert clearly stated at lunchtime that there is no money to spend on players...


So where's this money come from in the last 3 hours? ermm

No he didn't, the press and some fans may have read it that way but in no way did he say, 'we have no money'.

I hope i'm wrong i really do, but you could also say that the fans have read the Lerner statement in a way that makes them believe that sufficient funds available, when the players we've looked at may not have been worth much at all...

IMO the most effective bits of business we can do now are loan deals for experienced Premier league players i.e Heitinga

[Clampy]

A similar statement was released this time last year, if i remember rightly it was a letter backing McLeish and stating a similar vision..

He was then sacked at the end of the season - and people wonder why we don't believe what Lerner is saying?

hmm...

Didn't the article mention this was the first public communication from RL since 2010? If this is true then he must not have said the same last season.

I will have a dig around when i get time to see.

May be an interesting end to the week; transfer day on Thur and hearing the new Depeche Mode single on Friday

You just can't get enough, can you?

I prefer it when Lerner says nothing, i enjoy the silence.

[Brend'Watkins]

A similar statement was released this time last year, if i remember rightly it was a letter backing McLeish and stating a similar vision..

He was then sacked at the end of the season - and people wonder why we don't believe what Lerner is saying?

hmm...

Didn't the article mention this was the first public communication from RL since 2010? If this is true then he must not have said the same last season.

I will have a dig around when i get time to see.

May be an interesting end to the week; transfer day on Thur and hearing the new Depeche Mode single on Friday

You just can't get enough, can you?

He must be the only one enjoying the silence coming out of VP

[Chico Hamilton III]

I prefer it when Lerner says nothing, i enjoy the silence

We are desperate for some signings though, to breathe New Life into the side

[Mazrim]

Some hilarious reactions to this but... people are people.

[VillaAlways]

Sounds like the dreaded vote of confidence to me. I can see him being sacked if we lose to Newcastle

[Risso]

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours, but I think that Lerner has a sick sense of humour, and when we go down I expect to find him laughing.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Sounds like the dreaded vote of confidence to me. I can see him being sacked if we lose to Newcastle

is that an album track?

[Risso]

I'm sorry, it doesn't even come across as if it was written by someone who is supposed to be a fan. No passion or emotion in it. The final paragraph starts with 'On a personal note...' but what exactly was personal about it? It sounded as formal as the rest of the statement. It sounds no different to a statement that would be released by someone like McDonalds if they were found guilty of food poisoning. It is just a damage limitation exercise with Lerner knowing that a loss against Newcastle will mean the he will permenantly lose the vast majority of fans. This is just an attempt to nip some of this unrest in the bud. Well Mr Lerner, you may subdue some with this hollow statement, but you don't fool me!

What do you want - an ending of SOTC? Of course it's formal; it's a professional business statement. It's not a Facebook status.

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I think the use of "professional business" in conjunction with something from Randy Lerner was a bit of a surprise.

[eamonn]

Were that a b-side by the Basildon bankers?