Radio WM

[dave.woodhall]

Franks astonishingly bought up the asset stripping call tonight and asked for other people's views.

They've had the bloke back on tonight, sorry I mean rang him up to get him on.

And to repeat a very scratched record, if the club had balls and a decent media department WM wouldn't dare say things like that more than once.

[ozzjim]

The amount of times I have heard we are going to be asset striped in the last 24 hours is amazing

[oswald funkletrumpet]

what are these assets?

sell vp to tesco?
sell the holte pub that only does business on matchdays?
sell players at a loss?

selling bodymoor heath would be an idea for the good it does

[Rudy65]

what are these assets?

sell vp to tesco?
sell the holte pub that only does business on matchdays?
sell players at a loss?

selling bodymoor heath would be an idea for the good it does

Tesco down the road already. Food store market on its knees, so no value from them

Bodymoor Heath has no value a over its existing use. No chance of getting housing there. From memory HS2 due to bisect it

Resale value of players is limited

In summary, no assets to strip!

[oswald funkletrumpet]

what are these assets?

sell vp to tesco?
sell the holte pub that only does business on matchdays?
sell players at a loss?

selling bodymoor heath would be an idea for the good it does

Tesco down the road already. Food store market on its knees, so no value from them

Bodymoor Heath has no value a over its existing use. No chance of getting housing there. From memory HS2 due to bisect it

Resale value of players is limited

In summary, no assets to strip!

shows what a fuckwit call me wanksy is if a halfwit like me can work it out

[Steve kirk]

Wanksy is a Twat of the highest order.

[kippaxvilla2]

The bloke they bought on actually said a Chinese investor was coming in to sell everything off. I know they say you couldn't make it up but genuinely this is a case in point.

[Stirchley Villain]

The bloke they bought on actually said a Chinese investor was coming in to sell everything off. I know they say you couldn't make it up but genuinely this is a case in point.

Carson?

[old man villa fan]

The bloke they bought on actually said a Chinese investor was coming in to sell everything off. I know they say you couldn't make it up but genuinely this is a case in point.

What, buy the club for £150m and sell the assets for £50m.  Not a very smart investor!

[tomd2103]

The amount of times I have heard we are going to be asset striped in the last 24 hours is amazing

But Franksy said tonight that people on social media are saying Hollis has got experience of working for companies involved in asset stripping.  Therefore it must be true then and worth continually repeating on air.

[dave.woodhall]

The amount of times I have heard we are going to be asset striped in the last 24 hours is amazing

But Franksy said tonight that people on social media are saying Hollis has got experience of working for companies involved in asset stripping.  Therefore it must be true then and worth continually repeating on air.

Tom Fox has got experience of working at Arsenal but we're not signing Theo Walcott.

[DaveD]

While I don't like an accountant being put in charge, the asset stripping story is pure fantasy.

If you could make more money from buying Aston Villa and selling off the pieces than running it as a going concern, Randy would either have no trouble selling it or have done it already himself.

Make no mistake about it - Randy and now Hollis are aiming to downsize the club to the point where our revenue covers our costs (or thereabouts). And we may fall a division or two before that equilibrium is reached, because we are now incredibly risk-averse in terms of player investment compared to our risk-seeking attitude in the MON years. But the pieces are still worth less than the whole, so I can't see a break-up happening.

[tomd2103]

The amount of times I have heard we are going to be asset striped in the last 24 hours is amazing

But Franksy said tonight that people on social media are saying Hollis has got experience of working for companies involved in asset stripping.  Therefore it must be true then and worth continually repeating on air.

Tom Fox has got experience of working at Arsenal but we're not signing Theo Walcott.

I wasn't being serious Dave, just pointing out the latest drivel he has come out with.  Franks surely can't believe it can he?  Unfortunately some of the callers who appear on the show do seem like the types who would buy into that kind of story, in which case Franks is on a big wind up or scaremongering.  Neither of which are very appropriate really. 

[tomd2103]

While I don't like an accountant being put in charge, the asset stripping story is pure fantasy.

If you could make more money from buying Aston Villa and selling off the pieces than running it as a going concern, Randy would either have no trouble selling it or have done it already himself.

Make no mistake about it - Randy and now Hollis are aiming to downsize the club to the point where our revenue covers our costs (or thereabouts). And we may fall a division or two before that equilibrium is reached, because we are now incredibly risk-averse in terms of player investment compared to our risk-seeking attitude in the MON years. But the pieces are still worth less than the whole, so I can't see a break-up happening.

Exactly Dave.  Hollis has been appointed to ensure the club spends what it earns until a buyer comes forward.  I still think our lack of activity in the window was down to being unable to shift players out first.

[dave.woodhall]

The amount of times I have heard we are going to be asset striped in the last 24 hours is amazing

But Franksy said tonight that people on social media are saying Hollis has got experience of working for companies involved in asset stripping.  Therefore it must be true then and worth continually repeating on air.

Tom Fox has got experience of working at Arsenal but we're not signing Theo Walcott.

I wasn't being serious Dave, just pointing out the latest drivel he has come out with.  Franks surely can't believe it can he?  Unfortunately some of the callers who appear on the show do seem like the types who would buy into that kind of story, in which case Franks is on a big wind up or scaremongering.  Neither of which are very appropriate really. 

I know you weren't serious. Nobody with any sense would give this story any credence at all - it's the sort of thing my mum comes out with because somebody she knows knows somebody who read it on Facebook and as I always say to her "Take a step back, look at it logically and ask yourself how likely it is". In this case, what assets are there to strip? A few landlocked acres in Aston and a load of green belt countryside. My mum never looks at it logically either.