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Author Topic: Yes, Mr President  (Read 35087 times)

Offline E I Adio

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #75 on: August 30, 2013, 02:32:20 PM »
I would love it to be my boyhood hero Peter McParland, but on the grounds of gravitas, I voted for Sir Mervyn.

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #76 on: August 30, 2013, 02:36:20 PM »
Martin Laursen, I don't know why, I just really like him.

Offline Legion

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #77 on: August 30, 2013, 02:36:20 PM »
Charlie Aitken.

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #78 on: August 30, 2013, 02:54:14 PM »
Charlie Aitken.

Does he still go to the games ?

I used to see him sat in the Director's Box but haven't recently

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #79 on: August 30, 2013, 03:03:55 PM »
I voted for Mervyn King, for much the same reasons as others have said.

Offline Jarpie

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #80 on: August 30, 2013, 03:13:26 PM »
Is it realistic at all to think that Mervyn King would take the job? I'd imagine it would be a good to be someone who's good public speaker and can also go to the football shows to talk. From the ex-players I'd say Laursen or Withe as both could be respectable enough to work in official capacity.

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #81 on: August 30, 2013, 03:15:24 PM »
Mervyn King if we are going for someone with some standing outside of the game, Martin Laursen because he loves us so much and would appeal a bit like Ian Taylor to a broad section of fans especially young. Graham Taylor ideally just don't see him wanting it.

Offline gervilla

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #82 on: August 30, 2013, 03:16:57 PM »
Charlie Aitken.

Does he still go to the games ?

I used to see him sat in the Director's Box but haven't recently
I saw him in the North Stand Car Park before the Swansea game last season.

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #83 on: August 30, 2013, 03:18:51 PM »
Steve Hodge?

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #84 on: August 30, 2013, 03:32:35 PM »
Our last successful manager, Brian Little.

Offline bill

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #85 on: August 30, 2013, 04:06:58 PM »
Ron Saunders please.

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #86 on: August 30, 2013, 04:10:50 PM »

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #87 on: August 30, 2013, 04:12:20 PM »
Brian Little.

Talented, intelligent, coherent, humble, dignified, and a deity.


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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #88 on: August 30, 2013, 04:17:04 PM »
Sir Merv for me - I've watched him in action answering questions at a Government Select Committee. Awesome as the kids say. And he loves the Villa, and was a Vice President of the Club before the evil City dragged him off to London.

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Re: Yes, Mr President
« Reply #89 on: August 30, 2013, 04:27:17 PM »
Sir Mervyn for me. Spoke on TMS recently and loves Villa and sport.

 


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