Takeover rumours

[eastie]

... and on that Birmingham Red Bulls thing, to Randy's credit, I don't think he'd take it in a million years, either.

The one thing I think he's been pretty much perfect on is understanding and respecting our tradition.

I was thinking more if someone took over the club and randy  was no longer a part of the equation .

[Ads]

Randy may insist on the sale coming with restrictive covenants.

[eastie]

Randy may insist on the sale coming with restrictive covenants.

Maybe but money talks , if the money is right can he turn it down ?
Whoever buys the club will likely want to do things their way and if  it means taking us to the champions league and beyond then i think  randy would be happy - you can't have your cake and eat it.

[Ads]

If he has an emotional attachment to the club and has a respect for the history of the place, then he wouldn't sell to somebody wanting to change the name, colours, stadium name etc.

Even Herbie could smell a shyster when they came knocking and he had done his level best to bury the greatest achievements in the club’s history.   

[supertom]

What happens if they do buy us and then also finally realise their drink tastes like Piss and rebrand accordingly. Then we'll be known as Piss Villa.

[eastie]

If he has an emotional attachment to the club and has a respect for the history of the place, then he wouldn't sell to somebody wanting to change the name, colours, stadium name etc.

Even Herbie could smell a shyster when they came knocking and he had done his level best to bury the greatest achievements in the club’s history.   

Not sure why people think a big money buyer would change the name or colours - it didn't happen at Chelsea or man city - I'm sure randy would like to sell eventually to someone with the clubs history at heart although of course it depends how much he needs the money and what offer is made to him if he did ever decide to cash in.
There are other attractive clubs out there like everton and newcastle  of similar size and potential.

[TonyD]

If a new owner changes the colours,  name, stadium name etc,  just don't go down anymore.   The negative publicity of an empty ground wouldn't be wise.

[Ads]

I want to go down and that is the problem.

I am not a customer, I am a supporter. Owners and the league in general know this and exploit us as fans because of this. If we were customers, then football would have packed up long ago.

What other customers would take changes to opening times to make them highly inconvenient and a hyperinflation of the product price way beyond an increase in the quality, to name but two issues with the game.

[paul_e]

I want to go down and that is the problem.

I am not a customer, I am a supporter. Owners and the league in general know this and exploit us as fans because of this. If we were customers, then football would have packed up long ago.

What other customers would take changes to opening times to make them highly inconvenient and a hyperinflation of the product price way beyond an increase in the quality, to name but two issues with the game.

people who queue outside the apple store for hours for a midnight opening to buy the latest iphone, which is almost exactly the same as the last iphone but has an 's' on the end?

[Yossarian]

There is too much goodwill locked up in the name Aston Villa for our name to be changed. I can see Villa Park becoming Red Bull Park for the right amount of shekels though.

[paul_e]

There is too much goodwill locked up in the name Aston Villa for our name to be changed. I can see Villa Park becoming Red Bull Park for the right amount of shekels though.

Ditto the club colours, our kit is a big part of who we are and a lot of people know it.  I have no worries about anyone buying us and changing either.  If you're going to change things like that you buy a club without the history.

I really don't see an issue with the ground though.

[danlanza]

There is too much goodwill locked up in the name Aston Villa for our name to be changed. I can see Villa Park becoming Red Bull Park for the right amount of shekels though.

Ditto the club colours, our kit is a big part of who we are and a lot of people know it.  I have no worries about anyone buying us and changing either.  If you're going to change things like that you buy a club without the history.

I really don't see an issue with the ground though.

Cardiff ? Agree with you by the way.

[paul_e]

There is too much goodwill locked up in the name Aston Villa for our name to be changed. I can see Villa Park becoming Red Bull Park for the right amount of shekels though.

Ditto the club colours, our kit is a big part of who we are and a lot of people know it.  I have no worries about anyone buying us and changing either.  If you're going to change things like that you buy a club without the history.

I really don't see an issue with the ground though.

Cardiff ? Agree with you by the way.

The reasoning behind the cardiff change was to try to get the floating welsh support behind them agianst the English rather than for commercial reasons, don't think it went down very well though, from the comments by the cardiff fans I went to uni with at least.

[danlanza]

So blatant racism is alive and well in our Prem ?
Just as long as you do not make monkey sounds, or call somebody a ...., ?
But it is ok for some bloke to take over a club and target the anti English fraction, sorry, faction to make himself some sort of messiah ?
I don't buy that, or understand that, at all. Go and play in the league of Wales in that case.

[saunders_heroes]

So blatant racism is alive and well in our Prem ?
Just as long as you do not make monkey sounds, or call somebody a ...., ?
But it is ok for some bloke to take over a club and target the anti English fraction, sorry, faction to make himself some sort of messiah ?
I don't buy that, or understand that, at all. Go and play in the league of Wales in that case.

Oh for goodness sake stop being so OTT.