Kendrick Says It's Time To Ask Questions

[Dave Clark Five]

Agreed Robbo.

[andyh]

Do we think this is causing as much of a stir elsewhere,  as it is with a small number of fans on a website?

[dekko]

And last year when he started asking direct questions during our horror-run he essentially got cut out of press conferences for the next few weeks, with Lambert ignoring him.

I guess we'll see during this weeks conference if he upholds his part of the 'asking questions' bargain.

[PaulWinch again]

Bottom line is Aston Villa football club should be playing and competing at the top level of English football and really we should be playing European football.

[Dave Clark Five]

Bottom line is Aston Villa football club should be playing and competing at the top level of English football and really we should be playing European football.

Correct. Yet some seem to have been brainwashed to accept crap.

[robbo1874]

Maybe N3B. But they can surely step up the pressure a bit, turn the screw and try to force it more than just effectively saying: we've asked, they've blanked us, over to you Villa fans, we still need to get our daily scraps from the club to fill a few column inches.

[not3bad]

On the other hand if the Villa fans did get more organised then maybe that would give more weight to his questions?  Does the responsibility not run both ways?

[saunders_heroes]

Bottom line is Aston Villa football club should be playing and competing at the top level of English football and really we should be playing European football.

Correct. Yet some seem to have been brainwashed to accept crap.

Yep. The "young and hungry" lie is the perfect example of that.

[Dave Cooper please]

4 relegation battles on the trot and yet still barely a flicker of criticism of the chairman by the editor of Villa's only independent fanzine. I find that perplexing.

So the editor of the only independent fanzine can only have an opinion if it is the same as yours?
There is plenty of stuff in the 'zine criticising Lerner, surely if the editor only wanted positive stuff about the board he wouldn't publish articles that criticise them would he?

Write one yourself, I'm sure Dave will publish it as long as it's reasonably well written and interesting.

[robbo1874]

On the other hand if the Villa fans did get more organised then maybe that would give more weight to his questions?  Does the responsibility not run both ways?

when you say organised, what does that mean? I don't think we're at the point yet where the placards and banners need to come out, or sit ins on the holte steps need to happen, but we do need the local media to scrutinise the leadership and try to up the ante a bit. The annoying thing is that the local media all seem keen to snipe and snicker and take the piss, but unwilling to properly wade in and force the board to front up.

[saunders_heroes]

4 relegation battles on the trot and yet still barely a flicker of criticism of the chairman by the editor of Villa's only independent fanzine. I find that perplexing.

So the editor of the only independent fanzine can only have an opinion if it is the same as yours?
There is plenty of stuff in the 'zine criticising Lerner, surely if the editor only wanted positive stuff about the board he wouldn't publish articles that criticise them would he?

Write one yourself, I'm sure Dave will publish it as long as it's reasonably well written and interesting.

How anyone can't have a problem with a chairman who has presided over the decline of the club seems bizarre to me, and I'm entitled to that view. Just like Dave has the right to sit there and say nothing. I'd expect a bit more from the editor of the only independent Villa fanzine out there though.
No wonder Lerner has got away with what he's done to the team over the last 4 years with a fan base as apathetic as ours.

[aev]

Some of the media are more rigorous with their questioning. Pat Murphy may not be to everyone's taste but the interviews I have heard recently with PL have been questioning regarding style of play, form etc

[not3bad]

On the other hand if the Villa fans did get more organised then maybe that would give more weight to his questions?  Does the responsibility not run both ways?

when you say organised, what does that mean?

This has been cited as an example:

http://www.spiritofshankly.com/

As for Kendrick 'wading in' hasn't it already been mentioned that he was banned from Villa's press conferences for a time precisely because he 'waded in'?

[Fergal]

Bottom line is Aston Villa football club should be playing and competing at the top level of English football and really we should be playing European football.

Correct. Yet some seem to have been brainwashed to accept crap.

Yer but no but... All we have to do is wait to get ALL the high wage earners off the books then we can start spending again and progress serenely on to the promised land.  Once there we can get into a European cup competition, get in with a chance of winning it then send the ladies 3rd team to get knocked out in the quarter final in a glorious attempt to qualify for the champions League...

[Dave Cooper please]

As for Hodgson, that meeting when he revealed his first report was fantastic.
The rapturous acclaim that greeted the reading out of it was matched only by the deathly silence and tumbleweed when he asked everyone present to cough up £500 apiece!

"What do we want?"
"Ellis out?"
"When do we want it?"
"NOW!"
"How much you say?"
"Well maybe later then."