The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[john e]

*Mandatory sneer*

less of that please

[Clampy]

I've mainly forgotten about it. Having a good old whinge is not going to sell the club any quicker.

[Malandro]

*Mandatory sneer*

less of that please

*non-mandatory sneer*

[Stan The Man]

My thought's and feelings on this current takeover or lack of i should say is hopefully we will find a buyer as the season starts similar to Mr Lerner when he arrived, no need to panic just yet but time is moving on so it's a case of fingers crossed for me

[pauliewalnuts]

My thought's and feelings on this current takeover or lack of i should say is hopefully we will find a buyer as the season starts similar to Mr Lerner when he arrived, no need to panic just yet but time is moving on so it's a case of fingers crossed for me

One thing I do think is pretty clear is that nobody has the first idea what is going on.

I wouldn't even be hugely surprised if Faulkner didn't know what was going on.

[robbo1874]

They could if there was no specific clause in the sale that prevented them from doing so.

Which isn't very likely.

They could if there was no specific clause in the sale that prevented them from doing so.

Why would anybody insist on that clause? If you're selling the club, why would you be bothered about what it was called when it was no longer anything to do with you?

It would be like somebody selling a car on the proviso that the new owner didn't change the colour.

maybe if you're a self-professed 'custodian' of the club and you want to both secure its future and protect its heritage. I think the mantra goes something along the lines of 'proud history, bright future'. Or are we suggesting that's all bullshit that will go out the window with the prospect of an extra 20-30m on the sale price?

[pauliewalnuts]

Naming rights for an established ground wouldn't fetch anywhere near 20-30m.

It's also highly unlikely that someone is going to pay 200m for the club and accept restrictions on what they can and can't do. Why would they? They're buying it, it's their club.

That'd why the ideas of offering something as an inducement to a purchase when it is something they'd expect doesn't stand up to examination.

"If you buy my house, I'll let you repaint it".

[Holte Sweet]

He will sell for whatever he can get.

I predict we will never hear from or see him again.

Custodian my arse.

[bertlambshank]

He will sell for whatever he can get.

I predict we will never hear from or see him again.

Custodian my arse.

Fuck off tiles don't grow on trees!

[Jon Crofts]

He will sell for whatever he can get.

I predict we will never hear from or see him again.

Custodian my arse.

Seeing as we haven't heard from him or seen him in about 4 years, will anyone even notice the tattooed ankled dunce was ever here?

[dave.woodhall]

He will sell for whatever he can get.

I predict we will never hear from or see him again.

Custodian my arse.

Seeing as we haven't heard from him or seen him in about 4 years, will anyone even notice the tattooed ankled dunce was ever here?

Do you really think there's been no improvement in any aspect of the club over the past eight years, or are you just trying to score a cheap point?

[Toronto Villa]

He will sell for whatever he can get.

I predict we will never hear from or see him again.

Custodian my arse.

Seeing as we haven't heard from him or seen him in about 4 years, will anyone even notice the tattooed ankled dunce was ever here?

Do you really think there's been no improvement in any aspect of the club over the past eight years, or are you just trying to score a cheap point?

I really have never understood why some people cannot compartmentalise their criticism. If something isn't going well then everything has to be shit. Why not just look at things without a broad brush and say some things at our club are really incredible and very well done, while other things have been disappointing and need improvement? I realise the first team dominates the conversation and sways opinion but that doesn't mean that everything is as bad as that aspect of the club. Randy Lerner/Paul Faulkner deserve criticism for many things, but give them their due where it is deserved. It hasn't all been shit, and even now, not everything is bad at Aston Villa.

[Chico Hamilton III]

If we're comparing where we are now to where we were when Randy took over, I think Jon's got a point. Plenty of things might have happened in between, but I'm trying to think how our current situation is much better than when Doug left us.

We could make a list?

[pauliewalnuts]

On the pitch, things look largely the same.

Off the pitch - nice training ground, nice pub, a decent restaurant, better work with charities. That's largely it.

Those things are better than they used to be, but are they particularly meaningful?

[pauliewalnuts]

He will sell for whatever he can get.

I predict we will never hear from or see him again.

Custodian my arse.

Seeing as we haven't heard from him or seen him in about 4 years, will anyone even notice the tattooed ankled dunce was ever here?

Do you really think there's been no improvement in any aspect of the club over the past eight years, or are you just trying to score a cheap point?

I really have never understood why some people cannot compartmentalise their criticism. If something isn't going well then everything has to be shit. Why not just look at things without a broad brush and say some things at our club are really incredible and very well done, while other things have been disappointing and need improvement? I realise the first team dominates the conversation and sways opinion but that doesn't mean that everything is as bad as that aspect of the club. Randy Lerner/Paul Faulkner deserve criticism for many things, but give them their due where it is deserved. It hasn't all been shit, and even now, not everything is bad at Aston Villa.

I think the key factor is that the things that really matter - to our core function as a football club - have been a pig's ear and have left us with a somewhat feeble squad which is settled into a routine of dodging relegation.

See things like the Joe Cole thing tweeted today about how he's sure the bomb squad players can help us beat relegation.

That sort of thing just drives home how low expectations are at the moment - and that is a direct result of four years of horrible struggle.

Yeah, the charity stuff, the restaurants, the stuff I mentioned in the post above, they're all great, but they are not the things that matter the most - given that we are a professional football club.

If you judge it by the things that do matter, then it's hard to spot many things which have been done well. In those terms, we are back where we started eight years ago.