The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[dave.woodhall]

We have been a cost cutting club since the latter part of the 19th century. George Ramsey was made manager in 1886 and found he had to run in the Secretary role as well for 42 years. He must have been the original 'multitasker'.

Shall I?

[cdbearsfan]

I don't think even as great a manager as Ramsay was could turn this lot around.

[PaulWinch again]

Garde is the right man, sadly he's been let down by a fucking atrocious board.

[curiousorange]

Leicester and Southampton took half a decade to stabilise, and didn't the former have about four cracks at Championship promotion before they came up?

I think there's probably a very suitable owner out there for Villa, but for one reason or another they haven't been given the time of day. In a world where Forest, Leicester, Southampton, QPR, and probably half a dozen others can be owned by people with fewer assets than Lerner and still spend well, I refuse to believe there isn't somebody who thinks we're a good proposition.

[Ads]

Leicester and Southampton are small, wanky, nothing clubs. It takes expert skill to relegate Aston Villa.

[curiousorange]

Leicester and Southampton are small, wanky, nothing clubs. It takes expert skill to relegate Aston Villa.

I went to university in Leicester, leaving before Leicester left Filbert Street and built that crisp place. Filbert Street was one of those crumbling, crap in the middle of loads of terracing second division type places. Even the Walkers Stadium, with its identikit façade, can't be that atmospheric to walk up to of an evening. But Villa Park, at night, as you come up from Aston Station? Christ, the view is beautiful.

[Louzie0]

Garde is the right man, sadly he's been let down by a fucking atrocious board.

I'd like to think he is in touch with Sir Graham Taylor, Brian Little, Ron Atkinson and John Gregory.
They are my favourite Villa managers of the last 30 years.

[Locko]

As I said on another thread, with Randy in charge, I honestly don't think we have bottomed out yet, found our level as a club.  I fear for the worst that we'll be out of the top league for some time to come.  I hope not.

My positive take is relegation will make us a much cheaper option for someone and will see people become interested in taking over more so than now.

Anyone looking to invest will get us for under 100mil in the championship and only have to look at Leicester and Watford to see what can be achieved with a decent if not huge outlay

Or Lerner may think "let's see if we can get out of here in a season and if that happens our value will rise, then I can sell"

This is the thought that terrifies me. The custodian thinks he'll turn it around get us back
 on the gravy train and can then sell us and get his money back... Shudder.

[Dante Lavelli]

Until recently I wanted Randy to recover the cash he has invested the club, on the basis that he's been careless rather than malicious.  My current view is that the silver lining on a very grey cloud is the fact that Randy faces losing a fortune as a consequence of his incompetence; finally he'll feel some pain too. 

[Locko]

As I said on another thread, with Randy in charge, I honestly don't think we have bottomed out yet, found our level as a club.  I fear for the worst that we'll be out of the top league for some time to come.  I hope not.

This is what I fear. Those who think next season will see a rebirth of the club I think are in cloud cuckoo land as in my opinion we're going to continue to spiral into decline until Lerner finally sells.
Let's just hope there's someone out there with the cash to buy us AND actually care about the club.

The club is in a tailspin and we're fuckerooed until the Yankee doodle dandy trust fund wanker sells up. I can't see an end to this Hollis is an ill disguised axeman, here to make cuts. I fear we'll have a mid table championship budget for next season.
Whilst Lerner has spent heavily on villa, mainly through pissing money up the wall with shite decisions, he's not exactly on his arse financially, he sold the Browns (another sporting institution he's bent over and soundly buggered with his unique brand of fuckwittery) for $1bn.

[Des Little]

Has he tried placing a card in the newsagent's window yet? It's got to be worth a try?

[Ron Manager]

We have been a cost cutting club since the latter part of the 19th century. George Ramsey was made manager in 1886 and found he had to run in the Secretary role as well for 42 years. He must have been the original 'multitasker'.

Shall I?

I have found proof Dave I will PM you later on.

[Lastfootstamper]

I wouldn't know what order to put these in.

The Dead Sea scrolls
The Birmingham uni Koran find
Ron's Ramsey proof.

I think it's gonna need our top men on this one.

[Boz]

If Everton have found a buyer, then there's still investor interest in a Premiership club, (pity we probably won't be one in April), but to generate serious interest, the club has to have a team that performs and even though Everton are only a mid table side they're a long way in front of the Villa for the last 5 years.

With the surge in Sky money next season, Randy has missed an opportunity to sell the club with his parsimonious team investment in the last few years, and if Everton are worth £200m requiring a new stadium, what would Villa be worth if the team had been successful?

Poor management and decisions over the last few years have cost Randy very dear, and no recruiting of non football board members at this stage is going to change that. His only hope is for Remi and our current players to pull off a miracle.

[ChicagoLion]

If Everton have found a buyer, then there's still investor interest in a Premiership club, (pity we probably won't be one in April), but to generate serious interest, the club has to have a team that performs and even though Everton are only a mid table side they're a long way in front of the Villa for the last 5 years.

With the surge in Sky money next season, Randy has missed an opportunity to sell the club with his parsimonious team investment in the last few years, and if Everton are worth £200m requiring a new stadium, what would Villa be worth if the team had been successful?

Poor management and decisions over the last few years have cost Randy very dear, and no recruiting of non football board members at this stage is going to change that. His only hope is for Remi and our current players to pull off a miracle.

I think Denmark, did the numbers on here, if someone pays 200 for Everton, another 200 for a stadium and 100 investment in the team. That is 500 million just to have a shot at Champios League.