The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[Lastfootstamper]

His personal wealth isn't really relevant is it? It's the Recon Group buying us with him as the Chairman.

*cleans layers of dust from claret and blue specs*
A set-up akin to that of Man City.
Run a successful business, you reap the financial rewards, leave the emotional "Villa fan all my life" stuff to us, and we'll get along fine.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Welcome Dr.Tony, could you please appoint some people to the board who know something about running a football club.

[olaftab]

How do you pronounce Xia?

Zia.

[UK Redsox]

largest glutamic company in China

[Steve R]

Just heard Doug on Sky. He seems to have retained more marbles than Randy.

Can the first person to mention shirt sales be banned please. Apart from me, that is.

[PeterWithe]

What the frigging hell was Lerner on about in that statement?

I can envisage him typing that with pencils stuffed up his nose and some underpants on his head.

Nuts.

Good luck for the future Randy, you may have made an almighty fuck up of more or less everything but I think your heart was in the right place, just not your brain.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~5580405,00.html

Here's the little blighter

Seems like a nice boy

Looks like a snooker player.

Just give me a number with £ sign in front of it.  It's all the info that's needed.

[brian green]

My son says all this bollocks about being a striker and always being a Villa fan makes him more likely to be Deadly in a black wig.

[Kingthing]

"He became a fan of Aston Villa many years ago"

What a coincidence!

[Proposition Joe]

Even Randy's final statement looks like waffle to me. Goodbye to all that?

I think he said quite a lot that needs to be read between the lines.  This part definitely implies plans are afoot regarding the stadium but I'm struggling to think what you could do there that would provide enough revenue to contribute to "squad-funding" given players' prices these days.  Any interesting planning permissions lodged in city hall recently?

Tony's excitement to develop Villa Park shone through. I remain convinced that this is a crucial part of the Club's future as it provides a critical, long-term second source of revenue and therefore sustainability for the Club from which squad-funding can potentially come.

[Ron Manager]

If he is a doctor how come I haven't seen him in Casualty or Holby City?

[Tuscans]

He's only 30 years old....surely the youngest owner of a football club in the Premie......Uh Championship.

[PeterWithe]

If he is a doctor how come I haven't seen him in Casualty or Holby City?

He was wearing a surgical mask.

[PeterWithe]

I'm more than a little uneasy about this.

[olaftab]

I am in for a busy few days....

Good luck and thanks for the info.