Randy Lerner - How will his reign be remembered?

[cheltenhamlion]

There are some people on here who I wonder how they make it out of the door to work each day such is the level of their pessimism.

There seems to be no inbetween from it is all great or absolutely everything in the world is utterly shit.

[aj2k77]

There are some people on here who I wonder how they make it out of the door to work each day such is the level of their pessimism.

There seems to be no inbetween from it is all great or absolutely everything in the world is utterly shit.

Just like the Villa in that respect though.

[cheltenhamlion]

For example, the Supporters Trust statement about Lerner seems fair enough. The short version of that being thanks for the money, sell quickly and to someone good.

Some of the slating he is taking because of the shit we have served up on the pitch is grossly unfair in my view.

We have people posting here who are so miserable they believe he has spent years ripping us off when the evidence is absolutely to the contrary.

He might have buggered it up but it wasn't for the want of him chucking his own cash at it.
 

[Eigentor]

What I don't understand is why he never saw the need to get someone with football knowledge into the club's administration.

[silhillvilla]

What I don't understand is why he never saw the need to get someone with football knowledge into the club's administration.

Because Lerner is incompetent and knows very little about the game. Ditto his shiny faced bag carrier.

[Des Little]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HSH--SJKVQQ

[Jon Crofts]

The longer this drags on, the more he'll be remembered as a clueless, inept chancer.

[pauliewalnuts]

He might have buggered it up but it wasn't for the want of him chucking his own cash at it.

That's the thing that riles me on here. The fact that there will still be people who suggest he:

1. Will make money out of the club when he sells it (not a chance)
2. Has been taking money out of the club (entirely untrue, he's been spaffing it into the club).
3. Hasn't really spent much money.

Mentioning no names but a former poster on here who has now departed used to insist that point 2 above was true, even though it was demonstrably incorrect by even the quickest of glances at the accounts, or the figures in the press. We'd explain why he was wrong, and then a few weeks later, he'd resurface again insisting it was true.

It's not just an opinion or conjecture - it is a cold, hard fact, so factual that accountants signed their name to it - that Lerner has spent a fortune on the club.

I have plenty of issues with his dreadful management of the club and the way he watched so much of that money get wasted, he's been a disaster on that front for four years now, but I honestly can't believe that people still seem to doubt the fact he's spent a lot of money on us.

[Mister E]

The longer this drags on, the more he'll be remembered as a clueless, inept chancer.

unfortunately this is true. The quality of his withdrawal really will inform public opinion.

[hilts_coolerking]

The longer this drags on, the more he'll be remembered as a clueless, inept chancer.

Yep.  The bad years now outnumber the good, unfortunately.

[Toronto Villa]

The longer this drags on, the more he'll be remembered as a clueless, inept chancer.

at what point will it be determined that it has dragged on too long? And who will make that determination? It's been a week and there are some who already have that opinion. That's not fair at all. I agree if it hasn't been resolved by the start of the season and the correct level of investment on the playing side has not been made, then it will really taint his tenure. I just don't think he will want it to go that long.

[rob_bridge]

What I don't understand is why he never saw the need to get someone with football knowledge into the club's administration.

He must have thought Paul Faulkner had such pedigree.

[rob_bridge]

I work for a huge American corporation who have been trying to sell their European arm for a year without success.

I know Premier League football is an entirely special case when it comes to such dealings but it may not be as quick as people think.

The fact that Lambert was retained to me points to a deal later on this year.

[Toronto Villa]

I work for a huge American corporation who have been trying to sell their European arm for a year without success.

I know Premier League football is an entirely special case when it comes to such dealings but it may not be as quick as people think.

The fact that Lambert was retained to me points to a deal later on this year.

I don't think you can compare PL football, arguable the best marketed sports league in the world to any other business. If you are an American company that wants exposure in Asia, as an example, and have some interest in sport, then there are few better vehicles than the PL in order to do that.

[not3bad]

The longer this drags on, the more he'll be remembered as a clueless, inept chancer.

at what point will it be determined that it has dragged on too long? And who will make that determination?

If we're still in this state when the season starts?  As for the second question that's subjective isn't?