Goodbye Paul Faulkner.

[cdbearsfan]

Once he finished his GCSEs he was always going to move on.

Yeah, nobody under the age of fifty should be allowed to have a decent job.

[RussellC]

This is bizarre; 2 more Facebook updates from Delph in the last hour. Firstly;

"The news has been revealed, fresh start?"

Followed by,

"Villa fans, I can't sign a contract if I haven't been offered one, hopefully now this means I can put pen to paper."

He's obviously insinuating that it was Faulkner not offering him a new contract....!! utterly, utterly bizarre.

[The Villa Werewolf]

This is bizarre; 2 more Facebook updates from Delph in the last hour. Firstly;

"The news has been revealed, fresh start?"

Followed by,

"Villa fans, I can't sign a contract if I haven't been offered one, hopefully now this means I can put pen to paper."

He's obviously insinuating that it was Faulkner not offering him a new contract....!! utterly, utterly bizarre.

That's assuming the Delph page is real.

Which I strongly doubt.

[kippaxvilla2]

Robin Russell, who had been chief financial officer at Villa Park, will becoming acting chief executive.

Faulkner said: "Villa is best in class in so many ways off the field. I only hope success on the pitch follows."

Villa chairman Lerner put the club up for sale in May but is yet to find a buyer.

Maybe I am reading too much into this but, is there a barbed tone in the last bit of his statement.  In other words he doesn't want to be associated any longer with penny pinching in the market....maybe nothing but.....

[mr underhill]

I've got a few GCSE's and read a Roy of the Rovers annual once so I think I'm eminently well qualified for the role. Plus I actually support the club too, so that seals it.

[Toronto Villa]

I think you are reading too much into it. I think a lot of good things have happened off the pitch. I also genuinely believe he is disappointed to have to not seen that translate to our football results and hopes that it does.

[RussellC]

This is bizarre; 2 more Facebook updates from Delph in the last hour. Firstly;

"The news has been revealed, fresh start?"

Followed by,

"Villa fans, I can't sign a contract if I haven't been offered one, hopefully now this means I can put pen to paper."

He's obviously insinuating that it was Faulkner not offering him a new contract....!! utterly, utterly bizarre.

That's assuming the Delph page is real.

Which I strongly doubt.

I'm fairly sure it's him. He's constantly putting videos of himself up. If it's not him, it's someone with access to that kind of stuff.

[pbavfckuwait]

What time tomorrow for the statement from Lambert, cant work like this anymore bye bye folks I'm off. Roy turn the lights off on the way out.

[paul_e]

I'd agree (TV) re a deal being closer, but only if Lerner hadn't said yesterday that there wasn't an imminent deal.

I also think replacing CEO role now will be about more than people doing admin. We complained for ages that we didn't have people with football experience running things (with relation to Faulkner). At least he'll have got some experience over the last few years. Now he's gone and we wouldn't be able to appoint a CEO if we tried, so Robin Russell is stepping in.

Apparently he's a financial genius but less of a football person than Faulkner.

That's what I don't get. I understand the arguments that Faulkner should go / has been party to some awful management, all that, yes, but I can't see how him leaving now is anything but a negative for us.

It just contributes to that sense of drifting neglect.

He never actually said that.  The more I read the statement from yesterday the clearer it becomes.

If you break it down it basically says "we're still up for sale but I made a promise to not leave PL hanging if things took a while, this statement is my public commitment to that promise."

It's almost like he's marking off an entry on a 'don't get done for constructive dismissal' tick sheet.

[rob_bridge]

Surely part of his remit as CEO (I would have thought) would have been a level of involvement in finding a buyer.

Therefore if we take that to its' logical conclusion the sale of the club should be fairly close or at least proposed sale pending the shambolic fit and proper persons test.

Obviously the use of the word 'logical' in association with Villa over the last 4-5 yearsis somewhat of an oxymoron.

[Ron Manager]

I do hope this means something is about to happen in the near future. I do hope Randy has his finger on the button and doesn't let things drift.

[Holte Sweet]

What I believe todays news means is that new ownership is a lot more imenent that many believe.
They will have their own CEO already identified and Faulkner went when faced with the inevitable.

Delphs comjents indicate the same thing. No deals can be sanctioned by the old regime , Faulkner going brings things a step nearer.

I suspect it us a haggle over price at the moment that is holding things up.

Takeover deals worth billions regularly take place in the broader financial world the sale of a football club worth a few hundred million is relatively small beer and is by those standards will be concluded a lot quicker than many fear.

[mattjpa]

Jeez, whats with all the defending of this bloke? he has overseen one of the worst periods in our recent history. If it wasnt his doing then more fool him, he was the CEO of a multi million pound company and if this hasnt been his doing then he is as much to blame as anyone. I have no faith in him, goodbye and thanks Paul, shut the door on your way out.

[pauliewalnuts]

This is bizarre; 2 more Facebook updates from Delph in the last hour. Firstly;

"The news has been revealed, fresh start?"

Followed by,

"Villa fans, I can't sign a contract if I haven't been offered one, hopefully now this means I can put pen to paper."

He's obviously insinuating that it was Faulkner not offering him a new contract....!! utterly, utterly bizarre.

That's assuming the Delph page is real.

Which I strongly doubt.

Dear oh dear.

[Tuscans]

This is bizarre; 2 more Facebook updates from Delph in the last hour. Firstly;

"The news has been revealed, fresh start?"

Followed by,

"Villa fans, I can't sign a contract if I haven't been offered one, hopefully now this means I can put pen to paper."

He's obviously insinuating that it was Faulkner not offering him a new contract....!! utterly, utterly bizarre.

Delphs old school, he would'nt use Facebook...he's more a Faceparty user.