Goodbye Paul Faulkner.

[cdbearsfan]

I maybe wrong but I'm beginning to think that the word omnishambles is becoming appropriate to what's happening within the club.

Omnishambles. Is that French for cluster-fuck...?

I take it you're not a "The Thick of It" fan?

Weird that all your comebacks include the titles of sitcoms

Neither was a comeback. That was a rhetorical question, referencing the fact that the word "Omnishambles" first originated from an episode of "The Thick of It".

I don't really need a comeback from something as lame as "LOL". It's a phrase I don't use myself, mainly due to the fact that I'm not a twelve year old girl.

[N'ZMAV]

Imagine if the Internet was in full swing during that 1987 season....

[Toronto Villa]

It makes me laugh all the shit that Faulkner takes, it must be a modern thing, because I don't remember people pinning the blame of relegation on Steve Stride's head at all.

You have to wonder what the world would have looked like had the internet existed in the mid 80's. Not dismissing the merits of Stride but you'd think he is the answer we are all craving from some people's posts. Like you said he's never given any grief considering we went down.

If Stride deserved flak for us going down then surely Faulkner also deserves some for us being in relegation scraps for the last two or three seasons?

Off course Faulkner deserves criticism. Where have I suggested he doesn't?

[bob]

He's been trying to weedle his way into an FA job for years now. He knew we were working towards being in this shit situation ages ago. A man way out of his depth, without the heart to admit it to an ignorant and permissive boss.

Fuck off Faulkner, yer ginger c***.

He's been trying to weedle his way into an FA job for years now. He knew we were working towards being in this shit situation ages ago. A man way out of his depth, without the heart to admit it to an ignorant and permissive boss.

Fuck off Faulkner, yer ginger c***.

That's the kind of unintelligent response you'd sometimes read on the clubs facebook page. Well done for winning dumbest post of the day, you must be proud.

That's like, your opinion, man.

[Legion]

I'm asking you to.

Still waiting, bob.

[bob]

This:

He's been trying to weedle his way into an FA job for years now.

Doesn't tally with this:

Why didn't he take this step at the New York meeting when the season ended?  Surely the short-term future of the club would have been uppermost in any discussions.  I wonder what has happened to bring about such an about turn?  Smoke and mirrors methinks.

Exactly.

This departure is Faulkner's wish. What evidence is there to make us believe that Lerner would, at this time, decide to instigate Faulkner's departure?

As I'm sure you know, in leaving his Villa position, he automatically loses his FA position.

So, despite you thinking it's all about an FA position for him, you've decided that it was his decision to leave - something which we do not know is true - despite that meaning him losing that FA position you've just been telling us he covets.

Only if you have decided that leaving one FA position, whilst holding another, full time, position, precludes him from obtaining another FA position when he has time to hold a full time FA position.

[bob]

I'm asking you to.

Still waiting, bob.

Don't stay up too late, I won't be drawing up the list. It was a rough, albeit confident, estimation, likely influenced by recency bias and such a list would take more effort than I am willing to put into in order, particularly as I predict that it has the potential to provoke as much debate as is already in this thread, thus derailing the original. I suspect that is against forum rules.

[silhillvilla]

I can name 2 of the 9 to get the ball rolling -

Culverhouse
Karsa

[Legion]

I'm asking you to.

Still waiting, bob.

Don't stay up too late, I won't be drawing up the list. It was a rough, albeit confident, estimation, likely influenced by recency bias and such a list would take more effort than I am willing to put into in order, particularly as I predict that it has the potential to provoke as much debate as is already in this thread, thus derailing the original. I suspect that is against forum rules.

I won't. Why not? It isn't against forum rules for you to justify your comments and statements.

[Clampy]

He's been trying to weedle his way into an FA job for years now. He knew we were working towards being in this shit situation ages ago. A man way out of his depth, without the heart to admit it to an ignorant and permissive boss.

Fuck off Faulkner, yer ginger c***.

He's been trying to weedle his way into an FA job for years now. He knew we were working towards being in this shit situation ages ago. A man way out of his depth, without the heart to admit it to an ignorant and permissive boss.

Fuck off Faulkner, yer ginger c***.

That's the kind of unintelligent response you'd sometimes read on the clubs facebook page. Well done for winning dumbest post of the day, you must be proud.

That's like, your opinion, man.

Of course it is, that's why I posted it.

[john e]

I maybe wrong but I'm beginning to think that the word omnishambles is becoming appropriate to what's happening within the club.

Omnishambles. Is that French for cluster-fuck...?

I take it you're not a "The Thick of It" fan?

Weird that all your comebacks include the titles of sitcoms

Neither was a comeback. That was a rhetorical question, referencing the fact that the word "Omnishambles" first originated from an episode of "The Thick of It".

I don't really need a comeback from something as lame as "LOL". It's a phrase I don't use myself, mainly due to the fact that I'm not a twelve year old girl.

LOL..........  Man

[kippaxvilla2]

He's obviously a well educated and intelligent man.  But you always got the impression that a job as big as this just came far too soon and the industry was so vastly different to what he'd been used to in banking.

Apart from the obviously bonkers football decisions at times I always felt it was a bit too nicey nicey jolly hockey sticks when dealing with other clubs in what is a very ruthless and unforgiving industry.

Wrong man wrong time.

[Ger Regan]

I'm asking you to.

Still waiting, bob.

Don't stay up too late, I won't be drawing up the list. It was a rough, albeit confident, estimation, likely influenced by recency bias and such a list would take more effort than I am willing to put into in order, particularly as I predict that it has the potential to provoke as much debate as is already in this thread, thus derailing the original. I suspect that is against forum rules.

I won't. Why not? It isn't against forum rules for you to justify your comments and statements.

Though it is against site rules to post personal abuse, be it against other forum members or other people in general, so wind your neck in in future, bob.

[hilts_coolerking]

Off course Faulkner deserves criticism. Where have I suggested he doesn't?

Where have I suggested that you did?  I made a statement, you agreed with it.  Move along, nothing to see here.

[kippaxvilla2]

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