Tom Fox announced as new Villa CEO

[richard moore]

BUMP as I think he starts with us today?

[rob_bridge]

The gushing over Fox's record by Randolph gave me the willies over how he waxed lyrical about Fergie's letter of endorsement of Big 'Eck.

One day a film may be made about that. The Longest Season in History. Even though the number of games was amongst the fewest.

[rob_bridge]

Faulkner is the new CEO of Forest. Maybe Randy did give him the push, after all, following the coaches' suspensions and the failure of the plan to sign unproven players.

The perfect storm Lerner + Faulkner + Poor Manager appointments = On Field Carnage.

I'm hoping Fox is a step up from Faulkner. Surely he must be. Then again as Randy is doing the recruitment there is no guarantee

[kipeye]

Could be the appointment we need and start to replace some of the things we lost when Steve Stride left. Different job I know, but Fox will be keen to prove himself and will have learned a lot from the last few years at the Arse.

[Louzie0]

Welcome, Tom!

[Gareth]

The interview with him is on the website / YouTube channel.

Comes across well in my opinion, says Randy wants to get back to having fun with it again :-)

[Malandro]

So randy, you want to stay now? Nope didn't think so.
More bullshit.

[Ads]

So randy, you want to stay now? Nope didn't think so.
More bullshit.

Que?

[Tuscans]

Instantly warmed to him

[German James]

So randy, you want to stay now?

This is why grammar is so important.

[Malandro]

So randy, you want to stay now?

This is why grammar is so important.

oops! I would edit it but its pretty funny

[Toronto Villa]

Tom Fox interview

About 15 minutes long but worth a listen. Comes across really well indeed. Interesting comments about Randy and his dedication but more importantly how he sees the club and what we need to do in the short to long term. There's naturally going to be cynics who say we've heard it all before. This is however the first exec that has come in with an actual football pedigree since Randy's arrival.

[pauliewalnuts]

He's kind of in an awkward situation re Randy. There's only one thing he can actually say when asked if the chairman is still interested.

It's not really worth that much attention or picking apart, to be honest. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and we'll start getting indicators of what sort of job he's doing soon enough.

[Toronto Villa]

What occurred to me was that he has already identified a lack of depth in our structure off the pitch to adequately grow the business side of the club. That we need to rethink what we are doing and add talent to different departments. If you wanted one club to model yourself off in terms of commercial revenue growth and scouting then it would be Arsenal. It won't come together overnight but we've all identified a lack of a long term vision or plan in the past. Hopefully, this will be one of the first building blocks towards a more solid and stable future from which to grow.

[Mark H]

I was really impressed with him after listening to that interview , yes very american and polished , but I thought it was a very good interview, positive and realistic goals.  Also very good to hear that Randy is sounding like he is getting up for it again and I think we will be off the market officially soon and he will be reinvesting.