Tom Fox announced as new Villa CEO

[TopDeck113]

As I said on the Paul Lambert thread, in Fox we have a CEO who in his time with Arsenal has no experience of either ceasing the employment of a manager or bringing in a replacement. Given that is arguably the most important decision that someone at the helm of a football club will make, it doesn't bode well.   

[rob_bridge]

As I said on the Paul Lambert thread, in Fox we have a CEO who in his time with Arsenal has no experience of either ceasing the employment of a manager or bringing in a replacement. Given that is arguably the most important decision that someone at the helm of a football club will make, it doesn't bode well.

Indeed but at least he starts from a low base.

[Phil from the upper holte]

What in all honesty did you expect him to say?

Lambert is a clueless buffoon and is on his bike. Ideally

My kind of letter.

I wrote to Martin o Neill once, he didn't reply

[pauliewalnuts]

What in all honesty did you expect him to say?

Lambert is a clueless buffoon and is on his bike. Ideally

My kind of letter.

I wrote to Martin o Neill once, he didn't reply

He can't read.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

What in all honesty did you expect him to say?

Lambert is a clueless buffoon and is on his bike. Ideally

My kind of letter.

I wrote to Martin o Neill once, he didn't reply

You forgot to ask for a signed photo.

[mark west]

Just listened to Fox on the BRMB link and I have to say it's quite uninspiring to say the least. A five year plan to reach the top 8 and "maybe even a European place"?
Basically we've taken 3 steps backwards then they plan to take 1 step forward and class it as progress.
They must think we're all bloody stupid.

uninspiring based on where we are or realistic? Wouldn't you rather see an aim of stability and less volatility, and sustained improvement. Anything else and the dissection that is occurring right now would be ten fold and the cynicism meter would have seen the pointer snap right off. For a man that has been in his new job for a matter of weeks I'd sooner give him the benefit of the doubt than the other way around. Ultimately like his predecessors he'll be called out on his time with the club by the results not by the words he used.

You were defensive of Lambert last year. You gave him the benefit of the doubt and have been proven wrong once again. The club are rotten to the core. Why can't you face it?

I don't know what point it is you are trying to make. What difference is there when I chose to give the manager a chance? That my view has changed now doesn't make original view or opinion incorrect. No more so than had things improved someone else with less patience than me would have been wrong to hold that opinion. You need to seriously simmer down because in the little time you've been here you've had a go at others with very little provocation.

I have read your post over and over again and am still struggling with it. From your high horse it appears that you like to talk down to other posters and have a couple of others rushing to your defence. I am not having a go at you, as you suggest, but merely pointing out what an unpleasant person you are.

[pauliewalnuts]

Just listened to Fox on the BRMB link and I have to say it's quite uninspiring to say the least. A five year plan to reach the top 8 and "maybe even a European place"?
Basically we've taken 3 steps backwards then they plan to take 1 step forward and class it as progress.
They must think we're all bloody stupid.

uninspiring based on where we are or realistic? Wouldn't you rather see an aim of stability and less volatility, and sustained improvement. Anything else and the dissection that is occurring right now would be ten fold and the cynicism meter would have seen the pointer snap right off. For a man that has been in his new job for a matter of weeks I'd sooner give him the benefit of the doubt than the other way around. Ultimately like his predecessors he'll be called out on his time with the club by the results not by the words he used.

You were defensive of Lambert last year. You gave him the benefit of the doubt and have been proven wrong once again. The club are rotten to the core. Why can't you face it?

I don't know what point it is you are trying to make. What difference is there when I chose to give the manager a chance? That my view has changed now doesn't make original view or opinion incorrect. No more so than had things improved someone else with less patience than me would have been wrong to hold that opinion. You need to seriously simmer down because in the little time you've been here you've had a go at others with very little provocation.

I have read your post over and over again and am still struggling with it. From your high horse it appears that you like to talk down to other posters and have a couple of others rushing to your defence. I am not having a go at you, as you suggest, but merely pointing out what an unpleasant person you are.

That's unbelievably over the top.

What is your problem, exactly?

I disagree with TV on lots of things, but you appear to have turned up on here with a bee in your bonnet, to put it lightly.

[dave.woodhall]

Just listened to Fox on the BRMB link and I have to say it's quite uninspiring to say the least. A five year plan to reach the top 8 and "maybe even a European place"?
Basically we've taken 3 steps backwards then they plan to take 1 step forward and class it as progress.
They must think we're all bloody stupid.

uninspiring based on where we are or realistic? Wouldn't you rather see an aim of stability and less volatility, and sustained improvement. Anything else and the dissection that is occurring right now would be ten fold and the cynicism meter would have seen the pointer snap right off. For a man that has been in his new job for a matter of weeks I'd sooner give him the benefit of the doubt than the other way around. Ultimately like his predecessors he'll be called out on his time with the club by the results not by the words he used.

You were defensive of Lambert last year. You gave him the benefit of the doubt and have been proven wrong once again. The club are rotten to the core. Why can't you face it?

I don't know what point it is you are trying to make. What difference is there when I chose to give the manager a chance? That my view has changed now doesn't make original view or opinion incorrect. No more so than had things improved someone else with less patience than me would have been wrong to hold that opinion. You need to seriously simmer down because in the little time you've been here you've had a go at others with very little provocation.

I have read your post over and over again and am still struggling with it. From your high horse it appears that you like to talk down to other posters and have a couple of others rushing to your defence. I am not having a go at you, as you suggest, but merely pointing out what an unpleasant person you are.

Since you joined here around half your posts have been criticising other posters. This was your last one.

[Louzie0]

Just listened to Fox on the BRMB link and I have to say it's quite uninspiring to say the least. A five year plan to reach the top 8 and "maybe even a European place"?
Basically we've taken 3 steps backwards then they plan to take 1 step forward and class it as progress.
They must think we're all bloody stupid.

uninspiring based on where we are or realistic? Wouldn't you rather see an aim of stability and less volatility, and sustained improvement. Anything else and the dissection that is occurring right now would be ten fold and the cynicism meter would have seen the pointer snap right off. For a man that has been in his new job for a matter of weeks I'd sooner give him the benefit of the doubt than the other way around. Ultimately like his predecessors he'll be called out on his time with the club by the results not by the words he used.

You were defensive of Lambert last year. You gave him the benefit of the doubt and have been proven wrong once again. The club are rotten to the core. Why can't you face it?

I don't know what point it is you are trying to make. What difference is there when I chose to give the manager a chance? That my view has changed now doesn't make original view or opinion incorrect. No more so than had things improved someone else with less patience than me would have been wrong to hold that opinion. You need to seriously simmer down because in the little time you've been here you've had a go at others with very little provocation.

I have read your post over and over again and am still struggling with it. From your high horse it appears that you like to talk down to other posters and have a couple of others rushing to your defence. I am not having a go at you, as you suggest, but merely pointing out what an unpleasant person you are.

That's outrageous.
You ( MW) are so high on your own horse it's practically stratospheric.

Talk about the villa, not individuals.

[PeterWithesShin]

Someone who has made 13 posts with a bunch of them insulting other posters, calls someone else an unpleasant person. I'm sure there is a word for that.

[Drummond]

I think you'll find it's cuntybollockbastard.

[silhillvilla]

My fear with Fox is he's not a football man.
My friend has a work mate who was lucky enough to meet him and have a chat in December with him and his overarching remark was he didn't have any real grasp of the actual game . He said he was clever , articulate and smart dressed etc but footballing knowledge was limited .
That is my fear, we need a real DoF at the club now more than ever .

[SoccerHQ]

What sort of power does Fox really have?

Some CEOs properly run the club while the owner takes a backseat e.g. Dein at Arsenal, David Gill at Man. United. Others just make a public statement now and then but don't have the call on big decisions.

Given Fox was only ever a finance officer or whatever it was at Arsenal (Ivan Gazidis was the CEO there toeing the coporate line) but to me sacking the manager is only going to be Lerner's call.

A few people have said Fox's main brief is to improve our revenue streams rather than the playing side. We'll see.

[pauliewalnuts]

Just listened to Fox on the BRMB link and I have to say it's quite uninspiring to say the least. A five year plan to reach the top 8 and "maybe even a European place"?
Basically we've taken 3 steps backwards then they plan to take 1 step forward and class it as progress.
They must think we're all bloody stupid.

uninspiring based on where we are or realistic? Wouldn't you rather see an aim of stability and less volatility, and sustained improvement. Anything else and the dissection that is occurring right now would be ten fold and the cynicism meter would have seen the pointer snap right off. For a man that has been in his new job for a matter of weeks I'd sooner give him the benefit of the doubt than the other way around. Ultimately like his predecessors he'll be called out on his time with the club by the results not by the words he used.

You were defensive of Lambert last year. You gave him the benefit of the doubt and have been proven wrong once again. The club are rotten to the core. Why can't you face it?

I don't know what point it is you are trying to make. What difference is there when I chose to give the manager a chance? That my view has changed now doesn't make original view or opinion incorrect. No more so than had things improved someone else with less patience than me would have been wrong to hold that opinion. You need to seriously simmer down because in the little time you've been here you've had a go at others with very little provocation.

I have read your post over and over again and am still struggling with it. From your high horse it appears that you like to talk down to other posters and have a couple of others rushing to your defence. I am not having a go at you, as you suggest, but merely pointing out what an unpleasant person you are.

Hawkeye, if you wanted to come back, why didn't you just ask?

[Steve67]

I think you'll find it's cuntybollockbastard.

After a really shit day, this at least made me smile.