Graham Taylor: Randy Lerner should slash asking price to save club

[Risso]

I doubt you'd be able to understand.

[jollyjake]

Tell me Risso,is that short for arse hole?

[dave.woodhall]

Tell me Risso,is that short for arse hole?

Any time you want to get banned, just say the word.

[Malandro]

Tell me Risso,is that short for arse hole?

35 posts, going to struggle to add another 30.

[Fred]

I remember when some fans said Steve Stride was just a puppet for Doug and did as he was told.

The lack of success on the pitch has meant fans are looking at the club and how it is run. Winning team and nobody cares.

The only thing I find hard to understand is why the club asked to speak to Sir Graham and then left him hanging around and then cancelled. No way to treat a very experienced manager who still thinks of his previous employers as "us".

[jollyjake]

Do it Dave! I wanted to discuss the Villa not,puntuation marks.,:;?

[andyh]

Posted elsewhere..TODAY...

The Secret Footballers tweets that Lerner has agreed to sell us to the American Phoenix Group.

[PeterWithe]

Posted elsewhere..TODAY...

The Secret Footballers tweets that Lerner has agreed to sell us to the American Phoenix Group.

Hope they do a better job than they did at Longbridge.

[Monty]

Posted elsewhere..TODAY...

The Secret Footballers tweets that Lerner has agreed to sell us to the American Phoenix Group.

Huh. Just seen that - it's the 'real' Secret Footballer's account as well. Followed by all the journos and everything.

[Pat McMahon]

I remember when some fans said Steve Stride was just a puppet for Doug and did as he was told.

 That rings a bell.

I remember attending a Literary Lions evening in north London in 2001. One of the authors / speakers was telling me that the Villa directors (presumably including Steve Stride) were like meek mice when Doug was around and for some reason was contrasting them with the Sunderland board, who he reckoned were all friendly, outgoing chappies.

[Dave]

Posted elsewhere..TODAY...

The Secret Footballers tweets that Lerner has agreed to sell us to the American Phoenix Group.

Huh. Just seen that - it's the 'real' Secret Footballer's account as well. Followed by all the journos and everything.

How is he likely to be privy to that information?

If Dave Kitson or Nicky Shorey or whoever it is supposed to be is telling us what being involved in a transfer is really like or what difference a new manager has on squad morale then that's worth listening to.

But I'm assuming that he doesn't have Lerner or Fox on speed-dial for the latest on the Villa takeover.

[Monty]

Well reading his book, it's surprising how well connected Dave Kitson (for it is Dave Kitson) is. Not that he is definitely right about this, but he's got no particular reason to risk his reputation on this unless he really thinks it's true.

[Risso]

Posted elsewhere..TODAY...

The Secret Footballers tweets that Lerner has agreed to sell us to the American Phoenix Group.

Huh. Just seen that - it's the 'real' Secret Footballer's account as well. Followed by all the journos and everything.

How is he likely to be privy to that information?

If Dave Kitson or Nicky Shorey or whoever it is supposed to be is telling us what being involved in a transfer is really like or what difference a new manager has on squad morale then that's worth listening to.

But I'm assuming that he doesn't have Lerner or Fox on speed-dial for the latest on the Villa takeover.

Clutching at straws, but a few footballers have gone into the world of corporate finance after their careers finished (eg Ramon Vega) so it's a teensy bit possible that somebody might have got a snippet and passed it on.  99.9999999999% likely to be not the case though.

[adrenachrome]

Posted elsewhere..TODAY...

The Secret Footballers tweets that Lerner has agreed to sell us to the American Phoenix Group.

Hope they do a better job than they did at Longbridge.

That was UK (in fact Longbridge and Cowley) based Phoenix Venture Holdings.

[Damo70]

Posted elsewhere..TODAY...

The Secret Footballers tweets that Lerner has agreed to sell us to the American Phoenix Group.

Hope they do a better job than they did at Longbridge.

That was UK (in fact Longbridge and Cowley) based Phoenix Venture Holdings.

I thought Longbridge and Cowley was a short lived sequal to The Professionals.