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

[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.

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

Martin Shaw was born in Erdington but isn't a Villa fan. Supported Everton when we played them and he was working on stage in a Bill Kendrick production.

Fracking thespian.

[Bully2345]

Saw this earlier and have had "Welcome to the Phoenix Club" followed by the theme tune going around my head all day

All hail Brian Potter

[Damo70]

Martin Shaw went to school with my aunt. In Sutton Coldfield I think.

[wozwebs]

Went to Phoenix Nights Live a couple of weeks ago, loved it. Be great if Ray Von could get on the decks before the games to whip up an atmosphere!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Jo Enright from Phoenix Nights is a Villa fan.

[joe_c]

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.

As Monty says, in his book there are references to him attempting to carve out a post retirement niche for himself as being the football face heading a corporate takeover of a club so it's not as simple to dismiss it as an ex pro making out he has his finger on the pulse, there may be some substance in it.

[joe_c]

Jo Enright from Phoenix Nights is a Villa fan.

She is also St Edmund Campion alumni like Villa legends Gabby Agbonlahor, Mark Burke and me.

[walsall villain]

Saw this earlier and have had "Welcome to the Phoenix Club" followed by the theme tune going around my head all day

All hail Brian Potter

Well if we become the Phoenix club I am keeping my grandson away from any Potter devised family fun days

[eamonn]

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".

Well, Mr Fear fell foul of the same treatment by our Mr Fox in recent times, so, y'know, happens to the best of 'em.

[TimTheVillain]

At this moment in time, our club will be hard to sell. It's not certain where we'll be next season.

I bet, if we get relegated a hoard of investors will come to light as we'll be at some £millions lower than we would be as a solid Prem League outfit.

Lerner Jnr is not as cute as the late Lerner Snr -indeed  the latter would probably not have bought us in the first place !





 

[wozwebs]

Jo Enright from Phoenix Nights is a Villa fan.

Didn't know that. Love her even more now then. She's in the best ever PN episode (S1, Ep4). Rose for the lady? "F off"

[wozwebs]

Indykalia on Twitter - Exclusive: We understand Aston Villa are in talks with investors to buy club. Meetings taking place today & tomorrow. #AVFC

[Chris Jameson]

Indykalia on Twitter - Exclusive: We understand Aston Villa are in talks with investors to buy club. Meetings taking place today & tomorrow. #AVFC

That bloke/woman/child/prisoner really needs to either get a job or have their internet connection cut off.

[Brend'Watkins]

Jo Enright from Phoenix Nights is a Villa fan.

She is also St Edmund Campion alumni like Villa legends Gabby Agbonlahor, Mark Burke and me.

I told Jo Enright a joke once which made her laugh.  She's sound is Jo.

[not3bad]

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