Accounts Show Reduced Loss

[ROBBO]

They don't learn though do they, after spunking money away on Given,Bent and numerous others they then grant Gabby a lifetime pension over four years, Fox did that.

[KevinGage]

Deloittey, Deloittey,
And we're all pissed up
And our numbers don't add up

[silhillvilla]

They don't learn though do they, after spunking money away on Given,Bent and numerous others they then grant Gabby a lifetime pension over four years, Fox did that.

Exactly . And people diss Faulkner .
Fox is a step down and will see us go down.
Appointing Sherwood is just surreal ! The most unqualified  manager ever of this club since WWI

[Dante Lavelli]

In it's own way this is good new.  In essence, Phase 1 of the process is complete.
Assuming we stay up, I'm struggling to see how Phase 2 will work.  The players leaving this summer will free up some cash but its hardly enough to launch any ambitious transfer/wage plans as any increase in TV money will be the same with all PL clubs (unless shopping exclusively in Europe).

I'm struggling to identify a USP which Villa can exploit to enable us to start moving up the table in a sustainable manner.  Ideas?

[Dante Lavelli]

Appointing Sherwood is just surreal ! The most unqualified  manager ever of this club since WWI

I agree.  I will temper that by saying, when a DoF is appointed then Sherwood - a young and hungry (hopefully dynamic) coach - is exactly what we would be looking for.  However unfortunately at the moment the DoF is missing.

[Dave]

They don't learn though do they, after spunking money away on Given,Bent and numerous others they then grant Gabby a lifetime pension over four years, Fox did that.

Exactly . And people diss Faulkner .
Fox is a step down and will see us go down.
Appointing Sherwood is just surreal ! The most unqualified  manager ever of this club since WWI

Who do you think was less qualified from before World War I?

[silhillvilla]

They don't learn though do they, after spunking money away on Given,Bent and numerous others they then grant Gabby a lifetime pension over four years, Fox did that.

Exactly . And people diss Faulkner .
Fox is a step down and will see us go down.
Appointing Sherwood is just surreal ! The most unqualified  manager ever of this club since WWI

Who do you think was less qualified from before World War I?

Tony Barton & Ron Saunders at a guess
Sadly we live in a different era

[AV82EC]

In it's own way this is good new.  In essence, Phase 1 of the process is complete.
Assuming we stay up, I'm struggling to see how Phase 2 will work.  The players leaving this summer will free up some cash but its hardly enough to launch any ambitious transfer/wage plans as any increase in TV money will be the same with all PL clubs (unless shopping exclusively in Europe).

I'm struggling to identify a USP which Villa can exploit to enable us to start moving up the table in a sustainable manner.  Ideas?

The only way to do it is increase commercial income and then improve Matchday revenues. However at Villa I believe that is only possible by improving the on pitch performance which will involve a longer term approach to player recruitment and development a la Soton/Swansea than we've ever shown. Finishing higher up the league and being shown on TV a bit more help with revenues as does Europa League but these increases are at the margins of the step change top 4 would bring and be the only way I can see us improving revenue to fund the transfer/wage plans. I think FFP allows you to run at a loss but not a huge one so that could be used as a method to invest in the squad but ultimately not to the level that makes you competitive above 7th to 10th.

[tomd2103]

In it's own way this is good new.  In essence, Phase 1 of the process is complete.
Assuming we stay up, I'm struggling to see how Phase 2 will work.  The players leaving this summer will free up some cash but its hardly enough to launch any ambitious transfer/wage plans as any increase in TV money will be the same with all PL clubs (unless shopping exclusively in Europe).

I'm struggling to identify a USP which Villa can exploit to enable us to start moving up the table in a sustainable manner.  Ideas?

Aston Villa - The Austerity Years

[AV82EC]

The other thing I've suddenly remembered is that we'd be higher in the Deloitte Money League as they massively underestimated our turnover! Just checked and we'd have been 18th!!

It takes some special kind of fuckwittery to be the 18th richest club in the world and be experiencing what we are at the moment.....

[OCD]

Same position in the league as we are in the richest club list. Yay!

They've done a good job in the business side of the club but they didn't get the balance right and manage the football side well enough. It should have been possible to have this success without jeopardising the immediate future of the club. If Lerner hadn't been in such a rush to try and sell the club last summer, a new manager had been appointed and some funding had been made available to shake up the squad, we may have been in a better position on both sides of the equation. After all, a club doing well on the pitch is going to generate more revenue than one that isn't.

[GarTomas]

All of which shows that it doesn't matter where the board meetings are held or the owner spends matchday as long as they right people are in charge and the proper strategy implemented. Which is Randy's biggest failing.

This.  The lack of putting the current approach in now (youth development, DOF, Head of Recruitment etc.) early on when MON was burning cash has led us to here.

[brian green]

OCD I agree with you. The executive at VP had two pressing priorities following the wanton profligacy of the MON era. One was to reduce costs the other was to stay on the Premiership gravy train. All the energies appear to have been directed towards economy and far too little to sustained growth. If the board feels like giving themselves a standing ovation they should reflect on why nobody wants to buy us.  The next two or three games with tell us if we are going to be the new Southampton or the new Nottingham Forest.

[olaftab]

They don't learn though do they, after spunking money away on Given,Bent and numerous others they then grant Gabby a lifetime pension over four years, Fox did that.

Exactly . And people diss Faulkner .
Fox is a step down and will see us go down.
Appointing Sherwood is just surreal ! The most unqualified  manager ever of this club since WWI

Who do you think was less qualified from before World War I?

Tony Barton & Ron Saunders at a guess
Sadly we live in a different era

Blimey I must live in a different world as SV I don't understand your response to Dave's comment?

[Chico Hamilton III]

Fantastic news. We're officially making slightly less of a balls up of the finances than in previous years. While we're clutching at straws, can anyone confirm that we're still carbon neutral? ( or is that tin-pot lamp we erected draining natural resources)

Let's build another statue and celebrate.