Randy Lerner

[Chris Harte]

At what point does any random post on an internet message board become an 'open letter'?

If I start any old nonsense that I write on here with "Dear Randy", does it mean I get to join the ever-increasing crowd of people writing open letters?

I think original the idea of an open letter was bound up with a thought that anyone other than the sender or recipient might give a shit about what was contained within. I think this recent one fails by the parameters of that test.

Oh I don't know. It seems to me that the sender and our concerned support are interested. It's just that Mr Lerner probably isn't.

At least posting it as an open letter on the internet saves giving the owner of our club a free lining for his hamster's cage.

[brian green]

I don't know Rob. I have heard BE use what I took to be that phrase when we were sitting on the beach listening to us lose on BBC World Service.  I only appear to post from Nice because I joined this happy band of pilgrims from there.

[ROBBO]

Thats a pity i would ask my Mauritian daughter in law but i would have to live with it for ever and ever.

[brian green]

When my son has gone to work I will ask my Martian daughter in law. She has a Babel Fish in her ear.

[Chris Harte]

I'd imagine that, having seen the Charlie Hebdo front cover recently that used "emmerde" to help say fuck the terrorists, it would be something along the lines of "Nous sommes en la merde." You'd need someone living and breathing the language to know for sure.

The words I'd like to know are one's like "austerity" (probably "austerité" and with a route in Latin) and "embarrassing", and phases like "penny pinching", "where's the leader" (probably "Où est le dirigeant?") and "What do you get out of playing your part in humiliating a famous old club in this way?"

All that said, I doubt Randy has a use for French. That is unless he wants to skip over the border from his hideout into Canada.

[martin o`who??]

Brian what is the french for we are fucked?

i have it on good authority that it is "du Aston Villa in bollox de shite"

[Bad English]

On est foutu !

[itbrvilla]

He's still a ******
 

[ez]

I went on a stadium tour today. The guide said that under O'Neil the wage bill had risen to 98% of the income. Currently it's at 38%.

[brian green]

I am surprised that it was so little under O'Neill.  He would have gone through the 100% mark if he had stayed, that is for sure.

[German James]

The German would be: "Wir sind am Arsch!"

Perhaps we could get lots of placards made and organise a protest march of all the international fan clubs...

[SamTheMouse]

On est niqué !

[martin o`who??]

It's beginning to look an increasingly done-deal and I'm afraid Randy you are going to get what you deserve - a big void where your investment used to be. The slow-motion car crash that has Been Aston Villa Football Club really began with your pig headed decision to appoint Alex Mcleish in the face of outright hostility from the supporters, I will despise "Sir Alex" to my dying day for his stupid letter - you listened to one parochial Scotsman who had a vested interest in looking after his mate rather than forty thousand of your own supporters - and that alone is unforgivable in my opinion, never mind presiding over the complete collapse of our club. We will be relegated and deservedly so, an Era that began so promisingly - "proud history bright future" - will end in the catastrophe of relegation, the recriminations will be long and painful for all of us, as will the road back to prominence - if that road exists at all - your place in Aston Villas history is assured, although not for the reasons you may have initially wished.

[saunders_heroes]

I'm behind you 100% with your anti Lerner stance but I still don't think we'll go down.

[Legion]

Unfortunately, I do.