Randy Lerner

[PeterWithesShin]

So he should figuratively live in the city as well?

He used to (or just outside) so yes.

Not being funny, but is English your first language (or even second.)

How the fuck do you figuratively live somewhere?

I literally just died laughing.

[silhillvilla]

So he should figuratively live in the city as well?

He used to (or just outside) so yes.

Not being funny

Don't worry, you're not 

[villadelph]

I've come to despise the man. I wish him nothing but ill fate. If we go down, he deserves it.

Harsh. CheltenhamLion's not that bad.

I  all honesty, I probably do deserve such animosity.

 

[pbavfckuwait]

If we never saw Lerner at Villa park it would not bother me one jot, all I want to see is a stop put to the corrosion of an institution that should have more ambition than what is being shown now and the last 5 years.
So where he is does not bother me but where his wallet is does and hopefully he has a structure being built that it will not be pissed down the drain ala Pube head

[Witton Warrior]

If we were 6th no one would give a fuck if Randy was ever at VP or BH or never turned up. Where Randy physically is isn't the problem.

I think it is more that people don't think Randy has any idea how bad things are and if he was here he might catch on. All that phone-calls to America 4 times a week/Spirit of lerner haunting the ground bollocks from Lambert made it look as if Randy hasn't a clue.

[AVH87]

If we were 6th no one would give a fuck if Randy was ever at VP or BH or never turned up. Where Randy physically is isn't the problem.

I think it is more that people don't think Randy has any idea how bad things are and if he was here he might catch on. All that phone-calls to America 4 times a week/Spirit of lerner haunting the ground bollocks from Lambert made it look as if Randy hasn't a clue.

Remember when Lambert said Randy used to attend games in different disguises? That was bloody hilarious.

[Jon Crofts]

If we were 6th no one would give a fuck if Randy was ever at VP or BH or never turned up. Where Randy physically is isn't the problem.

I think it is more that people don't think Randy has any idea how bad things are and if he was here he might catch on. All that phone-calls to America 4 times a week/Spirit of lerner haunting the ground bollocks from Lambert made it look as if Randy hasn't a clue.

Remember when Lambert said Randy used to attend games in different disguises? That was bloody hilarious.

The moment Lambert said he once turned up as a straightforward home win I knew he was lying.

[not3bad]

Lerner is taking us on a one way trip to the lower leagues. Villa are in decline with him at the helm.  Sherwood will go, and maybe we'll get a new manager bounce, for a while, but our overall trajectory will not change.

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

Bob Bradley has been making noises about fancying a job in England, shudder the thought!!!

[paul_e]

If we never saw Lerner at Villa park it would not bother me one jot, all I want to see is a stop put to the corrosion of an institution that should have more ambition than what is being shown now and the last 5 years.
So where he is does not bother me but where his wallet is does and hopefully he has a structure being built that it will not be pissed down the drain ala Pube head

I agree with this and I'd suggest that where we are now (in terms of structure and approach) is correct but has come 6-7 years too late.  Letting MON build a team capable of top 6 was fine but once we got there we should have been  concentrating on adding young players with proven quality to the squad instead of signing players who were at their peak and were marginal improvements.  That approach just costs a fortune and means, on average, your squad is on a downward trend.  Amavi, Ilori, Okore, Veretout, Gil Grealish, Ayew and Traore together are a strong set of young players we can develop into a team, with Gana, Sanchez, Richards and Clarke in the mix as well to offer a little more experience we really should be able to develop quite quickly but that requires good coaching and understandable tactics which we currently don't have.

[silhillvilla]

If we were 6th no one would give a fuck if Randy was ever at VP or BH or never turned up. Where Randy physically is isn't the problem.

Erm when we were 6th he was there week in week out, home and away, scarf on, kids in tow , scarfed up. It sets the tone .

[saunders_heroes]

Lerner went to loads of games when things were going great. He used to sit in the executive box in the Trinity nearest the Holte. We used to see him all the time. He even sold his house near Bodymoor recently.
The man couldn't give two shites about Villa and hasn't for a very long time.

[Villa in Denmark]

If we were 6th no one would give a fuck if Randy was ever at VP or BH or never turned up. Where Randy physically is isn't the problem.

Erm when we were 6th he was there week in week out, home and away, scarf on, kids in tow , scarfed up. It sets the tone .

"Figuratively speaking", that's not the point, unless you're seriously suggesting that his mere presence saw us up to 6th and current absence has seen us plumb these depths.

They're both just symptoms of his engagement (or lack of).

It's perfectly possible to have the owner nowhere near the club for 40 games (38 league and out of 2 cups at the first attempt) per season and still be successful.
How often do the slave drivers / human rights abusers turn up in Manchester?
Rarely because they've got a solid organisation in place. The sort of organisation that we're only now starting to put into place. 9 years too late.

The thing that has always boiled my piss with Lerner was the absence of such a structure when he first took over.  It was a golden opportunity to modernise the club from Doug's personal fiefdom to something relevant for the 21st century. Instead we made matters worse by turning it into MON's personal fiefdom instead and have wasted 9 years and the best part of £300M to go backwards, which to be fair to Randy takes a special kind of talent.

If Doug really did appoint MON on Randy's behalf then I'm afraid that's just another reason to dislike him too.He was a typical Doug playing to the galleries type of appointment, with the added benefit that he wouldn't have to foot the bill.  Imagine what a proper manager could have achieved with the money he spent.

[aj2k77]

It was a hobby for him that he soon got bored of. He is no custodian of this club, the history of achievement building up the image of this grand club, the respect and name we earned is being eroded by a few years of embarrassment, humiliation, terrible football and negativity. This man needs to do whatever he can to leave the club as soon as possible, lower the price, give us away, whatever, for the good of Aston Villa we need him away from us. He and his lackeys bring nothing to us.

[joe_c]

Bob Bradley has been making noises about fancying a job in England, shudder the thought!!!

I initially read that as Boo Radley and still momentarily thought he might be an improvement.