Randy Lerner

[Chris Harte]

He [Ellis] took us down, Randy probably will. Judge each man by his deeds, or something like that.   

And took the appropriate action to get us back up again.

[LTA]

Would Ellis have allowed O'Neill to throw the clubs money around without asking questions?

Would Ellis have appointed the manager of Birmingham City?

Would Ellis have stood by while Lambert broke crap records one by one?

Would Ellis have appointed wet behind the ear officials to run the club for him?

Would Ellis have tolerated the media ridiculing the club and himself?

[Steve67]

Would Ellis have allowed O'Neill to throw the clubs money around without asking questions?

Would Ellis have appointed the manager of Birmingham City?

Would Ellis have stood by while Lambert broke crap records one by one?

Would Ellis have appointed wet behind the ear officials to run the club for him?

Would Ellis have tolerated the media ridiculing the club and himself?

And yet, seemingly without quibble, he sold the club to Randy Lerner. Both a pair of unique gentlemen, or knobs as I prefer to call them.

[Chris Harte]

And yet, seemingly without quibble, he sold the club to Randy Lerner. Both a pair of unique gentlemen, or knobs as I prefer to call them.

To be fair, it seems that Randy had everyone fooled for a while.

[old man villa fan]

He [Ellis] took us down, Randy probably will. Judge each man by his deeds, or something like that.   

And took the appropriate action to get us back up again.

And what did the manager he brought in have to say about the club.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Bloody hell, talk about a butterfly flapping its wings: if only Hutton had managed to clear the ball yesterday we may well have won and we’d have some hope.  By shanking it into his own net, not only did we lose the match but he’s changed the world as we know it.  Overnight we've been relegated never to return, Doug Ellis has become a popular, selfless and competent chairman, Moyes is guaranteed safety spurned, Pulis is a manager to admire, O’Neill was hard done by, and to cap it all Randy Lerner has apparently pledged to invest a further billion pounds if enough of us call him a c***.  It’s almost as if people have lost their minds.   

[Chris Harte]

He [Ellis] took us down, Randy probably will. Judge each man by his deeds, or something like that.   

And took the appropriate action to get us back up again.

And what did the manager he brought in have to say about the club.

He described it as a shambles. Which is pretty much what it is now.

The difference is Ellis employed Sir Graham (i.e, took the appropriate action) to put things right.

Meanwhile, Lerner wouldn't know a qualified employee if it bit him of that tattoo of his.

[passport1]

The only thought I have on this debate is that it is the comparison if the lesser of two evils.

[Villa in Denmark]

He [Ellis] took us down, Randy probably will. Judge each man by his deeds, or something like that.   

And took the appropriate action to get us back up again.

And what did the manager he brought in have to say about the club.

He described it as a shambles. Which is pretty much what it is now.

The difference is Ellis employed Sir Graham (i.e, took the appropriate action) to put things right.

Meanwhile, Lerner wouldn't know a qualified employee if it bit him of that tattoo of his.

Who landed in his lap, thanks to a chance conversion between Taylor and I can't remember who from Villa, where Taylor mentioned that it might be time for him to look for a new challenge as he'd done all he could at Watford.

Without that we could just have easily ended up with Dave Bassett.

[dave.woodhall]

Who landed in his lap, thanks to a chance conversion between Taylor and I can't remember who from Villa, where Taylor mentioned that it might be time for him to look for a new challenge as he'd done all he could at Watford.

Without that we could just have easily ended up with Dave Bassett.

Dick Taylor, his closest friend in football and owner of a shop on Witton Road.

[Chris Harte]

Who landed in his lap, thanks to a chance conversion between Taylor and I can't remember who from Villa, where Taylor mentioned that it might be time for him to look for a new challenge as he'd done all he could at Watford.

Without that we could just have easily ended up with Dave Bassett.

Who, for all we know, might have achieved the same or more than Sir Graham. We'll never know.

How Sir Graham's appointment came about isn't important. What is is that it happened at all.

[olaftab]

Bloody hell, talk about a butterfly flapping its wings: if only Hutton had managed to clear the ball yesterday we may well have won and we’d have some hope.  By shanking it into his own net, not only did we lose the match but he’s changed the world as we know it.  Overnight we've been relegated never to return, Doug Ellis has become a popular, selfless and competent chairman, Moyes is guaranteed safety spurned, Pulis is a manager to admire, O’Neill was hard done by, and to cap it all Randy Lerner has apparently pledged to invest a further billion pounds if enough of us call him a c***.  It’s almost as if people have lost their minds.   

Good rant and you left out Fat Sam who said a week ago that he has no chance of saving Sunderland unless he finds the right players in the transfer window has now become Pep Guardiola  on here after a couple of lucky wins in 5 days!

[Villa in Denmark]

Who landed in his lap, thanks to a chance conversion between Taylor and I can't remember who from Villa, where Taylor mentioned that it might be time for him to look for a new challenge as he'd done all he could at Watford.

Without that we could just have easily ended up with Dave Bassett.

Who, for all we know, might have achieved the same or more than Sir Graham. We'll never know.

How Sir Graham's appointment came about isn't important. What is is that it happened at all.

I'm confused.

It wasn't important that we appointed Taylor as someone like Dave Bassett might have achieved similar, but the way we came to appoint Taylor wasn't important as the important thing was we appointed him?

So as long as we sacked Bingo Billy and replaced him with someone else we were sorted?

Just like we were getting rid of Turner for ? ? ? ?
Edited to get rid of bloody annoying autocoding of Smilies.

[Villa in Denmark]

Would Ellis have allowed O'Neill to throw the clubs money around without asking questio

Would Ellis have appointed the manager of Birmingham City?

Would Ellis have stood by while Lambert broke crap records one by one?

Would Ellis have appointed wet behind the ear officials to run the club for him?

Would Ellis have tolerated the media ridiculing the club and himself?

No but he would quite happily be a director on the board at B9.

[Chris Harte]

I'm confused.

It wasn't important that we appointed Taylor as someone like Dave Bassett might have achieved similar, but the way we came to appoint Taylor wasn't important as the important thing was we appointed him?

So as long as we sacked Bingo Billy and replaced him with someone else we were sorted?

Just like we were getting rid of Turner for ?

The improtant thing is we appointed Taylor. History shows us this.

How we appointed him isn't important (in nearly thirty years I'd heard nothing untoward about how Ellis had come to employ Taylor until today!) The important thing is that we did employ him.

I've no idea if Dave Bassett could have done the same, done better or done worse. You brought his name in to the subject - I've no idea why.