Randy Lerner

[Billy Walker]

Lerner is to my mind at the heart of everything that is wrong with the club and I want him gone.  Enough is enough.  Prior to his arrival we were the fifth most consistently high finishing team of the Premier League era with the likes of Spurs, Everton and Newcastle below us.  Every record for poor performance has been smashed on his watch.  Whilst he has put plans to expand Vila Park on the shelf, the likes of Spurs, Man City, West Ham and Liverpool have pushed through with ambitions to grow and expand. 

The one thing that he has done successfully is lower Villa fans' expectations without getting direct flak aimed in his direction.  He has cleared off to America and installed layers of management to take the brunt of the ire and frustration.  In effect he has neutralised the power of the support -  we simply can't get at him or communicate directly with him.   As I've said before, it really does remind me of what Doug did with the Trinity, something very special is being vandalised and destroyed and we just can't seem to do anything about it.  It's the proverbial slow car crash and, as onlookers and bystanders, we can all see the huge  possibility that worse is yet to come.  Even getting Randy (somehow) to sell up wouldn't guarantee we put the brakes on this crash, though, as  Randy has it in his locker to sell us on to people even worse than himself. 

Something has got to give.  I wouldn't be surprised if this new Chairman appointment is rushed through to appease fans and make it seem as though the club is re-energising and taking action.  As long as Lerner remains here, it will just be an exercise in putting a small plaster over a huge crack.

[Walmley_Villa]

I would suggest that the crowd turn to the directors box on 23 mins (signifying the 23 years we have been in the Prem) for a few choruses of "your not fit to run our club". Each home game until the end of the season.

[JUAN PABLO]

Im still in shock, we are going down. I mean ,im not really surprised but its still hard to take. We are villa

At least we will be put out of our misery weeks before the end of the season, instead of crying on the last day.

[NeilH]

It's seems to be repeatedly forgotten here that before Lerner came we were absolutely nail on to go down under Ellis. He's made an utter and total dogs dinner of it, but let's not forget that we were heading for the drop before he arrived and our days of being a force were already a thing of the best.

[Legion]

From 'Nicky Nash' on our FB Page:

Dear Mr Lerner, I write to you now because it is all I can do. You will probably never see this and you certainly will not care but you have to know and understand that what you are doing is wrong. You are breaking the hearts of thousands of faithful Villa fans all over the work. You will never find more loyal, passionate fans anywhere, you are destroying them. You are destroying a football club with a massive history. You are tearing apart the very foundations on which the beautiful game was built. Those loyal fans who turn up week in, week out, to pay their hard earned money to watch the team they love are not getting re-payed for that unwavering support. You are breaking our hearts Mr Lerner and you must stop. You must give us back our club. To you it is merely a commodity, to us it is a way of life. To us Aston Villa is EVERYTHING. Think long and hard Mr Lerner. Think about the first time you heard that Holte End roar. Think about those people who leave at 5pm struggling to find an answer. Think about the people who you are destroying. Managers, chairmen, owners, they come and go, Villa fans stay forever, they feel every soul destroying second of every heart breaking game. We deserve better, we DEMAND better. Know this though Mr Lerner, long after you have moved on to destroy another football club, Aston Villa will remain, our pride and passion will not die, we will urge those boys in claret and blue on until the last devastating second. We will rise from the ashes and we will never turn our backs and you Mr Lerner will see for yourself that the wounded lion is the most dangerous, the most savage and you will feel the fury of the Villa faithful. I call upon my fellow Villa fans to stand tall, stand proud, stand together. We may well be written off, we may well be down but we are Villa and we never say die.

[ChicagoLion]

I am not sure that any sort of protest will work except for the cathartic experience of venting ones spleen.
It may be a blessing that our demise has come so early in the Season, this gives the club the time to completely prepare for the Championship.
What we do not need now are piecemeal signings that have no longer term benefit or for the club to drift aimlessly for the next 6 months.
All we can hope is that Randy takes this opportunity to make this club fit for purpose.

[auntiesledd]

I am not sure that any sort of protest will work except for the cathartic experience of venting ones spleen.
It may be a blessing that our demise has come so early in the Season, this gives the club the time to completely prepare for the Championship.
What we do not need now are piecemeal signings that have no longer term benefit or for the club to drift aimlessly for the next 6 months.
All we can hope is that Randy takes this opportunity to make this club fit for purpose.

Blimey, you don't want much do ya?! 

[ChicagoLion]

I am not sure that any sort of protest will work except for the cathartic experience of venting ones spleen.
It may be a blessing that our demise has come so early in the Season, this gives the club the time to completely prepare for the Championship.
What we do not need now are piecemeal signings that have no longer term benefit or for the club to drift aimlessly for the next 6 months.
All we can hope is that Randy takes this opportunity to make this club fit for purpose.

Blimey, you don't want much do ya?!

I certainly would not underestimate the size of the task.

[MarkM]

It's seems to be repeatedly forgotten here that before Lerner came we were absolutely nail on to go down under Ellis. He's made an utter and total dogs dinner of it, but let's not forget that we were heading for the drop before he arrived and our days of being a force were already a thing of the best.

Heading for the drop?

Our league positions prior to TAO (The American Owner) were: 6/6/8/8/16/6/10/16 hardly the performance of a club nailed on to go down

Sure we had under performed, and Elllis is guilty for us missing opportunities and destroying the European Champions, but our current state is solely the responsibility of TAO

[itbrvilla]

From 'Nicky Nash' on our FB Page:

Dear Mr Lerner, I write to you now because it is all I can do. You will probably never see this and you certainly will not care but you have to know and understand that what you are doing is wrong. You are breaking the hearts of thousands of faithful Villa fans all over the work. You will never find more loyal, passionate fans anywhere, you are destroying them. You are destroying a football club with a massive history. You are tearing apart the very foundations on which the beautiful game was built. Those loyal fans who turn up week in, week out, to pay their hard earned money to watch the team they love are not getting re-payed for that unwavering support. You are breaking our hearts Mr Lerner and you must stop. You must give us back our club. To you it is merely a commodity, to us it is a way of life. To us Aston Villa is EVERYTHING. Think long and hard Mr Lerner. Think about the first time you heard that Holte End roar. Think about those people who leave at 5pm struggling to find an answer. Think about the people who you are destroying. Managers, chairmen, owners, they come and go, Villa fans stay forever, they feel every soul destroying second of every heart breaking game. We deserve better, we DEMAND better. Know this though Mr Lerner, long after you have moved on to destroy another football club, Aston Villa will remain, our pride and passion will not die, we will urge those boys in claret and blue on until the last devastating second. We will rise from the ashes and we will never turn our backs and you Mr Lerner will see for yourself that the wounded lion is the most dangerous, the most savage and you will feel the fury of the Villa faithful. I call upon my fellow Villa fans to stand tall, stand proud, stand together. We may well be written off, we may well be down but we are Villa and we never say die.

We're a lion that is sedated.

[LTA]

It's seems to be repeatedly forgotten here that before Lerner came we were absolutely nail on to go down under Ellis. He's made an utter and total dogs dinner of it, but let's not forget that we were heading for the drop before he arrived and our days of being a force were already a thing of the best.

We didn't spend months marooned at the bottom however.  The one thing with Doug Ellis is he didn't tolerate repeated failure as his ego wouldn't allow it.

He must be seething at state the club's in today and ruing the day he agreed to sell to Lerner.

Sadly, he was hoodwinked like the rest of us.

[ChicagoLion]

All this bollocks about you will never see this, why Fkin write it then?
Dunno why the bloke dosent just print it off, stick it in an envelope and address it to

Randy Lerner
1 No fkinidea street
NowherenearBirmigum
Another Planet

[auntiesledd]

I am not sure that any sort of protest will work except for the cathartic experience of venting ones spleen.
It may be a blessing that our demise has come so early in the Season, this gives the club the time to completely prepare for the Championship.
What we do not need now are piecemeal signings that have no longer term benefit or for the club to drift aimlessly for the next 6 months.
All we can hope is that Randy takes this opportunity to make this club fit for purpose.

Blimey, you don't want much do ya?!

I certainly would not underestimate the size of the task.

I admire your optimism, CL. Fair play. 

[kippaxvilla2]

If he really wants to show one final act of philanthropy he could do similar but less than what the Bolton owner is prepared to do and take yet another bath and sell the club for the last known net debt figure around £102m. 

That figure of course being reduced by £90m the amount he converted from debt to equity last year.  I'm not saying he should of course but it might expedite a sale but I've no idea what the complications of such a deal are.  Neither am I sure I'd do the same in his position having already lost a shed load of money.

[ChicagoLion]

If he really wants to show one final act of philanthropy he could do similar but less than what the Bolton owner is prepared to do and take yet another bath and sell the club for the last known net debt figure around £102m. 

That figure of course being reduced by £90m the amount he converted from debt to equity last year.  I'm not saying he should of course but it might expedite a sale but I've no idea what the complications of such a deal are.  Neither am I sure I'd do the same in his position having already lost a shed load of money.

i doubt he would get any takers at that price, you could pick up any Championship club for £30million.