Randy Lerner

[mr underhill]

Hey irony bypass! I was being flippant!

[richard moore]

I think we've reached a point where the only people prepared to work under Lerner would have to be mad.  If they weren't my club, I wouldn't touch Villa with a barge pole. A proper basket case of a football club

Nor me, I think you are absolutely right. I'd have almost no respect for anyone joining the club to work for Lerner because I'd wonder why they hadn't sussed out what a gormless twat he is. Mind you, I guess if the money is great, which no doubt it is, then why worry about that!

[auntiesledd]

I think we've reached a point where the only people prepared to work under Lerner would have to be mad.  If they weren't my club, I wouldn't touch Villa with a barge pole. A proper basket case of a football club

Nor me, I think you are absolutely right. I'd have almost no respect for anyone joining the club to work for Lerner because I'd wonder why they hadn't sussed out what a gormless twat he is. Mind you, I guess if the money is great, which no doubt it is, then why worry about that!

Amen to all of that. Our über-moron of an owner couldn't have fucked things up any worse at VP if he tried (which he obviously wouldn't have - since he's totally incapable of doing anything: properly or otherwise). My God, what a fecking shambles we have become. 

[TopDeck113]

Stranger things have happened.  No one in their right mind would have wanted to manage Villa circa 1987.  No one other than a certain Graham Taylor looking for his next career challenge (or "project" as it would be called now).

As many people have remarked for so long as I can remember, the person who gets it right at Villa Park will tap into something very special and unique.  We are currently in a trough that will almost certainly get worse before it gets better, but perhaps not much worse.  The challenge of turning that round might actually appeal to the vanity of someone like David Dein.

[richard moore]

Stranger things have happened.  No one in their right mind would have wanted to manage Villa circa 1987.  No one other than a certain Graham Taylor looking for his next career challenge (or "project" as it would be called now).

As many people have remarked for so long as I can remember, the person who gets it right at Villa Park will tap into something very special and unique.  We are currently in a trough that will almost certainly get worse before it gets better, but perhaps not much worse.  The challenge of turning that round might actually appeal to the vanity of someone like David Dein.

I'd love that be true. I was in Brum just before Christmas, walking through all my old haunts, except of course they have changed so much. I can remember it all when it was an utter dump with the old bull ring and five ways which was almost a no go area. And I got to thinking as I strolled around the new station, watched the old library being demolished and people watched in general just how much potential there is for a successful team in our city. It really could spark something amazing and we know that team is never going to be the Blues or the Tesco Bags. I got quite emotional thinking about it and how that idiot has fucking ruined it all and washed so much potential down the drain.

[Dante Lavelli]

David Dein is an extremely shrewd and very clever man. He wouldn't stop at VP for a piss as he drove past on the M6, let alone work here.

Exactly. Why would he want to ruin his CV by working for the Howard Hughes of football owners.

To be honest the fact that we're currently run so badly is exactly why he might want to be involved. 

He could buy 25% of the club at championship prices and then - as he did with arsenal - rebuild the club and sell at a much higher value.  Randy clearly wants little to do with the running of the club so Dein would pretty much have free reigns to run the ship as he wished.  I'd guess that Randy would be less interfering than the board he left at Arsenal.

[themossman]

I think we've reached a point where the only people prepared to work under Lerner would have to be mad.  If they weren't my club, I wouldn't touch Villa with a barge pole. A proper basket case of a football club

Nor me, I think you are absolutely right. I'd have almost no respect for anyone joining the club to work for Lerner because I'd wonder why they hadn't sussed out what a gormless twat he is. Mind you, I guess if the money is great, which no doubt it is, then why worry about that!

Agree with this. I think there was a period where managers, execs etc looked at us and thought here's a club that should be in a better place and I can sort it out. We're well beyond that now. We've been such a joke for so long and changed all the parts of the metaphorical broom so many times any sane person would realise we're a guaranteed career black hole and do a runner.

[supertom]

NSFW.
His sentiments (and anger) absolutely sum up how I feel about Villa at the moment.

This is how most of us feel Randy you fucking waster.

[Toronto Villa]

Having spent a few minutes calling West Brom fucking shit he then goes on to say he's not having a go at West Brom. Brilliant!

[olaftab]

Love it. We can share his pain!
By the way who is their Celine Dion?

[LTA]

Us, Newcastle and Sunderland deserve to be the bottom three sides.  Three clubs who have stunk the Premier League out for years.

[Irish villain]

Us, Newcastle and Sunderland deserve to be the bottom three sides.  Three clubs who have stunk the Premier League out for years.

Just how bad can things get under this regime? Who trusts the people that have turned us from premier league ever presents & top six contenders to the worst team in the league to lead us out of the Championship?

Have we even come close to hitting rock bottom yet?

[DB]

No, I fear we could drop further. More teams have stayed down than come back up 1st time of asking. With such poor points total we have and the players, people running the club we could do a Wolves.
Also, Remi to be gone before long? We just carry on losing....

[Irish villain]

No, I fear we could drop further. More teams have stayed down than come back up 1st time of asking. With such poor points total we have and the players, people running the club we could do a Wolves.
Also, Remi to be gone before long? We just carry on losing....

That is my fear. We have no leader, no nous and it doesn't feel like rock bottom at all. The life has been sucked out of us.

[aj2k77]

Wank stain on our history.