Randy Lerner

[LTA]

Enough is enough.  If Lerner is still running this club in twelve months time  we will be bottom of the Championship.  How on earth he is getting away with this without serious protests I do not know.   

Absolutely this.

Because Doug at least would show up and face the music.

If you want to make your feelings about Lerner known, you'll need to either fly to Cleveland or shout very loudly.

[adrenachrome]

Enough is enough.  If Lerner is still running this club in twelve months time  we will be bottom of the Championship.  How on earth he is getting away with this without serious protests I do not know.   

Absolutely this.

Because Doug at least would show up and face the music.

If you want to make your feelings about Lerner known, you'll need to either fly to Cleveland or shout very loudly.

I don't think you will find him in Cleveland.

[Dave]

This new chairman, it's the General isn't it?

I suggested this a week or so ago, I think I might actually cry if this happens.  Even if it isn't, it will be someone who knows fuck all about football and has spent a career in timber framed building construction or time share sales such is the fuckwittery of Lerner.

It'll probably someone totally random and unconnected.

Sarah Millican, Chaka Demus, Claire Balding, Leonard Bernstein. That sort.

I had to Google to check if Leonard Bernstein was actually dead or whether he was a Kirk Douglas/Doris Day type who you assume must have died 20 years ago but are actually still alive.

He's dead.

Not enough to rule him out, though.

*obligatory "maybe he could go in goal/left-back/centre-forward" type post*

[LeeB]

This new chairman, it's the General isn't it?

I suggested this a week or so ago, I think I might actually cry if this happens.  Even if it isn't, it will be someone who knows fuck all about football and has spent a career in timber framed building construction or time share sales such is the fuckwittery of Lerner.

It'll probably someone totally random and unconnected.

Sarah Millican, Chaka Demus, Claire Balding, Leonard Bernstein. That sort.

Chaka Demus would be a good shout if he can work alongside Pliers. What's Bitty McLean up to these days?

But we'd appoint Demus without securing the services of Pliers, and have a protracted period waiting for him to join.

Bitty McLean's carefree attitude to life's problems would probably be a better fit for the club right now.

[Des Little]

I'd like to see Christopher Biggins take charge. He always seems such a happy chap.

[LeeB]

We need some volunteers to go on Dragon's Den. We can't send Randy, for fucks sake.

Who's it going to be?

I know my boyish good looks make me the obvious choice, but I'm busy.

[Chris Jameson]

Good point Lee. The campaign for Bitty McLean starts here.

[wolfman999]

I know Keith Harris is no longer with us but I'd like to throw Orville's hat into the ring.

He would brighten the place up and offer sound management skills and strong leadership as well.

[LeeB]

I know Keith Harris is no longer with us but I'd like to throw Orville's hat into the ring.

He would brighten the place up and offer sound management skills and strong leadership as well.

He has vision, and a clear sense of where he wants to go.

Although he appears to crippled by self doubt.

[Irish villain]

This new chairman, it's the General isn't it?

I suggested this a week or so ago, I think I might actually cry if this happens.  Even if it isn't, it will be someone who knows fuck all about football and has spent a career in timber framed building construction or time share sales such is the fuckwittery of Lerner.

It'll probably someone totally random and unconnected.

Sarah Millican, Chaka Demus, Claire Balding, Leonard Bernstein. That sort.

Somebody out of their depth, it's the Lerner way. Then they take the flak, get moved on and some other sucker with a new 'plan' arrives yet the main culprit doesn't face the music.

[saunders_heroes]

This new chairman, it's the General isn't it?

I suggested this a week or so ago, I think I might actually cry if this happens.  Even if it isn't, it will be someone who knows fuck all about football and has spent a career in timber framed building construction or time share sales such is the fuckwittery of Lerner.

It'll probably someone totally random and unconnected.

Sarah Millican, Chaka Demus, Claire Balding, Leonard Bernstein. That sort.

Somebody out of their depth, it's the Lerner way. Then they take the flak, get moved on and some other sucker with a new 'plan' arrives yet the main culprit doesn't face the music.

AKA, somebody cheap.

[Stu]

I know Keith Harris is no longer with us but I'd like to throw Orville's hat into the ring.

He would brighten the place up and offer sound management skills and strong leadership as well.

That song was inspirational, too.

[Ads]

He's not as bad as Doug; but relegating us out of negligence rather than egotistical spite doesn't feel any different for us.

[villa for life]

Been thinking about our demise and the cause. I don't think Lerner is a bad guy, but I think he has shown himself to be terrible at employing people who are good at their jobs. Basically, he's not a very good judge of character.

So I think what has happened is that for the last five or so years, he has employed a lot of incompetent people. Now, these incompetents have all actually and secretly known their limitations and realize that they've been a bit jammy getting such cushy jobs. Knowing this and wanting to cover it up, they've also proceeded to hire completely incompetent subordinates, and these in turn have done the same and so on and so on.

I've seen it happen in other businesses and notably schools. Someone gets lucky becoming headmaster/headmistress and then not wanting to be threatened by anyone more competent continues to employ and promote underqualified staff. It's alarming how quickly a business or a school's fortunes can decline when this happens.

I think when this happens, the only way to reverse it is a complete overhaul, starting at the very top.

[Villa in Denmark]

This new chairman, it's the General isn't it?

I suggested this a week or so ago, I think I might actually cry if this happens.  Even if it isn't, it will be someone who knows fuck all about football and has spent a career in timber framed building construction or time share sales such is the fuckwittery of Lerner.

It'll probably someone totally random and unconnected.

Sarah Millican, Chaka Demus, Claire Balding, Leonard Bernstein. That sort.

Somebody out of their depth, it's the Lerner way. Then they take the flak, get moved on and some other sucker with a new 'plan' arrives yet the main culprit doesn't face the music.

AKA, somebody cheap.

Go on then.

Tell us how big our wage bill is in comparison to the other 19 clubs we currently share a division with.

And I assume you've got documented evidence of Garde's contract and a good proportion of the other club's managers?

However much you want it to be different, he covered up gross ineptitude with unsustainable cash injections that were largely wasted and has completely f##ked up trying to get our expenditure down to a sustainable level.

There's plenty to have a go at Lerner about. At least make it the right things.