Randy Lerner

[Toronto Villa]

How many managers actually resign? Unless he has been truly undermined by the club it wouldn't exactly be good for his career to be seen as someone who quit his job. I think his disappointment is genuine because he wanted certain players and for a number of reasons he didn't get them. It's not all the board's fault, but they have to shoulder a large part of the blame (Randy/Fox specifically) for us being where we are prior to Garde arriving. It certainly hasn't been helped that the gap to safety has widened since Garde arrived.

[Edvard Remberg]

Any sane person thinking about joining Villa:

[maigrait]

Ha Edvard... I was thinking exactly the same thing...

[Risso]

How many managers actually resign? Unless he has been truly undermined by the club it wouldn't exactly be good for his career to be seen as someone who quit his job. I think his disappointment is genuine because he wanted certain players and for a number of reasons he didn't get them. It's not all the board's fault, but they have to shoulder a large part of the blame (Randy/Fox specifically) for us being where we are prior to Garde arriving. It certainly hasn't been helped that the gap to safety has widened since Garde arrived.

Who would blame him for walking out on this shit storm. He'll potentially do far more damage by continuing to work for Lerner.

[PaulWinch again]

I think it'd be perfectly justifiable to walk given that he's clearly been completely screwed over.

[Witton Warrior]

I think it'd be perfectly justifiable to walk given that he's clearly been completely screwed over.

There is part of me that wants him to walk out without any gagging clauses/pay-offs so he can say what has gone on and then the people "running" this club will be shown up for what they really are - clueless

[Mostinho II]

What a c**t.

[in exile]

It's ok for Learner, all he's lost is money.
We as supporters have lost a damn sight more than that.

[NeilH]

It's ok for Learner, all he's lost is money.
We as supporters have lost a damn sight more than that.

So should he continue to throw his money at the club because we supporters stand to lose out? I just don’t get a comment like this at all.  Has he made an utter and total mess of it, damn right he has, but he’s hardly going to keep chucking his money in when he clearly wants to sell up. I hate what’s happening as much as anyone else, but he is only going to keep us ticking over until he can find a new owner.

[Chris Harte]

It's ok for Learner, all he's lost is money.
We as supporters have lost a damn sight more than that.

So should he continue to throw his money at the club because we supporters stand to lose out? I just don’t get a comment like this at all.  Has he made an utter and total mess of it, damn right he has, but he’s hardly going to keep chucking his money in when he clearly wants to sell up. I hate what’s happening as much as anyone else, but he is only going to keep us ticking over until he can find a new owner.

We ain't ticking over though. We're sinking. Not enough effort to shore up the sinking ship.

[PaulWinch again]

That is the problem, if we were 'ticking over' we'd be ok, but we're not we're collapsing very fast.

[in exile]

Now do you get it NeilH?

[Dave Cooper please]

It's ok for Learner, all he's lost is money.
We as supporters have lost a damn sight more than that.

Have we?
Well unless you are talking about intangible things like "hope" or some such nonsense then we haven't lost anything. Villa are still there for us to support.
Owners, manager and players occasionally fuck things up royally and teams get relegated, it happens, that's the nature of football.

[NeilH]

It's ok for Learner, all he's lost is money.
We as supporters have lost a damn sight more than that.

So should he continue to throw his money at the club because we supporters stand to lose out? I just don’t get a comment like this at all.  Has he made an utter and total mess of it, damn right he has, but he’s hardly going to keep chucking his money in when he clearly wants to sell up. I hate what’s happening as much as anyone else, but he is only going to keep us ticking over until he can find a new owner.

We ain't ticking over though. We're sinking. Not enough effort to shore up the sinking ship.

It depends on your definition of ticking over – If the sole intention is to minimize cost as much as possible until a buyer comes, then yes we are ticking over. As supporters of a football club, it’s an unmitigated disaster what’s happening and our emotions are currently all over the place, but the club is still here and clearly those running it are unwilling to gamble a single penny more on it.

[ChicagoLion]

I am a huge critic of Lerner and have been for a very long time.
However I do stop at the "he did this on purpose", "he is serving his own interests"
He has been a disaster as an owner and leader, incompetent, negligent, naive,useless even stupid but vindictive no.
Just completely out of his depth and even now has no idea of how to bail us out of this mess and is trying to hide behind the new Chairman and hopes it all goes away.