Randy Lerner

[Toronto Villa]

18   Newcastle United           23   5   6   12   -16   21
19   Sunderland                   24   5   4   15   -19   19
20   Aston Villa.                    24   2   7   15   -22   13

RANDY, ARE YOU PROUD OF THIS ?

I bet Randy doesn't see points, more likely to be what the annountancy books are saying.

Those numbers are every bit as shit. In fact the league table probably looks better.

[Irish villain]

Buying in £55m worth is pointless when you sell £40m worth the summer after you finish 17th.

It might have worked if we'd used it to build a decent quality spine.

Good point about the TV money though. The wages were probably greater than the TV money for a while but not now, surely?

Well, we bought some good players and sol the player who scored the goals to keep us up every other season so in my estimation that was a major cock up. We have actually been a lot tighter at the back than previous seasons. Under Lambert we were on the receiving end of regular thrashings. This year, we usually lose by the odd goal. If we had a £15m striker we'd be comfortable.

As I say I am no expert on finances, I just cannot get my head around how skint we are. In Lambert's first year all the talk was of the big windfall we would miss out on the following season. Well, we stayed up that year, the year after and the year after. Why did we still have to do things on the cheap? We played russian roulette for five years, now we are properly screwed.

[aj2k77]

We will find out just how skint we are towards the end of the month when last seasons accounts are revealed.

[olaftab]

In a couple of months it will be a decade since Cahill made his league debut for us. Does that make anyone else feel very old?

No. It's being at the match where Brian Little scored in the FA Youth Cup semi final that  does it but I know what you are saying!

[olaftab]

18   Newcastle United           23   5   6   12   -16   21
19   Sunderland                   24   5   4   15   -19   19
20   Aston Villa.                    24   2   7   15   -22   13

RANDY, ARE YOU PROUD OF THIS ?

I bet Randy doesn't see points, more likely to be what the annountancy books are saying.

Those numbers are every bit as shit. In fact the league table probably looks better.

Thank you Randy for gifting us  this humiliation.

[TonyD]

Neglect is a form of abuse. 

[Jimbo]

Neglect is a form of abuse. 

Would make a great banner.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Never mind the music, watch the quality of then and the dross that is now.

[Small Rodent]

It is rather odd calling for someone to leave the club, when they are actively looking for a way to leave the club.

[saunders_heroes]

Neglect is a form of abuse. 

Isn't it just.

[Chris Harte]

It is rather odd calling for someone to leave the club, when they are actively looking for a way to leave the club.

Tom Fox, quoted as saying, "I don't think he's a motivated seller right now. I think he'll want to make sure that he's put Aston Villa on the best possible path for the future."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31015504

Now the quote is a year old. The club has been "for sale" for longer than that. Has anything changed? I don't know. For sure, Lerner's said nothing.

Besides, even if he is actively now trying again, it doesn't hurt to remind him what the customers supporters want.

[Malandro]

I thought vile Villa fans want him dead.

[joe_c]

I thought vile Villa fans want him dead.

Not quite. They want a party when he dies. The bellends.

[themossman]

It is rather odd calling for someone to leave the club, when they are actively looking for a way to leave the club.

I think it's more the case that people want him to not run us into the ground now he'd decided he wants out. Even if he hadn't given it all that about our heritage and his role as steward, it's not unreasonable to expect him to try and leave us more or less how he found us, accounting for a delayed sale.

[saunders_heroes]

Over the top reaction from the Birmingham Mail regarding the chants last night. Yeah they were in bad taste, but it was more tongue-in-cheek in my opinion, and I doubt very much any fan wants to see him dead or throw a party if he did die.  Typical of the Mail to go over the top and call them 'vile death chants' and take the easy option. How about them asking some real questions of the club and put some pressure on them for a change instead of attacking fans.