Randy Lerner

[Villa in Denmark]

Proven football insiders like FitzGerald moving on within months, MON walking after a meeting with Lerner, the General's mysterious overnight disappearance when things got tough, that dreadful badge design............. all the signs were there that they were being found at our amateurs.

Rumours were that Fitzgerald was a back me against O'Neill or I'm offski.

You're right in that it was an unrecognised sign of the incompetence from day 1, but can you imagine the reaction if MON had been shown the door to keep the CEO?

[The Man With A Stick]

There were plenty who didn't like the badge at the time and have never warmed to it since.

[Smirker]

The current badge is utter drivel.  It should have served as a stark warning to us all when we were told that fucking idiot designed it.

So many things wrong with it but the worst is that fucking star.

That "fucking idiot" could do no wrong at the time and anyone saying a bad word about the star was shouted down.

They shouldn't have been. If it couldn't be placed on symmetrically or outside of the crest (PL rules allowing) then it shouldn't have gone on, shouldn't have gone on at all really.

[dave.woodhall]

Proven football insiders like FitzGerald moving on within months, MON walking after a meeting with Lerner, the General's mysterious overnight disappearance when things got tough, that dreadful badge design............. all the signs were there that they were being found at our amateurs.

FitzGerald's football experience had been a couple of years as a director of Manchester United Interactive, the general was never on here officially and please let's not go down the Why O'Neill Left path again.

[PeterWithesShin]

We haven't won a trophy since we changed the badge. FACE THE FACTS SHEEPLE!!

In reality the badge is meh, but I haven't liked any since the round one.

[Villa in Denmark]

I'd go for that.

1. The current badge is awful.
2. Just as that was "designed" to mark a break from the Ellis years, the same need for a clean break is there again.
3. Unless there are good copyright / legal issues why not, that badge will always be associated with the Saunders years from division 2 to League Champions and the Barton achievements of Rotterdam and the Super Cup win over dirty f##king bastards from Barcelona.

Failing that a simple embroidered lion (proper lion rampant) with Aston Villa written underneath. Gold (not custard yellow) lion and lettering on the home shirt, claret or blue for away shirts depending on shirt colour.

I know in the grand scheme of things it's not that important, but when Ranky Lerner finally relinquishes his custodianship of our beautiful club can we please have a new badge. I actually hate looking at it now as it reminds me of his pathetic efforts in charge of the Villa.

He should do it already. For next season. Something that will cost next to fuck all and will please the vast majority of fans. For the sake of it not being 'his' then bring back the 80s shield crest or even the 90s stripy one until he fucks off. Too many clubs have these circular crests with a lion rampant in the middle though.

Just a gold lion rampant for me, no shield around it. Maybe a banner underneath with Aston Villa FC Est. 1874 under it.

Had this discussion a million times on here though.

Great minds and all that

[dave.woodhall]

They shouldn't have been. If it couldn't be placed on symmetrically or outside of the crest (PL rules allowing) then it shouldn't have gone on, shouldn't have gone on at all really.

I said at the time it shouldn't, but like many things it was as unimportant then as it is now. There's a lot to criticise the owner for, without re-writing history.

[Villa in Denmark]

Lerner is a cock, not that he's worried a number people from an island he will never visit again think so. But I do wish him ill, and misfortune with all his dealings , I am not bitter, just how has a cock like him managed to hang on to half of his pocket money.

lerner is a cock

Care to expand on that?

ffs


ok, I DONT LIKE HIM AND HOPE THE BRISTLES ON HIS TOOTH BRUSH ALL FALL OUT.

Hope that's clear Denmark, can you elaborate on your comment??

Yes. What do you mean by wish him ill?

That could encompass everything from he never wins again at whatever card game he plays with his friends, to just about anything through to seeing what happens after his family wave good-bye on an IS video.

Just interested to hear how much ill being shit at running a football club deserves.

[Richard E]

He deserves to at least be tied to a tree and have badgers thrown at him.

[PeterWithesShin]

I hope that once a month he steps on a piece of lego. Barefoot as well!!

[Villa in Denmark]

I hope that once a month he steps on a piece of lego. Barefoot as well!!

Now you've gone too far.  That's cruel and unusual territory.

[Legion]

You sick b*st*rd.

[dave.woodhall]

Or forced to play next Sunday morning on Greets Green Rec with the wind whistling across the pitches and have the ball slap against his thigh.

[Villa in Denmark]

Got it.

He can watch every match from the Newcastle 6-0 under McDonald on continuous loop in one of those VR headset things so that whichever way he turns, there's no escape. The McLeish season and Lambert's final season in slow mo.

[PeterWithesShin]

While he is recovering from the Lego injury he has to watch every episode of Mrs Brown's Boys. Twice.