Randy Lerner

[VillaAlways]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-launch-investigation-disastrous-7408694

maybe the first question should be why didn't we support the manager in the transfer window?

[Des Little]

We all know the answer. We gave up (well the board did) after Sunderland on 2nd January.

[andyh]

Hmmm, I'm a bit sceptical of this.
While it is appropriate that questions are asked, it feels a bit strange that the newbies in Hollis and King are driving an investigation where Fox, Reilly et al will come under scrutiny.

I can't help thinking that the club will spend a shit load of money on consultants, who will produce some sort of report but in the end, all the fat cats will remain where they are.
I think most of us on here could bullet point the crap decisions that have been made over the last 5 or 6 years, it doesn't need a consultancy firm to identify them

At the end of the day, over that period there has been ONE constant.

I can just imagine the summary of any report.
It will exonerate Fox, Reilly, Almstadt. It will be said these have the best interests of the club at heart, and say that the start of problems predates their appointments.
It will further conclude that the best thing for the club is that it is sold, but we already know that.

[pauliewalnuts]

Do we need to spend money on consultants? I'm sure Elaine could tell us all we need to know. In fact I think she probably has.

Get Villadawg in to go over the books.

[VillaAlways]

So we have a board that have to hire people to see where they went wrong? Whilst other people will be made redundant thanks to their sheer incompetence

Piss off

[aj2k77]

Spot on. In theory there is nothing wrong with Sporting directors and Head of player recruitment and a CEO but when they are useless that's a problem.

I know the player recruitment was quite popular this summer on here but to me it was terrible. The midfielders signed at a cost of over £15m look bit part players, they lack strength or speed apart from Traore who seems the rawest of raw materials. For the money we paid and the needs we had the players signed are a poor selection. They could be decent soldiers but we needed a couple of generals too. We must have the slowest, weakest team in the division.

A good window. Now we need to get them to gel asap. If one of Ayew or Gestede adapts then we will surprise people.

Sorry I never spent the 6 months prior to summer scouting the players we we're buying.

[PeterWithesShin]

I just don't get why you say "I know the player recruitment was quite popular this summer on here but to me it was terrible." when you also thought it was a good window at the time.

[Clampy]

Spot on. In theory there is nothing wrong with Sporting directors and Head of player recruitment and a CEO but when they are useless that's a problem.

I know the player recruitment was quite popular this summer on here but to me it was terrible. The midfielders signed at a cost of over £15m look bit part players, they lack strength or speed apart from Traore who seems the rawest of raw materials. For the money we paid and the needs we had the players signed are a poor selection. They could be decent soldiers but we needed a couple of generals too. We must have the slowest, weakest team in the division.

A good window. Now we need to get them to gel asap. If one of Ayew or Gestede adapts then we will surprise people.

Sorry I never spent the 6 months prior to summer scouting the players we we're buying.

But you thought it was a good window at the time. You can't claim to have known all along how what a bad window it was.

[kippaxvilla2]

To be fair he was right about surprising people.  I don't think anyone expected us to be this crap.

[Irish villain]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-launch-investigation-disastrous-7408694

maybe the first question should be why didn't we support the manager in the transfer window?

That would be my first question. And the second would be, 'when are the board going to hand in their resignations?'

[Irish villain]

Spot on. In theory there is nothing wrong with Sporting directors and Head of player recruitment and a CEO but when they are useless that's a problem.

I know the player recruitment was quite popular this summer on here but to me it was terrible. The midfielders signed at a cost of over £15m look bit part players, they lack strength or speed apart from Traore who seems the rawest of raw materials. For the money we paid and the needs we had the players signed are a poor selection. They could be decent soldiers but we needed a couple of generals too. We must have the slowest, weakest team in the division.

A good window. Now we need to get them to gel asap. If one of Ayew or Gestede adapts then we will surprise people.

Sorry I never spent the 6 months prior to summer scouting the players we we're buying.

But you thought it was a good window at the time. You can't claim to have known all along how what a bad window it was.

People thought it was a good window if we replaced the £32m striker that we bloody sold. We didn't. We finished seventeenth ast season woth Delph and Benteke. Yes, we bought some good players (finally), like Veretout, Ayew, Gana and Amavi. But their has been chronic underinvestment in our squad for half a decade. Buying those good players was only going to improve us if we properly replaced the striker who has been keeping us up all these years.

[Des Little]

So we have a board that have to hire people to see where they went wrong? Whilst other people will be made redundant thanks to their sheer incompetence

Piss off

Absolutely this. I would hope that at least a couple of these incompetent arseholes get their P45 on the back of this. I live in hope!

[mr underhill]

the thought of foxy being royally fucked over can only be welcomed

[olaftab]

So we have a board that have to hire people to see where they went wrong? Whilst other people will be made redundant thanks to their sheer incompetence
Piss off

I think it's right that new senior board members conduct an investigation and seek independent insight. Otherwise they will end up being told by Fox/Reilly/Almsted that they have a plan and they should be allowed to execute it and we will end up plugging a leaking dam with paper towels. I just after the enquiry is complete  the principal people responsible ( the 3 I have mentioned) for our humiliation are shown the door.

[saunders_heroes]

Spot on. In theory there is nothing wrong with Sporting directors and Head of player recruitment and a CEO but when they are useless that's a problem.

I know the player recruitment was quite popular this summer on here but to me it was terrible. The midfielders signed at a cost of over £15m look bit part players, they lack strength or speed apart from Traore who seems the rawest of raw materials. For the money we paid and the needs we had the players signed are a poor selection. They could be decent soldiers but we needed a couple of generals too. We must have the slowest, weakest team in the division.

A good window. Now we need to get them to gel asap. If one of Ayew or Gestede adapts then we will surprise people.

Sorry I never spent the 6 months prior to summer scouting the players we we're buying.

Don't worry, lots of posters have got stuff wrong on here over the last 6 seasons, and I'm not gonna deny I thought Gestede could have been a cult hero at Villa. What a disaster that was.