Randy Lerner

[PeterWithesShin]

Someone has said he's a Villa fan does a Villa podcast so I don't think he is an outsider.

[Dave]

I have to say that article deserves a round of applause.  That is the first time I have ever seen anyone bother to investigate the cause of the decline properly and thoroughly.

It's completely on the money, but I don't think that it really required much investigation.

In fairness not many outsiders if he is an outsider report the MON years as good as that

He's not.

[john e]

I have to say that article deserves a round of applause.  That is the first time I have ever seen anyone bother to investigate the cause of the decline properly and thoroughly.

It's completely on the money, but I don't think that it really required much investigation.

In fairness not many outsiders if he is an outsider report the MON years as good as that

He's not.

Ok fair enough, I don't know who he is

[ROBBO]

Brilliantly written and rips tp pieces any semblance of excuse for the MON era. Surely Lerner will go down as one of the most incompetent owners in premiership history. I hope there is enough pressure applied that he will take less money to get himself out of Villa Park.

[brontebilly]

excellent article, nails tactics tim

[CJ]

excellent article, nails tactics tim

Indeed - "masquerading as a football manager" sums him up to a tee

[The Edge]

This reads as a eulogy to me. Details in there which I didn't know. In my own much simpler words I know this. Randy Lerner bought the club and had the best intentions. He fucked it up with a string of piss poor business decisions. He probaby lives in a world where he is used to being the alpha male and getting his own way. Well the ultra competitive English premier league has chewed him up and spat him out. He's retreated to his roots to lick his wounds. So we move on. We are the Villa and we will bounce back. Fuck all that weeds growing out of the terraces crap. That's not us. I'll be there for the rest of my natural, believing in the club -not the custodians- and giving them my backing or bollocking as I see fit. Generations of my family have given me the right to.
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[Mister E]

Decent article, sums everything up nicely but nothing we haven't heard before... Apologies if posted elsewhere.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2016/feb/25/aston-villa-relegation-premier-league-championship

Excellent record of our road to perdition.

[Risso]

He's a regular on VT who has his own podcast.

[kippaxvilla2]

Yeh was just comparing it to some of the lazy shite that gets punted out as sound bites by people who don't know anything about the root cause of our problems which tend to be a lot more than 'Remi Garde is foreign therefore doesn't know this league.' Type soundbites.

[Dave]

He's a regular on VT who has his own podcast.

And really knows his stuff when it comes to Villa and football in general.

[Villa in Denmark]

The 3 most refreshing elements to see in a national paper were.

1. 10 years of mismanagement instead of it all began when O'Neill took his toys home.
2. O'Neill's problem wasn't lack of further funding, it was not utilising what he'd already got.
3. Sherwood is an absolute chancer.

Hopefully that kind of narrative can gain a bit of traction out in punditland, but I won't be holding my breath.

[ciggiesnbeer]

He's a regular on VT who has his own podcast.

And really knows his stuff when it comes to Villa and football in general.

Good podcast as well. Both he and his co host are good at articulating how it feels to be a Villa fan. I disagree with them a lot of the time (and I disagree with his notion Sherwood is worthless as a manager) but he always has an interesting point of view, even when its wrong.

[Hopadop]

That's a quite brilliant article.

[brian green]

He is especially accurate in his assessment of Sherwood.  That Sherwood should have ever got the job was a disaster, that he got it handed to him gift wrapped off a shortlist of one was terminal.