Randy Lerner

[PeterWithe]

Lerner is basically a gigantic, incompetent man-baby.

Hiding the other side of the atlantic, prone to enormous mood swings, incapable of putting a meaningful sentence together, he's opted to communicate with us purely via kicks in the bollocks as he tramples over the club's pride.

And where is General Krulak these days, I wonder? Except for being one of the few people left on the Villa board, obviously.

I'm 47, have cared about the club for about 40 of those years, and have never felt as low about Villa as i have these last few days.

Everything about the club is wrong - absolutely everything.

Even the stuff about closing the upper trinity is monumentally depressing. A club with a vision or something that could be called ambition would have done everything it could to fill that ground, not make it smaller.

We look like we are settling in for a long stay in the Championship. Which is wrong, if only because we look more likely to wind up in League One under this unpredictable fucking lunatic.

Well said, apart from the bit about the General, I dont care where he is, the further away the better. I don't think I could bare hearing more worthless platitudes. Nothing personal in that.

Have to disagree, I have far more respect for the General than I'll ever have for Lerner. I actually think he's a great leader thrown into a circus that he felt through loyalty to oblige. I don't know what happened but maybe Lerner's father spent too much time traveling, building up his business empire than he spent at home and Lerner needs that masculine crutch that is the General.

The General's only real problem is he knew next to nothing about football. He tried as much as any novice to understand but in the end his military record didn't mean anything to passionate football fans. I can't blame him for that. He's been Lerner's babysitter (due to loyalty to his father) for far too long.

Feel free to slag him off but at least he had a pair of balls. Lerner is as Paulie said, a man-baby. He's full of good intentions but hasn't a fucking clue when it comes to real life, as passionate of the Villa as he may be. He sadly lives in the world he created.

But would you want him back around telling us not to worry our silly little heads about stuff as they know what they are doing?

I admire the man and his past achievements but still want him nowhere near the club again.

[kippaxvilla2]

19 Apr 2016 20:21:08
I'm with Martin Keown now down at stumps by vp with a undisclosed person who I am not naming and they have both said that there will be NO INVESTMENT at all for next season and the reason the 2 left was because Lerner has stated this no frills no bull shot if you don't belive me get down here and see for yourself.

Great grammar and not mine!

[ChicagoLion]

Anything associated with Lerner is bad news.

[PeterWithe]

Get down to Stumps at midnight on a Tuesday and see nothing at all?

Sounds an attractive proposition.

[tomd2103]

Gutless. Spineless. Coward.

I'm calling you out General Charles C. Krulak.

I know you read this board.

You're boss isn't man enough to communicate.

Are you man enough?

I repeat: Gutless. Spineless. Coward.

Any reply?

I would call Krulak a lot of things, but considering his exploits in his chosen career, "gutless", "spineless" and "coward" would not be amongst them. 

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Lerner is basically a gigantic, incompetent man-baby.

Hiding the other side of the atlantic, prone to enormous mood swings, incapable of putting a meaningful sentence together, he's opted to communicate with us purely via kicks in the bollocks as he tramples over the club's pride.

And where is General Krulak these days, I wonder? Except for being one of the few people left on the Villa board, obviously.

I'm 47, have cared about the club for about 40 of those years, and have never felt as low about Villa as i have these last few days.

Everything about the club is wrong - absolutely everything.

Even the stuff about closing the upper trinity is monumentally depressing. A club with a vision or something that could be called ambition would have done everything it could to fill that ground, not make it smaller.

We look like we are settling in for a long stay in the Championship. Which is wrong, if only because we look more likely to wind up in League One under this unpredictable fucking lunatic.

Well said, apart from the bit about the General, I dont care where he is, the further away the better. I don't think I could bare hearing more worthless platitudes. Nothing personal in that.

Have to disagree, I have far more respect for the General than I'll ever have for Lerner. I actually think he's a great leader thrown into a circus that he felt through loyalty to oblige. I don't know what happened but maybe Lerner's father spent too much time traveling, building up his business empire than he spent at home and Lerner needs that masculine crutch that is the General.

The General's only real problem is he knew next to nothing about football. He tried as much as any novice to understand but in the end his military record didn't mean anything to passionate football fans. I can't blame him for that. He's been Lerner's babysitter (due to loyalty to his father) for far too long.

Feel free to slag him off but at least he had a pair of balls. Lerner is as Paulie said, a man-baby. He's full of good intentions but hasn't a fucking clue when it comes to real life, as passionate of the Villa as he may be. He sadly lives in the world he created.

But would you want him back around telling us not to worry our silly little heads about stuff as they know what they are doing?

I admire the man and his past achievements but still want him nowhere near the club again.

Neither do I but he was only repeating what he'd been told. Don't shoot the babysitter. He was a no-exec and when told everything had been planned out, repeated the line. The ironic thing is, despite so many years in the military, he still has far more business experience than Lerner. I do wonder what goes through his head right now though. "Those damn limeys have hung Randy out to dry" or "FFS son, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink". My guess is the latter.

[DeKuip]

The club made no effort in January to stay in the Premier League and everything now seems to be pointing at a lack of desire to return. The owner is showing no fight and it's no wonder this attitude has spread to the pitch.
The redundancy numbers being mentioned are frightening and will no doubt be costly in terms of pay offs. If we needed this amount of staff to run a Premier League club wouldn't we be needing them again in 12 months time if the club had any hope or desire to get immediate promotion?
We not just dropping a division, we're closing down by the looks of it.

[aj2k77]

Randy Lerner, the arsehole of a man, has made it blatantly clear that he is not up for the fight of returning to the Premier League. The effort and changes required he is not willing to go through, therefore aslong as this wimp owns our club we will be nowhere near the Premier League. He's scaling everything back to get the costs down asap because the parachute payments don't last that long.

[dave.woodhall]

Krulak and his puppet master have been shown up for what they are.
They won't be communicating with the fans anytime soon.
They are now in full retreat without the dignity or ability to raise themselves for any skirmish or to face the situation they have created.
These are the sort of people that only come on to the battlefield when fighting is over to shoot the wounded.
Cowards.

And the bravest thing you've ever done is?

[kippaxvilla2]

And if that is true he will have no choice other than to cut his losses massively to sell up.  By the way was I dreaming yesterday or did I see a quote from Ellis saying the club was valued at £115m when he sold it?  Lerner won't even get that for it now.

[robbyfvillain]

And if that is true he will have no choice other than to cut his losses massively to sell up.  By the way was I dreaming yesterday or did I see a quote from Ellis saying the club was valued at £115m when he sold it?  Lerner won't even get that for it now.

You can value anything at anything, but its worth what somebody is prepared to pay for it.

[kippaxvilla2]

Thank you I genuinely wasn't aware of that.

[ChicagoLion]

Krulak and his puppet master have been shown up for what they are.
They won't be communicating with the fans anytime soon.
They are now in full retreat without the dignity or ability to raise themselves for any skirmish or to face the situation they have created.
These are the sort of people that only come on to the battlefield when fighting is over to shoot the wounded.
Cowards.

And the bravest thing you've ever done is?

you would be surprised, but I am not about to give you ammunition.

[dave.woodhall]

Krulak and his puppet master have been shown up for what they are.
They won't be communicating with the fans anytime soon.
They are now in full retreat without the dignity or ability to raise themselves for any skirmish or to face the situation they have created.
These are the sort of people that only come on to the battlefield when fighting is over to shoot the wounded.
Cowards.

And the bravest thing you've ever done is?

you would be surprised, but I am not about to give you ammunition.

I don't need any. You've already said more than enough.

[ChicagoLion]

Krulak and his puppet master have been shown up for what they are.
They won't be communicating with the fans anytime soon.
They are now in full retreat without the dignity or ability to raise themselves for any skirmish or to face the situation they have created.
These are the sort of people that only come on to the battlefield when fighting is over to shoot the wounded.
Cowards.

And the bravest thing you've ever done is?

you would be surprised, but I am not about to give you ammunition.

I don't need any. You've already said more than enough.

i guess picking on posters for being angry is pretty brave.