Tom Fox's meeting with Supporters

[brontebilly]

Need to get Nicola Cortese in as chairman asap to repeat the job he did at Southampton

[pbavfckuwait]

Thing is Peter W, that is not his role at Villa, he is the CEO and has a responsibility for other things not just finance, things can look great on a spread sheet especially as he will do what all financial people like him do, look at the last figures and place them against what he has now coming in, please note I said NOW, this something special that he links to not having alot to do with winning football matches, WTF, will not look so special when there is a gate of 15 thousand against MK Dons on a cold night just before Christmas 2016.
He is the CEO of Aston Villa and his disconnect to the world where his paying customers live is frightening and he is the latest in a long list of Randy appointments of this like, we will never get the football side of this great club right whilst we employ people who Soccer is all about the spread sheet, not what happens on that green thing we only use once a week called a pitch.

[Villa in Denmark]

Thing is, Tom Fox is a money man. His job and his raison d'etre is in the business world and his brief is to raise and make money. Therefore, to him, and for what h's been hired to do results simply aren't the be all and end all. Making millions is. Or, rather, thousands where we're going.

Even then, it's money for the business, not his back pocket directly and the best way of earning money in football is to win a few games. For a club that's going to struggle to compete at the very top without spending money it can't afford, there's probably a "sweet spot" from a making money point of view, which I'd guess is around where Everton usually manage to finish with their level of investment.

[Risso]

All you need to do to be handed tens of millions on a plate each year is just be a little bit less shit than 3 other teams. We can't even manage that, so all the things like an extra million or two from shirt sponsorship are utterly meaningless. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns.

[aj2k77]

Our turnover next season will probably be lower than in 2007. His precious bottom line says he should be sacked in the summer, terrible job.

[Villa in Denmark]

Our turnover next season will probably be lower than in 2007. His precious bottom line says he should be sacked in the summer, terrible job.

Not particularly sticking up for him but bottom line is profit / loss, not turnover.

[aj2k77]

Our turnover next season will probably be lower than in 2007. His precious bottom line says he should be sacked in the summer, terrible job.

Not particularly sticking up for him but bottom line is profit / loss, not turnover.

Good point. On a reduced turnover of around £70-80m next season, with our expenses I expect us to make one hell of a loss again. He should be sacked.

[aj2k77]

It also won't look too smart that he's managed to reduce our turnover by around £45m in one season. Is this the something special he's been working on?

[tomd2103]

All you need to do to be handed tens of millions on a plate each year is just be a little bit less shit than 3 other teams. We can't even manage that, so all the things like an extra million or two from shirt sponsorship are utterly meaningless. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns.

Totally agree.  Those sorts of sums are the equivalent of N'Zogbia's annual wage. 

[ChicagoLion]

Need to get Nicola Cortese in as chairman asap to repeat the job he did at Southampton

Does she go to away games?

[oswald funkletrumpet]

It also won't look too smart that he's managed to reduce our turnover by around £45m in one season. Is this the something special he's been working on?

but dont forget we have a new shirt deal

[aj2k77]

It also won't look too smart that he's managed to reduce our turnover by around £45m in one season. Is this the something special he's been working on?

but dont forget we have a new shirt deal

Which is still less than the deal we had a few years ago under Genting isn't it?

[oswald funkletrumpet]

It also won't look too smart that he's managed to reduce our turnover by around £45m in one season. Is this the something special he's been working on?

but dont forget we have a new shirt deal

Which is still less than the deal we had a few years ago under Genting isn't it?

i wouldnt be surprised but the spin will be that fungi yakashisi is an upcoming brand lol

[LTA]

Joey Barton talking sense on 5 live just now.  Says Fox and Lerner are muppets who shouldn't be near a great club like Aston Villa.

[SteveN]

Joey Barton talking sense on 5 live just now.  Says Fox and Lerner are muppets who shouldn't be near a great club like Aston Villa.

Pat Murphy now talking how Tony Barton did our scouting so successfully compared to the way we are set up now.

Mommy, mommy I want my club back.