I just want to know what ALOTBSOL means.
No chance. Not even Walt Disney on a slow day would consider such a fantasy. My plan of blackmailing Randy Lerner is infinitely more do able.
I'd be up for this. At the moment we have no communication or inkling of the strategies behind the running of the club. Some kind of ownership model that gives supporters a vote on how the club is run and opens up more direct channels of communication would be good. A hybrid of the German/Barcelona models would be interesting. Potential Chairmen could be voted in or out and we would have open target-setting and statements of ambition and direction. Count me in IF Waters.
No Jon. It is my get rid of Lambert plan revisited.Half a dozen of us smarm a personal meeting with the owner in his Wall St office. We go up. One of us says it is very hot in here can we open a window please.Once the window is open I rush to it, climb out and stand on the ledge.BE, VID, TV, Dave Shelley, Footy, Leeg or whoever saysSell the club to somebody who actually gives a f*ck or Brian jumps.Like Crocodile Dundee said about his knife. That IS a plan.
Quote from: Billy Walker on December 31, 2015, 03:34:46 PMI'd be up for this. At the moment we have no communication or inkling of the strategies behind the running of the club. Some kind of ownership model that gives supporters a vote on how the club is run and opens up more direct channels of communication would be good. A hybrid of the German/Barcelona models would be interesting. Potential Chairmen could be voted in or out and we would have open target-setting and statements of ambition and direction. Count me in IF Waters.Me too. For Christ's sake, are we just going to sit here and watch our Villa getting pulled apart, or actually do something to save what we love about our club? Of course, it's not as simple as nodding your head and smiling and there are things we'd need to seriously think over, but why not?
What would it take or how could the fans buy out Randy and own Aston Villa ?Before you all throw the poo at the idea, here are some examples of clubs owned or majority-owned by fans / members :ExeterPortsmouthWycombe WanderersAFC WimbledonAll clubs in German 1st / 2nd divisions cannot have a single owner / company ownerPanathanikosMost clubs in IrelandHeartsBarcelonaReal Madrid & half of other La Liga clubsAll clubs in Turkey
Quote from: IFWaters on December 31, 2015, 09:47:52 AMWhat would it take or how could the fans buy out Randy and own Aston Villa ?Before you all throw the poo at the idea, here are some examples of clubs owned or majority-owned by fans / members :ExeterPortsmouthWycombe WanderersAFC WimbledonAll clubs in German 1st / 2nd divisions cannot have a single owner / company ownerPanathanikosMost clubs in IrelandHeartsBarcelonaReal Madrid & half of other La Liga clubsAll clubs in TurkeySwansea are as well aren't they? Might be wrong, but pretty sure their supporters bought the club for £1 when they were in League Two (or whatever is was called back then).
Quote from: tomd2103 on December 31, 2015, 05:57:31 PMQuote from: IFWaters on December 31, 2015, 09:47:52 AMWhat would it take or how could the fans buy out Randy and own Aston Villa ?Before you all throw the poo at the idea, here are some examples of clubs owned or majority-owned by fans / members :ExeterPortsmouthWycombe WanderersAFC WimbledonAll clubs in German 1st / 2nd divisions cannot have a single owner / company ownerPanathanikosMost clubs in IrelandHeartsBarcelonaReal Madrid & half of other La Liga clubsAll clubs in TurkeySwansea are as well aren't they? Might be wrong, but pretty sure their supporters bought the club for £1 when they were in League Two (or whatever is was called back then).The club was bought for something like £20,000 by a consortium, of which one member was their Trust, who each put in an initial £50,000.