AGM - Protest

[Dave Cooper please]

Right, I'm up for it, I'll even actually attend a game just to take part, so come on Saunders, when is the protest and what are we doing?

[cheltenhamlion]

The problem with Saunders Heroes and his "calling them out for years" line is that it always comes back to the same basic complaint and that is Lerner must spend more.

You cannot just blindly demand he piss more and more money down the drain.

I have met Fox a few times now and can assure they are very much aware of (and in agreement with) our issues over how the club has been run for many years. Whether you rate Fix or not, he at least is trying to put in place the structure we should have had from day one.

As for the protest, there is little point protesting at anything without a clear aim. The line here seems to be the whole point is to let people know we are pissed off. They know that very well.

Lee Preece spends a fair chunk of his week looking at what is being discussed on the forums and reports this back to the board.

If you are determined to protest at Lerner, Fox, Almstadt et al, you have to be clear on what they have done incorrectly in your view.

Now I fully intend to twist the knife on Fox about his Sherwood appointment at the Trust AGM (there wasn't time at the meeting before the Arsenal game). That is one where there are facts he can't escape from of his own doing. Protesting about Almstadt being a shit scout won't work, for example, as he has fuck all to do with recruitment.

[brian green]

I fear you are in a hiding to nothing Stuart but I acknowledge your balls in at least making an organised presentation of the car crash.

The huge dichotomy is that so many still want a Chinese trillionaire to enable us to outspend the competition. Those days are long gone and pining for them makes matters worse.  Our financial chickens have come home to roost and we have to deal with it.

[alanclare]

Just the sort of childish rubbish that is unfortunately all too-prevalent on this site, and which encourages other illiterate morons to try to emulate it.

[alanclare]

I'm sure everybody is just as pissed off as you, but I'm afraid the sad situation is that all of the above would achieve nothing.  We have an owner who wants to sell, but can't, and overall doesn't give a toss.  We're down and out, and sadly there's not a lot we can do to improve the situation.

We could at least poke fun at Lerner, that sack of crap.

We have let him off so easy over the last 3 or 4 years, and have always called for the managers head instead. Now we know that no matter who Randy puts where NOTHING changes.

Can we at least send some poo to his doorstep?

Just the sort of childish rubbish that is unfortunately all too-prevalent on this site, and which encourages other illiterate morons to try to emulate it.

[Bad English]

Speaking of childish nonsense, it would be quite amusing to see everyone go down to Villa Park with their football boots or gloves in the hope of a game.

[Richard E]

My head understands on an intellectual level that protesting against a bloke who wants out anyway is pointless and that there isn't a white knight with a pot of hold about to ride to the rescue. My heart tells me, however, that I ought to be doing something rather than just sitting on my hands as we sink below the waves, even if it is just a cathartic raging against the dying of the light.

[Bad English]

I may tweet a £ character to @AVFCofficial.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Speaking of childish nonsense, it would be quite amusing to see everyone go down to Villa Park with their football boots or gloves in the hope of a game.

With a pitch invasion before the kick off. The stewards would clear everyone off except 297 bald blokes of different shapes and sizes all claiming to be the real Brad Guzan.

[Bad English]

They would also have to find the real Jack Grealish among 862 skinny young blokes wandering around the pitch with a pint of Carlsberg and a tray of chips and curry sauce.

[Chris Smith]

When you have an owner wanting to sell what can a protest achieve? Perhaps it might make one or two of the protesters feel a bit better but the following day we will still be in exactly the same position. It is the equivalent of going round to your neighbours house who has a For Sale sign in the garden and demanding that he sell it.

[Jon Crofts]

Speaking of childish nonsense, it would be quite amusing to see everyone go down to Villa Park with their football boots or gloves in the hope of a game.

Gloves?  What kind of Johnny Foreigner fancy Dan are you?

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

We could protest to the Premier League that we want to leave.

[richard moore]

I can't think of anyone worse to lead a protest than Stan Collymore.

Why don't you do it then? You're high profile, unless the Dave Woodhall I've seen and heard on radio and TV over the years is someone completely different. Surely you're not happy with Lerner's stewardship of our club?

Thank you for believing that I'm so important I could lead an effective protest against a billionaire businessman on the other side of the Atlantic. However, as I've stated tonight and on many occasions that such a protest would be utterly pointless, I'll decline the offer.

I truly believe you could do it though Dave, you are far and away the most qualified person on here to do so, I think you'd make an excellent focal point for the fans' frustration

[Axl Rose]

I'm sure everybody is just as pissed off as you, but I'm afraid the sad situation is that all of the above would achieve nothing.  We have an owner who wants to sell, but can't, and overall doesn't give a toss.  We're down and out, and sadly there's not a lot we can do to improve the situation.

We could at least poke fun at Lerner, that sack of crap.

We have let him off so easy over the last 3 or 4 years, and have always called for the managers head instead. Now we know that no matter who Randy puts where NOTHING changes.

Can we at least send some poo to his doorstep?

Just the sort of childish rubbish that is unfortunately all too-prevalent on this site, and which encourages other illiterate morons to try to emulate it.

Ok Alan,get a grip. Waving the reality stick. People express their discontent in a variety of ways.