AGM - Protest

[ronshirt]

Welcome back DC5.

[German James]

Win a couple of games on the spin and we could be right back in the mix again, yet our owners don't seem to think releasing a bit of money could help us stay up. This is unforgivable in my opinion.

I genuinely don't know who you think would come.

I think we employ people to acquire players. Well I'd hope we do anyway.

I'm sure we do... But, unless Derren Brown's involved, I fail to see how they can force the players we need to come to Aston Villa.

[Dave Clark Five]

Welcome back DC5.

Thank you, Ronshirt. I just called in to see what people thought of the AVST AGM. I attended the meeting last year and, in comparison, Tom Fox appears just as clueless as he was then. Fox seems to be in total awe of Paddy Riley. I really hope that Steve Hollis sacks both of them.

[Drummond]

Welcome back DC5.

Thank you, Ronshirt. I just called in to see what people thought of the AVST AGM. I attended the meeting last year and, in comparison, Tom Fox appears just as clueless as he was then. Fox seems to be in total awe of Paddy Riley. I really hope that Steve Hollis sacks both of them.

Why?

[ROBBO]

I hope I'm wrong but Tom Fox seems out of his depth, wouldn't be surprised if he is the next one out the door, found all his answers to be unconvincing. I hope this new bloke gets some order into the place.

[Risso]

I agree, Tom Fox has been abysmal since he arrived.

[passport1]

Lets face it the day we see the back of Lerner , Fox etc can't come too soon. I have no idea if Hollis is any good or not but looking at the calibre of Lerner appointments to date doesn't give cause for optimism.

[dave.woodhall]

I don't think Fox is  the wrong man, but he's in the wrong job. Like others, he should be on the board but not running the show.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I don't think Fox is  the wrong man, but he's in the wrong job. Like others, he should be on the board but not running the show.

I agree. Let him get on with his kit deals etc. But I cringe when I hear him talk about football.

[SoccerHQ]

I don't think Fox is  the wrong man, but he's in the wrong job. Like others, he should be on the board but not running the show.

I do think when he was appointed some of our fanbase were under the impression he'd actually been Arsenal Chief exec and he was a little down the food chain there.

I think he's been overpromoted, just like Faulkner was.

Talking of people with Arsenal connections, the person we really need is someone like David Dein as he realised at Arsenal the most important thing was to get a winning team and the rest would follow.

[old man villa fan]

I don't think Fox is  the wrong man, but he's in the wrong job. Like others, he should be on the board but not running the show.

Talking of people with Arsenal connections, the person we really need is someone like David Dein as he realised at Arsenal the most important thing was to get a winning team and the rest would follow.

He did well at arsenal but I would argue that the team did not come first, only that they should not slip too far behind.  Their first priority was to build a bigger ground to grow their support but not go into unmanageable debt.  It was a long term plan that would lead to being able to invest more in players in the future than before.  I think we are starting to see this now after they went through a period of not bringing in top players but those at a lower level and coaching them well.

[ez]

Win a couple of games on the spin and we could be right back in the mix again, yet our owners don't seem to think releasing a bit of money could help us stay up. This is unforgivable in my opinion.

I genuinely don't know who you think would come.

I think we employ people to acquire players. Well I'd hope we do anyway.

I'm sure we do... But, unless Derren Brown's involved, I fail to see how they can force the players we need to come to Aston Villa.

I would have thought a quality loan deal or two would have happened by now.

[German James]

Win a couple of games on the spin and we could be right back in the mix again, yet our owners don't seem to think releasing a bit of money could help us stay up. This is unforgivable in my opinion.

I genuinely don't know who you think would come.

I think we employ people to acquire players. Well I'd hope we do anyway.

I'm sure we do... But, unless Derren Brown's involved, I fail to see how they can force the players we need to come to Aston Villa.

I would have thought a quality loan deal or two would have happened by now.

Good point.

[Irish villain]

I agree, Tom Fox has been abysmal since he arrived.

Our team under Remi Garde has been showing green shoots of recovery. We are harder to beat. Our players are giving more effort.

It is absolutely criminal that Tom Fox has been talking as though the towel was thrown in weeks ago. We are Aston Villa, we should never be beaten until we are beaten fairly and squarely. Stick a goalscorer in that side on 1 January and we could be on 15-17 points today and getting back into the mix.

For me, relegation way too bad of a ting to say 'spending is too risky'. A loaned striker or a Charlie Austin with a relegation release fee would make such a difference right now.

[Toronto Villa]

Charlie Austin was never going to join. Why on earth would a footballer who just spent the past season at the arse end of the table sign up for another round of it? He's on a very healthy contract that probably put a lot of teams off coupled with whatever QPR were asking for him in the summer. With the window winding down along with his contract he had the pick of the sides that showed any interest. He wasn't coming to us and only might of if we were outside the bottom three. And even then I doubt it.

There is no doubt we need a forward. I just don't know we will get one with the required quality right now and one that we haven't paid a fortune for. It's a shit situation to be in.