New chairman and Lerner ramblings

[andyh]

Steven Hollis.
http://mobile.avfc.co.uk/default.aspx?s=news-display&aid=5273031

[RussellC]

Who?!

[cdbearsfan]

YEEEEEEEEESSSS!!!

A new signing!

[German James]

Any locals know much about the fella? I'm intrigued as to how RL can operate "at a further distance". Perhaps he has a moon base.

[kiddylion]

Can he play upfront?

[Chipsticks]

This has come very out of the blue - my first thought was that Randy had stepped down, looks like this is instead part of him slowly distancing himself? This sounds like good news.

[LTA]

Another businessman instead of a football manager.

More PR bullshit from Lerner

[saunders_heroes]

Love this bit from our new chairman..
"As we have witnessed in the Premier League this year with other clubs - money no longer buys success."

[Dave]

Lerner said: "That Aston Villa can and should operate in a far more stable and on a far more successful level, both in terms of football as well as commercially, is plainly clear. It is similarly clear that this great club has not been on stable footing for at least five years.

"In May of 2015 I again reiterated my intention to sell the club or, in the alternative, to shift to a Board governance structure that begins with the appointment of a new chairman; a chairman with a proven track record for getting into the thick of troubled organisations, working with embattled executives and getting results. Steve has taken the last six weeks to become familiar with the deeply serious predicament in which the club has found itself and has my total support to address the issues we face.”

Presumably those who were desperate to hear something from Lerner can now be happy and satisfied.

[simon ward 50]

Management by committee? It worked in the old days, the very old days that is!

[Chris Harte]

He's only come on loan until the end of the season because of the club's precarious PL position.

[VILLA MOLE]

This has come very out of the blue - my first thought was that Randy had stepped down, looks like this is instead part of him slowly distancing himself? This sounds like good news.

Apparently he is distancing himself further , where is he going the moon? 

[mattjpa]

Another businessman instead of a football manager.

More PR bullshit from Lerner

I dont want a football manager in the role of chairman, I want a successful businessman who will take the correct advice from the correct people regarding football matters

[David_Nab]

Another businessman instead of a football manager.

More PR bullshit from Lerner

Which current clubs have football people as Chairmen , none of the current top 4 do for starters

[Dave]

Another businessman instead of a football manager.

Is there any club in the league whose chairperson is a "football manager"? If that's the key you'd have thought that people would be doing it more.

Edit: this appears to have been raised.