New chairman and Lerner ramblings

[kippaxvilla2]

At least he sounded decisive in that interview.  Another confirmation that they spent the transfer budget badly so when will the people responsible for blowing £60m be relieved of their duties then? 

Looks like austerity times are here again, austerity times are here again austere times are here again.

[passport1]

Back to the days of Ellis. I think we have spent ten years going around in a rather large circle and ending up back where we started.

[Dave Clark Five]

Back to the days of Ellis. I think we have spent ten years going around in a rather large circle and ending up back where we started.

This is far worse.

[saunders_heroes]

Back to the days of Ellis. I think we have spent ten years going around in a rather large circle and ending up back where we started.

This is far worse than that ever was.

[kippaxvilla2]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35378292

Just what we need on the eve of a big derby game.

[Dave Clark Five]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35378292

Just what we need on the eve of a big derby game.

Trust that lot to put the boot in.

[Diablo]

FFS! Following that interview I'm praying Remi Garde will be our Graham Taylor. I'm sure I read something/recall Sir Graham saying about when the rot sets into a big club the demise can be rapid/dramatic and it's harder to turn the club around (I'm paraphrasing I'm sure someone will remember it more precisely) but it sadly seems as though we've arrived at that point again.

[CT Villan]

How about a conspiracy theory...Lerner wants Fox to move to a CCO position but doesn't have the balls to do it, so he's hired Hollis to do the dirty work for him. A new CEO to follow in due course. Wonder what Nicola Cortese is up to ?  110% Gospel (and I'm wearing a white suit too)

[bertlambshank]

Well after reading what Tom Fox said last night we are playing five card brag with only three cards.

[VillaAlways]

I presume by saying we've wasted 60 million in the Summer that he thinks our new players are crap , the new players on the whole are not the problem , hardly motivational for them is it when they've just found a bit of momentum

Or am I reading this completely wrong.

[brian green]

Agree VillaAlways.  I find the comments by the new chairman about the wasting of money on summer transfers very disturbing. It seems to be a nod in the direction of Sherwood and through Sherwood a defence of Fox's sponsorship of Sherwood.

I see nothing wrong with Amavi, Traore, Gueye, Veretout, Ayew, Crespo or even bearing in mind his age and fitness limitations, Lescott.  Gestede was clearly a losing gamble.  Richards is a very good player but a very stupid one. Our problems have nothing whatsoever to do with the incoming players and everything to do with the players who were already here - Agbonlahor, Guzan, Richardson, Westwood, Bacuna, Clark, N'Zogbia and to a lesser but significant degree, Hutton and Sinclair.  Add to that hard core of dissenting inferior players a shameful lack of preparation and fitness for the new season and you see in stark reality why we were relegation fodder before the clocks went back.

If our new chairman is going to start his time with us by regurgitating Sherwood's defence he is failing his first and most important duty to support Remi Garde.

[Steve R]

Hollis needs to be careful what he says when he has a microphone shoved in his face. Offering up a 'make absolutely anything of this that you want' answer to the 'was there a misspend' question was naive and unprofessional.

[brian green]

Absolutely Steve. We have had the waves of unprofessional conduct and naivety breaking over the good ship Aston Villa for the entire period of ownership by Randy Lerner.

[JD]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35378292

Just what we need on the eve of a big derby game.

This is great. I've read two interviews with the new Chairman and basically he is saying the players aren't good enough. Whereas this may be true they are all we've got and now he's basically bagged them. How to influence and motivate the players and manager. Prick..   

[Dave]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35378292

Just what we need on the eve of a big derby game.

This is great. I've read two interviews with the new Chairman and basically he is saying the players aren't good enough. Whereas this may be true they are all we've got and now he's basically bagged them. How to influence and motivate the players and manager. Prick..   

Are those not just all quotes from last night's AVST meeting?

If the tone of the meeting from Hollis and Fox had been "well, things aren't as bad as all that", do you think the reaction to it would be better?