Redundancies at VP?

[Clampy]

Alan Perrins, Lions Club coordinator left. Stripped to the bare bones. Thanks Randy..

Some good news there then. The catastrophically self absorbed twat.

What has he done to deserve such scorn?

[Hookeysmith]

Just because we potentially have money coming in does not mean we should waste it - it is obvious our operation will be severely hit by relegation and as such changes had to be made. We cannot run a championship club with a premiership infrastructure and costs associated with it. Previously it was identified that we were running a poor premiership operation at Champions league costs.
If it was not the old regime it would have been the new - these are business men and they do not make emotional decisions.
If the new owners (whoever they were to be) came in and announced redundancies (which they would have had to) then it would hardly have enamoured themselves to the fans and the staff from the start. It is cleaner if the tough decisions and work is done before completion. As the sale was obviously close they had to move quickly and take up the hatchet.

Certainly not nice, but definitely necessary

[sid1964]

I should imagine Lerner was told that he had to take the costs of making the staff redundant, before the new owner completed the deal to take over the running of the club

Hookeysmith - makes good points above

[VillaAlways]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villas-unsung-mother-figure-11422314

[Hookeysmith]

Shame - very nice lady whom the players thought a lot of.
Maybe this beckons a period of buying UK players so the need to integrate is less?

[in exile]

As discussed elsewhere, would anyone like to copy & paste the story here?

[dave.woodhall]

A lot of these redundancies are down to cost-cutting that was long overdue. For example, Alan Perrins' (who had a mixed reputation by all accounts) job can be merged with that of Lee Preece while I can't see the need for a full-time archivist once what we've got had been catalogued properly. Getting rid of Laura is short-sighted in the extreme, though.

[aj2k77]

Strange also with Xia talking of bringing over young Chinese players to learn from us, surely they'd need help whilst over here?

[Ron Manager]

A lot of these redundancies are down to cost-cutting that was long overdue. For example, Alan Perrins' (who had a mixed reputation by all accounts) job can be merged with that of Lee Preece while I can't see the need for a full-time archivist once what we've got had been catalogued properly. Getting rid of Laura is short-sighted in the extreme, though.

I would have thought Lorna was essential to any recruit's  brought in from abroad.Doesnt make any sense whatsoever.

[dave.woodhall]

Sorry, Lorna. Whatever her name it's an odd decision.

[Gregorys Boy]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villas-unsung-mother-figure-11422314

Its a credit to the vision of Sir Graham that he thought up the role, and in today's club football more than ever it makes perfect sense.  That she lasted so long proves to me that she was doing a good job.  Sad to hear this and wish her well.

[paul_e]

Sorry, Lorna. Whatever her name it's an odd decision.

I guess it depends on if they see the 'role' as being something that should be done by most staff.  I don't agree but like all support based roles it's difficult to monetise so these sort of jobs are commonly undervalued in a round of redundancies.

[Ad@m]

Strange also with Xia talking of bringing over young Chinese players to learn from us, surely they'd need help whilst over here?

Maybe more suitable for someone who speaks Mandarin then?

[class-of-82]

The restructuring and redundancies was going to happen even if we would of avoided relegation

[aj2k77]

Strange also with Xia talking of bringing over young Chinese players to learn from us, surely they'd need help whilst over here?

Maybe more suitable for someone who speaks Mandarin then?

That's what I thought but surely some cross over time for someone less experienced to learn from someone who's done the job for so long?