Mervyn King joins the Board

[brian green]

Sorry lads, my comment was intended  as a joke because I have been doing the pain since 1947.  Johnny come lately is what my oldest brother calls me because he saw pre WW2 Villa games.

[Steve R]

Sorry lads, my comment was intended  as a joke because I have been doing the pain since 1947.  Johnny come lately is what my oldest brother calls me because he saw pre WW2 Villa games.

I dunno Brian. Villa 2 Newcastle 0 in 60/61? Pffft. Where was he when we were shit?

[pbavfckuwait]

If the structure being put in place has the power it should have all well and good, regardless of what it is costing, but and it is a big but, if Randy is going to have the ultimate final say and act on his own believes, as it can not be judgement or knowledge as we have seen he has none. Mr. King will just be a guiding light in that process.

Holis will I am sure have Randy's full backing if his decisions have anything to do with cost cutting, what concerns me will be Randy having the final say if it comes to investing, regardless of what sound advice he may be given and I can understand to a certain point (very small point) why this is the case.

[Salsa Party Animal]

Let hope he will be our voice on the board and he use his business experience to see between the lines and prevent Hollis and co from doing the wrong option.

[villabear]

Got the Andrew Marr show on in the background. Just heard Mervyn King say "it's a painkiller, and if all you do with painkillers is keep taking them but don't deal with the underlying symptoms you don't get better" turns out he wasn't talking about us but the economy.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

He's just been on Radio 5 Live, and Villa was touched on.

He said they're doing a review of everything, that it wasn't a matter of sacking Remi, but whether he wants to stay with us; and that we have some good players, but they are just lacking confidence.

[Malandro]

He's just been on Radio 5 Live, and Villa was touched on.
... we have some good players, but they are just lacking confidence.

We have some players with arrogance and a lot with no confidence

[clash city rocker]

We have 'some' good players..wonder how many some actually means. Notice he didn't say a lot of good players.

[nuninho]

I read the article on the evening mail website. Is it only me that thinks we're all but in administration?

[mr underhill]

I have not seen the story, but what leads you to that view?

[nuninho]

Link Here - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-director-mervyn-king-11009418

Mervyn King has revealed how a deep review is currently underway at Aston Villa and has warned that even more difficult times could be on the horizon.

The former Bank of England chairman was appointed on the Villa board last month and is already heavily scrutinising all departments at the club as relegation to the Championship looms.

Asked by BBC Radio 5 Live whether boss Remi Garde will be in charge next season, King replied: “I think the question is does Remi Garde want to stay?”

He continued by explaining how a detailed assessment began recently as the club decides on what action to take after the most disastrous of Premier League seasons.

“We are carrying out a review both on the administration and the team at Villa Park and also on the playing side and the scouting and coaching side at Bodymoor Heath,” he added.

“We are reviewing every aspect of the club and in due course, not after too long I hope, we will have some announcements to make.”

King admits it will take an almighty effort to get Villa firing again but is determined to make to it happen.

“It will take a big effort to turn around the problems at Aston Villa and it will take time.

“There will be more difficult periods ahead but we will do it.

“I think we attracted some very good players but the players have lost confidence and the team as a whole feels low.

“Everyone knows that when we concede a goal the heads go down.

“The fact that people have lost confidence doesn’t make them bad players.

“It means they find it difficult to perform to their true ability but we have some very good players.”

Asked whether this is the worst period ever for the claret and blues, King replied:

“It depends how you define the worst. We’ve certainly been through bad times before.

“I remember being relegated from the second division into the third division.

“Then things improved and we had some wonderfully exciting players.”

[aj2k77]

I have not seen the story, but what leads you to that view?

Don't think we are going in to administration but I do wonder why the accounts haven't been released yet, it's the latest I can remember them being released under Lerner.

[aj2k77]

Does anyone know who these very good players are that King mentions btw?

[Billy Walker]

“It will take a big effort to turn around the problems at Aston Villa and it will take time."

“There will be more difficult periods ahead but we will do it."


What are these problems?  A couple of years back I remember reading that we were very close to running at a profit again.  This time last year Fox was telling us all about club restructuring and positive progress being made behind the scenes...It just seems to be a never-ending cycle of horse manure, year in year out.  The other thing that seems apparent is that whenever we have these yearly reviews, the people doing them seem to have no football industry experience.  It's shambolic and the buck stops with Lerner - this will not be fixed until he has gone.

[eamonn]

Merv speaks well.