Mervyn King joins the Board

[supertom]

Not a bad appointment for financial advice - but where is the balance at Board level with someone with Football knowledge? Graham Taylor would be perfect for the role - he knows the club and turned around a similar disastrous season after 1986/87. His advice would surely be invaluable.

Well I suppose with Hollis and King coming in relatively short time, as well as Black to work with Garde, it seems we're actually trying to address the running of the club. The next logical step now is to get a little more football knowledge on the board somewhere. SGT would indeed be perfect, but I suspect perhaps they may go for someone a little younger in a non-senior position. Maybe someone like Ian Taylor could be good. He's been a top level footballer and he can also be a bridge between the fans and the board.

[CT Villan]

Where's the photo...ITSOTP...in the suit, on the payroll.

We've heard lots of words from Villa's CEO's and the new Chairman, with the transfer window the perfect example of no action to back it up. MK doesn't seem like a bad appointment on the face of it, but I'll believe it more when the board are directly responsible for moving the club forwards in a tangible manner. Clearly, we still need a Sir Graham or Sir Brian on the board to balance the penny-pinchers.

[supertom]

Where's the photo...ITSOTP...in the suit, on the payroll.

We've heard lots of words from Villa's CEO's and the new Chairman, with the transfer window the perfect example of no action to back it up. MK doesn't seem like a bad appointment on the face of it, but I'll believe it more when the board are directly responsible for moving the club forwards in a tangible manner.

In fairness we need to give Hollis and King a few months to settle into the club before we begin seeing some difference. How we react in the summer will tell us a lot.

[CT Villan]

You are right supertom, but they just passed up a great opportunity to show their support for the manager, the team and the 'customers'.

[Toronto Villa]

On any other day this news should be well received. However coming days after the disaster that was the transfer window and our defeat at West Ham it all has a very hollow feel to it.

[supertom]

You are right supertom, but they just passed up a great opportunity to show their support for the manager, the team and the 'customers'.

Again, as is typical of the club, timing is piss poor. This all should have been done last summer, or at the end of the season. Appointing Hollis during the Jan window, and King a few days after, in what was only ever going to be a disappointing window, was foolish. At some point the ineptitude needs to stop, or we're fucked.

[aj2k77]

On any other day this news should be well received. However coming days after the disaster that was the transfer window and our defeat at West Ham it all has a very hollow feel to it.

And there is no serious reason to have held it back this long I'm sure. Something that should be a positive will be goaded and mocked because of the timing. We need a serious rethink of how we market the image of the club. Every announcement matters. From the timing of it to the wording. We live in an era where everything is nitpicked over and analysed. This little things add up in the bigger scheme. Spelling Remi's name wrong, announcing a new suit after a transfer window failure. Come on, get it together.

[aj2k77]

Who is our head of media relations btw?

[Toronto Villa]

On any other day this news should be well received. However coming days after the disaster that was the transfer window and our defeat at West Ham it all has a very hollow feel to it.

And there is no serious reason to have held it back this long I'm sure. Something that should be a positive will be goaded and mocked because of the timing. We need a serious rethink of how we market the image of the club. Every announcement matters. From the timing of it to the wording. We live in an era where everything is nitpicked over and analysed. This little things add up in the bigger scheme. Spelling Remi's name wrong, announcing a new suit after a transfer window failure. Come on, get it together.

I agree entirely. It is a real weakness at the club not just in being proactive about PR but reactive as required. We don't need to react to everything but there have times the club has been criticized unfairly. We don't have a strategy to defend ourselves when required.

[peter w]

Hollis is part time and I'd assume the King is part time as well. So I expect day to day running is still down to the master planner Fox ?

I see it as another nail in the CEO's Villa tenure coffin.

[Chris Jameson]

Comes to something when the only signings we've made recently have been suits. The day I celebrate us hiring another accountant is the day I give up. Forgive me for not soiling myself with excitement.

My thoughts exactly, I don't hold with all this 'modern football is rubbish' nonsense, clearly a lot of it isn't but even knowing the names of people on the board is one of the things I do hate about football.

[CT Villan]

And there is no serious reason to have held it back this long I'm sure. Something that should be a positive will be goaded and mocked because of the timing. We need a serious rethink of how we market the image of the club. Every announcement matters. From the timing of it to the wording. We live in an era where everything is nitpicked over and analysed. This little things add up in the bigger scheme. Spelling Remi's name wrong, announcing a new suit after a transfer window failure. Come on, get it together.

There's no doubt in my mind that the timing of these announcements would have been meticulously planned for what the numptys running our club think is maximal positive exposure. Their problem is that they repeatedly underestimate (many of) the fans who see right through the charade and know full well the game that is being played.

[shipscat]

Who is our head of media relations btw?

There isn't presently one.It was advertised approximately 3 months ago,on a National level,then the club,or rather Mr Fox changed his mind about the role/responsiblities and reporting chain.

I hear the general atmosphere and morale amongst staff,especially with regards to Fox,is lower than imaginable,but if you've worked at a failing,mis-managed organisation or business it's what occurs.The general viewpoint is it's going to get even more brutal and recriminatory over the next few months

[FranzBiberkopf]

I see it as another nail in the CEO's Villa tenure coffin.

Oh yes - he's toast.

Both him and Garde will be gone before May is out.

They'll both be the scapegoats (one justifiably; one outrageously).

I also presume that O'Reilly, Almstadt are looking elsewhere for future employment too.

[aj2k77]

Who is our head of media relations btw?

There isn't presently one.It was advertised approximately 3 months ago,on a National level,then the club,or rather Mr Fox changed his mind about the role/responsiblities and reporting chain.

I hear the general atmosphere and morale amongst staff,especially with regards to Fox,is lower than imaginable,but if you've worked at a failing,mis-managed organisation or business it's what occurs.The general viewpoint is it's going to get even more brutal and recriminatory over the next few months

So we currently have no professional vetting media releases or conversing on our behalf with them? Is there anyone that holds Fox in any esteem?