Mervyn King joins the Board

[aj2k77]

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.

Hopefully so. How he can survive this I don't know.

[Chico Hamilton III]

He's a big fan of austerity too.

Wasn't he more of a Keynesian proponent? when in financial trouble, spend your way out? or something like that.

I used to work with a young fella who was a Wolves fan and former pupil at Wolverhampton Grammar, where King was an ex pupil. When he was Guv'nor at the BOE, King paid a visit to his old school to speak to the kids. He turned up in a helicopter, landing on the cricket pitch.   

Has anyone told Randy?

[dave.woodhall]

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.

Perhaps they held it back because he hadn't agreed to take it until now?

[aj2k77]

It was mentioned 2 months ago that a new Chairman and board member were on the brink of being announced, so I doubt it.

[clash city rocker]

Well it would be nice to think that at least he might ask some awkward  questions at board meetings. Perhaps he may even raise questions about the playing side of Aston Villa....An alien concept to Hollis and Fox granted.

[AVH87]

Hope he keeps his supporter cap very much on and makes the point that Villa fans want to see a vibrant, winning team on the pitch and not hear about a Championship club on a sound financial footing.

[Keeno]

He went to my school, so he's most definitely a good guy.

[Keeno]

He's a big fan of austerity too.

Wasn't he more of a Keynesian proponent? when in financial trouble, spend your way out? or something like that.

I used to work with a young fella who was a Wolves fan and former pupil at Wolverhampton Grammar, where King was an ex pupil. When he was Guv'nor at the BOE, King paid a visit to his old school to speak to the kids. He turned up in a helicopter, landing on the cricket pitch.   

Has anyone told Randy?

I can confirm that was indeed the case!

[ChicagoLion]

I can only see this as a positive move considering the news that has been comming out of Villa Park recently.
I do not think King would get involved if he believed that the Club is destined for more failure and he will not stand back and let that happen.
He is a smart man and a Villa fan.

[mr underhill]

totally agree

[brontebilly]

I can only see this as a positive move considering the news that has been comming out of Villa Park recently.
I do not think King would get involved if he believed that the Club is destined for more failure and he will not stand back and let that happen.
He is a smart man and a Villa fan.

ffs, King was an abject failure during his tenure in the Bank of England. He completely failed in his duties to maintain the stability of the financial system in the UK with the net result resulting in a taxpayer funded buyout of toxic corporate institutions to the detriment of living standards throughout the state.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I can only see this as a positive move considering the news that has been comming out of Villa Park recently.
I do not think King would get involved if he believed that the Club is destined for more failure and he will not stand back and let that happen.
He is a smart man and a Villa fan.

ffs, King was an abject failure during his tenure in the Bank of England. He completely failed in his duties to maintain the stability of the financial system in the UK with the net result resulting in a taxpayer funded buyout of toxic corporate institutions to the detriment of living standards throughout the state.

Yeah, but he's OUR abject failure....

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I more than welcome him to the board. Better late than never. It's just a shame he wasn't there to:

See MON's abuse of funds and realisation that even if we had managed to get in the Top 4 we'd have been knocked out in the qualifying round.

Scoff at the idea of appointing McLeish (despite Randy personally rating him).

Support the recommendation of Faulkner to sack Lambert in May 2014 (despite Randy enjoying his 3 chats a week with Lambert).

Block Paddy Reilly's recommendation of Sherwood as he's a chancer.

Explain that we will forever be paying out compensation to managers unless we find a manager with the right skills and support him.

[ChicagoLion]

I can only see this as a positive move considering the news that has been comming out of Villa Park recently.
I do not think King would get involved if he believed that the Club is destined for more failure and he will not stand back and let that happen.
He is a smart man and a Villa fan.

ffs, King was an abject failure during his tenure in the Bank of England. He completely failed in his duties to maintain the stability of the financial system in the UK with the net result resulting in a taxpayer funded buyout of toxic corporate institutions to the detriment of living standards throughout the state.

I guess that is one way of looking at it, the fact that Gordon Brown (as Chancellor)had transferred the Monitoring of the Banks to the FSA and the Treasury and failed to Listen to King and others at the BofE is another.

[not3bad]

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.

Pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter.