The Mind Numbing Task of the Stoke City v Aston Villa (R) Post Match Thread.

[kippaxvilla2]

Not exactly a sellers market though Clamps.  He surely can't expect to recoup his outlay.  If he does then it will be an Everton situation ten years to be taken over.

[conman]

Why would the players be in their cars and not on the coach?

Yeah I thought that. I doubt if Villa players were allowed to turn up at Stoke in their cars.

Did grealish get on the coach after everton away when later that evening he was apparently in a manchester nightclub

[Jimbo]

If I'd bought a classic car, ran it into the ground, crashed it and given it a 'dodgy' spray job, then I 'd expect considerably less money than I paid for it.

[ChicagoLion]

In our 142 years of existence the club has never been in such a shambolic state. We have been awful in the past but nothing quite like this. Every facet of the club appears to be dreadful and its all down to the club owner. Unless he sells at a reasonable price we have no chance of starting a recovery of any sort. Even with new owners the task would be huge and quite possibly not achieveable.

What do you consider a reasonable price?

One that might attract a serious bid.

Which would be how much do you think?

Perhaps it should be less than he paid for it? After all, he bought a Premier League club, and will be selling a Championship Club. That's if he ever gets his act together.

Would you sell it for less than you bought it?

It is only worth what someone will pay for it and that is very little right now.
 He won't get what he paid for it, let alone the 150 million he has spent on it.

[Villa in Denmark]

Couple of things, the away support was awesome yesterday. My lads local team had some tickets to the left of the away fans and we created noise and atmosphere the entire day. A real credit.

After the game a mate hung around the players exit with a few other fans getting autographs. Two of players leaving the ground were challenged by the fans about their performance. The response "yea but we're still rich" as they got into their super cars.

And that's exactly what's wrong.

Stuff like that doesn't bother me. If fans were abusing them then they can't complain if they get a little bit back. Footballers are only human too. Besides, they're not the root cause of Aston Villa's horrible decline.

Apart from the one you refer to as a stain?

[Villa in Denmark]

In our 142 years of existence the club has never been in such a shambolic state. We have been awful in the past but nothing quite like this. Every facet of the club appears to be dreadful and its all down to the club owner. Unless he sells at a reasonable price we have no chance of starting a recovery of any sort. Even with new owners the task would be huge and quite possibly not achieveable.

What do you consider a reasonable price?

A price that would hurt Lerner in the pocket as painful as the hurt he's inflicted on this club for the past 6 years.

So how much should he throw at a potential buyer to take it off his hand?

[clash city rocker]

Are there poisonous players at the club ? We just don't know.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

To be fair I remember leaving stoke's ground by coach a few years ago and after being held up for ages we saw 2 or 3 Villa players getting into a car. We assumed they lived nearer that area or in the north west so weren't going back on the coach.

[Clampy]

If I'd bought a classic car, ran it into the ground, crashed it and given it a 'dodgy' spray job, then I 'd expect considerably less money than I paid for it.

So you'd sell Aston Villa for less than £68m? Really?

[berneboy]

Our away support next season will be phenomenal given more of the grounds will be allocated to us.

Not that I want to be relegated but away support in the old third division was a real joy to be part of.

[brian green]

Away at Swindon will always be one of my best Villa memories and I have got a few.

[ChicagoLion]

If I'd bought a classic car, ran it into the ground, crashed it and given it a 'dodgy' spray job, then I 'd expect considerably less money than I paid for it.

So you'd sell Aston Villa for less than £68m? Really?

I don't think he could get 368million, unless you believe the Everon number, which I don't.

[saunders_heroes]

Away at Swindon will always be one of my best Villa memories and I have got a few.

Mine too. Doesn't make me feel any better about relegation though.

[Ad@m]

If I'd bought a classic car, ran it into the ground, crashed it and given it a 'dodgy' spray job, then I 'd expect considerably less money than I paid for it.

So you'd sell Aston Villa for less than £68m? Really?

He's announced to the world he's looking to sell so the power is immediately with any potential buyer.  Even Randy can't believe that he will get the same or more money for a Championship club than he paid for a Premier League club.  And the vast, vast majority of his £300m left the club in the pockets of largely awful footballers - there's nothing left to show for it.

With all that, on what basis should he expect any more than £68m?

[martin o`who??]

Bacuna and Westwood. Please fuck off.

Both given 5 year contracts at the start of the season. If it wasn't so mind-blowingly incompetent it would be comical.

To be fair, it's been said players were given new contracts to allow relegation clauses to be added.
One would hope that in Bacuna's case, it means we can sack the fucker.

Oh that worked well then!...