David Bernstein Speaks.

[Legion]

Wigan with Malky Mackay.

[Chris Smith]

I've only just realised that Randy is now a board member, along with the General, Mervyn King, David Bernstein and chaired by Hollis.

Lerner has been a director since be bought the club in 2006.  The only one he's only just been appointed to is Aston Villa Football Club Limited, one of the subsidiaries.  He's been a director of Reform Acquisitions, the main event, and Adton Villa Limited since July 2006.  For some reason, Robin Russell was sole director of Aston Villa Football Club Limited until Fox joined, so Lerner just replaced Russell when he left.

Cheers, Risso. I like many on here thought Randy Lerner was handing over the controls to Hollis. I never imagined he would still be involved in board decisions, I thought that was the purpose of bringing the General on, to report back to him but that's obviously not the case. The OS somehow failed to mention it.

Bernstein does say that he has been given a mandate by Lerner to get on with things, time will tell I guess.

[Ian.]

This sounds like we have a very clever and progressive board now. We could finally have something to believe in and start enjoying football again.

Dare I say it but the it does feel exciting.

[cdward]

Interesting that he has said we won't have a DOF, and the manager will report directly to him.
That is great news, this guy has lots of real football experience, something which has being missing from the board for too long.

[Stirchley Villain]

I've long taken the Ron Atkinson view on big talk. Don't tell me... show me.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I've long taken the Ron Atkinson view on big talk. Don't tell me... show me.

Ooh, you're so masterful!

[Stirchley Villain]

I've long taken the Ron Atkinson view on big talk. Don't tell me... show me.

Ooh, you're so masterful!

Why thank you very much. My dominatrix would disagree...

[Des Little]

He'll do for me. I'm a believer!

[exigo]

I won't believe any of this until the Holte's singing Keep The Board.

[Steve67]

Remi will go then if I read this interview correctly.  Root and branch change to get management grip, something Remi doesn't seem to have. We'll see.

[kippaxvilla2]

I've thought of a new banner. 

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I think Hollis deserves a good deal of credit for what's happening just now...he's come in, taken stock, been absolutely honest about the "broken model" of a club he's found and acted pretty swiftly. Bernstein is clearly an excellent appointment and knows what going down a league or two, and working to back up, is all about. As brian green says, some of us have made that journey a few times and it's a hell of a lot better than being pretty shite every week...
I'd like to think that we are seeing the foundations being laid for an impressive building programme that will grow soundly over the next 10, 20 years and beyond.
As depressed as I feel about going down, and as I was at Swansea on Saturday, there is a sense of excitement now about what the summer and next season has in store for us.

UTV!

[brian green]

Thank you for that post Frank.

[TonyD]

So are will still up for sale?  Is this new board a temporary measure to steady the ship and appease the fans?  I do like the look of the new board especially King and Little.  There needs to be accountability between players - manager - board.   So the manager can be supported and let go of the bad apples but also answer to the board in terms of results and performances.  Most of our managers seem to have operated in a non football unaccountable vacuum.   But again is the board foundations for the future or a sticking plaster?

[john e]

the new board and appointments are very important obviously for the future direction of the club

But the most important thing they will do and will ever do is appoint a manager, get that right everything's a whole lot easier get it wrong and nothing will ever be any good,
It's real as simple as that, although it's not a simple thing to get right as we all know