Bernstein and King Resign from the Board

[1_Pablo_Angel]

A week ago I advised supporters to start worrying when the resignations start. Well start worrying.I am not in the least bit surprised.We have a charlatan running our club,oh and they are not the first to resign unexpectedly are they?

Can't wait to see what revisionism crops up this time.

Yeah to be fair we've lurched from crisis to crisis since O'Neil left. And at every new manager or change in the boardroom I've given Lerner the benefit of the doubt, oh maybe things will be alright now, he's learned his lesson now, surely?

Has he bollocks.

We're fucked until that complete waste of oxygen is no longer connected to Aston Villa in any way, shape or form I'm afraid.

[martin o`who??]

What a shambles - does anyone know why?. We are rapidly becoming a poison chalice in every sense of the word, on the pitch, off the pitch, Boardroom the lot. Lerners absence at this time is a terrible indictment of his fitness to go anywhere near another sporting organisation.

[LeeB]

I feel like the fans should occupy the pitch on Saturday and hold up the game.

I agree with him, it's got to that point.

And get us points deducted next season? I'd rather we didn't

I'm all for it. A bIt of direct action. It's bound to happen in some form or another. I'd got for a pitch invasion at Arsenal. Get it abandoned.

Sarcastic or are you being serious?

Serious.

Wow.

[cheltenhamlion]

Anyone fancy a trip to the Hamptons?

Joking aside, I am tempted to go and door step him there.

[gpbarr]

I feel like the fans should occupy the pitch on Saturday and hold up the game.

And get us points deducted next season? I'd rather we didn't

I'm all for it. A bIt of direct action. It's bound to happen in some form or another. I'd got for a pitch invasion at Arsenal. Get it abandoned.

Sarcastic or are you being serious?

Serious.

Just to rub salt in the wound, add a pitch invasion / protest to the debacle. Whatever is happening at our club, I hope our supporters don't denegrate themselves by attempting such a stupid, pointless, and self defeating act. Our owners and administrators look like clowns and are the butt of much embarassment - lets hope Villa fans have a shred of integrity left.

[Tayls_7]

If it doesn't further damage the club I sincerely hope either Bernstein or King take the opportunity to enlighten the fans as to the full situation. It's the least we deserve and they'll realise that. Lerner simply has to go for this nightmare to end, then we just have to pray.

[Yossarian]

I had a chat with a Blackpool fan earlier in the season where we agreed that Lerner was a twat but at least he's not as bad as that Oyston fella'. I am not so sure anymore.

[ez]

A shambles off the pitch and an unmanageable team on it. Where do you start.

[manic-road]

I am actually more angry about the resignations than relegation, probably because everyone could see for the past 6 months we would be going down. To have these two resign so shortly after joining the club is a massive indictment of Lerner.

[Dante Lavelli]

It doesn't sit right. Why do such a public resignation if Randy has a buyer?

He doesn't, it's more Lerner and his cronies bullshit in my opinion, that's been thrown in there to muddy the waters and try and distract from another one of his cluster fucks. They are lying.

I think you're right aj. 

The straw I am clutching is that the public slagging of Lerner was done to force his hand, i.e. "stop dithering and accept the offer you fool!"  Merv's letter does say that things 'stalled recently' which suggests that for the first few weeks there was some agreement.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I feel like the fans should occupy the pitch on Saturday and hold up the game.

And get us points deducted next season? I'd rather we didn't

I'm all for it. A bIt of direct action. It's bound to happen in some form or another. I'd got for a pitch invasion at Arsenal. Get it abandoned.

Sarcastic or are you being serious?

Serious.

Just to rub salt in the wound, add a pitch invasion / protest to the debacle. Whatever is happening at our club, I hope our supporters don't denegrate themselves by attempting such a stupid, pointless, and self defeating act. Our owners and administrators look like clowns and are the butt of much embarassment - lets hope Villa fans have a shred of integrity left.

Dignity? When you've had Millwall, Bradford and Wycombe fans laughing at you at away games, dignity goes out of the window. Time to take some proper action. It's either a Watford or Arsenal.

[not3bad]

I feel like the fans should occupy the pitch on Saturday and hold up the game.

And get us points deducted next season? I'd rather we didn't

I'm all for it. A bIt of direct action. It's bound to happen in some form or another. I'd got for a pitch invasion at Arsenal. Get it abandoned.

While Lerner is at this club it will not recover, points deduction or no points deduction.

[edgysatsuma89]

Reminds me of a scene in Deadpool (I love that film) where he is getting tortured by a villain. Deadpool says 'The problem with 24/7 torture is that it can't get any worse'. The villain (who is the only really shit thing about the film imo) smirks and says 'Is that really what you think?'. We are Deadpool and the villain is Randy. Either that or Randy gets aroused by doing us over. Like a serial killer he's getting those kicks that he got from the Browns and will go on to another club after us.

[CJ]

The wording of those letters reveals all we need to know about what's happened. Bernstein talks of being asked to 'compromise' which he couldn't, and Lord King's letter says after talks with Lerner he couldn't stay on. My guess is they've said - this is the new manager, but he needs £xM funds to rebuild the squad; Lerner says no more money; so they can't implement any plans for squad rebuilding and can't give a new manager any funds. Their positions are clearly untenable. And 'extensive search for a buyer' is what they'd be doing anyway. There is no sale in the offing - if there were the board members would have stayed to help the new owner implement a new business - and if he disagreed they would resign at that point.

I really,really fear for Villa now.

[A Northern Soul]

What a shambles - does anyone know why?. We are rapidly becoming a poison chalice in every sense of the word, on the pitch, off the pitch, Boardroom the lot. Lerners absence at this time is a terrible indictment of his fitness to go anywhere near another sporting organisation.

They had a manager lined up (I assume Moyes based on the noises coming out of his camp today) and it was blocked by you know who