Bernstein and King Resign from the Board

[A Northern Soul]

To all those who believe a sale is imminent (and god I hope you are right), why would Mervyn King, a life long Villa fan, a gentleman and a man who has dealt with shit in the business world but never gone public, choose to air his venom so publicly. He simply wouldn't

[curiousorange]

King was in charge of an entire country's money. Bernstein used to be chair of the FA. Both of them must have had to deal with some massive bellends in their time.

Neither can work with Lerner.

[PeterWithesShin]

No need to read between the lines - King is blaming the Shunnamite.

[auntiesledd]

The sale thing is just a smoke screen to take some of the sting out of it.

There's no misinterpreting those resignation letters.

This club is an absolute laughing stock, a shambles.

The sooner this c*** sells up, the better.

It's amazing how we can all read what's going on in different ways

To me it's obvious that Lerner has bombed the new boards plans by telling them he's found a buyer

Time will tell I suppose

So why the quite bitter resignations?

Doesn't stack up.

Pretty incredible stuff, though, gets bored, pretends we don't exist, finally appoints board, almost all of whom then resign inside a couple of weeks.

What an idiot.

It's like he's going out of his way to destroy us.

If he went out of his way to do that he'd probably fuck up and we'd actually recover a bit.

Ker-boom tish! 

[SamTheMouse]

The mind boggles.

This is verging on corporate criminal negligence now. It's almost as if Lerner wants to sabotage his own organisation.

 

[Ormy Droid]

If they really had a buyer lined up, surely the negotiations would be 'advanced', rather than just 'extensive'. Extensive negotiations sounds more to me like we're looking for a buyer, rather than any closer to getting one. I hope I'm wrong, because otherwise, it's difficult to see where the Villa go from here, other than further down. And in one fell swoop, all hopes for next season have more or less gone.

[Cleybrooke]

You have to assume that Hollis's position is also untenable.

He brought King and Bernstein in and set up a structure that, for whatever reason, cannot be implemented.

With everyone else gone, by my reckoning, that means Brian Little will be CEO in time for the kick against Southampton.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I hope Mike Ashley buys us. We could do with a period of stability

[mallo]

For 2 very honourable men who have never 'sold a book' on their considerable experiences to do this shows how Lerner is just a puff piece owner acting on whims all the time and won't relinquish control. I'm more annoyed about this than relegation - I don't see much other than scrimping and playing THE SAME players as we have now - oh god.

They were clearly brought in thinking they would have some executive control and have now basically been told that the results of the enquiry don't agree with what Randy wants to do so they can forget it. The man is a liability - seriously, he has to be manhandled out of the club as soon as possible.

[charleeco7]

It's a joke, we get decent football people on the board they want to introduce change and the knob hidding the other side of the Atlantic pulls the plug.
The first two lines of Kings resignation letter shows the clueless idiot has fucked it up again. As for the bit about the sale being advanced is smoke and mirrors.

[PaulWinch again]

No need to read between the lines - King is blaming the Shunnamite.

The wording of those letters is absolutely terrifying. We may as well shut the club down with this idiot in charge.

[Nev]

The club statement, issued when it was, is nothing short of an insult.

I've never really worried about the future of the Club itself but I am deeply concerned now.

[dalians umbrella]

The talk of a sale is just more mis-information to try and appease the fans.

The club operates like a communist dictatorship.

[thick_mike]

No need to read between the lines - King is blaming the Shunnamite.

Thanks PWS...found them in the end.

[Comrade Blitz]

The longer this goes on the more "Foxcatcher" and bat-shit Dupont crazy Lerner becomes.