Bernstein and King Resign from the Board

[mattjpa]

what a shit storm. This does have the feel of a Leeds, Newcastle, Blackburn now. Things are unraveling on a daily basis in front of our eyes

[PaulWinch again]

The takeover comment by Hollis was very convenient in the light of the resignations. Draw your own conclusions.

I imagine that he's engaged someone to us again, which obviously has zero success last time.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

Stan Collymore on Talksport doing a pretend interview for a non existent job. I'm on the verge of punching myself in the face before punching the radio.   

[Steve67]

The takeover comment by Hollis was very convenient in the light of the resignations. Draw your own conclusions.

I imagine that he's engaged someone to us again, which obviously has zero success last time.

I wonder if the Tony Adams thing has been resurrected?

[john2710]

The likelihood is, there was a board meeting last Wednesday at which the football directors presented a way forward.

Lerner response was, I'm still trying to sell the club so there will be zero spend until that's concluded, one way or another. But you can sell everything that can be sold. Another pre-season in limbo whilst Randy watches Rome burning.

King & Bernstein say fuck it, if we can't do the job we were brought here to do, we're off.

I don't for a minute believe there's a buyer lined up but I just can't see how Lerner can stay as owner now without irreparable damage being done to the club. 

[anton hillman]

Surely Hollis must now find his position to be untenable as well? I believe that the house of cards that Lerner created has still some crumbling left in it. If Hollis walks, what then? I don't believe for one second that King and Bernstein left because of a pending change of ownership. They are very serious individuals who could no longer associate themselves with this farce. Now that the ray of hope that came from the new look board has gone I really do fear for the future of our club.

[Matt C]

I'm still stunned. Relegation was horrid but entirely expected, this has left me with a bad feeling we're not even close to the bottom yet.

[ciggiesnbeer]

The likelihood is, there was a board meeting last Wednesday at which the football directors presented a way forward.

Lerner response was, I'm still trying to sell the club so there will be zero spend until that's concluded, one way or another. But you can sell everything that can be sold. Another pre-season in limbo whilst Randy watches Rome burning.

King & Bernstein say fuck it, if we can't do the job we were brought here to do, we're off.

I don't for a minute believe there's a buyer lined up but I just can't see how Lerner can stay as owner now without irreparable damage being done to the club.

Same. I think in large part Bernstein & Kings leaked letters were leaked specifically to counter this claim they knew would be trotted out.

[curiousorange]

There's some bulltwit doing the rounds that the prospective new owners are a Chinese consortium, the lead of which is worth £3.1 billion. As you might expect, there is not a single source this can be traced to.

[Jimbo]

It's entirely possible the board recommended a manager, his wages, a transfer budget and a need for paying off certain poisonous players' contracts to get them out of the club, and Lerner said no to all of it.

[CJ]

That's my take too, Jimbo

[Rudy65]

I don't want to sound ageist but do we really want a couple of 70 year olds making some fundamental decisions about the future of the club? They should have been non exec directors if any thing at all in the first place. I trust Bevington and Sir Brian. The news about sale is very hopeful as well.

FFS? Are you a bluenose

Thats crass

So youre pleased that a football man who has been there, seen it and done it in Bernstein has left, followed by a Villa fan in King with all his business and financial acumen has followed? Who else would you prefer?

Bevington is a marketing guy, like Fox, which is fine when they are one of a bigger team. But not someone to be in charge. Ditto Sir Brian who is an experienced football man but doesnt have the gravitas or business knowledge of Bernstein or King

How about making your point without breaking site rules?

Please do not accuse people of being, for example, "a bluenose" or "a manyoo fan" because you don't like or agree with what they are saying.

If we are going to get petty, maybe admonish the original poster for being ageist.

I was hardly being offensive

[danno]

The takeover comment by Hollis was very convenient in the light of the resignations. Draw your own conclusions.

I imagine that he's engaged someone to us again, which obviously has zero success last time.

I wonder if the Tony Adams thing has been resurrected?

I think I saw him on Match of the day last week.
(we are talking about Martin Keown right?)

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Surely Hollis must now find his position to be untenable as well? I believe that the house of cards that Lerner created has still some crumbling left in it. If Hollis walks, what then? I don't believe for one second that King and Bernstein left because of a pending change of ownership. They are very serious individuals who could no longer associate themselves with this farce. Now that the ray of hope that came from the new look board has gone I really do fear for the future of our club.

Agreed. I'm really struggling to believe what has just happened. This is a complete nightmare. The only straw I've been clinging to is the new board with Sir Brian could sort out the mess. What a fucking mess.

[ciggiesnbeer]

It's entirely possible the board recommended a manager, his wages, a transfer budget and a need for paying off certain poisonous players' contracts to get them out of the club, and Lerner said no to all of it.

Aye.

Moyes is my guess.

Wouldn't be the first time a reputable manager had expressed interest only to walk or in this case the hiring team to walk after the truth emerged as to what was actually going on at the club instead of what they were promised.