Bernstein and King Resign from the Board

[olaftab]

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.

Unbelievable.

Unreserved apologies to the forum for my ill judged post above. I was trying to take some sort of positive position on this but.....

[john2710]

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.

This is almost certainly how things played out, but I doubt Randy factored in the possibility of their resignations

[Irish villain]

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

I was hardly being offensive

Aftab has been admonished. By a number of posters, and they all had the ability to do it like adults.

It was not petty, it was politely asking you to stay within site rules. However now, I am telling you to stay within them or you'll be posting elsewhere.

What about the piss-taking on the other thread? That's not a problem in the rules?

[eamonn]

How brassick or otherwise is Lerner? He sold the Browns for a large amount of dollar. Has his ex still got alimony rights?
 If only he knew how to be a husband and football club owner.

[PeterWithe]

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.

I wouldn't have thought he would have said no to all of it but it was obviously enough for them to walk away.

Well, he might have said yes to Moyes, but in order to get him he'd need to say yes to his wages and transfer budget, and that may have been the stumbling block. And is Randy really going to sanction the great cull of players this club so badly needs to rid it of such poison? We'll see.

If that was an accurate summation then it's got an air of flouncing off about it, I could see someone like Collymore doing it but men of the calibre of King?

I'm not so sure

[godzvilla]

PLease excuse me if I am coming late to the party ,  but arenīt we missing the most crucial fact here ?, that being that the Club is in the process of being sold ( according to Sky et al ).......Godzvilla!

[themossman]

Garde had a rubbish win % though, the complete numpty.

[john2710]

PLease excuse me if I am coming late to the party ,  but arenīt we missing the most crucial fact here ?, that being that the Club is in the process of being sold ( according to Sky et al ).......Godzvilla!

We've been in the process of being sold for 3 years, but we still haven't been sold.

[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.

I wouldn't have thought he would have said no to all of it but it was obviously enough for them to walk away.

Well, he might have said yes to Moyes, but in order to get him he'd need to say yes to his wages and transfer budget, and that may have been the stumbling block. And is Randy really going to sanction the great cull of players this club so badly needs to rid it of such poison? We'll see.

If that was an accurate summation then it's got an air of flouncing off about it, I could see someone like Collymore doing it but men of the calibre of King?

I'm not so sure

Why does it? If those are the board's recommendations, and Lerner dismisses them, then they are not able to do the jobs they have been brought in to do. Their positions are untenable. And men the calibre of King and Bernstein won't take any messing around, why should they?

[john e]

PLease excuse me if I am coming late to the party ,  but arenīt we missing the most crucial fact here ?, that being that the Club is in the process of being sold ( according to Sky et al ).......Godzvilla!

Well I personally think he's dumping us like some junk bonds and there is a willing buyer ready to say yes
but I'm in the minority on here and others think that's just a made up story to try and deflect the shitstorm and there is in fact no serious negotiations going on

I don't know which scenario is true if any but either way we are in a desperate situation

[wozwebs]

Oh Jesus, latest tweet from the journo who broke this story says:

Aston Villa fans:  p1 of @TheSun makes painful viewing tomorrow

[curiousorange]

Tony Gallagher, editor in chief of The Sun, on Twitter a few minutes ago: "Aston Villa fans: p1 of The Sun makes painful viewing tomorrow."

Beaten to it by Wozwebs...

[damon loves JT]

I feel sick.

[SheffieldVillain]

Tony Gallagher, editor in chief of The Sun, on Twitter a few minutes ago: "Aston Villa fans: p1 of The Sun makes painful viewing tomorrow."

Beaten to it by Wozwebs...

To be fair, p1 of The Sun usually makes painful viewing. And most of the other pages too.

[olaftab]

Well I personally think he's dumping us like some junk bonds and there is a willing buyer ready to say yes

Sounds like some Chinese individual or consortium.