Bernstein and King Resign from the Board

[Clampy]

And the hits just keep on coming...tune in tom'w...

Yep, you do wonder what's going to happen next, it's never ending at the moment. The media must be loving it.

[PeterWithesShin]

Much as i'd back the pair of them over Randy, it was pretty fucking stupid to criticise your boss on company emails. At least one of them must have been using Villa emails for them to be leaked to Lerner as I seriously doubt the grass would have had access to their personal home emails.

[Clampy]

Much as i'd back the pair of them over Randy, it was pretty fucking stupid to criticise your boss on company emails. At least one of them must have been using Villa emails for them to be leaked to Lerner as I seriously doubt the grass would have ad access to their personal home emails.

Agree. No-one comes out of this latest episode very well.

[VILLA MOLE]

And the hits just keep on coming...tune in tom'w...

Yep, you do wonder what's going to happen next, it's never ending at the moment. The media must be loving it.

apparently there is a game saturday or something???
 

[PeterWithe]

Much as i'd back the pair of them over Randy, it was pretty fucking stupid to criticise your boss on company emails. At least one of them must have been using Villa emails for them to be leaked to Lerner as I seriously doubt the grass would have ad access to their personal home emails.

Yup, although we don't know if the criticism was about Lerner or a decision of his, or whether a further charge of being thin skinned could also be levied in Lerner's direction.

I'll guess we'll soon find out when this set of emails are leaked.

[passport1]

The cynic in me wonders is this more Lerner PR bollocks to make him appear like the offended party. The sooner this arsehole departs Aston Villa the better but then I've been saying that for several years now.

[john e]

I bet Randy's arse sqeeked a bit though when they both slapped in their resignations,
he wont be used to that, people just saying 'fuck you' then

[PeterWithesShin]

The cynic in me wonders is this more Lerner PR bollocks to make him appear like the offended party. The sooner this arsehole departs Aston Villa the better but then I've been saying that for several years now.

I doubt it, B & K would say something if it was bollocks. To me, their resignation letters show they won't take any crap.

[mallo]

My old boss asked to be copied in to all mails where his name was mentioned - secretly. There might not be a leak, might just be an exchange rule. Not professional but possible.

[Comrade Blitz]

I am truly sick and tired of hearing about Randy Lerner

Dear Mrs Lerner,

The sooner you sell the club the sooner everyone will stop calling your son Cockface.

[The_ads]

So, trying to get head round this. King and Bernstein slag Lerner off over email and someone links it to Lerner. RL goes apeshit and then he has a ding dong with Bernstein and King? I'm not one for sticking up for Lerner but board directors shouldn't be so fucking small time slagging off the owner of the football club via email. What the fuck is all that about? Are they fucking idiots?

[passport1]

The cynic in me wonders is this more Lerner PR bollocks to make him appear like the offended party. The sooner this arsehole departs Aston Villa the better but then I've been saying that for several years now.

I doubt it, B & K would say something if it was bollocks. To me, their resignation letters show they won't take any crap.

Oh I don't doubt that they wouldn't wear his nonsense.  Its just the implication that they were exchanging critical emails which were leaked to Lerner.I am pretty sure that they are savy enough to address any issues formally.

[peter w]

We don't know the nature of the emails, what was said, and to what level they didn't want their words to be reported. it sounds like they were more annoyed at the tone of Lerner's response rather than their email reaching Lerner. If there is an element of leaking going on that would be disappointing but no I don't think it's stupid and I doubt it was a 'company email' either, whatever that might mean.

it sounds like it was more than just a fit of pique rather than a last straw type response. That is more worrying and exasperating. I think i said it here earlier but I dread the dawn of a new day because some other shit just gets dragged up. but, it does fall nicely into the hands of the more vociferous groups who want Lerner out.

is there anything planned for this weekend? I'd just go with 90 minutes of anti-lerner singing and banners rather anything direct.

[Villa in Denmark]

Wasn't Lerner's son given a role over here? Could be the spy in the ranks or the General of course?

No that was just some made up bollocks on Twitter that had a few people pissing in their pants for a weekend.

[PeterWithesShin]

If it was, for example, them emailing each other from home using hotmail email addresses, how would anyone have been able to grass them up to Lerner?