Keith Wyness

[olaftab]

And again.

Again

Yeah.
Fat bastard.

[VinnieChase84]

If 40k fans put in £500-£750 each, we could own 51% of the club (very real possibility)

[Stu]

If 40k fans put in £500-£750 each, we could own 51% of the club (very real possibility)

Um. I've just spent £500 on a season ticket.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

 I think they have that situation in clubs in Germany and fans have a say on the board. Correct me if I'm wrong. How does Portsmouth work here, as it's a different business environment?

I think the time has come for constructive action on our (the fans') part.

We can't go on like this every few years!

[GarTomas]

What’s interesting for me about a lot of the coverage is it’s not very anti Xia.  Not that I think he has done anything hugely wrong or irresponsible but I’d expect there to have been some pro Wyness / anti Xia press by now.

[Matt Collins]

I think they have that situation in clubs in Germany and fans have a say on the board. Correct me if I'm wrong. How does Portsmouth work here, as it's a different business environment?

I think the time has come for constructive action on our (the fans') part.

We can't go on like this every few years!

A fans consortium is a nice idea

But spending a few minutes reading fans views on the internet puts me off. Can you imagine the infighting!

[Richard E]

There does seem to be a subtle spin in the press articles that Wyness is trying to sort things and Xia is being unreasonable. Suggests which side of the dispute the briefings may be coming from.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

I think they have that situation in clubs in Germany and fans have a say on the board. Correct me if I'm wrong. How does Portsmouth work here, as it's a different business environment?

I think the time has come for constructive action on our (the fans') part.

We can't go on like this every few years!

A fans consortium is a nice idea

But spending a few minutes reading fans views on the internet puts me off. Can you imagine the infighting!

True! 

[Richard E]

There clearly was no (or at least no realistic) Plan B for if we failed to get promotion.

[VinnieChase84]

I think they have that situation in clubs in Germany and fans have a say on the board. Correct me if I'm wrong. How does Portsmouth work here, as it's a different business environment?

I think the time has come for constructive action on our (the fans') part.

We can't go on like this every few years!

A fans consortium is a nice idea

But spending a few minutes reading fans views on the internet puts me off. Can you imagine the infighting!

In all seriousness, is this something anyone would be genuinely keen on exploring? 51% ownership target. Given the current financial crisis i would forecast we would need £20m approx to push this through........

[mrfuse]

There does seem to be a subtle spin in the press articles that Wyness is trying to sort things and Xia is being unreasonable. Suggests which side of the dispute the briefings may be coming from.

There is more information that hasn't been released, but that's my understanding of it currently.

[Boz]

There does seem to be a subtle spin in the press articles that Wyness is trying to sort things and Xia is being unreasonable. Suggests which side of the dispute the briefings may be coming from.

Not like the press to be subtle about anything.

If the HMRC are owed money, it's obvious from other clubs in trouble in the past over non-payment of tax, the Revenue have no problem with taking a club to court pretty promptly.

Wyness has no doubt milked the club and will move on to another one as did Risdale after the Leeds fiasco.

[DB]

We don’t really know what has happened do we?

[Chris_Jephcott]

Sky News are reporting that the club is indeed for sale this morning - at the right price.

Whatever way you look at it, gambling everything on promotion was a very foolish move. It was very clear as the season went by that we were never going to be one of the top 2 teams and in the playoff final, with Fulham, that the 3rd promotion spot was going to be a hard fought one at that.

Whereas i’m Sure that there is a deeper story behind this all, and it falls into the arms of speculation by us at the moment, I do wonder if the reality was that Wyness sanctioned the gig ho approach of gambling everything on slim odds? And as a result Tony has had to wield the axe on him as it failed?

Either way... what a time to be a Villa fan. We go from the optimism of beating Middlesbrough in a Play Off semi final to the seemingly inevitable conclusion that the club is really in dire Financial Times and might need to either sold or sent into administration, in the space of around 2 weeks.

My Dad said a few weeks ago that he fancied following a non-league football team for the next few seasons... please not like this!!

[Matt Collins]

I',m reserving judgement on the Wyness / Xia blame game until things are a bit clearer