I have no regrets backing him. I'd have got behind whoever it was who came in. That's what supporters do.
It didn't have to be an all or nothing approach. There are degrees in between not spending anything and gambling everything so that if we didn't go up we're effectively bust.
I doubt many would have supported the Norwich City approach to relegation. They have kept the PL money and settled in to life in the championship. There would have been uproar if we did that. We gambled and it nearly paid off, but it is now going to bite us on the arse for years to come. Is it better to have tried and failed, or not try at all?
What's all this "old buggers" moaning about being in the Championship? I posted the other day at one of the other ageists if you are happy with 4th place in the second division, enjoy. To which I would now add "And threatened with liquidation and 12 point deduction plus financial penalties - enjoy". Some of us old buggers saw this shit storm coming many many months ago.
I'm an old(ish) bugger and I hate being in this shit pot league with a passion, however i'd have put up with being in it for a couple of years if we'd basically ripped the club apart and started fresh and built for the long term future, main reason I wanted Bruce gone after the first season was because we still looked a disjointed mess a lot of the time, not because we finished mid-table. Instead we repeated all the same mistakes of going short term by buying a number of overpriced players that will be hard to shift, building up an unsustainable wage bill and hired a manager that as we've seen built pretty much everything based on a one season push. So now the odds look good that we'll be stuck down here for a fair old while barring a miracle.
Owner believes that one club employee actively pushed for administration so that person could then be a part of a consortium to buy the club again, this ensuring continued role at Villa.
Consortium. Were at NDA stage with another club, tipped off that XXFC were for sale( including intimate financial details), dropped interest in other club and "parties" made sure it was circulated around the press. Shithousery on the grandest of scales.