NSWE Investment

[BC Villain]

It’s actually quite scary that Xia was able to takeover from Lerner in the first place. We’ve very lucky to have NSWE save us from that fraud.

Part of me wonders if Bernstein and Kings hasty exit might be linked to them being wary about Lerner selling to Xia.

Let's face it, Lerner cocked up most things while he was here.

[jwarry]

It’s actually quite scary that Xia was able to takeover from Lerner in the first place. We’ve very lucky to have NSWE save us from that fraud.

Part of me wonders if Bernstein and Kings hasty exit might be linked to them being wary about Lerner selling to Xia.

Let's face it, Lerner cocked up most things while he was here.

You might have a point there, but wouldn’t Merv have said something by now? Or has time gone?

[PeterWithesShin]

I said I won’t forget the shit I got, not the words I used to suggest that something was up.
I had picked up from my sources that there were serious problems behind the scenes and that Dr Tonys behavior related. Of course some people would not or could not believe that, even after the HMRC winding up petition.
Water under the bridge now eh.

If it's water under the bridge why mention it in the first place, especially as you can't remember anything about it?

[ChicagoLion]

I said I won’t forget the shit I got, not the words I used to suggest that something was up.
I had picked up from my sources that there were serious problems behind the scenes and that Dr Tonys behavior related. Of course some people would not or could not believe that, even after the HMRC winding up petition.
Water under the bridge now eh.

If it's water under the bridge why mention it in the first place, especially as you can't remember anything about it?

Bless you.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

9/8/10 Martin O'Neill did a runner.
9/8/10 Tony Xia has finally left the building.

A certain symmetry there, isn't there?

[garyshawsknee]

The journalist Matt Scott was very quick to question Dr Xs reputation and how he got his funds. And because I think Scott is a bit of a bell end, I chose to ignore him, more fool me.

[Risso]

9/8/10 Martin O'Neill did a runner.
9/8/10 Tony Xia has finally left the building.

A certain symmetry there, isn't there?

I think the second one should say '19'.  But yes.  One exit designed to cause maximum damage.  The other designed to stop any further damage.

[Percy McCarthy]

Can someone copy and paste the Telegraph article?

[BC Villain]

Matt Scott got loads of abuse and stick for calling out Xia - as did others.

Ultimately he was a man who walked into a club which had become a factory of misery under Lerner and Fox.  He said the right things; cosied up to people on twitter, and ended up getting carried away by the adulation he was receiving - all while recklessly gambling our clubs very future.  Anyone who dared to ask too many questions (like Scott, Holloway etc) was publiclly belittled and abused via his cryptic tweets.

In short, he was an egotistical and compulsive gambler who threw the deeds to his house on the last hand.  Whether or not he meant to do so much damage is irrelevant.  He deserves no sympathy

[dave.woodhall]

It’s actually quite scary that Xia was able to takeover from Lerner in the first place. We’ve very lucky to have NSWE save us from that fraud.

Part of me wonders if Bernstein and Kings hasty exit might be linked to them being wary about Lerner selling to Xia.

Let's face it, Lerner cocked up most things while he was here.

They left well before he was ever heard of.

[Risso]

It’s actually quite scary that Xia was able to takeover from Lerner in the first place. We’ve very lucky to have NSWE save us from that fraud.

Part of me wonders if Bernstein and Kings hasty exit might be linked to them being wary about Lerner selling to Xia.

Let's face it, Lerner cocked up most things while he was here.

They left well before he was ever heard of.

I don't think them leaving was anything to do with Xia, but I think your timeline is a bit awry.  Bernstein and King resigned in April 2016.  It was announced that Xia was buying the club the following month.

[kippaxvilla2]

It’s all very well some of us having a degree in the university of hindsight but a lot were sucked in by his ‘charm’, promises of sunlit uplands and Aston turning into the new Bund.  Almost the anyone better than Lerner feeling.  Not to mention his sexy tweets.  I was more concerned at the time with his associates Banfill and Samuelson - their departures were very strange but welcome.  He passed the proper owners test because all he had to demonstrate was his ability to cover operating costs for two seasons - quite easy with parachute money! 

And I don’t think anyone needed a degree to know we were royally in the shit if they simply looked at the horror on his face on the sky camera as the game against Fulham drew to a close.  Lerner pretending he had done his homework on the bloke turned out to be the last joke on us.

[Sexual Ealing]

Nobody knew either way. Why not (wrongly) give him the benefit of the doubt? It's just some random opinions, ultimately.

[dave.woodhall]

It’s actually quite scary that Xia was able to takeover from Lerner in the first place. We’ve very lucky to have NSWE save us from that fraud.

Part of me wonders if Bernstein and Kings hasty exit might be linked to them being wary about Lerner selling to Xia.

Let's face it, Lerner cocked up most things while he was here.

They left well before he was ever heard of.

I don't think them leaving was anything to do with Xia, but I think your timeline is a bit awry.  Bernstein and King resigned in April 2016.  It was announced that Xia was buying the club the following month.

I got the impression, and I could be wrong, that he came in at short notice but whatever the timeline, they left for other reasons.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

9/8/10 Martin O'Neill did a runner.
9/8/10 Tony Xia has finally left the building.

A certain symmetry there, isn't there?

I think the second one should say '19'.  But yes.  One exit designed to cause maximum damage.  The other designed to stop any further damage.

Silly me!