Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[ROBBO]

looking on from 13,000 kilometres away may I observe that the said Mr Fear has a striking similarity to Douglas in that they both seem filled with their own self importance and any infuence they may have at present will disipate in the advent of new owners. I am supportive of anyone using their best endevours to unseat deadly but i'm afraid he lost me with his dummy spit at the A.G.M. As for deadly interfering with team selection i can only say that as a company owner as long as i am seeing progress i keep well out but if business starts to go backwards and its my money we're talking about keeping out is not an option.

[Oscar Goldman]

I thought the VFC were taking the credit for getting Ansell the sack because of the major (sic) criticisms of him in their Hodgson report?
Are they now best buddies?

This is why I find the VFC hard to take seriously.  They flip-flop their position on everything when it suits them.

Where have VFC said they're best buddies with Ansell Mac?

VFC hasn’t said it but isn’t it about time it came clean on the issue?

[Risso]

its my money we're talking about keeping out is not an option.

It's not Doug's money we're talking about though.

[dave.woodhall]

His version posted on that blog seems to contradict what he told you Dave.

How? His anecdote relates to Doug asking him to paint Doug in a better light, which is typical Doug. Nowhere does he say that Ellis influenced his team selections, and to my knowledge, no other manager ever has, either.

[Risso]

VFC hasn’t said it but isn’t it about time it came clean on the issue?

I don't know what you're referring to, sorry.

Ansell may have been a dick, and nobody on here had a good word to say about him, but the fact is he was being paid well to do a job.  The point is if Doug felt the need to stand over his shoulder, either Ansell wasn't the right bloke for the job and should therefore have been replaced, or Doug just can't let qualified people do their jobs.  I've seen enough evidence of the latter to think that this is the case.

[dave.woodhall]

Where have VFC said they're best buddies with Ansell Mac?  And as for for flip flopping position, how about looking a bit closer to home?

I can't speak for anyone else, but my position on Doug's position hasn't changed one iota since about 1985. I'd like him to go, never to darken our door again, except when he watches the match. Where I have changed, is that I no longer believe him to be the devil personified.

[Oscar Goldman]

VFC hasn’t said it but isn’t it about time it came clean on the issue?

I don't know what you're referring to, sorry.

Are you an official of the organisation known as VFC?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

flip-flop their position on everything

A frequent complaint from my wife.

[Risso]

Are you an official of the organisation known as VFC?

No

[Red Robbo]

I don't blame you, I wouldn't want to admit it either.

[Oscar Goldman]

Are you an official of the organisation known as VFC?

No

Then surely the obvious thing is to take up the point with somebody who is.

[Simon Page]

Sorry for the delay. I missed a turning on page 13 and ended up spying on some inside info regarding team selection. Master stroke by the boy Ellis, playing Fenton in the final.

Pete. Rather than trawl through your response, I'll just agree. Doug has also agreed to pick my lottery numbers as, from what you say, he has to be the luckiest bstard alive.

Risso, stunning work with the two executive directors bit. Of course, our non-execs are a bit more hands on aren't they?

Woodhall. Doug picks the team - someone said so twice in the 80s, four times in the 90s and once last year. I don't care how much proof exists to the contrary, it must be true.

So, is Ansell good or bad today?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

So, is Ansell good or bad today?

Is Ansell a bitterman?
BOOM FUCKING BOOM!

[the weatherman]

So, is Ansell good or bad today?

Is Ansell a bitterman?
BOOM FUCKING BOOM!

It does seem increasingly difficult to find a pub which sells Ansells Bitter or Mild in the Birmingham area.
Its all bloody creamflow these days.

[Laughing Gravity]

I could kill a pint of Ansells bitter right now.