Lerner might be rich but the club isnt. He doesnt have to spend millions of his own money just so he can please some gobshite on the internet. The money he got from the Browns is his money not Villa's money.
The sense of entitlement among people here is amazing.
THIS!
Lerner has done more than enough for this club with the hundereds of millions he has put into the club, some people are really ungreatful. Why dont you spunk all of your money over and over again and get no results, a bt of perspective jesus.
Why is he putting in that money? Perhaps because he lost control (yes, can you believe it) of finances at the club and has had to put money in to stop the situation getting worse and for us to do a Leeds.
And why might we do a Leeds?
Well, he lost control of the finances, threw money, took out a loan and then when that became too much, way way way along the road, he withdrew all money, sold our best players and didn't give the money to replace them with quality.
And how did he fix this?
He put a manager in charge who had been out of English football for a long time and who had suffered a heart attack and had previously fallen out with big Ego's - and of course, Villa have a lot of those. So, after selling Milner and not giving the money for a decent replacements and by purchasing no players that summer causing the manager to walk (MON) we found ourselves in the shit and nearly relegated, so he had no choice but to pay out £18m for a striker - because relegation would have meant a chance of us going out of business, because our finances were so shit.
Why were the finances shit?
Perhaps because he lost control (yes, can you believe it) of finances at the club and has had to put money in to stop the situation getting worse and for us to do a Leeds.
And why might we do a Leeds?
Well, he lost control of the finances, threw money, took out a loan and then when that became too much, way way way along the road, he withdrew all money, sold our best players and didn't give the money to replace them with quality.
And how did he fix this?
He put a manager in charge who has been relegated twice and also finished third in a two horse race and then had to put more money in to stabilise the club because the finances were shit.
And why are the finances so shit?
He trusted MON without really knowing how to manage a football club. He invested in the trainging ground, Villa park, the history of the club. He was/is a true fan, even though he might not be the most astute football owner.
He made some bad decidions by bringing in Houllier & AMC, and i think that if Houllier hadnt been taken ill again he would have taken us forward back into the top 7/8. but as it happened he got ill, and he wasted another summer getting in AMC - the cheap and easy option. He realised this was a mistake and fixed it.
He has lost millions of pounds through both his fault & that of whoever was managing the wages/fees, weather it be MON , PF, himself, someone **** up. They took a gamble by spending big and on getting into the top 4, didnt work and now they have to rebuild.
If you are not greatful that he took to the challenge on of making us into title challengers, but fell short, then so be it. But i am, and i and very greatful to what he has done to the club. The revenues are up, the groud has never looked better, and in a few years we will be back having another go and the fans who left under AMC will be back.
thats all i have to say, enjoy the rest of your day.