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He wouldn't but considering Doug has know where near the resources Lerner has yet we were in a better state under him surely shows how bad a job Lerner has done. It's not all about having billionaire owners. The way our club has been run is a joke and the only reason we have really crashed and burned is we escaped relegation by the skin of our teeth 3 seasons in a row.

Doug was at a point where he had to go but his last year was better than the last 3 we've had under Lerner. Doug was no billionaire yet he managed to run the club better than it is now. I'm not saying it wasn't becoming dark times under Doug but still what's all that about?

Fair enough. I've just never heard that before.

Why on earth were you injecting cocaine when you can just snort it?

So if his club paid him less would you look forward to see him then?

You know the fear that fans have about a rich owner losing interest and it destroying the club. That is what has happened to us to some extent. The only difference is our Billionaire owner wants to make his money back and we have some how managed to stay in the league so the damage hasn't been as great as it could have been.

It maybe has, but I've still to see one decent argument for the way we've bombed players out, thus reducing all their values to nil. I suspect that's a lot more to do with Lerner than Lambert, but it's still stupidity of the highest order. It's wasteful, but even then was the wage more to do with the manager who identified them and bought them. None of them had much if any of a case to say they had "earn" the right to be part of the team. You could perhaps make a case for DB, though he didn't pull up any trees at Fulham when he went there. I think it's a case of a manager (and board) faced with the need to cut costs (and yes, raise revenue) had hobson's choice - they could be part of the squad on a match day, not play, but still pick up the bonuses, or they could be left out of the squad/loaned out as possible/sold as possible. a few went on loan, selling them - no one wanted them, because of the wages and level of ability, with a few exceptions, where mostly we paid a fair chunk of their salary, still. Bent we got 2 million loan fee and his full wages paid. Which was a bargain for us. Not for Fulham. There was not much else could be done, tbh. Absolutely it was a waste and a mess, but mainly (IMO) down to the muppets who bought them - McLeish in the main. I don't hold Lambert responsible. I do think Randy Lerner bears some of the blame, via lack of advice on wages, and the Ireland signing. But it was mainly McLeish and Houllier. But why should the manager be blamed for what the club has spent on the players? McLeish identified a RB and at the time it didn't seem like the worst signing in the world. If the club felt the wage demands were too high then the transfer should have been denied and McLeish told to find another target. The same with any of Houllier's signings who again at the time we were all very happy about. All managers will get some signings wrong. It's down to the club to decide what the wage structure is, maybe a football director to help the manager too decide which player is worth what they are demanding. I don't know how it works at other clubs but it doesn't seem right to blame managers because of the salary's players are on. Blame them for signing poor players but don't blame them for what contracts were negotiated.

Yeah and arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool must've had really low wage bills, all free transfers and no experience for villa to outplay them.[/quote Beat them and get a draw. Let's not get carried away and say we out played them.

My biggest disappointment with Lambert is our lack of plan B against weaker opponents, in particular the cup games. That semi final against Bradford for example. There was no plan for if Bradford scored. He just threw on loads of strikers and started to lump the ball up to Bentake. This was even tho we had a whole half to play. Isolated incident but an example of what appears to be lack of preparation to various scenarios that could occur.

True but you have to remember Harewood was our first signing after the than chief exec had said expect big signings and MON was going to be backed financially.

Senderos is somebody MON would buy for about 5M.

Really? What about Marlon Harewood. That blew us all away!

My mate who's an Arsenal fan said at first you'd feel sorry for him because his mistakes always seem to lead to a goal and be highlighted. But after a while you realised that the mistakes were happening way to often. He may be an improvement on what we have but based on what others have said and what we have seen over the years, I can't see him really helping our cause to much.

I don't know but found out mine is actually a dual mass which should make it better but in fact makes it shit!

Brazil back four looks dodgy. Especially Luis. I bet Miranda is watching this wondering how the hell he is sitting at home.

http://www.autobutler.co.uk/workshops/b5-5pl-birmingham-district-b-birmingham-west-midlands-england/ace-autos It's this place. Autobutler got me the quote. Sorry mods if not allowed to post links in this way. Does the clutch have to get changed at the same time?

Makes no sense.

Astra cdti 1.9. It's only done 57K Never buying a Vauxhall again.

OK, so the fact that everything has gone over to Merrill Lynch, suggest due diligence might be being carried out. I've sold two businesses before, and when we agreed a fee for the business, a data room (basically an online portal of information) was setup for the buyer to view all documentation about the company, accounts, all contracts etc. Prior to this, they only got a copy of the headline numbers. Now I am not saying I am an ITK, but having experience of selling a couple of companies, this is the usual process. Merrill lynch would not go to the hassle of getting everything sent across unless there was a buyer - you just wouldn't waste your time. Also, club secretary is in USA 'on work commitments', but who knows! But aren't we basing this on an ITK from some accountant bloke?

Initial quotes I got were £780 and a couple around the £900 mark. So you reckon £480 about right?

I've found a quote for £480 which seems to good to be true. I wish I knew more about cars.

I doubt lambert has had much to do with negotiating fees for those players And nor should any manager. He should identify who he wants and the rest is up the club. The problem is some managers expect whoever they identify to be brought in regardless of the cost and players demands. If it's refused they walk. Lerner learnt the hard way because of MON. Lambert has worked under Lerner's terms. MON worked under his own terms with full owner backing. You have to wonder what someone like Lambert could achieve with the same kind of backing. I doubt we will ever know.

Why?That BS article they printed. Or was it like a gossip column or something?Yes but they don't pretend it is anything other than that. Ok I'll let them off this time.

Anyone ever have to have a dual mass flywheel replaced?

Why? That BS article they printed. Or was it like a gossip column or something?