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Let's just hope that a we sign 3 or 4 more experienced free transfers then cos if we are not being taken over we are in trouble.

Loving this. So 4 weeks ago Lambert talks about signing quality players like Lescott, Holtby and Hernandez. In reality we end up with Senderos, Cole and probably Bendtner. Going to be another long season.

I see Tom Ince wants to stay in the PL. Would be a good signing but highly unlikely we will sign him with Lerner still here. Maybe we could snap up Tony Yeboah on deadline day.

Hangeland was awful last season and will probably want big wages. Well, bigger than Senderos anyway.

Don't know what this means in terms of the takeover but we now have 2 experienced CB's, plus a potential quality CB in Okore and 2 young backup CB's. Not too bad. Our big problem is fullbacks and midfield. Maybe we are getting taken over and these are the areas Lambert will focus on.

Yep, would hope we know what is going on sooner rather than later so that we have an idea whether we will be able to sign players for fees, or if we will be stuck hoovering up some frees that nobody wants.

Look on the bright side. We didn't go down last season with a shit load of injuries and 2 staff members who were having a negative effect on the squad. Surely we can do better next season with an Assistant who isn't a bellend, and hopefully a slightly better squad. Even if Lambert stays we could be taken over and could bring in some more experienced/better players. People said it couldn't get much worse after his first season. My hope is its a big name who will replace lambert when the takeover happens and is being named number 2 until formalities take place. Its just a complete pipe dream though as I'm sure reality is another year of lambert. It's my hope as well but for now i've got to hope that things can only get better vs. last season.

Look on the bright side. We didn't go down last season with a shit load of injuries and 2 staff members who were having a negative effect on the squad. Surely we can do better next season with an Assistant who isn't a bellend, and hopefully a slightly better squad. Even if Lambert stays we could be taken over and could bring in some more experienced/better players.

So this takeover...

Dead Space trilogy. Very good. Not quite as good as Uncharted but still really enjoyable.

Quick, someone make up some links between Nicola Cortese and Tevfik Arif.

I would imagine Weimann knows bugger all. Either that or he is going to get a telling off for giving out info that could have a negative impact on season ticket sales.

How does anything about this show anything about Lerner? He is hardly likely to be telling the media everything. What? Yes he is. Randy Lerner is Morgan Freeman. Uh, i mean Admin.

Just goes to show that nobody knows a thing about what is going on at Villa. Especially Randy Lerner.

More like the fart before the shits.

Couldn't give a shit where the owners come from as long as they run the club well. Appointing someone like Cortese would be a good start.

Well according to talkSPORT Birmingham are announcing something ownership related today and their shares have been suspended on the HKSE. This place will be fun if the Blues are bought out by someone with shitloads of money.

What baffles me is that before 12th May nobody in the media leaked/said anything about a takeover following Lerner's statement in April. It has been 11 days since Lerner admitted he is selling up and all of a sudden the media know shit loads and a fair few fans are panicking that we haven't been sold yet. No positive news from the club is a bit shit bit it's only been 12 days since the season ended. If we are still in this position at the end of the World Cup I will be worried but for now nobody really knows what is going on.

Mackay must be off to WBA then. Very odd decision by Norwich.

If we are not sold before the season starts, given the frankly bullshit statement Lerner made a couple of weeks ago, then he is even more of a **** idiot than the last 4 years has led me to believe.

I would imagine turning a profit 3 years on the spin has suppressed Ashley's desire to sell the club.

The club is for sale and, potentially, more or less already sold if some of the rumours are to be believed. Why would Lerner accept an additional 750k to our annual wage bill? The player will nearly double his current salary if he joins Leicester and there is no way the club would match this and it will further complicate a sale. Lerner wants out ASAP and deals like this would mean that it could take longer to sell up. I would be surprised if we saw any incoming deals of note until mid-July*. * The 15 year old we just signed doesn't count.

I think Lambert showed when he joined us that if he didn't want to be here, he wouldn't be here. Circumstances are a bit different now though. He had a job to walk into when he wanted to leave Norwich. Don't see many clubs trying to pry him off us. Probably because they know he'll be off when Lerner sells. Lambert will not walk away for free and who could blame him. I wouldn't.

Watching the England U21 match tonight. If the budget is tight I think it would be good to get Chalobah in on loan as a DM. Oh, and that Redmond kid looks good too.

I think some of the challenging circumstances also relate to Lambert knowing that some fans want him out but he won't go anywhere until he is pushed. I wonder if he offered his resignation and tried to still get some compensation, citing impossible working conditions due to Lerner wanting to sell, but was told no chance. Then he met with Lerner and Faulkner to thrash out an agreement of staying on until the new owner comes in and replaces him. Win Win for Lambert as he gets kudos for sticking by the club at this difficult time and the media will also use the new owner angle as the reason he goes, as opposed to anything that has happened on the pitch for the last 2 years. Just a theory.