KHV Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 One step at the time, first step being BPL survival! Stay Up The Villa!! What is BPL? Barclays Premier League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 One of the investors is Micky Arison, owner of the NBA side, Miami Heat. He was one of the names being speculated about on TBAR. It is only speculation but Arison is a long time successful sports owner who is used to paying big wages to winners. Would be a good shout imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I hope we sign LeBron and D Wade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samjp26 Posted April 17, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2014 Wait though.. Does this mean that the guys on that Bells place are talking truth?....... Does this mean....... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Wait though.. Does this mean that the guys on that Bells place are talking truth?....... Does this mean....... One can dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 The takeover may have been easier to arrange than staying up. Just saying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Would explain a lot if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Randy Lerner's £250m price tag for Aston Villa could prove a stumbling block http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2607214/CHARLES-SALE-Randy-Lerners-250m-price-tag-Aston-Villa-prove-stumbling-block.html Russia? Oh god no. Say what you want about lerner but i don't think he'd ever sell to someone he didnt think was right. If it was another Abramovich then I'd have no problem whatsoever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suttonpaul Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Alright, calm down captain buzz kill is here. There's nothing in the story that is solid aka names or quotes so the situation is still the same we know sports journalists pick things up from the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Papillon Posted April 17, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2014 Haha I love this. Not because it's a lie, of course it might be, but it's exciting! It's what being a fan is all about in the end. New signings, hope and so on. Preparing for a relegation fight and signing shitty Bulgarian players from Poland is not exciting, it's torment and it ruins the whole experience of being a fan. Good owners are hard to find though. In the beginning Randy Lerner was a very good owner, giving sizable funds for new players and so on. Then you have shitty owners all over the place that interfere with managers and buy players behind their backs. I don't want to exchange Lerner (who above all is a stable person in this game, it's not a human-right to spend 50M on players every season after all) with some lunatic or person that's going to set unrealistic targets and only sign half-assed players before sacking managers after 10 games. I also hope that our organization will be filled with winners if we are taken over. That means sacking people like Faulkner who has no experience, no charisma and no balls for his position. I am sure he is a nice guy and good at everything he does, most people are, but we need a real player in that position - someone who can forge the identity of this club and drive a hard bargain with ingoing and outgoing negotiations. Faulkner was something like an Account Manager at MBMA before taking over the reigns at Villa, it's just not the right position for him. I don't want someone like Charles Krulak either, an aging soldier who still thinks he's an important part of the American army - bringing silly quotes and war cries every time we lose. Semper Fidelis my ass... more like an ostrich sticking his head in the sand. Bring it on! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Hoping we do get new owners but all sounds too good to be true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 All the rags posted the story at 10:30pm with TBAR lot thinking (with good reason) it was embargoed info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 There is something in this, we're going to become rich I tell you.. RICHHH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCRAMTIN Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Let's just hope we don't end up being a rich Reading look-a-like team, I just want a new owner with passion for the club, a owner who shows up and support the club! Yes a lot of money is always welcome but for me being there and actually try and make things better is the most important thing. I love watching the Wigan owner. He really loves the club and I always get a smile on my face when I see him celebrate on TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa-revolution Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Carlos Slim Hula - The world's richest man worth $74 Billion. Let's hope it's slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Butterfingers Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Football has changed so much over the years, we have to move with the times. I remember the uproar when the old Trinity Rd stand went-No-one bats an eyelid about it these days. We can't fill the ground & we're one of the cheapest in the PL. We have to accept that income needs to come from other sources, unless of course we're all prepared to pay another £10 or £20 a game to watch. I personally want to see a winning side, I don't care what the grounds called & I don't care if the owner attends games or not, just so long as he backs us financially. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Ticket prices is one very real concern by the way. For all the moaning about Lerner, we are one of the cheapest teams to see in the league. I would expect that to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) I agree if it happens we wants people who know what they are doing.FFP is going to come up a lot. If (and still a big if) these are serious takeover dudes and not some guys wanting to turnover a quick buck.So FFP explained - can we get around it? Yes, of course we can. Financial Fair Play isn't really the correct name for the policy. It's main purpose is to stop clubs going under doing a Portsmouth etc and to guarantee the future of clubs. For that purpose it serves well. We can get Mullier Yogurt for example to sponsor us for £10 billion over 25 years. This would be fine as the club could spend shiit loads but still be within the 'loss' limits as the losses are being offset by sponsorship money.So if the Man City lot and Chelsea owners were to up and leave, they'd in the long-term suffer a fall from grace but financially they'll be ok due to the FFP loss limits restrictions.Massively jumping the gun here just explaining how it works. Edited April 17, 2014 by supernova26 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Ticket prices is one very real concern by the way. For all the moaning about Lerner, we are one of the cheapest teams to see in the league. I would expect that to change. You'd expect the tickets to be cheap if you only see 5 wins at home - 7 max now - in a season! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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