limpid Posted June 17, 2016 Administrator Share Posted June 17, 2016 Any links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2016 2 hours ago, bobzy said: Job his, did he. Jis hob, hid de. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) 24 minutes ago, limpid said: Any links? Www.google.com Www.hotmail.com Www.davidhasselhoff.com Edited June 17, 2016 by dounavilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted June 17, 2016 Administrator Share Posted June 17, 2016 1 minute ago, dounavilla said: Www.google.com Very witty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I've added some more if that was no good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 36 minutes ago, limpid said: Any links? http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36559628 Quote Aston Villa chairman Steve Hollis has made his expected departure from the relegated Premier League club following their takeover by Dr Tony Xia. Genuine link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 The word 'legend' is thrown around too casually these days but not in Steven Hollis' case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Always came across very well and tried to do his best when he clearly had his hands tied initially. Then when he was tasked to sell the club he got it sorted. Could have done with him a few years ago, we might not have got in the mess we did. Overall 9/10. WB. Repeatedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I wouldn't go quite that far, but i think its telling that a guy that simply did his job is now suddenly held in such high esteem by us Villa fans. I think that probably says more about how the club has been run in recent years than it does about Hollis. None the less, he came in to do a job, and he successfully fulfilled that task. Thank you Steve, and good look for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Ill tell you how good of a selling job he did this time next season! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 done his job so well its put him out of a job, to be fair, hes done brilliantly in the short amount of time hes been here, would have been nice if he stayed on with the new board, he seems clued up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 He came to the club and set up an elaborate "football board" arrangement which promptly collapsed causing much embarrassment when it emerged Lerner actually wanted to sell the club ( not sure if Hollis knew this). So he sold the club. Then it was reported he was keen on Pearson as the next manager but a certain Dr Tony Xia told him he favoured Di Matteo. So Mr Hollis met Di Matteo and guess what... Personally I'm not sure this warrants the title of "legend" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted June 19, 2016 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2016 He came to the club in order to sell it - with no other expertise or experience - he was saddled with a stupid job title by the chairman and asked to do things he knew nothing about - thankfully he to a large extent ignored these things and concentrated on what he knew and what he was good at. Ultimately his job was to sell the club and he's done it quickly and efficiently. Well done to him on having completed a difficult task well and on being deliberately ineffective as as our most reluctant ever chairman - it must have been very difficult to focus on the job at hand with the odd demands of the former chairman on him to also fulfil some sort of role as club figurehead, and whilst he made an initial attempt at this with a couple of terrible press conferences he had the nous to then sensibly disappear into the background to do what he was good at - and do it well. Thank you Mr Hollis. In terms of the manager thing, there are some quotes around today about Ferguson talking to Wyness month ago and recommending David Moyes and about Wyness speaking to Xia about this, but Xia preferring Di Matteo - there's nothing in any of those stories that suggest that Hollis had any input, involvement or preference at all - and indeed why would he, and why would he have wanted to? There is no place for him on the new board unless XIa is actively looking to sell the football club - calls to keep him on are to my mind a little bit bizarre. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 13 hours ago, briny_ear said: He came to the club and set up an elaborate "football board" arrangement which promptly collapsed causing much embarrassment when it emerged Lerner actually wanted to sell the club ( not sure if Hollis knew this). So he sold the club. Then it was reported he was keen on Pearson as the next manager but a certain Dr Tony Xia told him he favoured Di Matteo. So Mr Hollis met Di Matteo and guess what... Personally I'm not sure this warrants the title of "legend" If you're referring to my post I was satirising the Hollis hagiography in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Came to bring a sale and to cut jobs. He did both and the next 12-18 months will tell if he did it correctly or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 20, 2016 The reactions to his appointment were embarrassing at the time. They look even more so now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 11 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: Came to bring a sale and to cut jobs. He did both and the next 12-18 months will tell if he did it correctly or not. He did what he was told by his boss to earn his money. Not sure what 12-18 months has to do with it. Tony Xia could fire more people or hire more, who knows, but its not Hollis' concern or responsibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 On 6/19/2016 at 13:28, coda said: If you're referring to my post I was satirising the Hollis hagiography in here. I'm thinking we're in agreement then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 8 hours ago, Genie said: He did what he was told by his boss to earn his money. Not sure what 12-18 months has to do with it. Tony Xia could fire more people or hire more, who knows, but its not Hollis' concern or responsibility. I am sure he played the key part in finding the buyer and checking him out- all lerner wanted was to sell. Within the next 12-18 months we will see if Dr Tony has been a good owner, or a bad owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 21 hours ago, Stevo985 said: The reactions to his appointment were embarrassing at the time. They look even more so now. Not going to forget how quick people were to ignore context and claim he called them 'customers' in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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