Popular Post BOF Posted February 4, 2016 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2016 On the face of it I'm not against this appointment. I think it's probably a good one, and probably should have happened a long time ago. Competence at all levels should be encouraged at this club, even if that approach puts the positions of many in jeopardy. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) Another finance person running the club, yey!!!! Not one person on the board you could say, yup, I can see why they'd be good for the club overall. At least he knows policy and not just asset stripping which is going to be a real help to our quite awful current bunch. He just won't have anyone to suggest any good ideas, but I'm sure at 67 he's extremely innovative and up with the modern game....... Funny how quickly people are turned when a famous Villa fan is put on the board, no mention of his salary, what he knows about modern football or running a club in all aspects.....but then most Villa fans only bother to look at the surface so a gesture usually quietens the majority down. 53 minutes ago, villanmac said: Proper Villa fan with all the credentials, great appointment. Compared to running the BoE villa will be like a corner shop to him. Hopefully he can get the tossers to stop running it like one. Probably why a comment including this is so highly liked. Edited February 4, 2016 by itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 38 minutes ago, itdoesntmatterwhatthissay said: Another finance person running the club, yey!!!! Not one person on the board you could say, yup, I can see why they'd be good for the club overall. At least he knows policy and not just asset stripping which is going to be a real help to our quite awful current bunch. He just won't have anyone to suggest any good ideas, but I'm sure at 67 he's extremely innovative and up with the modern game....... Funny how quickly people are turned when a famous Villa fan is put on the board, no mention of his salary, what he knows about modern football or running a club in all aspects.....but then most Villa fans only bother to look at the surface so a gesture usually quietens the majority down. Probably why a comment including this is so highly liked. Doing the numbers for Villa will be small free in comparison to Bank of England, that can only be good for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReasonforRevolution Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Welcome Lord King of Lothbury. Hopefully we'll have someone fighting our corner in the board room. Coincidence his appointment is a few days after deadline day? Nah. We're fit for a king. We're fit for a king. We're Aston Villa. We're fit for a king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDVILLAIN Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Just now, ReasonforRevolution said: Welcome Lord King of Lothbury. Hopefully we'll have someone fighting our corner in the board room. Coincidence his appointment is a few days after deadline day? Nah. We're fit for a king. We're fit for a king. We're Aston Villa. We're fit for a king. let me rephrase that for you:-) We're fit for the bin We're fit for the bin We're Aston Villa. We're fit for the bin too much?....:-p 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Club probably would have been better off, from a PR point of view, announcing King as chairman and Hollis as something else. They both still could have done the same job, but that way around you'd get a better figure head in King as chairman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Will be gone by Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 3 minutes ago, useless said: Club probably would have been better off, from a PR point of view, announcing King as chairman and Hollis as something else. They both still could have done the same job, but that way around you'd get a better figure head in King as chairman. But hollis is more a lerner "kinda guy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ermie123 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 So with his dedicated support we are now being relegated. So what's going to happen now he is on the board of directors? He is obviously not doing this for free, so what is in it for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ermie123 said: So with his dedicated support we are now being relegated. So what's going to happen now he is on the board of directors? He is obviously not doing this for free, so what is in it for him? Gets him out the house I suppose. Edited February 4, 2016 by rodders0223 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I suppose its better than Randy son joining the board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 26 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Will be gone by Christmas. He's not even been assigned a desk yet chap and you've already cleared it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwj Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 23 minutes ago, ermie123 said: So with his dedicated support we are now being relegated. So what's going to happen now he is on the board of directors? He is obviously not doing this for free, so what is in it for him? To sit on a board, its usually a nominal salary and some equity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted February 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4, 2016 At least he seems to be saying the right things! Hollis you outdated 80s throwback...you watching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 come on Meryvn you must know some powerful people get someone to buy us from the donkey lerner! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Man, I actually thought this was a speculation thread. Thought the window was still open for loans for like a week (that's how it is right? Right!?) Mervyn King sounds like a striker in Ligue 1 with a strikerate of 13 goals in 95 games for Nantes otherwise known as Gestede'ing it. Was proper excited too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agbonla-score Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 1 hour ago, SeanO said: Tits out for the lads. Couldn't care less if I tried, sigh. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 He's a name. He's a villa fan. It sounds good. But I doubt one man on this board could make much difference on or off the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 48 minutes ago, av1 said: He's not even been assigned a desk yet chap and you've already cleared it Well he sounds reasonably qualified, so I have no doubt Randy will find a way to **** him off or bin him off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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