MrDuck Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 12 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: O'Neill met Lerner before signing on for the job, Ellis didn't sign O'Neill, Lerner did - Ellis was still nominally in the chair when O'Neill drove into Villa Park, but he'd negotiated a contract for the job with Lerner's people. Doug didn't work hard to get him in, Doug stood next to him when he arrived and smiled for the cameras. I realise this doesn't make it true... but didn't Doug claim he signed MON as a leaving present for the fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benireduk Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 King was on Bloomberg a few minutes ago, seems very much like the sale is happening: Just watched the video on Twitter. Not sure how to link on here but he talked about having a "terrific future under a new owner" and "events in the next few weeks will put us back on track" Fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) 10 minutes ago, benireduk said: Just watched the video on Twitter. Not sure how to link on here but he talked about having a "terrific future under a new owner" and "events in the next few weeks will put us back on track" Fingers crossed That sounds promising!!!!!! I hope he is right!!! Edited April 20, 2016 by Gary Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Still doesn't make sense why they left the way they did if a sale is close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwj Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 3 minutes ago, omariqy said: Still doesn't make sense why they left the way they did if a sale is close. Pretty obvious the new owners have their own board in mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 3 minutes ago, omariqy said: Still doesn't make sense why they left the way they did if a sale is close. Maybe Lerner was making the same hard. He's done that before. So they resigned to add pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2016 Maybe that was the communication from the owner? "We're about to be sold but the new owners want to bring in their own board" Although doesn't really fit with King's own letter which seemed to imply a sale wasn't close, but needed to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 3 minutes ago, omariqy said: Still doesn't make sense why they left the way they did if a sale is close. Big 'if' about the sale obviously, however, it would make sense if Lerner(Hollis) hired them at a time he wasn't expecting a sale and asked them to create a long term plan. So they did, but by the time they had to present it a potential buyer had been found, thus Lerner telling them to stall and wait. This is about as rosy as I could imagine it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2016 That sounds very promising to me! I really can't wait for Lerner to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Hope "the" sale will proceed speedily suggests to me something is in the offing. The fact he said, "We both hope the events in the next few weeks will put put Villa back on track" also suggests they think the potential buyer(s) are going to be good for the club, which alleys some concern about us getting a terrible owner. Could be reading too much into this but my optimism barometer went up a notch - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralJazzman Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 10 minutes ago, omariqy said: Still doesn't make sense why they left the way they did if a sale is close. I think they represented the front end of a different buyer / consortium. They may of come onboard with a view to getting started now but Lerner is selling to another buyer. Hence why their positions were untenable. It's guess work but Merv and Bernie would surely had some heavyweight connections in this area. Hollis wont go as he is getting the club ready to sell. Once it's done he will go back to his consulting firm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Any links? - can't find it anywhere. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 1 minute ago, GeneralJazzman said: I think they represented the front end of a different buyer / consortium. They may of come onboard with a view to getting started now but Lerner is selling to another buyer. Hence why their positions were untenable. It's guess work but Merv and Bernie would surely had some heavyweight connections in this area. Hollis wont go as he is getting the club ready to sell. Once it's done he will go back to his consulting firm. Or maybe they wanted to implement the plan in place for the new owners - but the new owners have a plan of there own... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 King speaks very well of the club as well which can't hurt us given his connections. Just now, El-Reacho said: Any links? - can't find it anywhere. Cheers. Go back a few posts it's there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralJazzman Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Just realised they sound like Sesame Street characters if we refer to them as Bernie and Merv. Hey Merv.... Hey Bernie..... damn that could have been fun for a day or so. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 It's simple Bernstein & King are used to working with and associating themselves with people who have top reputations in serious business fields. Randy Lerner is an absolute D**bF**k who doesn't have a clue of how to run a business successfully. They have both had enough of the useless C*** and have decided to disassociate themselves from him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted April 20, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2016 23 minutes ago, omariqy said: Still doesn't make sense why they left the way they did if a sale is close. Because the terms of reference for the football board were effectively been undermined by a change from "work away doing your thing on the basis that because there's no buyer, I'll be here for the medium term and there will be stability so make your changes on that assumption" to "I'm off, so no stability, no guarantee of future ownership, no guarantee of budget for a new manager" so none of the conditions which they would need to be able to appoint a manager and none of the conditions where, working with a new manager they could calculate paying off/sacking various toxic players. None of the conditions where they could discharge their responsibilities as given to them...etc. So they write their letters, make clear the sale needs to happen, and that they were basically undermined in doing their jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Are we reading too much into this? Seems to be a lot of "hopes" in what he said there Lerner has made me doubt everything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 That video has reignited my optimism. A sale is coming! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 And so the summer of raised hopes followed by crushing despair starts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts