7392craig Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Looks that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 5 minutes ago, Mantis said: I'm a bit sceptical of this footballing board so I'm not just going to take it as a given that what they wanted to do was actually a good idea. We'll just have to wait and see. Well they wanted it to be different to what we have been doing, so I doubt it was a bad thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 The Letter doesn't state a sale which makes me think it's probably all rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 32 minutes ago, omariqy said: What does that mean 'don't lend themselves to compromise'? Take the context, he talks about the problems being massive and to fix it needs radical changes - no compromising on the changes needed to fix the shit basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Surely King must have a few banker mates with the odd couple of hundred million quid down then back of the sofa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Interesting to see what Sir Brian does. He won't want to hurt the club, but if he see's the direction and doesn't like it - he must know that him going would cause a **** meltdown the like of which we've never seen. Lescott might just get out of the next game scot-free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReasonforRevolution Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Bernstein was at Man City from 1998-2003 and the FA from 2011-2013. He has been at Villa for one month. His reputation is not exactly one of fly by night which concerns me greatly. Mervyn King is a huge Villa fan so will be acting within the best interests of the club. Reading between the lines but my worry with the official statement regarding a sale is that a buyer has come in who Bernstein and King have opposed. Perhaps the compromise is that they wanted to set the club structure in before the take over but were told no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I'm not saying I believe a sale is close and tbh I don't believe anything that comes out of the club but I don't buy into this idea that the sale line is all just PR because it gains absolutely nothing. Hinting that a sale might be imminent when you know it isn't is only going to get more anger, not less further down the line. Just because we hear something from the club we like doesn't automatically make it "PR". Of course, there's every possibility that a sale is either further away than the club think it is or that it could break down due to Lerner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sam3773 Posted April 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2016 King's letter: 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 No sale. Issue is that they have approached managers been asked about funding sought assurances from Lerner on the basis that this is required in order to make the changes that they have recommended and Lerner has given no assurances, in fact the spendthrift strategy remains. This is why we have seen the press articles in the last day or so. This means that their positions are untenable as their recommendations for how the club could improve cannot be implemented. They do not want therefore to be stitched up as the fall guys. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pez1974 Posted April 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2016 King has, in the most polite fashion, murdered Lerner with that letter And from a Peer of the Realm 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said: Surely King must have a few banker mates with the odd couple of hundred million quid down then back of the sofa? I'd like to think that with the Panama papers scandal theres a load of rich people needing to find a new place to put their cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralJazzman Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Sam3773 said: King's letter: Nice paper, need to get me a family crest. Edit: I know it's the House of Lords but I want a fancy family crest. Edited April 18, 2016 by GeneralJazzman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Jesus Christ, that letter is going to cause a VT meltdown. Where to start!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 That letter is absolutely brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted April 18, 2016 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2016 Thanks, Merv, that clears things a little. The problem is Lerner. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 1 minute ago, Pez1974 said: King has, in the most polite fashion, murdered Lerner with that letter And from a Peer of the Realm he has basically written we want Randy Lerner Out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 And both letters are written without any sort of dig at Hollis. It doesn't appear that he is the problem - just a guy trying to find a solution. Bernstein and King have fallen on their swords; and with the letters coming out so quickly, it wouldn't surprise me if Hollis knew this would happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Randy, don't ever come back to VP, stay in the states because if you choose to come over here again you won't make it out the building you **** word removed. I hope you become penniless and end up on the streets and I wouldn't give you the steam off my piss. Go **** yourself you **** **** word removed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradarmstrong_ Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Lerner needs to be sectioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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