villa4europe Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 36 minutes ago, tinker said: Odds on that Lerner will try and keep some shares not much in my head, the difference between us and the browns is that the NFL are far more likely to make a lot more money, him retaining 30% is a way of almost certain income, on the other hand with us is he really going to be that keen on keeping part of a business that loses money? seems more likely that he'd want bonuses based on performance, extra £25m if we get promoted for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Sorry I missed all this - what happened with Reilly and the board members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 25, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) 1 minute ago, omariqy said: Sorry I missed all this - what happened with Reilly and the board members? Pure speculation and guesswork. I'm not really sure why Reily is being made out to be some kind of evil villain. Edited April 25, 2016 by PieFacE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IwishIwasalivein1982 Posted April 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Pure speculation and guesswork. I'm not really sure why Reily is being made out to be some kind of evil villain. I'm pretty sure Reily lives in a skull shaped rock on a mountain and tried to contanimate our water supply. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwj Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Well if you believe some saying that he is close to Riley then no doubt Lerner is negotiating that the sale can only happen if Paddy is guaranteed a role in the new set up, I mean afterall he allowed two board members to resign over Riley (allegedly) so no doubt he would hold up a sale because of him too? I'm pretty sure a Head Scout has nothing to do with a billionaire recouping £100m from a failed investment in a football club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Richard said: Well if you believe some saying that he is close to Riley then no doubt Lerner is negotiating that the sale can only happen if Paddy is guaranteed a role in the new set up, I mean afterall he allowed two board members to resign over Riley (allegedly) so no doubt he would hold up a sale because of him too? Maybe Riley isn't that bad at his job? I think the managers have been the main problem alongside the so called senior players. Any new owners who've given £100m + will not be dictated to over any staff member they may just judge for themselves and replace accordingly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milenko27 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 33 minutes ago, IwishIwasalivein1982 said: I'm pretty sure Reily lives in a skull shaped rock on a mountain and tried to contanimate our water supply. Is he the Phantom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I reckon this Reilly fella is some computer geek, with spots, a backwards placed baseball cap and a bedroom full of old pizza boxes and empty cans of coke (a fella's gotta eat and drink you know!) who spends most of his day playing Fifa, Pro Evo and FM followed by compiling data on that day's best performances. He then searches youtube for video footage compilations of noted best performers and then does a wiki search to try learn more about them. He then emails the said details to the powers-that-be at Villa Park and leaves negotiations in their "capable" hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, villarocker said: I reckon this Reilly fella is some computer geek, with spots, a backwards placed baseball cap and a bedroom full of old pizza boxes and empty cans of coke (a fella's gotta eat and drink you know!) who spends most of his day playing Fifa, Pro Evo and FM followed by compiling data on that day's best performances. He then searches youtube for video footage compilations of noted best performers and then does a wiki search to try learn more about them. He then emails the said details to the powers-that-be at Villa Park and leaves negotiations in their "capable" hands. I heard he invented MySQL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwishIwasalivein1982 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 1 minute ago, osmark86 said: I heard he invented MySQL Then I doubly hate him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, IwishIwasalivein1982 said: Then I doubly hate him Hopefully the new owners will select a competent head scout from a list of solid prospects where money isn't an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 59 minutes ago, mwj said: I'm pretty sure a Head Scout has nothing to do with a billionaire recouping £100m from a failed investment in a football club. And even less to do with two professional men resigning from board roles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwj Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Richard said: And even less to do with two professional men resigning from board roles Occam's Razor Sherlock. The simplest reason is that they found out the club was being sold post haste and they wouldn't be needed by the new regime. Edited April 25, 2016 by mwj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 53 minutes ago, Milenko27 said: Is he the Phantom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Would we be offering the managers job to candidates if a take-over is so close? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwj Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 13 minutes ago, mykeyb said: Would we be offering the managers job to candidates if a take-over is so close? Depends which paper rumours you believe... the takeover ones, or the management offer ones? Brian Little is good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Come on randy! Announce SOMETHING! We haven't got all week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) 20 minutes ago, mwj said: Depends which paper rumours you believe... the takeover ones, or the management offer ones? Brian Little is good enough for me. Brian Little saying something would be good enough for me too... but he hasn't, well not on the record anyway. What we actually have is someone saying Brian Little has said something. So really your comment should be 'random person on net who told me Brian Litte said something is good enough for me'". Forums sometimes offer such a scary insight in to the power of the press/ social media. A photoshopped picture can become 'truth', a rumour can become a 'fact' and a unheard chat can become a 'quote'. I'm not saying it didn't happen and I'm not having a go at you personally, it's just the ease in which something becomes fact worries me. Personally I'll keep hoping but I've heard nothing that suggests this takeover is on other than the 'extensive talks' line. Edited April 25, 2016 by jackbauer24 spelling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 48 hours nearly up. Looking forward to the announcement. Eyes glued to the official website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Where did this 48 hours thing come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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