Heretic Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere. I couldn't find it. It's an article where Tom Fox talks about his time at Villa. Quote In August 2014, Arsenal’s chief commercial officer Tom Fox made the somewhat surprising decision to walk out of The Emirates for a job at Aston Villa. Taking up a role as the club’s chief executive, he immediately pledged to “restore the club to its rightful place in the Premier League”. 19-months later he had resigned from his £1.25m a year job, citing a change in his role after a board restructuring at Villa Park for his decision. Sources at the club however claimed his position had become “untenable”, following a disastrous £55m summer recruitment drive and open revolt from supporters, who unfurled banners on the Holte End demanding he quit. For many, Fox was among the Villain’s chief villains. He appointed much-maligned recruitment pair Hendrik Almstadt and Paddy Riley. He presided over a summer spending spree of unsuited young European incomings, which caused Tim Sherwood to launch his toys from the pram. And he hired Remi Garde to replace Sherwood. The Frenchman won just two of 20 Premier League games. More on link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 5 hours ago, Heretic said: Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere. I couldn't find it. It's an article where Tom Fox talks about his time at Villa. Moron link Edited for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted November 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 22, 2017 £1.25m a year job Unreal. 98% of the people on here would have done a far better job and happily done it for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 (edited) Fox talked a cracking game but in the end he was just good at PR Henrik Almstadt, Paddy Riley real blast from the past names Edited November 22, 2017 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 What a word removed this guy was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Get back in your box fox you knob. Inserting clauses where gueye could go for 7m, i mean how shoddy is that? Him and them other losers i will never forgive for what they have done to our club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Complete bullshiter - totally clueless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 23, 2017 4 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Get back in your box fox you knob. Inserting clauses where gueye could go for 7m, i mean how shoddy is that? People still don't understand how clauses work. Fox is still a word removed though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) I hate to bump this thread but I just saw that he has been the "team president" of the San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS for about a year(through the power of FM 18).. I have no clue why anyone would want to hire him (Well it is the MLS) Edited May 7, 2018 by Villaphan04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Good podcast interview with former CEO Tom Fox. Touches on his time at Villa. At the end of the podcast he talks about Randy Lerner. I agree with Fox that owning/running a football club is a thankless endeavor - you'll only be liked until your next loss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, nepal_villan said: Good podcast interview with former CEO Tom Fox. Touches on his time at Villa. At the end of the podcast he talks about Randy Lerner. I agree with Fox that owning/running a football club is a thankless endeavor - you'll only be liked until your next loss. This podcast is brought to you by Gatorade BerryBLASTxTreme Thanks by the way, very interesting and changes some of my views on the man. Edited December 12, 2021 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 5 hours ago, nepal_villan said: Good podcast interview with former CEO Tom Fox. Touches on his time at Villa. At the end of the podcast he talks about Randy Lerner. I agree with Fox that owning/running a football club is a thankless endeavor - you'll only be liked until your next loss. I think it always helps if you're qualified for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 What the devil is this thread necromancy? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Didn't Fox appoint Sherwood? If he did he is a word removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 5 hours ago, mykeyb said: Didn't Fox appoint Sherwood? If he did he is a word removed Sherwood kept us up. If we’d gone down that season we could have gone all the way down League 2. We could have also come back up and won the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted December 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2021 23 hours ago, Wainy316 said: Sherwood kept us up. If we’d gone down that season we could have gone all the way down League 2. We could have also come back up and won the league. Benteke kept us up Sherwood was a passenger who benefitted from him coming back from injury just has he took over . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 10 hours ago, tinker said: Benteke kept us up Sherwood was a passenger who benefitted from him coming back from injury just has he took over . Benteke played 29 games that season. He got 11 league goals in the 12 games Sherwood managed him and 2 in 17 under Lambert who was dropping him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 11 hours ago, tinker said: Benteke kept us up Sherwood was a passenger who benefitted from him coming back from injury just has he took over . Benteke's big injury was the season before. I'm not for one second saying Sherwood was ever a good manager but I definitely think he gave the squad a psychological lift for the run in that ultimately kept us up. He was also credited with Benteke's revived form. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted December 14, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2021 Benteke had an injury that season and was coming back into form as Sherwood became manager, Benteke always needed games before he hit form and Lambert was unlucky with the timing , Sherwood was lucky. Sherwood was a chancer who, at first, dropped lucky with form and injury. As soon as we hit any problems the wheels fell off. For me the Leicester game when we was 2 up to lose 3-2 was the moment he lost it. There are certainly parallels with Smith's loss to Wolves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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