WhatAboutTheFinish Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 hours ago, villa89 said: His ego far outweighs his actual ability as a businessman. Oh yeah...that self made billionaire, terrible at business 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 hours ago, villa89 said: He doesn't strike me as someone who will accept making a loss on his investment despite the terrible job he has done. His ego far outweighs his actual ability as a businessman. Yes, because a great business man would take a loss of 10's of millions because fans on a message board think he should. Your statement is an oxymoron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) I have noticed that Aston Manor Cider were rumoured to be up for sale at £100m + last year. 100% owned by the Ellis Family. It seems to have been run by James Ellis, grandson of Doug who appears to have had a very rounded business career before coming into the business late as a Finance Director. In an interview he talks about the lack of controls that were in the business before his time and so put them into place which helped the stellar (no Pun) growth in the business. Maybe he fancies a crack at The Villa. I would assume Doug invested his £65m well, if they got £100m+ for Aston Manor they would easily have enough to buy the Club. At least it would be someone Villa through and through. Edited June 12, 2018 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted June 12, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, WhatAboutTheFinish said: Oh yeah...that supposed self made billionaire, terrible at business Fixed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, WhatAboutTheFinish said: Oh yeah...that self made billionaire, terrible at business Is he a billionaire or does he just claim to be one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 hours ago, sidcow said: I have noticed that Aston Manor Cider were rumoured to be up for sale at £100m + last year. 100% owned by the Ellis Family. It seems to have been run by James Ellis, grandson of Doug who appears to have had a very rounded business career before coming into the business late as a Finance Director. In an interview he talks about the lack of controls that were in the business before his time and so put them into place which helped the stellar (no Pun) growth in the business. Maybe he fancies a crack at The Villa. I would assume Doug invested his £65m well, if they got £100m+ for Aston Manor they would easily have enough to buy the Club. At least it would be someone Villa through and through. Blimey that would be some story going back into ownership by the Ellis family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom221186 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Off Twitter so take as you wish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 29 minutes ago, tom221186 said: Off Twitter so take as you wish I remember being worried about the Comer brothers before as they are property developers. Worried they were buying us purely for the land. Currently worth about £2bn made from buying low and developing for a profit. We Villa are about as low as you can get right now. If they can develop the club and sell for a profit (which would be massive if we get back to the PL) than I would welcome them with pleasure. We are quite popular in Ireland I believe, maybe they have a soft spot for us! It's hard to believe it's worth buying Villa to close it down and build houses in Aston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholm Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Definitely the sort of takeover they would be interested in with huge potential for future profit. IF they are in the running as Thatcherlover believes then it could be an interesting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I call BS on the comer bros link. dont think people come back a 2nd time.......if they were ever interested at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 hours ago, tom221186 said: Off Twitter so take as you wish As long as they ain't related to Phil Neville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Can't imagine the comer brothers being interested. They sponsor a local team in Ireland and don't really put a huge amount of funding in, in relative terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 He is full of shit just like 99,99% of the **** Twitter ITK's 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 4 hours ago, villa89 said: Is he a billionaire or does he just claim to be one? He probably is one, in Iraqi Dinar! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 7 hours ago, sidcow said: I have noticed that Aston Manor Cider were rumoured to be up for sale at £100m + last year. 100% owned by the Ellis Family. It seems to have been run by James Ellis, grandson of Doug who appears to have had a very rounded business career before coming into the business late as a Finance Director. In an interview he talks about the lack of controls that were in the business before his time and so put them into place which helped the stellar (no Pun) growth in the business. Maybe he fancies a crack at The Villa. I would assume Doug invested his £65m well, if they got £100m+ for Aston Manor they would easily have enough to buy the Club. At least it would be someone Villa through and through. It took us long enough to get rid of Deadly so I'd rather not have him or his grandson anywhere near the helm. Perhaps HDE could give a few million of what he pocketed when selling the club to Randy back in our hour of need? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2018 9 hours ago, John said: Perhaps HDE could give a few million of what he pocketed when selling the club to Randy back in our hour of need? I've mentioned this before. However I am sure HDE and his offspring (if they are anything like him) have tucked all of the profits from the sale of Aston Villa away under their claws where no-one associated with 'the common man' will ever be able to find it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 12 hours ago, hippo said: I call BS on the comer bros link. dont think people come back a 2nd time.......if they were ever interested at all I think they might. It was a consortium headed up by Michael Neville wasn't it? He did an interview in the Brum mail at the time when they were close to securing the deal before they lost out to Lerner. He actual spoke sense in that interview. Who knows might have been the better option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Doug Ellis isn't coming back, he's ancient. Put it this way he's that old that when he was born, we were by far statistically the most successful football team in the country ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 11 hours ago, NoelVilla said: He is full of shit just like 99,99% of the **** Twitter ITK's exactly this If it was the case of new owners the press would have picked up on it, as it is nothing is being reported. Bull Shit click bait....follow me, follow me, follow me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 2 hours ago, imavillan said: exactly this If it was the case of new owners the press would have picked up on it, as it is nothing is being reported. Bull Shit click bait....follow me, follow me, follow me hmmm the press have picked up on it days ago? there are interested parties. Sure there are always ITK chancers around looking for follows. Yet this guy already has 44k followers and a genuine villa fan. Worth keeping an eye I reckon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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