Denis_B Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 AV06 are still highly sceptical of Lerner's motives, believing his group have held detailed discussions to merge Villa with either Blues or Albion which would enable him to build a casino. Not as sceptical as I am of Padfield.... and the second part is a COMPLETE AND UTTER LIE.......... Hear me a LIE!...... come on sue me Judge P! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaztonVilla Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Ian the Mail's sources said so - that has to be enough surely Surely Gulla Bill will have thoroughly checked out the reliability of his sources yes? :roll: :oops: When any other journalist comes out with a report on this, then I'll give it some credence. Until then, its Gulla Bill calling a sub-editor and trying to justify his wages with a big headline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Mark is correct in saying that IF the Padfield bid is a better bid, then it IS a better bid. I'd hope that Doug & the board (plus Rothschilds) can, between them, anaylse which is the best bid for the club after TAKING ALL FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT. They aren't going to just evaluate who has pledged the most for transfers - surely they will look into the proposed strategy & direction of each consortia, board structure & expertise, future plans, plans for infrastructure changes (if any) and so on. Lerner's bid is awesome. Think about what Padfield would need to beat this! Something very, very special. Look at the board Lerner will have in place - how can Padfield match this expertise!? He'd have to have some very big people from the world of finance, marketing and strategy. How can Padfield match Lerner's connections to US & World markets? Again it would need people on board who are very well connected. Padfield has no chance, and even if he does, his bid must also be **** amazing (which I doubt, considering the strength of Randy's bid). Don't worry gents - Lerner is our man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I just think Richard its an unnecessary distraction that we could do without and may well slow everything up. Dont see how it can slow it up. They have 9 days to make a bid. They couldn't make it in the last three weeks but now have 9 days. If , as you say, Lerner is the one Ellis wants (and lerner must have some bid because it was actually lower than Neville was prepared to go to) the Ellis turns down the AV06 bid in the 10 days and things progress as per now. No delay. Sorry but you seem to contradict yourself and make no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 AV06 are still highly sceptical of Lerner's motives, believing his group have held detailed discussions to merge Villa with either Blues or Albion which would enable him to build a casino. Not as sceptical as I am of Padfield.... and the second part is a COMPLETE AND UTTER LIE.......... Hear me a LIE!...... come on sue me Judge P! If anyone from the Mail reads this .... They are printing total lies, they are printing something that will not happen trhe Casino thing alone is a joke (but if they do want to build one so what !!!) as for the merge, the MAIL is lying !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOTTI-THE-GOD Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 come on sue me Judge P! Thing is people are automatically presuming Mr funny wig has said this Denis but you'll notice the article gives no names , clever bunch or bar stewards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 but totti what is the motivation behind it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis_B Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 But if he's the front man he is responsible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 How can Padfield match Lerner's connections to US & World markets? Again it would need people on board who are very well connected. Padfield has no chance, and even if he does, his bid must also be **** amazing (which I doubt, considering the strength of Randy's bid). Don't worry gents - Lerner is our man. I would say though if AV06 is backed by very wealthy men why the need for marketing, again we don''t know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaztonVilla Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 but totti what is the motivation behind it ... Can I be a pr**k and suggest that Padfield is following Neville's lead and is seeking a cheque from Randy in exchange for going away and being quiet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 but totti what is the motivation behind it ... Can I be a pr**k and suggest that Padfield is following Neville's lead and is seeking a cheque from Randy in exchange for going away and being quiet? very feasible and stupid .... have they not understood the calibre of men behind the Lerner Deal from Keith Haarris to Lerner himself, these are not mugs, not men to be messed around with as Ellis has found out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahamaad Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 But the Mail understands The mail understands shit. Ill Bowell just can't resist putting his foot in can he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahamaad Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 AV06 are still highly sceptical of Lerner's motives, believing his group have held detailed discussions to merge Villa with either Blues or Albion which would enable him to build a casino. I may be being stupid here, but why would you need to buy a football club to build a casino? Surely its cheaper to build one without the club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortereliable Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Listen Richard at the time I had been reliably informed there was a nasty rumour circulating that Lerner did have plans to merge the Birmingham clubs and that he had been laughed out of Italy and Spain. I just reported on here what I had been told.. Its seems to be rubbish and I am the first to say so now. I believe Mike Mckenna wrote a thread on similar lines a couple of weeks afterwards. As for Neville when I wrote that, he was at the time the only one prepared to put a bid forward. I have since spoken to a number of mutual friends of Doug's and mine who say Doug never ever took Neville seriously as he had been lied to by Neville over the Comer deal. Since then I have been on here and other sites saying Lerner was the best option and that IT WOULD HAPPEN... so get off my case mate... You know who I am... You know I have Aston Villa's best at heart.. My family spent days compiling a report and a presentation to fans at the VLC.. I personally have had a season ticket for over 30 years.. I am one of the good guys! Who are you and what are your credentials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 especially as Brumn will not get the one super casino, however it pleases some to diss the Lerner bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsby Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Listen Richard at the time I had been reliably informed there was a nasty rumour circulating that Lerner did have plans to merge the Birmingham clubs and that he had been laughed out of Italy and Spain. I just reported on here what I had been told.. Its seems to be rubbish and I am the first to say so now. I believe Mike Mckenna wrote a thread on similar lines a couple of weeks afterwards. As for Neville when I wrote that, he was at the time the only one prepared to put a bid forward. I have since spoken to a number of mutual friends of Doug's and mine who say Doug never ever took Neville seriously as he had been lied to by Neville over the Comer deal. Since then I have been on here and other sites saying Lerner was the best option and that IT WOULD HAPPEN... so get off my case mate... You know who I am... You know I have Aston Villa's best at heart.. My family spent days compiling a report and a presentation to fans at the VLC.. I personally have had a season ticket for over 30 years.. I am one of the good guys! Who are you and what are your credentials? No need for the personal attacks guys :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FernandoNelson Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 No need for the personal attacks guys To be fair, that's a response to an attack of sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASTY_LEE Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 but can he beat 30 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsby Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 No need for the personal attacks guys To be fair, that's a response to an attack of sorts. I agree - I just chose to select that text as opposed to the original. Its understandble that things might have an edge at the moment - but there is no need to have a go at each other. We are all Villa fans, we all want the best for Aston Villa. End of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villafan306 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 And from all the information we have the best is Lerner. End of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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