Electric Avenue Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I'm not sure I want to be the next Man Ci£y if I'm honest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 If you're honest with yourself, you do. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted February 2, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 2, 2014 This is a man who hired McLeish. Wait! What? Are you saying Lerner hired McLeish as manager? I can't believe you didn't mention it sooner! I apologise but it needs to be reminded every time someone tells us about his good intentions. I dunno about every time, and I think he did it with the right intentions, it's just one of a catalogue of baffling decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted February 2, 2014 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2014 I'm not sure I want to be the next Man Ci£y if I'm honest. I'd love to be. Living up here, and having worked closely with the club for a number of years, they're not just soulless billionaires. They're changing the landscape of the local community for the better and building a Barcelona-style model of being a pillar of their city. It's impressive and frightening in equal measures. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Worried, we will see in the summer. Sorry but I feel very pessimistic about it even if I am very open for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 For me Lerner's biggest ****-up will always be letting O'Neill have so much control over all that money. And yet we did the same thing for 2 years after MON left. That would suggest to me that MON didn't have the control on finances some like to make out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 t still doesn't alter the fact that he tried his best. I just don't get this at all. Why does this apply to Lerner but literally no one who puts the shirt on or manages us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 For me Lerner's biggest ****-up will always be letting O'Neill have so much control over all that money. And yet we did the same thing for 2 years after MON left. That would suggest to me that MON didn't have the control on finances some like to make out. Nope, him giving McLeish as much control as he did (or appointing McLeish full stop) were also problems, I just think giving O'Neill free reign for almost 4 years was a bigger mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Sorry but what exactly has he done to mean this club has gone from being worth 60m when he bought it to 200m now? Your going to have to explain that to me because we are back where we started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Sorry but what exactly has he done to mean this club has gone from being worth 60m when he bought it to 200m now? Your going to have to explain that to me because we are back where we started. Clubs in the prem are worth more in general and we have had record revenues since he's been here thats why we have that sort of valuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 For me Lerner's biggest ****-up will always be letting O'Neill have so much control over all that money. Possibly. It does however perhaps really highlight the incompetence of the man that when he decides to get rid of O'Neill, at a time when he apparently wanted to cut the wage bill/slash spending, he goes out and appoints a known cheque book manager in Houllier. Then with in weeks of him arriving we spend the best part of 30 mill on two players and add around 200k a week on to the wage bill in 2 permanent signings in Bent and Makoun and three loans/temporary signings in Walker, Bradley and Pires. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 For me Lerner's biggest ****-up will always be letting O'Neill have so much control over all that money. Possibly. It does however perhaps really highlight the incompetence of the man that when he decides to get rid of O'Neill, at a time when he apparently wanted to cut the wage bill/slash spending, he goes out and appoints a known cheque book manager in Houllier. Then with in weeks of him arriving we spend the best part of 30 mill on two players and add around 200k a week on to the wage bill in 2 permanent signings in Bent and Makoun and three loans/temporary signings in Walker, Bradley and Pires. He didn't get rid of O'Neill though. O'Neill resigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Inflation New TV deal.. Renovations he did to VP and the training ground.. Cover his debts etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 For me Lerner's biggest ****-up will always be letting O'Neill have so much control over all that money. Possibly. It does however perhaps really highlight the incompetence of the man that when he decides to get rid of O'Neill, at a time when he apparently wanted to cut the wage bill/slash spending, he goes out and appoints a known cheque book manager in Houllier. Then with in weeks of him arriving we spend the best part of 30 mill on two players and add around 200k a week on to the wage bill in 2 permanent signings in Bent and Makoun and three loans/temporary signings in Walker, Bradley and Pires. He didn't get rid of O'Neill though. O'Neill resigned. Threw his toys out of the pram cause daddy would'nt give him any more money to spend. Spending to much on toys he did not use!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 The guy who wrote the article has tweeted that Randy has been actively looking in the States. Hopefully we aren't limiting ourselves in who we'd be willing to sell to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) Apparently It's just been denied as 'absolute rubbish' on five live by Paul Faulkner. Edited February 2, 2014 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 After reports in a tabloid newspaper that Aston Villa's American owner Randy Lerner is prepared to sell the club for £200m, BBC Sport's Pat Murphy tells BBC Radio 5 live: "Randy Lerner has treated that story with disdain. "I have just spoken to Aston Villa's chief executive Paul Faulkner; he says he has spoken to Lerner and the story is nonsense, there's no truth in it. "Faulkner says he speaks to Lerner three or four times a day and he watches every game, no matter where he is in the world. "He (Faulkner) added that Lerner had put £250m into the club and has no intention of walking away." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 So why not back your manager. Just go Randy. Time is up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I cant believe anything our club says anymore. Especially if its from that PR robot Faulkner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) The guy who wrote the article has tweeted that Randy has been actively looking in the States. Hopefully we aren't limiting ourselves in who we'd be willing to sell to. He should definitely be limiting who he is willing to sell to. We don't want someone like Yeung or Venky's to take over. Edited February 2, 2014 by Mantis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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