pacbuddies Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Mr Lerner, We don't bounce the ball up and down a court and shoot it into a basket. We don't hit a small ball with a rounded wooden bat and then leg it around a square on our way home. We don't dress up like padded freaks and chase an over-sized egg with the intention of putting it on the floor by some big sticks. What we do is kick or head a round ball (occasionally using other legitimate parts of the body too) with the intention of scoring a goal in the other teams net. It's called football and it is becoming more apparent every day that you now nothing about it and what makes it such a wonderful game to play and support. Bearing this in mind I suggest you return to the USA having sold the club to someone who knows what the heck they are doing and what the game is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PandaMac Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I'm not going to slate Lerner like some on here because I really appreiciate what he's done for the club since he arrived but surely he can see the need and provide the funds for a couple new players this January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I'm not going to slate Lerner like some on here because I really appreiciate what he's done for the club since he arrived but surely he can see the need and provide the funds for a couple new players this January. You appreciate the fact where now worse than before he took over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powell91 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) I can understand him being a 'man in the background' type of chairman but it's not like we hear from Faulkner either. We could do with a statement of intent from either of them. only problem there is that there would actually have to be intent in order for there to be a statment of intent. Edited January 12, 2013 by powell91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejoker Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Time for Randy to go now, if only it was that simple. I think Randy probabl realises it's time to go as well. Not that many billionaires out there to take over though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benireduk Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I'm really not sure what Lerner could do now. Personally I think the damage has already been done. Even if Randy said "here's £40m, go and find the players who are going to keep us up." Lambert has stated he's not going for experience, so which young players with premier league experience would want to come? Randys ploughed millions in, but surely he realises if we DO go down, it will seriously devalue the club if he wants to sell. I honestly don't see where we go from here, but if we carry on as we are, we're going down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PandaMac Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 You appreciate the fact where now worse than before he took over? Didn't we finish 16th in dougs last season. Still very possible to achieve this season. Add into the funding he gave mon to try and get CL football which was a gamble which didn't pay off. And not that it means much now to matters on the pitch but all of the things that have improved off it goes to show he wanted success but maybe was a little to for want of a better word enthusiastic. Unfortunately I think he's going the completely to the other end of the scale and not putting enough in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heskeygoalmachine Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/aston-villa-transfers.html Lerner gets a lot of stick but he has backed every manager, under Oneil everybody wanted an owner like Lerner, If you look Lambert has spent £23mil on the players we have, thats not down to Lerner where we are its Lambert who spent them millions on some poor players IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 How do people just look at money spent and think he's a good owner? Like there's nothing else to do when running a club. Mind blowing really. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 The big issue is that under Lerner the number of players we have let go for no fees at all just to reduce the wage bill is ridiculous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) http://www.transferl...-transfers.html Lerner gets a lot of stick but he has backed every manager, under Oneil everybody wanted an owner like Lerner, If you look Lambert has spent £23mil on the players we have, thats not down to Lerner where we are its Lambert who spent them millions on some poor players IMO What choice did he have!!! The chairman wants the wage bill slashed? Did you think Lambert was going to do what BFM did and just sign 3 players on 60k+ a week deal over 5 years!!! This squad needed players gone and players in over numerous positions. 20m got us exactly what we see on the pitch and you quite simply get what you pay for. . Edited January 12, 2013 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 The bottom line is that the common denominator over the last seasons of abject failure has been Lerner. A succession of managers appointed by him and his incompetent sidekick Faulkner have led to the situation we now find ourselves in. Nobody can justifiably defend this level of incompetent mismanagement. If he was running the company you worked for or the bank where you had all your savings you would be screaming for his head. He is a bad fit for Villa as he was for the Cleveland Browns. Until such time as he goes we will continue to suffer. Support him and reap what you sow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 He backed Lambert in the summer. The signings aren't working. It's easy to blame PL for this as he signed the players but this whole wage bill issue is whats really got us in this mess IMO. PL had to go to other divisions to find players who won't want £X a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Beginning to think he wants the wage bill slashed so he can leave asap in the knowledge he left the club able to cover itself... Shouldn't be too much of a problem with Championship wages & attendances in the low to mid 20k's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 What choice did he have!!! The chairman wants the wage bill slashed? Did you think Lambert was going to do what BFM did and just sign 3 players on 60k+ a week deal over 5 years!!! This squad needed players gone and players in over numerous positions. 20m got us exactly what we see on the pitch and you quite simply get what you pay for. . It amazes me that some people will actually dispute this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Terrible owner. Not run the football club well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Five year plan? ha ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) Five year plan? ha ha ha. The plan was for us to be in the championship Edited January 12, 2013 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Thank GOD people are waking up to what an awful owner he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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