Dodgyknees Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: I've really had to divorce myself from this situation. At one point it was making me so angry that I was wishing nothing but death to this man. But then I realised, it just isn't worth it, this is a hobby, it's really a voluntary thing to support a football club, so why let it work me up so much? I really just do not care what happens for the reminder of this season. Cos we love this club and we don't need a tattoo to show off as proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Someone should convince him that doing a "Jack Hayward" is the right thing to do. Will never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Thanks Randy for saving me £72. Logged into my online avfc account on Friday afternoon to potentially pick up a couple of tickets for me and my son. It told me I didnt have the correct privileges to buy any... and today I see we had nearly 10,000 unsold tickets... WTF are your staff playing at? P.s. Thanks for saving me the humiliation first hand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 When I think about what I don't like about my job and all the things that could change to improve how the business and employees perform, it always comes down to limitations imposed and short sighted decisions made by leadership. The atmosphere at this club had been described as toxic a few times, well that's what happens when managers aren't given what they need to get results and employees (players) in turn don't feel rewarded or trusted, they lose focus and motivation and belief in themselves. The bad smell has been around for 5 years, we cut away players, coaches, managers, CEOs (although **** Paul Faulkner, the useless word removed) and only one man has been here the entire time. We will never get rid of the losing culture because the man at the top of the pile is the biggest loser of all. To think I used to defend this man, annoyed with O'Neill's misplaced spending and the emergence of Man City. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Please just cut your loses and sell the club - you are cursed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Any chance we can all ship in money for a nice holiday for Mr Lerner. I hear Syria is nice this time of year. Get him a room in downtown Aleppo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Remember everyone, its Randy Lerner's fault we lost 6-0 today!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbackbigron Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 It's a miracle how he has been so successful in business. Surely anyone with any business acumen would have realised this was one of the worst seasons to go down if you are trying to sell the club. It didn't take a genius to work out we only stayed up last season because of Benteke. Why on earth are the clowns who spent the transfer money on a group of players, none fit to play in the premier league still in post. I wish my boss would give me £35million to waste and still be able to keep my job. Randy if you have any jobs going in your company i'm available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Has he been successful in business? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbackbigron Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Not this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Has he been successful in business? His fathers business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 word removed. Total and utter word removed. CONSIDERABLY worse than Ellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post a m ole Posted February 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2016 7 minutes ago, R.Bear said: Remember everyone, its Randy Lerner's fault we lost 6-0 today!!! Absolutely typical of your attitude, you miss the point COMPLETELY. It's absolutely his fault we aren't equipped to compete in this league. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Dr_Pangloss said: I've really had to divorce myself from this situation. At one point it was making me so angry that I was wishing nothing but death to this man. But then I realised, it just isn't worth it, this is a hobby, it's really a voluntary thing to support a football club, so why let it work me up so much? I really just do not care what happens for the reminder of this season. Cos we love this club and we don't need a tattoo to show off as proof. why am I being made to post this again? I quoted a different post and it gave me the previous reply I did,.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 23 minutes ago, GENTLEMAN said: Please just cut your loses and sell the club - you are cursed. He had plenty of chances...! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 14, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2016 Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse ... man, this just totally sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 30 minutes ago, R.Bear said: Remember everyone, its Randy Lerner's fault we lost 6-0 today!!! Just curious. Why isn't it his fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaGull Posted February 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2016 Today, for the first time in the best part of 37 years of watching live football, I did something that I never thought I would do. I got up and walked out of a game after 62 minutes. I stood up from my seat in Trinity Road, walked down the stairs and out of the ground without the slightest pull to turn around and go back to my seat, not even the slightest glimmer. I used to say that I was proud to be a Villa fan. Unfortunately as things stands, how I feel at present is nothing but embarrassed. Mr Lerner, you have ripped the heart out of our club. You have turned our fearsome lion into a shadow of its former self. The sad thing for me, is that I think I saw this coming. To be honest, my claret & blue heart first started to break the day that Martin O’Neill walked out. From all accounts, he left when you wouldn’t release him the money you received from James Milner’s transfer to Man City. My, my, I wonder how much more you’ve let slip down the drain as a result of that decision…a lot more than the £26 million Milner was sold for I’d imagine. At some point shortly after, during the Gerard Houllier reign if I’m right, I was so concerned and frustrated at what I was seeing on the pitch, that I shouted ‘Lerner Out!’ across the stands. No-one else said a word…no-one joined in with me. Today as I was walking out of the ground, those words were ringing across the stands. There’s enough documented and known already this season about the shambles on the pitch, so I’m not going to go into that now. But what I would say is this, the club is rotten to the core, it’s everywhere you go. My little boy was a mascot recently. I was told that I had to buy him a kit to wear. Whilst I understand that this may be common practice, I was a bit disappointed to be asked to buy a kit rather than being given one, when I have invested thousands of pounds into the club over the years through buying season tickets. On the day, we were ushered into a run-down, forgotten part of the North Stand, with a half full vending machine and catering staff wheeling trolleys through to the boxes every few minutes. We were there 3 hours before the game, and not once offered a cup of tea or coffee. None of the kids were given even a glass of squash. I’m not sure what mascot experiences are like at other clubs, but can only imagine they are a lot better than the one currently offered at Villa. Today, we ordered some food from the catering in Trinity Road. The service was slow, and the girl who served us was rude and sullen. Not the biggest concern of my day by any means, but just another disappointing offering from Aston Villa Football Club. The worst thing of all Mr Lerner, you promised us better things….Proud History, Bright Future….not our words, yours. After all this will I be going to watch Villa in The Championship? Actually, yes I will. Why? Because they are my club, not yours ultimately. I and future generations of my family will be supporting Villa years after you are a distant memory. What keeps me going is the promise of a new dawn. The promise of the day when I will once again be proud to be a Villa fan. That day, Mr Lerner, will be the day that you are no longer anything to do with Aston Villa Football Club. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Lerner stinks of poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MikeMcKenna Posted February 14, 2016 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2016 Just home after another miserable three + hour trip back from VP. Can it get any worse? I am not going to comment on the result except to say our club is in ruins and that Until Lerner has gone there is no chance it will be rise again from the ashes. But in my opinion there is little hope of him going as I will explain in another post shortly. While the football side of the club is obviously the main focus, I spoke to a couple of people on the staff today. Basically they said the morale is rock bottom at every level 'off the pitch'. Almost all the middle management have either left or been fired since Tom Fox came on board. Many had been with Villa for years, were Villa through and through and despite the mess on the football front worked hard to keep things going commercially with some success. To add insult to injury from what I hear many of them were been treated extremely badly and that the atmosphere currently is toxic with many others fearing for their jobs. This may not effect what happens on the pitch but it is indicative of the state of AVFC behind the scenes and more evidence of the club being rotten to the core! Lerner has basically appointed a hatchet man in Tom Fox and Hollis's brief seems to be more of the same. I don't think they realize that there is a massive backlash coming. I spoke to at least a dozen season ticket holders today in the Trinity and only one said he is definitely renewing - importantly many of these pay well above the average S/Ticket price, buy regular 'extras' and other corporate stuff so AVFC's finances are going to take a further hammering. Many lambasted the directors, for the football but also the way they have treated so many of their loyal employees. Our club bears no resemblance to a "club" anymore. We are now the Aston Villa Football Corporation. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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