The Fun Factory Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Fact: Although we escaped relegation by the skin of our teeth, our club is ripe for a takeover. Low player costs and wages - for a team this big - who owns their own ground, with room for development and links to London via HS2, make both Birmingham and Villa an attractive proposition. We need: Investment in the team. A higher wage budget. Room to compete for better signings - challenging teams above and around us for the best talent. A new owner who can increase funding for the club - sponsors, marketing and other unique ways. Investment into the team is a priority to stop us falling down into the next division - which is going to happen if we continue as we are. The club also needs a USP - it needs to be a brand. We have ZERO identity and this is something the next owners need to look at. We need to be marketed in our own way to appeal to sponsors and fans. Lerner is staying but cash injection from naming rights. Feel free to make a note of the date and time ;-) Sony? 'Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to the new era and support your new team for the 21st Century- Birmingham Villans' Rebooted 2.0 for the new dawn of football dominance. Joking aside, we will get sold this summer- they haven't denied all the rumours and even Sir Graham thinks so. That's enough for me. If this will make any difference to Villa in the long run I have no idea but it can't be any worse than the last 3 seasons-can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Today $200 million is a joke price for the club which always made this rumour ridiculous to me. Why the hell would Lerner sell for that amount? People have really allowed themselves to get carried away on scuttlebutt You mean £200 million? You reckon it's too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Today $200 million is a joke price for the club which always made this rumour ridiculous to me. Why the hell would Lerner sell for that amount? People have really allowed themselves to get carried away on scuttlebutt You mean £200 million? You reckon it's too much. I meant GBP 200 million. With the new TV money it's worth far more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Today $200 million is a joke price for the club which always made this rumour ridiculous to me. Why the hell would Lerner sell for that amount? People have really allowed themselves to get carried away on scuttlebutt You mean £200 million? You reckon it's too much. I meant GBP 200 million. With the new TV money it's worth far more. But 200M would mean Lerner would get the money back that he put in. If he wants out so badly why would he risk the chance of a deal falling through by demanding more? Plus if he stays as owner he will need to invest more for us to even stay in the league. I think he will be gone in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StanBalaban Posted May 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2014 I been digging some thing out from someone who once played here, he saying good things 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted May 11, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted May 11, 2014 This thread is embarrassing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 our whole club is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 If we need a new brand, we need more than a name. We need an image. Bad boys. Or barca-esque, or young and hungry, or all out attack, Long ball or stoke-like (pre-Hughes). Won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 This thread is embarrassing! You should see the equivalent thread on TBAR. It's absolutely cringe-worthy, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcwills10 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/paul-lambert-and-aston-villa.915679/page-1 This is a little bit surreal. Sunderlands biggest fan sight and they basically have an 8 page thread arguing about how shit Villa are, they really hate us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted May 11, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted May 11, 2014 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/paul-lambert-and-aston-villa.915679/page-1 This is a little bit surreal. Sunderlands biggest fan sight and they basically have an 8 page thread arguing about how shit Villa are, they really hate us Very subjective comment. On the contrary, I would suggest that they realise how the mighty have fallen. Sunderland were like Villa a massive club and some of their fans empathise: "Your living in the past fella just like many safc and av fans............. av were a big club and so were sunderland.................av have won the european cup....but so have derby!..............look at the history of both clubs and there are a lot of parallels............. sunderland like av were once the best in the land but no more !sad but get real at this present time av are no better than sunderland end off!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suttonpaul Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) I agree with there fans I hate our fans who say 'our massive club'. We are a big club a top 10 in the country club we have a big amount of potential but it stops there take out stuff that happened over 50 years ago and our record is crap for a big club. Edited May 11, 2014 by suttonpaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted May 11, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted May 11, 2014 I agree with there fans I hate our fans who say 'our massive club'. We are a big club a top 10 in the country club we have a big amount of potential but it stops there take out stuff that happened over 50 years ago and our record is crap for a big club. Accept your point, but 1981/82 is well less than "50 years ago" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Think most of the anger directed at us is due to that numptey Villa fan arguing with them tbf. MON lite and MON tribute act in relation to Lambert tickled me a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Only a few more days and we can hopefully put all this to bed I agree with there fans I hate our fans who say 'our massive club'. We are a big club a top 10 in the country club we have a big amount of potential but it stops there take out stuff that happened over 50 years ago and our record is crap for a big club. Yeah. We're historically a big club, but that counts for nothing these days. Ask forest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I agree with there fans I hate our fans who say 'our massive club'. We are a big club a top 10 in the country club we have a big amount of potential but it stops there take out stuff that happened over 50 years ago and our record is crap for a big club Accept your point, but 1981/82 is well less than "50 years ago" Also, 50 years ago was 1963/4 when very bad things (e.g. finishing 19th in the old 1st Division) were happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suttonpaul Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I agree with there fans I hate our fans who say 'our massive club'. We are a big club a top 10 in the country club we have a big amount of potential but it stops there take out stuff that happened over 50 years ago and our record is crap for a big club. Accept your point, but 1981/82 is well less than "50 years ago" True enough but even that is over 30 years ago! Top 10 is where we are size wise we shouldn't pretend we are bigger than that. Of course if Ellison buys us and throws 500m at us we can argue we are in a few years legitimately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I agree with there fans I hate our fans who say 'our massive club'. We are a big club a top 10 in the country club we have a big amount of potential but it stops there take out stuff that happened over 50 years ago and our record is crap for a big club. Accept your point, but 1981/82 is well less than "50 years ago" True enough but even that is over 30 years ago! Top 10 is where we are size wise we shouldn't pretend we are bigger than that. Of course if Ellison buys us and throws 500m at us we can argue we are in a few years legitimately When are you going to get your head around FFP? Some posters on this thread do not seem to understand the ramifications of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete101 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/paul-lambert-and-aston-villa.915679/page-1 This is a little bit surreal. Sunderlands biggest fan sight and they basically have an 8 page thread arguing about how shit Villa are, they really hate us Hate seeing our fans on other clubs forums being so ignorant , agree we are a bigger club but no need to troll their thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suttonpaul Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I agree with there fans I hate our fans who say 'our massive club'. We are a big club a top 10 in the country club we have a big amount of potential but it stops there take out stuff that happened over 50 years ago and our record is crap for a big club.Accept your point, but 1981/82 is well less than "50 years ago" True enough but even that is over 30 years ago! Top 10 is where we are size wise we shouldn't pretend we are bigger than that. Of course if Ellison buys us and throws 500m at us we can argue we are in a few years legitimately When are you going to get your head around FFP? Some posters on this thread do not seem to understand the ramifications of it. I assume you are being ironic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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