GENTLEMAN Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 General Krulak is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Krulak spotted.. He's an actual Director now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted March 17, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2016 Somewhere deep in the midlands Nicky Keyes just pulled the data plug out of the office phone. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 38 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Somewhere deep in the midlands Nicky Keyes just pulled the data plug out of the office phone. Damn, beat me to it. Although I did manage a cheeky go at this joke in his dedicated thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Nicky Keye will be made the new sporting director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Why do we have to suffer because you are completely useless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted March 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2016 (edited) Esteemed Leader Kim Jong 11 Lerner March 2016 Comrades Fox and Amstadt have been 'removed' for their anti-republic crushing manoeuvres with immediate effect. The appointment of the friend of my esteemed father Kim Jung 1 Lerner; Comrade General Krulak is a sign of our commitment to the republic of the Aston Villa corporation. Great Comrade Krulak is a peerless warrior and faux Villan who was at the vanguard of the Aston Villa revolution in 2006, which was arduous and full of trials, and continued to embroider the entire course of our noble revolutionary lives with an ardent love for and the lofty devotion to the republic. Criticism of the regime will not be tolerated. Public protests will be crushed! Edited March 17, 2016 by MikeMcKenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted March 19, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted March 19, 2016 clearing in the woods 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I will drive Randy Lerner out of this club if it is the last thing that I do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I think the fans at the game need to develop a specific chant aimed directly at Lerner. How's about the Tears For Fears classic, Shout? Just change it to OUT. Out, out, get the **** out. (or, Lerner get out) Lerner's someone we can do without, Jog on, we're talking to you, jog on. (or, move on, we're talking to you, move on) A large section of the crowd belting that out might make the feelings felt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Not every day you get a rocker asking you to sing along to Tears For Fears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I'm not a fan of Lerner. But unless we get a oil Billionaire, or someone who just wants to throw money at us, I think we will be more in the shit with a new owner, than we are now. In reality, we are in a very precarious position, we aren't making any money and we need a new owner to come in and keep us afloat, even before he looks at changing the squad. We can shout for Lerner out all we want, but he is keeping our heads above water at the moment, take that from under us, and we will definately be League 1 amateurs. Think of it this way. Are we 100% guaranteed that any new owner that came in, when we finally hit the championship, will fight as hard as (hopefully) we will to get us out of it. Or will they be happy staying in that league, running us as a profitable business. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 1 hour ago, foreveryoung said: I'm not a fan of Lerner. But unless we get a oil Billionaire, or someone who just wants to throw money at us, I think we will be more in the shit with a new owner, than we are now. In reality, we are in a very precarious position, we aren't making any money and we need a new owner to come in and keep us afloat, even before he looks at changing the squad. We can shout for Lerner out all we want, but he is keeping our heads above water at the moment, take that from under us, and we will definately be League 1 amateurs. Think of it this way. Are we 100% guaranteed that any new owner that came in, when we finally hit the championship, will fight as hard as (hopefully) we will to get us out of it. Or will they be happy staying in that league, running us as a profitable business. You are right about the Billionaire bit to win the league or qualify for CL As weve seen, a billionaire who hasnt got a clue can also get you relegated. So sod the Title or CL for now. Get a board, staff, manager & players that can 1) stop the slide 2) get us back in PL 3) consolidate us in the PL. Thats a 3/5 year plan for starters at least. If RL sells us within that time or shortly after we can breath a big sigh of relief. I'd start worrying about a new owner once it becomes a possibility 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adbo9 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Sacking Garde !!! ?? !!! Lerner IN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post terrytini Posted March 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2016 11 hours ago, foreveryoung said: I'm not a fan of Lerner. But unless we get a oil Billionaire, or someone who just wants to throw money at us, I think we will be more in the shit with a new owner, than we are now. In reality, we are in a very precarious position, we aren't making any money and we need a new owner to come in and keep us afloat, even before he looks at changing the squad. We can shout for Lerner out all we want, but he is keeping our heads above water at the moment, take that from under us, and we will definately be League 1 amateurs. Think of it this way. Are we 100% guaranteed that any new owner that came in, when we finally hit the championship, will fight as hard as (hopefully) we will to get us out of it. Or will they be happy staying in that league, running us as a profitable business. Until a month ago I would have disagreed, since Lerner is, however unwittingly, the root cause of the malaise at the Club. It is his incompetence, distance, wretchedness, weakness, and neglect which pervades everything at the Club. Far more than crap Managers, and certainly more than endless players, he is the half hearted half soaked unspirited essence of the Club. From him, stems those same characteristics throughout the culture of the Club. Whilst we have had poor Managers, his sickly influence has magnified their weaknesses, whilst we have had some poor players, his lack of interest or ambition has quickly rubbed off on them and their better quality teammates. BUT. I now believe, (rightly or wrongly, but it is a genuine belief) that he has, at last, realised all this, and is no longer going to be a problem. To the extent that I think the fans chanting the Lerner out song are now both missing the point and wasting their breath. (And I was one of them until a few weeks ago). He has, in my view, gone. I think the set up agreed in the States was that Lerner now has no input whatsoever into the Club (he always did have, reference each Manager still referred to him aas regards transfers etc). He has given it over to Hollis, not, as I first thought, to run it down, but to run it. The Board is as clear an indication of this as could be wished for. It is far more substantial than we would have if Lerner were retaining control. Bernstein in particular, and Little to not much less extent, will not have come in as patsys. I've said it a few times, he has cut his own head off, his mind is now 100% NOT the mind of the Club. Therefore it is irrelevant - except in circumstances where we got an oil sheik - whether he actually leaves, and could easily be worse. Because he is now totally isolated away from the Club, providing only funds, those on the Board will build a new culture - pretty quickly IMO - and his effect and influence, which was always far more damaging in greyer terms than just money, will disappear. Of course, the culture the new guys bring will not necessarily be any good, but it will be good or bad regardless of Lerner still being the owner. I know a lot of people cant see past getting shot of him, but IF I am correct in what has happened, there is simply nothing to be gained from it (quite apart from it being a remote possibility anyway). In fact we could end up in a position where the only relevance he would have would be to continue to be a target for fans when it was no longer productive - or worse, counter productive. What the new set up will also do, in tandem, (if it works)is create exactly the right conditions where a sale could be achieved easier. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2016 The Krulak thing worries me. I actually love the Football Board idea, and I'm sure that's Hollis' idea rather than Lerner as it's far too sensible. But having Krulak on the actual board sounds like Lerner doesn't quite trust everyone as much as he says he does to run the club, and Krulak is his eyes and ears to run everything back up the ladder to Lerner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: The Krulak thing worries me. I actually love the Football Board idea, and I'm sure that's Hollis' idea rather than Lerner as it's far too sensible. But having Krulak on the actual board sounds like Lerner doesn't quite trust everyone as much as he says he does to run the club, and Krulak is his eyes and ears to run everything back up the ladder to Lerner. I think Krulak is an arse. But you have to remember, you'll have a rat in all big businesses even if he is there just to report back to the owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Makes me laugh every time I read someone say 'Lerner has finally got us relegated just like he wanted' You seriously think Lerner is running the club into the ground on purpose? Is he bollocks. He is a fan of the club, he wants us to succeed, he's just been totally inept at doing that. The last thing he wants to see is us relegated and become a joke of a club. Just because it is happening don't mistake that for what he wants to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Bear Grylls is worth 20 mil and enjoys drinking his own piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I hope Lerner realises that he MUST throw $$$ into the club to get us back in the Premier League ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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