It transpires that Randy Lerner was in the country today and while there were suggestions that maybe he was over here to sanction some much-needed transfer funds, someone in the previous thread called it spot on (ITK Lionheart? or a pure guess?) in that he was indeed here to have talks with a prospective new CEO, in Arsenal’s chief commercial manager, Tom Fox;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11044183/Arsenals-Tom-Fox-close-to-being-appointed-Aston-Villa-chief-executive.html”
Now it makes sense that we need a new CEO, but does it make sense that we would look to appoint one when there are suggestions that we’re close to being sold?
I’d suggest not, as if a sale was imminent, surely a prospective owner would want to look to bring his own man in?
Or could it be that Lerner is working with a prospective buyer and the latter wants Fox in?
I doubt it personally.
Which probably means that any dreams we might have had about a big fat transfer pot in this window have er, gone straight out of the window.
Ah well, it was a nice thought while it lasted.
As for Fox being American, I’m not sure if that means anything.
My friend always says you must cut your cloth according to what you can afford…
Fact is were not a mega rich club and we are where we are simple…
I do question some of lamberts tatics but, he can only work with what he has.
With the budget he has I doubt if to many more could do alot better..
But even so good tactics even with that team could take us into top ten imo
Oohah……your a typical politician like supporter. Moan alot, talk alot and say fuck all.
Feel free to give us your masterplan on how we will improve with ANY manager working under the same financial constraints! Any sentence without ‘WANKFEST’ will do for a start.
DONT give us your Villa related problems…..give us your Villa related SOLUTIONS.
Very easy look at saints with pochetino. That’s the sort of manager we need.
Great solution that. You must have put alot of thought into that ONE sentence solution…..but at least you didnt use the ‘W’ word……congratulations 🙂
hardly the solution isn’t Pinocchio at spurs 🙁 top players and managers go 2 teams on the up not teams finishing in bottom 6 and reducing wages over the same period. spurs av spent well over 100 million last season alone.
if we had thrown our hat in the ring, u think he would av chosen over villa over top 4 challenging spuds lmao
No but he might of when it was between us and saints
Thanks Wangford
Pochetino is a cheque book manager in the same mould as Redknapp. So how on earth would he cope with the financial constraints in place. He also downed tools in the same way as MON and Pulis. We dont need a manager with no backbone. At least Lambert has proven (twice) that he can retain our PL with virtually fuck all to spend. We will be moving 5 or 6 places up the table this season……mark my words!
And from what i read this tom fox fella knows how to strikes deal. Hw comes from the most profitable premier league club. I hope he can make the correct discions to improve us financially.
with gradual higher league positioning you can build a team to compete top 4. With good scouts, youth systems and first team coaches surley anything is possible! Some of you guys are so defeatist. Man city may have been built in a day but Rome was not! Of you want to help the villa then start supporting.
Oohah just say Lambert would of spent the money he has been given on 4 quality players. Say 3 of those players get injured, where would that of left us? Bearing in mind it’s only really now that we gave a 25 man squad as we’ve always been low on numbers.
True but the only 2 quality players vlaar and Benteke have been injured long term and our reserves surely wouldn’t be any worse than the dross lamberk has signed.
Oohah – what you seem unable to grasp is that the managers you keep mentioning would never have come to Villa under the restrictions being placed on the club by RL. When you come up with a realistic suggestion it would be worth debating it!
Disagree pochetino went to saints they didn’t have money to spend at that time and below us in the league
And if I remember correctly he had no pedigree and was widely tipped to fail. You are a master of hindsight, I’ll give you that!
Don’t really think you can say Vlaar is quality especially when you point out he makes at least one mistake every game, is worse than Zat Knight and is out injured for a third of the season. How have you come to the conclusion he’s quality? Surely not on the basis of the World Cup and Stoke away?
Agree but he has improved and the best ch we have. Having said that I won’t lose any sleep if he went to saints or wherever.
Joe Bennett reported as joining Brighton on a season long loan – sounds like a sensible move as we have cover at left back with Stevens, Baker and Clarke (you can argue about the quality!) Also Ladbrokes reckon that (with our fixture list early season) PL as first EPL manager to get the sack at 7/1 is a good price. That’ll cheer up OohAh lol
7/1 not much chance of it happening odds are quite long. Lambert always seems to do just enough and even if he was sacked so what we will only end up with Roy big bollocks!! Pointkess
Has Ian robbo just twitted a welcome to the potential new owner? I’m hearing he has welcomed a certain gentleman to the club. Is this correct?
I may be wrong
Probably talking about the new CEO…Tom Fox
Don’t think so he has allegedly named another. Linked to Lerner’s current visit to Italy. It’s a names associated with cruise ships.
Captain Birdseye?
Edward John Smith.
We’ve bid 8 million for Mark Noble.
Have you got a link can’t find anywhere cheers
Good news if true vlaar to utd! http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/729432045?-11177:843
A plan?
How about;
1) Ignore the EXTRA £30 mill a year we have coming in from Sky for a second.
2)Forget the £10 mill max spend in this window.
3)Sack Lambert.
4)Go back to the original money that Lambert has had (£20 odd mill a season, even though we’ve pretty much balanced the books, having massacred the wages).
5)Get a new manager in.
6)Re-introduce the EXTRA £30 million into the equation, with Lerner sticking say, £8 mill in his arse pocket and the manager gets the other £22 mill.
7) Buy some decent, experienced players, around/approaching their peak, not has beens.
Works for me.
Now tell me why not, eh?
It never ceases to amaze me that we’ve balanced the books and this EXTRA money seems to just get constantly ignored.
We ain’t spending it, so it can only be going to one person.
Yes, on the face of it, Lambert might be doing a super job in the face of adversity.
But I’ll bet he isn’t doing it for the love of the club.
Cynical? Moi?
Well said Badger. Your not just a pretty face mate 🙂 lol
Vlaars nearly 30 no one will come in for Vlaar with a long deal
Geoff Cameron ?Seb Blanco?
JD, nearly 30 isn’t out of the way for a defender these days.
I see what you’re saying though, in that he doesn’t look up to a full season.
Either way, he’s going to go for the best overall deal he can get, which is a time/wages balance.
And no doubt we’re not going to offer him the wages 🙁
He’ll be on a free, after all.
Oohah, selling Vlaar isn’t good news in my eyes.
Well he’s the best CH we have badger il give you that. But that’s not saying much. With or without him I think we have enough to stay up tbh.
I’ve just seen Bennett has gone on loan to Brighton.
Fair play and good luck.
Probably his level, at best imo.
I see Sanchez is down to play Saturday, I wonder who will be benched? my thoughts Wiesmann, if it was me Abonglahor.
SSN…confirming Tom Fox as new CEO
Tom Fox new CEO. Now confirmed on OS. First job is to get Vlaar, Delph and Grealish signed up.
Welcome to VP Tom……please make us shitloads of money to spend on the TEAM!!!
Tom Fox is an excellent appointment.
Contract wise-
Vlaar YES
Grealish YES
Delph NO.
I can’t see the fasination with him, don’t rate him at all.
Delph is our best midfielder I would think that’s why people rate him! He is in a pretty shot team with some terrible players around hI’m, linking up with Ben net, Kea, tonev, weimann, gabby, none of them have great movement, vision, or guile, stick inestia in that team and even he would look average! With better players and better movement around him he will become a far better player, last season was his 21st proper full season and he improved massively so if he can improve by even half as much this year with some better players around him then we have some player on our hands!
Did you rate the win Saturday haven’t seen you on here since maybe cus it was something positive I guess.
Pathetic remarks and yes I did enjoy the win on Saturday.
Ditto
Mickey Arison?
What about him?
Has his name come up again?
Reading tweets the club has been sold to an individual American “involved in USA’S biggest sport”…. hope it’s true.
Good article here;
http://sport.bt.com/sportfootball/football/englishfootball/barclayspremierleague/villa-guilty-of-a-lack-of-ambition-S11363928110302
Is Tom Fox the new CEO for a new owner or is it that we need a CEO ?Why would Tom Fox give up his Arsenal job only to be moved on when Lerner sells?
He wouldn’t.
Which is why it’s either he’s here for Lerner or a prospective owner.
He certainly isn’t here temporarily.
Lerner has the club up for sale