So, it would appear that what many of us thought is indeed true.
We haven’t got a pot to do the proverbial in and Randy Lerner has well and truly pulled the plug, according to the Sunday People/Mirror.
The article shows a shocking state of affairs, where Lerner has stripped his house near Bodymoor Heath and has apparently cut Paul Lambert’s request for £20 million in half and only given him £10 million including wages.
The article puts paid to a couple of points for me.
The first being that it pretty much proves Lerner’s wanting out of Aston Villa isn’t a pretend thing. Not that I ever thought it was.
And secondly, the article goes on to mention that the average wage in the Premier league is £64,000 a week or £3.2 million a year. So much for the massively over-paid players we had on the books that many kept complaining about (yes, ok some weren’t being used enough, but this is an average figure. Are all other club’s players fully utilised?).
Anyway, even if you want to debate that, against this average £64k a week, we have to be content in offering £20k.
Good grief, there are championship players getting a fair bit more than that!
And that for me, sums everything up.
My god Randy, I hope you know what you’re doing, as if you don’t make a sale and soon, we’re going to be in very serious trouble, with every likelyhood that we’re going down this time.
Even the Albion are totally embarassing us, in that they offered more money to Joleon Lescott.
You have to wonder why Lambert is swallowing this, as he’d have been very reasonable in walking away with at least some of his reputation intact, but my guess would be that he’s been offered a nice little bonus to stick with it.
What a shame it’s come to this. Randy Lerner was a man I quite admired when he first came, with all his talk about wanting to do the best for the club etc.
If this story is true, it seems to me he practically views us with contempt.
And that view is now reciprocal. The sooner he’s gone, the better, is how I now feel.
And that makes me feel sorry.
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75 responses to “Lambert limited to £10 mill spend, including wages!”
My thoughts as well Langford, I cannot understand modern ideas of today, I will not give in to that arsole Lerner, fuck him off now I say, the toe rag,
HEAR HEAR!!!!!
Read Keane could be done by Thursday, but most likely within the next 24 hours.
Also German reports claiming we want Pocognoli, a very average LB, something Lambert really likes to sign.
Sunderland players only cheered when he stepped down and one claimed he ruled with “iron fear”… Yes, he’s a great replacement for someone who supposedly bullied everyone in sight.
Things are looking up then Andrew???? 😀
No… I try to be optimistic but I can’t stand the idea of Roy Keane as assistant manager.
Nor me Andrew I also think if lamberk starts of poorly we have another shit cheap replacement to buy Lerner more time
I was jesting Andy. 😉
Also found out Michael Kennedy is Roy Keane’s Solicitor. Never good.
Only good news is Robinson and Gardner officially signed new 2 year deals today.
I figured Giddy, but this news… Just can’t make sarcastic jokes too. Too terrible.
Cant see Bent and Keane being bessie mates 🙂
Fuck off Lerner, the Villa is OURS!
Mate I can’t see Keane getting on with anyone.
That is the big problem. When players were cheering that he walked out, you know that there will be problems.
There’s a huge difference between passion/kicking the players in the butt to get them motivated and ruling with an iron fist.
Maybe the ideal partnership, because that prat Lambert cannot speak English,plus don’t understand football, and maybe we won’t get things like I thought we played well and should have won. Bloody idiot.
Its like a bad joke our bloody team. An Irishmen , a scot and well there’s no English and they normally tend to be the ones who see sense or just think logically to make the other two looks like idiots or the pun of the joke. Good god i think i have it.
and Englishman , Irishman and a scot all get offered a job at villa. The scot and the Irishman say yes please that sounds great. the Englishman doesn’t get an offer.
12 months later Aston villa re relegated
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boom boom!
It is an absolute disgrace, what is Lerner thinking? If you want tp sell your house it’s best to present it in good nick, not smash the windows and throw a burnt mattress on the front garden. Lerner you have let us all down more than you know. Lamberk, do the right thing and quit, how can those senior players that you isolated for so long now come back and back you, the dressing room, like the finances is fucked.
aston villa you great club what has randy lerner done,in just 8 years he has run the club into the ground,8 years ago we had mellburg larsen bouma delaney barry berger jpangel baros bar benteke what have we got now,it was lerner telling mon to sell off players then give houillier 30 million then sack him,appoint mcleish give him 20 million and approve contracts given a 35 year old injury prone keeper a 5 year contract jenas 1 year loan deal in which he made 2 appearances,hutton he also sacked him after 1 year. so after losing court case with mon he signed ireland bent makoun given zog hutton for big money and bigger wages decides enough is enough appoints lambert with seemingly buy young cheap players and hope it works lambert has spent between 30/40 million with really benteke only success now no money signing cole and sendros april fool was months ago how much of villa can he sell definitely lerner worst chairman in world