Randy Lerner has been looking to sell Aston Villa since the summer and had given the task of selling the club to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Two parties have showed their intent of purchasing the club and have already held discussions in regards to a potential take over. However there are two issues that may impact the sale of the club.
Firstly, Premier League survival. A common theme that is always brought up when discussing the sale of the club. Should Aston Villa get relegated the current price of roughly £100 million would drop significantly. But it’s unknown whether or not relegation would have an impact of the clients interest in the club.
Coincidentally, should Villa stay up, Villa would benefit from the £5 billion TV broadcast deal effectively increasing the value of the club. But it’s unknown whether or now Lerner will increase the price of the club should this occur.
While the sale of the club may not rank very high on the list of concerns a Villa fan may have; it’s still good to see that there are two serious parties and some level of discussions have already taken place. A new owner by the summer transfer window would be fantastic, as fresh investment might potentially steer Villa club of a relegation battle for at least a season.
I was so stressed i turned over just before the Baggies scored. Could only stay away for about 3 mins so couldn’t believe it was 1-1 when I turned back on. TBH I only turned back as I decided to see what Grealish played like.
massive win. What a finish. Hopefully Gabby and Benteke will score a few more now, and the team must get a massive confidence boost from that. Fair play to the team to keep going right to the end after being pegged back.
Boom
Quality performance, hunger, desire and passion, all you want, yeah they were nervy but you can expect that. At last a bit of luck, foster looked dodgy all night. Was great to see some zip in our passing, moved it about with pace, much more like it, well done lads, well done Tim sherwood
Sherwood fielded the team who got us into the crap, rather than anyone bought to get us out of it. I have to say all the players I don’t like put in a real shift in the first half, so hats off to Gabby, N’zog, Cleverley and Delph – not forgetting Lowton trying his best at LB and eventually blagging that penalty. Great finish from Gabby and very close to another.
Some of that dubious white stuff left behind by Culverhouse must have gotten into the tea. The team that emerged for the second half were dazed and second to the ball, whereas in the first half they had been winning even the 40-60s. Still the defence looked good enough until that corner. Then Guzan’s inability to dominate his area cost us. Lescott had to move away from the goal line to head the ball back – so it would have taken a phenomenal header to direct it into the net from where he met the ball. Therefore Berahino was the only target that Lescott had that Guzan needed to cover. He never moved.
All I can say is thank fuck for Ben Foster he had a mare. But we got that luck for first time this season.
“Blagging the penalty”??? What you smoking?? It was blatant.
Great result, played well let’s just concentrate on the positives, nice to see our manager with lots of passion.
2 days ago I said I was feeling sick…….and in 90 +4 mins it was just terrible……looking through fingers and just seeing Bentekes feet……….yes yes yes………
Thought the last min pen at Chelsea (Barry 4-4) was unbearable but this was 10 times worse….still in the brown stuff and all the other teams know how to stop us now.
The thing that got me the most about that game from watching on TV was the atmosphere in villa park. The doom and gloom was not there. I know it was a derby game but this is the sort of atmosphere that needs to be produced for every remaining home game. I think it actually intimidated the Baggies for most of the game. We have to believe in these players from now until the end of the season. Everyone of them put a shift in tonight including Cleverly. There are good players in this team just short on belief in their own ability.
UTV.
Good interview from Sherwood on BT sport tonight. Looks like he has got a clear idea what he wants from the team, and knows we are not a team of scrappers, so need to be on the front foot and controlling the game, and commit players forward. What a refreshing change.
I got the same impression DS, he knows what we are about and didn’t want to say it but thought we maybe a little unfit…. Well from what I have seen over the last two games he is certainly making them eat their 3 shredded wheat now.
He also said that the squad is not set up for a relegation battle. We are more mid table Europa cup team. Says it all about Lamberks tactics.