Boardroom structure

When at Cleveland Browns Lerner hired supposed well respected but unproven people. A bit like Almstadt, Fox, Riley.

King & Berenstein would have said this is the manager you need, these are the players you need to get rid of, these are the players you need to buy, these are the players you need to keep & this is how much it will cost.

This manager will come in, you will need to act swiftly, and this guy Reilly has got to go.

Reilly probably said to Randy, that is bullocks, wait for the Championship play offs to be over we can get Bruce for half the price and he will only need half what they say, I have a list of players from FIFA 2015 on my I pad, trust me.

Randy listened, King & Berenstein with great pain and disdain, exasperated, resign.

Yep, thats pretty much my take on it, too.

I just remembered that Southgate was at the game recently. Now I don't believe he was there as a guest or a spectator or an advisor. I'm sure he was there with a view to taking on a role in the club so whatever happened yesterday wasn't a straw that broken a camel's spinal column. This was a recent and massive breaking of a promise.

I hope the leaks continue. This is far more exciting than our season.

Trotters wrote:I just remembered that Southgate was at the game recently. Now I don't believe he was there as a guest or a spectator or an advisor. I'm sure he was there with a view to taking on a role in the club so whatever happened yesterday wasn't a straw that broken a camel's spinal column. This was a recent and massive breaking of a promise.

I hope the leaks continue. This is far more exciting than our season.

Maybe he's bought the club or won it from Lerner in a game of strip poker.

FoxyAV wrote:

Trotters wrote:I just remembered that Southgate was at the game recently. Now I don't believe he was there as a guest or a spectator or an advisor. I'm sure he was there with a view to taking on a role in the club so whatever happened yesterday wasn't a straw that broken a camel's spinal column. This was a recent and massive breaking of a promise.

I hope the leaks continue. This is far more exciting than our season.

Maybe he's bought the club or won it from Lerner in a game of strip poker.

Pretty sure he was there to watch Rashford with a view to the U21s.

However, sitting just behind him, between Doug and Ian Taylor was a guy I didn't recognise at all.

Someone get a screenshot and we'll compare it to known photos of Micky Arison.

ViewFromT2 wrote:

FoxyAV wrote:

Trotters wrote:I just remembered that Southgate was at the game recently. Now I don't believe he was there as a guest or a spectator or an advisor. I'm sure he was there with a view to taking on a role in the club so whatever happened yesterday wasn't a straw that broken a camel's spinal column. This was a recent and massive breaking of a promise.

I hope the leaks continue. This is far more exciting than our season.

Maybe he's bought the club or won it from Lerner in a game of strip poker.

Pretty sure he was there to watch Rashford with a view to the U21s.

However, sitting just behind him, between Doug and Ian Taylor was a guy I didn't recognise at all.

It was the new Mr Bean.

Out of respect to Hollis I think King And Bernstein will not comment further, out of sympathy for Hollis, they should tell all.

It is a shame that, as a general rule, a Peer Of The Realm does not tweet.

Does anyone know who this guy next to Doug is?...apologies if it is somebody that I should know...but I don't, so there!!

Trotters wrote:It is a shame that, as a general rule, a Peer Of The Realm does not tweet.

No, but his Butler may do

ViewFromT2 wrote:Does anyone know who this guy next to Doug is?...apologies if it is somebody that I should know...but I don't, so there!!

I hope its a new goalkeeper.

It's a shame he's not looking back at the blonde lady. For sure he'd looked like Arison then.

They were saying on the news that Little and Bevington are both considering their positions carefully, I'm expecting them to resign by the end of the month

Bevington gone now

https://twitter.com/bbcsport_david

What can one say that hasn't been said a thousand times, very dark times ahead indeed!

Wookster wrote:Bevington gone now

https://twitter.com/bbcsport_david

 That shows David Bernsteins resignation but doesn't mention Bevington?

This latest Pic of our board, needs some ammending --- sorry.

Pugh, Hugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub



Pugh and Hugh resigned at the Weekend.
Dibble and Cuthbert were sacked / dismissed 2 weeks ago.

Barney Mcgrew is going to stand on top of the Holte next match with a Villa/Confedrates Flag...just like 'Iwo Jima'
and is going to launch tear gas grenades into the 'customers not coming in.
Grub is going to watch Arsenal with his retained bodyguard in attendance.

That's as upto date as I can make it. 2 people missing I know

South London Villan wrote:When at Cleveland Browns Lerner hired supposed well respected but unproven people. A bit like Almstadt, Fox, Riley.

King & Berenstein would have said this is the manager you need, these are the players you need to get rid of, these are the players you need to buy, these are the players you need to keep & this is how much it will cost.

This manager will come in, you will need to act swiftly, and this guy Reilly has got to go.

Reilly probably said to Randy, that is bullocks,  wait for the Championship play offs to be over we can get Bruce for half the price and he will only need half what they say, I have a list of players from FIFA 2015 on my I pad, trust me.

Randy listened, King & Berenstein with great pain and disdain, exasperated, resign.

Lets be honest though. - we are making £27m a year losses. If Bernstein and King were expecting a massive war chest to fund the rebirth of the villa that was never going to happen.

My expections have been driven so low - Bruce from Hull and the money from player sales wouldn't be the worst outcome IMO.

What I fear is Eric Black in charge, sell whoever bids come in for, fill the team with loan players and under 21's.

Can't see us paying any compensation for anybody, we could easily end up with Black in charge by default!

achilles wrote:Can't see us paying any compensation for anybody, we could easily end up with Black in charge by default!

Not sure - weve paid in the past.

There is no boardroom structure, it's as simple as that. Hollis appointed men to fix the obvious problem, they came up with the solutions, Randy didn't listen and shelved their ideas immediately. It is clear that no new fresh thinking will be allowed, it's merely a PR gloss to give the impression that things are changing. Thankfully there were two men of distinguished standing who were not prepared to go along with the charade. The boardroom begins and ends with Randolph Lerner. We are fucked as we know it.

smetro wrote:

achilles wrote:Can't see us paying any compensation for anybody, we could easily end up with Black in charge by default!

Not sure - weve paid in the past.

Yes and over the odds but I think that is about to change with our relegation and Hollis 'in charge' of reducing all expenditure.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36094976

The departure of David Bernstein and Lord King from the Aston Villa board was triggered by a bitter fall-out with the club's owner Randy Lerner.

Bernstein and King wrote to Villa chairman Steve Hollis on Monday, tendering their resignations with immediate effect.

It can now be revealed that their decisions were the result of a highly unpleasant exchange with Lerner.

After joining Villa in March and February respectively, Bernstein and King grew increasingly frustrated at the lack of progress they were able to make.

This came to a head when email communication between the pair, which included criticism of Lerner, was leaked to the US businessman.

Lerner responded with an email of his own that featured a stinging rebuke to Bernstein and King, which they felt left their positions untenable.

The incident was hinted at in King's resignation letter, which he started by telling Hollis: "You will be aware of recent communications between the owner of Aston Villa and members of the Football Board.

"Following these, I am sure you will understand that it is with real sorrow that I am writing to tender my resignation as a director of Aston Villa Football Club Ltd with immediate effect.

"I do not take this course of action lightly. As a supporter for over 55 years, how could I?"

Bernstein and King were stunned by the content and tone of Lerner's email - especially lifelong Villa fan King, given he has known the American since his takeover in 2006.

The Aston Villa fans have made their feelings about Randy Lerner clear at Villa Park this season

Despite their dissatisfaction, it is likely Bernstein and King would have stayed at Villa until Lerner had fulfilled his aim of selling the club. But the hostile interaction created a rift that could not be repaired.

King, a former Governor of the Bank of England, added: "It is no longer possible to carry out the role that I was asked to perform. When you [Hollis], David Bernstein and I were asked join the board, we were able to make a start. But progress has stalled."

Bernstein's resignation letter said: "I was invited on to the board to oversee a much needed review of the football side of the club including all aspects of operations at Bodymoor Heath.

"Following this I was to lead the implementation of this review and the ongoing management of football at Aston Villa. To this end a football board was created consisting of four people with considerable football and relevant experience. For this new structure to work it required all at the club to accept new disciplines, clear reporting lines and to adhere to the authority delegated to the new football board.

"Unfortunately it has proved impossible to implement the agreed structure and my position has quickly become untenable. The issues at the club are fundamental and the solutions are radical and do not lend themselves to compromise."

It is understood that Bernstein and King came into Villa expecting a far greater level of authority and autonomy than they ultimately received.

Their initial communication with Lerner was positive, but that changed when they set about implementing their plans and it is not clear whether the owner was ever fully aware of the exact brief agreed between them and Hollis.

The newly formed football board - comprising Bernstein, King, former Villa player and manager Brian Little and ex-Football Association executive Adrian Bevington - never actually held a meeting or discussion as a group.

Little, who arrived on the same day as former FA and Manchester City chairman Bernstein, remains in his role as an advisor to the board.

Bevington is thought to be deliberating over whether to continue his work with the club, who were relegated from the Premier League with defeat at Manchester United last Saturday.

Before Bernstein and King left, they presented Hollis with a shortlist of candidates to succeed Remi Garde as manager following his sacking on 29 March.

Villa say the managerial search "remains a priority", while Hollis is "currently engaged in extensive negotiations in relation to the sale of the club".

achilles wrote:This came to a head when email communication between the pair, which included criticism of Lerner, was leaked to the US businessman.

Very interesting if true. Who could be the rat who a/ could get access to these "private" communications and b/ has their agenda served by ensuring Lerner gets visibility of them?