Randy Lerner Backed As Chairman

I like the fact Randy sounds like he will be a very hands off chairman and leave most jobs to people who are more capable of doing them. Unlike Doug who wanted to do everything himself.

I think we're that desperate to get rid of Doug we don't want to listen to another offer, when it 'may' be better. Can someone answer me this. Are there any transfer funds in place before Randy takes his seat? If AV06 come in with a higher bid, can Randy up it? Do we then have to wait another number of specified days to see if anyone else can top it?

Forget money as whoever buys the club would not do so without some capital available for investemnt in the club's infrastructure and playing staff, it would be a completely pointless exercise without. What we should look at is the planning and staff brought in by each player in this game of Villopoly (can I copyright that word Fear?) In my opinion Lerner has done everything the right way and has now identified some great appointments to the board and I'm sure in time will also appont a Chairman Pro-tem, either a businessman or, more likely, a football statesman such as our own Graham Taylor. Since we do not know any of AV06's plans and most of us have little faith in Neville's ability to complete the deal (although I do beleive he is genuine and would have tried his heart out to make the club a sucess) then our only option currently is Lerner. To go purely with money is not only very shallow as it's generally not good for the game to have teams like Chelski arround, it's also really short sighted as that stratergy buys success in the short term and disaster in the long term. Chelsea's debt to assest / income ration is unmanagable and is only sustained by Abramovic who will one day either leave the club or just bore of the whole affair and withdraw funding. Of this I am sure.