Randy Can Stay (!) BUT Please Communicate?

Money talks but actions speak louder than words. We get neither!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would just like to hear from himself as to why we have cut back so much. I think we all know the reasons, but it would be nice to hear it direct from Randy. I can't see us getting anybody in, it is worrying, but hopefully we can string a run of results together and pull clear in time.

Astonbilla ....... Nicholas and the other pundits blow hot air ...... The right players have to come in for the long term, you end up with has beens on 3 and 4 year contracts otherwise. It has to be done right. The players ability, personality, commitment and compatibility with the squad has to be bang on now, no half measures or panic buying for the sake of it. The club has lost 90 odd million over the last few seasons because of the staff wage bill. A quality CB and MF is a must and they have to be right for the club. It isn't as easy as it looks. UTV

Yeah astonmilan, it's not as hard as we've made it look either. Randy has been here 6 years now and he's only just worked out the sensible approach and we're considerably worse off than when he turned up. I don't want to hear excuses.

Astonmilan maybe they do,maybe they don't , but in the absence of any signings & as we're 21 days into the transfer window with 10 days to go , I think I've the right to be worried, because with the squad we've got ,we're IMO down

The reason most people are willing to accept Villa's downgrade is that it is preferable to the spectre of bankruptcy. But if bankruptcy is the bogie, avoided at all costs, then a strategy which risks relegation has to be seen as worse than debt because the resulting loss of income is far more onerous than the cost of interest payment and by a very long way. Once it is concluded that relegation is actually worse than debt, then the main defence of Lerner looks totally fallacious. It was always Lerner's responsibility to bring down the club's wage-bill while avoiding the risk of relegation, let alone being the bookies' and pundits' favourites. This Lerner has completely failed to do this and furthermore, has failed to heed the warnings that last year's close squeak gave him. He not only has not altered his plan, but by all signs and indications has actually carried on regardless with the exact same strategy. The only information the fans need is whether the results we are now experiencing were deliberate or the result of incompetence. If the answer is the former the fans might find some relief that things might get better but if it is the latter there are no consolations, only the certainty that things will get worse.

Well we know each manager is gagged to tow the company line but never known the owner to gag himself unless you are not going to like what he has to say. I suspect that most of wouldnt because it would be an admittance that the club had been badly run in the past and the debts caught up with us but would have thought a couple of loan signings would not have overstretched the budget to help avoid the dreaded. So if we could not afford signings why not loans ? think questions need to answered before Lambert is hung out to dry surely 2 mill on wages for loans is better spent than MORE compensation to a manager.

More chance of sitting around a table, holding hands in a darkened room...........

Believe it or not - there are other rich people out there, just as there are other managers out there. Good or bad - you can no longer just stand still in this league (hence the encroaching no. of rich owners, at Stoke, QPR, Sunderland etc). Once the wages at Villa are or were under control - what then ? Just stay at that level ?? On that basis now, sooner or later you will slide down. That was an option even less than five years ago but not any more - viz Blackburn, Bolton. We have to expand at some rate - that requires success and/or awareness & recognition in the workd market, things that Citey and Spurs did not have five years ago but are now slowly acquiring, and Scouse for example have realised that they cannot live off their past glories for ever. So for example - a decent kit with a decent sponsor on it would help. The scary thing now is - could we still sign an up & coming Ashley Young or James Milner should the opportunity and the cashish be present...

I don't think randy is to blame this season. Paul Lambert was the manager the majority of us wanted. Randy gave him to us and gave him transfer funds. Randy did his bit this season.

Firstly, calm down. Paul Lambert signed bowery, vlaar, kea, lowton, benteke and Westwood. Am I missing any? They we're all his choices choices. They replaced heskey released, petrov(hope he returns) collins, Hutton and warnock. Pl chose to leave out our experience mate. Not rl.

anyway tonight is a big game for the lads and I hope they thrash the pants off bradford. I hope chelsea get up too. Villa have a score to settle after the thumping. and i for one will be DEMANDING the missus to let me extend the honeymoon so i can go to the final.

Maybe if we allow for a manager to have more than a season at the club we may start seeing our fortunes change....O'neil left, we then got Houllier which people complained about and wanted rid of. Then the season we shouldn't speak of happened and understanderbly the fans wanted Eck out, and now people want rid of 3rd manager in 3 seasons. Maybe the reason the players aren't doing well is because they are being brought in under different leaderships and are having to adapt to the new managers styles. I think what's needed more than anything right now is a bit of stability so lets give this one a couple of more seasons at least and see what he's able to do rather than booting another one out the door, and competing with Chelski on which club can have the most managers in the shorter space of time!

Astriel dude you took the words out of my mouth lol Well said mate 7 players for £20 million the only way to add competition for places was buying cheap to cover the holes left after years of decimation well said Astriel you are on ball dude!

see you point lads... but you're wrong. you're putting £££ in the same category as experience. there is a stark difference between the two. Lambert could have bought plenty of experienced players with his £20 mill. and sold hutton and wornock for extra funds. but he didn't he bought mostly kids. dreamworld? me? you must be kidding. and if you looking for verification have a look teams above us in the league that should be below us. have a ******** look at bradford who i'm fairly certain wouldn't have cost £5 mill to assemble. experience is everywhere. Lambert *****ed up. not Randy.

Damn... I lose. :)