Steven Gerrard To Aston Villa - Official

[gmcf 35,397]

1 hour ago, JM1872 said:

Trying to look for the positives in the results mate. The reported loss of £23m  includes £10m of player registration amortisation which is an accounting entry and not a cash item. Therefore I’m more interested in the operating profit/loss before amortisation which was around £12m, higher than last year but it wasn’t a normal trading year by any stretch of the imagination. The results estimate that the impact on revenue was around £20m, and a negative impact on the net loss of around £10m. Furthermore, the net cash movement was £7m outflow, which would have looked significantly better had our main revenue stream not been impacted. Finally, it must be remembered the board have taken the following decisions:

- To continue to invest heavily in all areas of the club despite the pandemic.

- To not entertain any offers for our squad.

- To continue to recruit last summer and this summer - albeit free transfers in summer 2021 but there would still have been costs involved there.

Due to that, the board/investors must and will continue to prop the club up with loans etc, as at the moment we are not really financially viable for most banks etc etc. Over time I believe this will change and we will be less reliant on investor support on an annual basis. We have suffered a setback due to the pandemic but I don’t think we are a million miles away from break-even position in normal trading circumstances. There will be years where we need to sell to make profit etc, but the club’s internal forecasts appear to show that come the 2023/2024 season there will be very little if anything at all required in the way of investor support which I can kind of see through the results - though there are always a remarkable number of sensitive variables involved in financial forecasting.

We know from previous years that investment across the full business was accelerated - stadium improvements/maintenance which had been badly neglected in the past, training centre upgrades, playing squad developments etc. We now have a squad of significant value which has yet to be realised financially, but that will come. One big sale is all we have needed over the past 2 summers and we have chosen not to. Either nobody has approached, or we have knocked everything back depending on who you listen to, but either way I believe we will begin to see player trading having the desired effect. For that, I believe it’s important we get the next appointment correct as we need to have the right people in place to identify valuable targets with a sell-on value after a couple of years. Player development is key to operating a sustainable player trading model - and that must always be our key focus.

Excellent post and probably the most clearly explained , and positive,  assessment ive seen on it . Its been a difficult couple of days but your take on it is a bit more positive . 

[watty. 5,799]

2 minutes ago, The Godfather said:

Not up there with the likes of McLeish or Dick. 

Will soon be forgotton

Least I don't need to put up with that horrendous accent every time he opens his snake mouth.

[Bigdave30 9,145]

Announce GVB and the orange dream team.

I swear to fuck if it’s McInnes somebody should go to jail off the back of that.

[King Jela 21,644]

9 minutes ago, esquire8 said:

Players have just been told this morning an hour before the statement release. Gerrard hasn't said bye.

What a rat 

[graeme_4 37,513]

1 minute ago, Valance1690 said:

Clubs statement is all about Gerrard and nothing about where we go from here

It's clearly been in the offing for days if not weeks, at least acknowledge the club need a new manager in pronto rather than gush over the manager who has just walked out ffs

As it should be. World will be told when there’s something to tell. 

[JM1872 3,819]

6 minutes ago, CR3 said:

Do I look happy?

Do I look settled?

Don’t ask silly questions then.

Aye very good. 

You better hope The Dude doesn’t see this post, he will slaughter it

[RM Monitor And Standards Officer 112,842]

Just now, Bigdave30 said:

Announce GVB and the orange dream team.

I swear to fuck if it’s McInnes somebody should go to jail off the back of that.

It's no gonae be mcinnes ffs.

[Valance1690 4,097]

Just now, esquire8 said:

It was all done on Sunday evening.

And the board knew about it I'm guessing?

If so there's no excuse why we haven't sounded out a replacement with the view of getting them in ASAP, preferably with a few days training before Hibs

[Malkytfp1 19,650]

Gives me extra football to watch and enjoy seeing him getting pumped every week hopefully.

Genuinely getting angrier by the minute, especially if he's had no contact with the players. Weird that I'm so angry cause I'm excited to get someone else in who might have us playing better than the pish he's delivered this season. Not long now until everyone else down south realises he's just a figurehead with nothing and Beale runs the show.

[Bad Robot 21,513]

in the bin you cunt 

[Negri's lovechild 15,386]

Just now, esquire8 said:

It was all done on Sunday evening.

If that's the case then hopefully we are some way down the process of recruiting the new manager and that may be why there was no mention of a caretaker in the statement.

[ScottBF2 3,540]

I’m not sad he’s gone, I reckon he’s run out of ideas, coupled with a cutback in investment. Time was probably right for all parties concerned, but the handling of this from his point of view has been a shambles.

I don’t bear him any ill will, but I don’t regard him as a great manager in our history. The achievements of last season are the players, he was just there to oversee.

[watty. 5,799]

9 minutes ago, Vanoli said:

He’s going nowhere! 

Jamie29 likes this

[BlueSuedeSambas 56,393]

2 minutes ago, RFC55 said:

Says his wife asked him to leave last year.....

She must have watched the Hearts and Hamilton games too then..

[Bigdave30 9,145]

Just now, RFC55 said:

It's no gonae be mcinnes ffs.

Good.

[The Dude 20,027]

7 minutes ago, CR3 said:

Do I look happy?

Do I look settled?

Don’t ask silly questions then.

Aye very good. 

What else is he going to say? I fucking hate it here and Douglas Park is a tight cunt who won't give me more money for players?

[watty. 5,799]

Just now, Bad Robot said:

in the bin you cunt 

[AGM_72 4,064]

The timing remains the bitterest part about all of this. Two huge games for the club coming up. In the immediate aftermath the scale of the job he's done will probably be diminished a little.

Ultimately, though, we move on. The best way, the Rangers way, is to keep winning.

[Big Al 55 9,518]

We were a long way from winning a league or qualifying for EL when he arrived. He’s qualified each year, including setting records for the number of qualifying rounds navigated, brining much needed income into the club.

We’ve won one of the most important titles in our history, and at a canter, with an astonishing unbeaten run.

We’re unbeaten in OF games in over 2 years.

Dont wish any ill on him whatsoever this day was always going to come. Some of his rhetoric is undoubtedly disappointing though, hopefully in hindsight he’ll see he was a bit of a dick with that.

Let’s not rewrite history though, but it’s over time, to move on and look forward to the next chapter.

[ForeverAndEver 73,892]

1 minute ago, RFC55 said:

It's no gonae be mcinnes ffs.

Many time you having to repeat that mate  

[Broxi 12,202]

4 minutes ago, King Jela said:

That was a pre-coffee post tbf. 

[wully 49,678]

4 minutes ago, RFC55 said:

Says his wife asked him to leave last year.....

Mine's asks me every other week.

[Billy1984 6,314]

2 minutes ago, RFC55 said:

It's no gonae be mcinnes ffs.

You better be right d 🤣

[kelvd1873 7,659]

12 minutes ago, B1872 said:

He left without saying bye to the players or captain. Pure sneaked out the back door - rat!

Not the sort of manager most players would want to move club for imo. 

[Leeds_Bear 8,292]

I wonder if the way he's left the players standing there holding their dicks will hopefully make them think twice about jumping ship to join him at Villa.