Thanks for the insight Gipper. What you say about poor decisions would be another common theme of Randy's chairmanship. In my heart of hearts I don't think he has the means to run two very demanding operations, with two very demanding sets of fans. I think John Henry might find himself in a similar situation eventually with the Red Sox and Liverpool.

What you say about Randy's deep pockets is interesting, too. At Villa he is no longer pumping money in (which, to a degree is understandable). It seems the crash, his divorce and various other things have made him look at Villa anew. We are being linked with some very substandard players and the team lies in a fairly lowly position in the table. The problem is, unlike NFL, if Randy's austere approach fails Villa could find themselves relegated and out of the Premier League - which would be disastrous. Villa are the main club in the second largest city in the UK and are being forced to operate on the same level as clubs from much smaller towns and cities. Birmingham is bigger than the cities of Manchester and Liverpool put together, for example, yet its main club is not being driven on to compete. It's a huge, huge undersell of the club. As you say, maybe the answer is that Randy should sell up and move us on to owners who have the wherewithal and strategies to compete.

Hi Guys

Another Villa fan here. First of all thanks for letting me on your board. From the outset I wish to say that I have no wish at all to get into a contest between who are best, the Americans or the British, I'm neither nationality. They are two fine countries with much to be proud about.

Browns fans, if you'll stick with me for a moment, I just want to give you a little background as to why I'm here. I've been a Villa fan for nearly thirty years now, and, indeed, since Randy Lerner came on the scene, I've taken to keeping an eye on the Browns, too, and when it comes to the NFL they would be the team I follow. Both The Browns and Aston Villa Football Club are two very special sporting institutions that have history, tradition and success coming out of every pore. Both institutions deserve the very best. The people they represent deserve the very best.

Without boring you folk with statistics and facts and this, that and the other, I'm wondering if there might be some common ground between both sets of supporters? It is clear Randy Lerner is a fine man and gentleman, but it is also equally clear that he he just does not have the means, the skills, the ideas or ambitions to take either institution to where it should be. At Villa there seems to be no sense of leadership or ambition at the moment. Randy's style of leadership - which is silence -is leaving a huge vacuum at the club. Villa re starting to slide, crowds are starting to fall, great players are being sold and inferior players being bought. It is a recipe for disaster and we have no means whatsoever in being able to ask Randy, "Just what is going on?"

From reading Browns forums I know many of you guys have similar views about Randy. Would it make sense for us to get together and form a transatlantic pressure group to make OUR owner come out and tell us what is going on? We both want to be winning trophies, we both want glory and success. Would it make sense for us to club together and demand of Randy just what his strategies and long term ambitions are for these very special teams that mean so much to us.

Aston Villa do not exist to just make up the numbers and I'm sure you guys will say the same about The Browns.

Thanks for the opportunity to voice my concerns.