Sunday 11th February 2007
These trips over to England to watch my Aston Villa franchise are really starting to grate.
It seems every time I show up to watch a game they lose.
Yesterday I went down to London to watch us play Reading FC in a game we
eventually went down by two plays to zero.
It’s a fifteen hour round trip in my jet from the ranch to the Villa ball
park where the franchise is currently situated. This is proving
inconvenient, I might move us closer to London
where I often have to be for business meetings anyway. The move would make
sense too on a commercial level as my people tell me there are more real
soccer fans down there.
I’ve just spent over 20 million dollars
on new drafts for coach Martin O’Neill. No one told me you had to spend
money on new players rather than trade them with other existing franchise
members. This game is getting expensive. That Ashley Young looks like a good
pick though, he looks like he might just be fast enough to make the big time
in the EPL!
I’m having real trouble promoting the franchise
to the people back here in the States. Over in England people have been
going on and on to me about how David Beckham’s move to the States will
reinvigorate the Major League here. Well I’ve got news for them. No one
watches soccer here and Beckham is some guy most people associate more with
fashion than ball games.
The main problem is that no one gives a rat’s ass about the game here. I’m
currently looking into some major tie-ups
and synergies with some of the major ball franchises over here. There have
been some positive developments but I’m thinking if we change the franchise
name that would help smooth things over. I’m thinking the Aston Sharks or
the Birmingham Electricity would do much
to generate interest Stateside.
What Lerner is up to at the moment