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8 minutes ago, thabucks said:

We need to turn the space we have into a place non Villa fans want to visit. Spurs are building an extreme sports centre with deep dive pool and massive indoor climbing wall. In Folkestone they’ve built a multi story indoor skate park and climbing centre. These are the sorts of developments that will attract people to the ground daily all year round and I’ve just used them as an example of what we could look to build. The increased footfall will make the Holte hotel / warehouse more financially viable. 

I dont think providing platforms for fans to kill themselves after a bad result is the way to go.

Looking at those charts I'd say Kamara, Fofana and Luiz could play in the same midfield. I'd also temper them by saying Ligue 1 is nowhere near as competitive as the PL, but those are great numbers and he's obviously a class player.

9 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said:

At the moment there is a huge feelgood factor and that boosts demand. After several years of top 6 finishes and the CL not being as exciting to the fanbase, attendances will plateau. 

I think we could currently sell 50k but 60k? No. Not for me.

Maybe for the games against the sky6 with all the day trippers but we wouldn't sell out a 60k stadium for a regular PL game. 

I think 50k is sufficient. Especially given the potential cost of going any higher than that.

I think you're underestimating demand to be honest but you're entitled to your opinion. Even if there were a few games with a few thousand empty seats (not saying there would be) its better to have them and not need them than need them and not have them.
Having a 60k capacity stadium isn't just for Villa though. There's also major events and international sports. Its all revenue we could use.

At the start of this season the waiting list for season tickets was 33,000, and we've had a better season. Imagine if we get Champions League and / or win the Conference?

Frimpong could work if we switched the attacking fullback emphasis from left to right.
So you'd have Frimpong, Konsa, Mings, Torres as your back 4 for instance.
You'd could then switch it back to left by having Konsa as your right back with Moreno or Digne providing the marauding down the left.
Or have both full backs attack and drop Kamara into a sweeper role. Options. Frimpong would add to them nicely. 

44 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said:

Yeah I think the new north stand will happen, but not in the next 5 years or so.

As for any further development, I can't see us ever having an above 50k stadium at any point in the near future, which I think is fine as 50k would be enough. 

Newcastle are a one club city and dont have the problem of many residents within the vacinity of the ground (and across the city) either not being into football or supporting Man United/Liverpool.

 

Sorry, I cant agree with this. Villa could easily fill a stadium well in excess of 50k. Especially currently. The problem is logistics and room, not demand. 50k isn't nearly enough and we should be planning for 60k at least.
That said, 52k as a first phase is sensible.

38 minutes ago, thabucks said:

Newcastles stadium location means they don't have the same transport issues we currently face being so central. Toon fans also are diehard and I didn’t see them having to close a tier off when they hit relegated like we did. 

We will get there with a new north stand just not in the anticipated timescale of some. Once we've increase the spend per seat, get the upgraded infrastructure in place in terms of fan transportation and  open the warehouse and Holte Hotel as fan zones then I’ve no doubt they’ll look at expansion again. I hope they revisit and adapt the design but larger and redesign the exterior to be less bland. 

Tbf, as I recall the club decided to close a tier without even seeing if attendance fell. I think this was a mistake but we had poor management at the time. Newcastle are a fantastically well supported club but so are we.

6 minutes ago, Mic09 said:

Each player can choose their own agent. It's in players interest to pick one that get's on with different clubs.

I don't think it would be a good idea for a football federation to have a direct say in which player goes to what team. 

No, I'm not saying the agent would choose. The player and his family would choose after receiving advice from the agent on his options.

I don't see why an agent has to have a relationship with certain clubs either, that's part of the current problems. They should do just do their job, which would be making sure the player is properly represented, not taken advantage of, and get a contract that that reflects his talent.
I see no reason why some greasy ponce has to come in doing the same thing but screwing 50 times more than is warranted from all involved. Agents hurt the music industry and they've hurt sport too. Not all, but too many and too often.

Edit: sorry Blandy, I was already typing that. I'll say no more.

5 minutes ago, paul514 said:

I would have thought we want to spend LESS.

If that is true then that would pass as you need 14 for anything to pass and they way you worded it that has 17

Why would we want to spend less? We could outmuscle all but 2 clubs maybe in the league if the shackles were off?
Then again, the proposed cap would allow us to spend a shitload anyway so why vote against it? I'm scratching my head a bit tbh.

Not sure if this the right place for this but apparently we are one of 3 clubs voting against a proposed spending cap. The others being Man Utd and Man City.
The spending cap is based on 5x TV revenue of the bottom club, which if you take last years would be circa £500m.

So, any thoughts on why we would want to vote against that? Would our owners want to spend more?

On 27/04/2024 at 11:13, Captain_Townsend said:

Beautiful, well done whoever designed this.

Thanks. I was just fiddling around in the FIfa kit creator for a bit of fun.

13 minutes ago, turvontour said:

We'd have to have one going out though surely. 

I think we'll move a few on this summer anyway (like 6 or 7) and Percy reckons we're after a few players. We have a lot of increased income and if we get CL too, it makes even more sense.

I see Palace are basically touting Eze and Olise this summer. Would we be in the market for one, or both?
I wouldn't play Olise instead of Bailey, and Eze would be in stiff competition for a place in our midfield, but no doubt they'd add a lot of quality to the squad.

We finished last season strongly when we needed to in order to get European football. I like to think we can again to get Champions League.
This doesn't feel like the old "we'll make it unnecessarily hard / **** it up / hope that kills you" Villa. This feels like a "gtfo of our way Villa".

The force is with us. Spurs can sit down.

I wouldn't be surprised if Cash is moved on too. 

We could feasibly be playing 60 games or so next season if we go deeper in the cups and play CL. Mings would be mad to want to leave that even if he's not 1st choice.
We're a level higher than when he last played for us too to be honest.

1 hour ago, Pongo Waring said:

Carlos/Mings/Pau and Konsa is surely enough to start the season with in terms of Centrebacks. 

It depends on the full back situation as we often play 3 CBs at a time. So another would be ideal.

1 hour ago, AntrimBlack said:

Konsa and Torres are our best pairing.

I don't think that will change with Mings' return. He will be backup.

Correct.

25 minutes ago, nepal_villan said:

Hate these types of posts that try to muddy the water.  
 

People might have had issues with the Purslow badge (lion facing right, similar to chelsea, not being bold)  but it was professionally designed.  The Heck badge is totally amateur thus the uproar. 

Its not an uproar. Its a rightroar when fans wanted a leftroar. I just dont want a yellowroar on light blue.

7 minutes ago, sidcow said:

I'm beginning to wonder if the plan is now to develop Witton Lane stand first with the Liverpool method of building behind first. I know they said this was impossible with The North Stand, but not necessarily Witton Lane. Then do North Stand afterwards. 

To be fair even the notice of cancellation of Box Park Villa Live said it was still the intention to proceed with it. 

Hopefully we get these big announcements sooner rather than later. 

I had the thought of building over Witton Lane with the road running through a tunnel through the stand. That means acquiring a row or 2 of the houses on the other side of the road but could mean hitting the 55-60k number with the existing North Stand plans.

21 minutes ago, Villa_Vids said:

VP is wonderful it just needs some TLC.

The North Stand alone needs TLC from Peter Sutcliffe.