TimTheVillan

Sarcasm sir ? You could get yellow carded for sarcasm here ;-)

:-) Claret and blue tinted glasses are now de rigueur !

Nah, they're chavvy :-) We must strive to stay in the 1970's wherever possible. Compend Max ?? !!!

Let's get this right, you'd prefer tippy tappy relegation football like west broms, over mons top 6 style football? I personally couldn't care less about how we play, rather than how many points we get. Who would you get in, Mourinho? Who plays the same style. Trust someone to pick West Brom instead of Arsenal, Spurs, Man U, or indeed even Wigan under their new manager. :x What im saying is that with our style of football at the moment, can you see us being successful in Cup competitions, winning the Premiership or even gaining success in Europe? Nope, i didn't think so. I'm sick and tired of watching the likes of Wigan out playing us, yet you seem quite happy to see this. We need a manager who will buy technically gifted players to play in a way which will gain success for our club and fans. We at he moment play hoofball and are just too predicable! Bottom line is old chap, if we are to play 'tippy tappy' football, we need some better 'tippy tappers' than West Broms !!!! The Arse play a mix of long and short ball football, thus proving that if you have class players you will get quality, winning football ( mostly). West Brom are a good exapmle of 'tippy tappy' on the cheap, that is what I think Max was saying .

Stay of course, but FFS Martin, get a decent striker in in January and let's end the season in style. If it takes £20 mill so be it.

it doesn't seem to do united subs any harm does it? Personally, I'm not too fussed. MON doesn't use the seats anyway, so whatever. lol Max, and I didn't even start this 'debate'. I just think it certainly wouldn't harm the club and would help to make us look like a club with substance; a modern club with old fashioned tradtions mixed with new ideas.

Yeah, why not indeed.

Or a tunnel that comes out of the middle of the stand, I think that always works better.

If I was a regular subsitute on £30k a week or more I'd pay for my own leather seat and have a built in stereo system,drinks dispensor and a TV. / DVD player that pops up from the side at the press of a button. Add heating to the seats and why care about playing - nectar ;-) Seriously, I think we oughta upgrade our seats a bit.

?? How come you're a Villa fan Levi ??

No Subway kiosk, keep it healthy please ;-) Image my boy, image.

Speaking on behalf of myself, I don't mind. It's possible to watch the game and listen to Beethovan (lol) ... isn't it ??

I'm with you Vojskovoda - if we want to be a big club, it's time to act like a big club. We are in the era of the squad, it's not simply a meter of '**** him , he's been dropped put him in the plastic seats' !! I must say though, Wembley is the same, it amazed me to see that Coppello and the Endland players sit on cold plastic seats just like the ones that the fans sit in. On that subject, having been on a few corporate days at Wembley, the changing rooms are shyte as well. That stadium must have been very rushed in the end !

Jeez, can't believe the 'small club syndrome' here. Of course we need to get Rocaro seats in and have a proper players and coaches area. Isn't this just another case of upgrading our stadium or do we want to stay down there with the wannabies ?

Hi General, Like many Villa fans, I'm keen to know what the plans are for Villa Park ? It is quite apparent that the matchday atmosphere ( whilst being great) could be further enhanced by 'filling in ' the corners of the stadium - in either glass / translucent plastic ? I think that this ( albeit short / medium term solution) would be a great enhancement to the atmosphere in VP.

At present General, all transactions at the bars / serving hatches at VP are cash only. Just a suggestion, it would be good to be able to pay at the tills by card, but can see that this could cause slowing down of the queue tremendously. Also, it would be good to have a cahspoint or two in each stand - but this may be a security risk. I was low on cash for the Cardiff game so had to spend very little before the game and at half time and it would have been great to have had one of these facilities in place. I wonder if any other clubs have this problem and have created a solution to this ? Just a few of my thoughts based on a small problem I encountered at this game.

I've truly lost count. Certainly more than 25, but I can't rememeber them all - kin hell :-@ Be interesting to see what the Ladies Team post here ;-)

My family traces back to the Earl of Carnarvon ......... boyo ;-)

Definitely this. Even if we don't put seats in, filling in all the corners with glass would help keep the sound in, and would look good aswell. Last week, on the Holte, we couldn't hear the Cardiff fans and they couldn't hear us ! Whenever we're on TV the Holte End ( due to its construction which we all love) cannot be heard. This makes for dilution of atmosphere at VP. Would be nice to see what the General thinks.

Hi General, Do hope that you're OK over there. This question may have been asked before, and I apologise if this is so. Can I ask what the Board's plans are for Villa Park re. the North Stand re-development ? Can I cheekily suggest that it is re-named to say, The Ron Saunders End / Stand? Also, it would make the ground a lot more atmospheric if all the corners were filled in around the ground - if only with glass / windows. Fab win against Cardiff, bring on whoever we draw next ! Many thanks, Tim UTV

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The Class 'system' requires constant debate I say .... :-) Mass debate even.

Masks in evidence - soooooooooo funny !

General I appreciate your opinion but strongly disagree. Watching Carew hold the ball up does not compare to Paul Merson scoring a late minute winner out of the blue on a Monday night at Goodison Park, or watching Beni Carbone rip Leeds United to pieces in a FA Cup tie. It is just not exciting - yes it is good play, but not exciting. Like I said before, you will always get your 30,000 odd people at Villa Park whether you have Harewood or Messi. However, along with success, exciting players will sell those extra seats and shirts, whether you think it is " totally sad " or not. Agree YorkshireCoop Villa Park holds 42k plus fans, and in my opinion, the only way to a) fill the ground often and play REALLY exciting and WNNING football is to have a Mersonesque player in the team - someone who can change a game with pure football genious. JC, Gabby and Ash are fab players, however the addition of a real crowd puller would definately take us to the next level. Maybe in January that will happen ? No pressure, but when paying so much to watch a game, especially in these times, opportunity costs become more applicable and it would be fantastic for the opportunity cost of going to VP to watch the claret and blue boys is bearable !

It cannot be ignored though General that fans do get excited by a big name signing - and this does put bums on seats. Possibly not a Kaka or a Messi - it would 'only' take a Defoe or similar to get the blood pumping again. However, as you say, we do have a squad of some quality now so hopefully we can push on from last season with MON's management ability being crucial this season I would suggest. I would also suggest that he is the man to do it over and above all of his counterparts. UTV