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I predict that either Villa or Ajax will go through to the next round after tomorrow nights game

On 04/03/2024 at 17:41, OutByEaster? said:

The club has a meeting with the FAB on 27th March to talk through next season's Season Ticket pricing and structure - so with that in mind, It'd be interesting to know peoples thoughts.

Will you be renewing?

Not sure, although I turn 66 in June and I am about to retire, I am fairly sure I don't have enough years as a ST holder to qualify for the concession discount. The 2hr Drive to VP from where I live in West Cambridgeshire seems to be getting longer. Not sure If I can justify the probable price increase...

What are you expecting in terms of pricing?

10% at least

What would make the season ticket more attractive to you and what would force you to give it up?

Discounts in club shop for example - see above the factors that I may be forced to give up my ST. The "regime" seem to want to "corporatise" the Holte End - commercially it makes sort of sense but rips the heart out of the Holte and the more noisy vocal fans that add to the atmosphere

What do you think the club could do differently with season ticketing or season ticket holders?

12 month interest free option - remove the guidance for qualification for concessions for the old grey haired supporters (like me!) that have been following Villa since 1968 (but not as a continuous ST holder). Maybe offer half season tickets or alternate game season tickets. Perhaps a chance to watch a training session.

What are your feelings on the waiting list and the chances of people on the list getting tickets next year?

When push comes to shove I would be interested in how many of the 30 000 would actually stump up for a ST that was affordable when they joined the waiting list, but now the price is going to approach £1000

How much is yours and how much has it gone up over the last couple of seasons?

I sit in Holte Upper K5 its gone up about 25% in 2 years

Where do you feel we sit in relation to other clubs and their offer?

Not done any research to be fair, but facilities at VP for a ST holder is not great. I suppose if we finish in the top 7 then we will have to get used to be paying ST prices comparable to other clubs around us

All of that sort of stuff (and more) please.

Most ST holders are concerned (quite rightly) that giving up their ST may result in them not ever going to be able to see a game at VP. I think that Villa are playing this game by increasing the ST price to find the "pinch point" - what that eventually is I have no idea.

While Villa are doing well then prices will become more expensive and general admission seats rarer to obtain. 

Maybe re-define the membership scheme to different categories Gold, Silver and Bronze - I think Arsenal do this

Aston Villa is not in London or trendy Manchester etc and consequently in a "poorer" city, this needs to be factored in

Replica shirts available without horrible gambling logos on them and with the option to have the Acorns logo instead (more £ to Acorns)

Probably think of something else as soon as I press "Submit Reply!"

 

I think to be brutally honest that teams have found a way of how to play against us.

Emery has been said to study in minute detail other teams and tactics....and thats fine, but we are deluding ourselves in thinking that other clubs do not do the same thing and examine how the Villa are playing and work out how to negate us!

Moyes and the West Ham staff will be already looking at what Spurs did to us and Luton etc and prepping in advance of the West Ham game.

Since the start of 2024 we now seem to lack speed of thought, tenacity, determination, will to win, to grind out results. We go one nil down, its a struggle to see us getting back into the game, go 2 nil down there is virtually no way back and the opposition teams know this. Not sure why this is, is it the players?, tactics?, crowd?

Lose against Ajax as badly as we did against Spurs then we are in danger of losing momentum at a critical time of the season.

I wonder if Spurs looked at McGinn and maybe targeted him to get him sent off - yes I know it is the realm of conspiracy theory. But....

All teams that play us know that McGinn is a key player for us.

Spurs contrive to get him sent off, Spurs are are rivals at present in the league

McGinn misses the next 3 key premier league games

It was to Spurs advantage to gain by winding McGinn up

It has been said for years that many of our players are a bit naive and either do not understand the "dark arts" or are unwilling to step down and use them as well. We are sometimes too nice, kind and obliging 

4 hours ago, TRO said:

I don't think 4th place was representative, of that performance or result......We would not be where we are, playing like that. It certainly seemed like a big game to them.

The first half result was ok 0-0 but Ange felt that we was struggling to contain them, so he could clearly see an intensity advantage by them.....then the customary second half gift, and it was slipping away.

I think John McGinn lost his head, because he was the only one engaging, and frustration got the better of him....I don't think it was a bad day at the office, because it has happened in similar circumstances too often lately.

I think we have a lot to do, to be the team we think we are.

 

TRO, as always, great comments and the voice of reason.

Is McGinn still eligible to play on Thursday night?

Does the straight red card mean he misses the next 3 premier league games or the next 3 which includes Ajax?

I think I would sooner sha struggle to avoid relegation in perpetuity down the bottom of the championship than get relegated and win a few games and potentially squeeze into the league 1 play off final...

But then again to see them struggle to avoid relegation in perpetuity down the bottom of league 1 would be even better ...

3 hours ago, MaVilla said:

i just realised that Jordan Henderson will prob be starting for them tomorrow.

No doubt he will play the best game of his life tomorrow against us and in front of conk face

20 hours ago, StefanAVFC said:

Got my car insurance renewal coming up, dreading it

Insurance for the wife's  2022 Toyota yaris with direct line last year was 380, this year 720! No claims, nothings changed etc...

Shopped around on compare the market site and got exactly the same cover for 320. 

Told direct line to do one.....despite them saying they can get the renewal price down to 550.....

It's an annual joke, you just have to put a bit of effort in. If direct line premium was an increase of only say 20 quid then I would have accepted the auto renewal and they would have retained a customer and I would have been none the wiser that I could get the insurance cheaper.

Unfortunately no doubt I will have to do it all again next year.

Best of luck!!

8 hours ago, AshVilla said:

According to Sky it's the most one sided half in PL history.

Wasn't we 5 - 0 up at HT against these as well, can't remember them saying a word about 

Even if we were winning at half time against Sheffield  united  87 - 0 sky still wouldn't mention it...

Watched my daughter run the Cambridge Half marathon yesterday she did it in 2hrs 4 mins.

The winner was some bloke who ran the 13 odd miles in 64 minutes............how the hell does anyone "normal" do that?

7 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

Also parking tbh; I currently pay some random chancers £10 a time to leave my car somewhere 'safe'. Could the club find a way to buy some land within walking distance? Or a bigger plot of land further away and run buses?

Try using Star City, it's free, but about a 20 to 25min walk from there to VP

2 hours ago, Genie said:

This is the problem, the rules should be written so tight that it doesn’t matter about how much fight the club has. Black and white, rules broken, punishment issued.

But "oily" lawyers will always find a way round it though...

Two legends of the 1977 league cup semi final 2 legs and the replay at Highbury, both gone at the same time. 

Hopefully they are swapping stories wherever they are.

Thanks Chris and Stan, two legends of the game, RIP lads.

Condolences to their families

No able to watch this, does anyone here think we could have beaten either teams if we had got to the final?

Driving back home to Cambridge after the game yesterday I was listening in to radio 5 on 909 609 hosted by robbie savage and I heard a couple of man yew fans that had called in and whinging about their club.

What an entitled load of t**ts these "plastic" fans are! Moan, moan, whinge, whinge, both of them said man yew should sack their manager and one of them even suggested they should get Emery....

Why do man yew "fans" think that their club should be entitled to success.

Though to be honest they always raise their game when they play us .

I detest man yew probably even more than liverpoo 

10 hours ago, Follyfoot said:

Where’s your wife gone, where’s your wife gone, where’s your wife gone Stanley Bowles? 
 

in all fairness to him, he turned to the Holte end and shrugged his shoulders and was met with the following chorus..
 

with the milkman with the milkman with the milkman Stanley Bowles 

 

RIP 

Oh yes, I was on a packed Holte End that night, I was 19 years old and it was a great game and a fantastic atmosphere, one of those games I will never forget.

It was a great song and Stan did take it well. RIP a super player for QPR

I recall that they had to shut the gates to the Holte that night as it was full

As has been said on here, that many fans arrive 20 mins before kick off then leave straight after the game...

Well what is there to arrive early for or stay after the game for other than to avoid the awful traffic? I have to drive so no drinking for me.

Years ago when I used to go with my Dad on the old Holte End we used to arrive as the gates opened 1330 to be able to get a good spot. That meant 90 mins of standing watching VP slowly fill up (as well as blowing up loads of balloons !) , you dare not move to get a pie or drink or you would lose your place.

If Villa need to increase "customer" spend then will they extended corporate Terrace View on the Holte End? increase season ticket prices etc?....i.e. do the "easy" stuff, but not worrying about the reaction from us supporters? this is my concern.

I think Heck etc will be delighted if they could double season ticket prices and attract more tourist fans like spuds, man yoo, liverpoo etc......and sod us regular fans....unfortunately this is where its going. The main issue is that VP is not exactly in a attractive touristy area.

For those of us in the shires (for me its Cambridgeshire), this program sounds hysterical!

I must listen to it, can any of you lads tell me what station its on and when and what times its on? I will try and listen via the interweb.

Some of your comments about those that phone in are priceless!

Cheers

Poor spuds and all their injuries.......perhaps they will be given the chance to replay all their games again when they are back to full strength. Since the media all feel so sorry for them, after all no other club has had anything like as many injuries as poor old spuds

**** em.......bl**dy cockney ***kers

Probably 7000 sha and 57000 Sunderland fans

Come on Sunderland !

One concern I have is that in order for Heck to meet some financial target, he will take an easy win option and increase the season ticket prices, forcing me not to be able to afford to go to see the Villa anymore....

23 minutes ago, jacketspuds said:

Two trains are driving toward one another. The first train leaves Town A at 5am traveling at 60 miles per hour. The second train leaves Town B at 7am traveling at 70 miles per hour. the distance between Town A and Town B is 455 miles.

What is the EXACT time that the collision will occur?

There will not be a collision as they will be on different tracks, you never said they were on the same track......do I win my £5 prize?