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16 minutes ago, pas5898 said:

Might just be me, but part of me hopes they get into the PL and become an actual rival. 

Pessimistically (Sky 6, FFP, Revenue model), the best we can hope for is the odd CL qualification and the odd cup run.

Having a credible rival and 2 games per season with bragging rights would be awesome. Might make Chris Heck etc up their game as well with regards to stadium expansions / innovation.

No way, let them rot

19 hours ago, useless said:

Their new owners are worth nine billion, or so I've read, they're going to invest hundreds of millions not just in the club but the whole region and become a beacon of light for the City, Cook says he wants them to be Birmingham's best known brand if they're not already, he also says the City needs them more than the club needs the City, in the long-term they're going to be building a new stadium to help with revenue, it's strongly rumoured that they want the 'wheels site', they will be investing money this summer as the current three year FFP cycle ends, so they will have more scope to spend, they've also got some big earners coming to the end of their contracts Gardner and Hogan amonst them, which will also help, they want to have the best academy in the region, and get the women's team back to being one of the best in the country, and so on.

The new owners wealth is nowhere near $9 Billion, that is the amount the hedge found is worth they control, in football terms they are paupers 

Wow SHA Massive todays attendance   2,542

On 29/06/2022 at 18:17, messi11 said:

Hope there will be a Nandos 

Yardbirds chicken will be in the upper Holte all next season 

On 28/06/2022 at 23:07, mikeyp102 said:

If Liverpool get Bellingham could be there saviour as a sell on clause 

Already cashed that in to the bank last year

4 hours ago, Mister_a said:

I did laugh out loud at this one

22/23?

As for the great unwashed being from the City, mate, lets not forget that before Aston Parish became a part of Birmingham Small Heath was a part of Aston 

1 hour ago, stewiek2 said:

Craig Gardner on Talksport. Christ I knew he was thick as pig shit but jesus he's even thicker than I thought!

I met him in Dubai on 2 occasion's, firstly his words both him and Craig both went to the Sty and VP as kids and that Craig is a massive Villa Fan, secondly he told me he was going

on a pre season tour with the scum to Hong Kong, and believe it or not he genuinely thought Hong Kong was one of the Channel Islands next to Jersey

20 hours ago, Kingman said:

Nicked off my Facebook page, well done

1 hour ago, VillaJ100 said:

I'm pretty sure they broke a gentlemen's agreement amongst bham clubs not to use the name of the city. Which isn't surprising given what sort of club they are and they aren't gentlemen 

Yes they did

Its a long read

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On 02/11/2021 at 10:01, Mic09 said:

No, but £200-220k would have been realistic and justifiable.

Maybe massive performance bonuses and sign on £1m to top it off. 

The thing is, although we think it's a lot of money, it's a 3rd less than his City contract.

That is a big difference. 

Purslow actually said we had offered more wages than Man Shitty for him to stay

On 01/11/2021 at 16:20, villa4europe said:

Absolutely no chance

That's just the city PR machine claiming he's not joined them for money, we weren't offering him anything near his city wages

grealish on north of £300k a week but our other starting 10 players on £100k-150k a week? Not happening is it

Purslow actually said we had offered more wages than Man Shitty for him to stay

On 31/10/2021 at 10:28, foreveryoung said:

Beginning to think he never even went for trophies, he went for he's ego. You could tell by the way his lifestyle was going, he obviously wants all the flash. Shame Foden is taking all the praises. Will he be bothered, I think he is just happy to be at that plastic club on 300k a week, rather than getting a name for himself like he did at Villa.

He would have been on more than £300k a week if he`d stayed

3 hours ago, turnbull said:

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2 hours ago, Milfner said:

Well over half looking at the ticket portal

Middle sections of the Holte almost sold out as well as lower Trinity and North stand lower

Being sent out in alphabetical order, then the kids tickets

4 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

 

I met him in Dubai a few years back and he was about to go on a pre season tour with the scum to Hong Kong, and he genuinely thought HK was a part of the Channel Islands,

he thought I was winding him up when i said it was part of China,

18 hours ago, TheStagMan said:

"The buyer is a real estate investor named Ms Kang Ming-Ming"

 

So Ming-Ming

Multiple uses of the word Ming in the surname

So Mings. 

 

Must kill them that the stadium has been bought by someone with the same name as a Villa player.  

 

 

Lets hope that Ms Ming-Ming intends to offer the location as a new landfill site to Birmingham council. Could only improve the place. 

And lets not forget that Dragon Villa are one of their largest owners

1 hour ago, Follyfoot said:

 

As I walked onto the steps of the Holte End,

As I walked onto the Holte End one day,

Written by Keith Bryenton of the Dougal Mob in 1970 along with the lyrics for HEITS and a few others

Been to all the previous mentioned games but not one came anywhere near the atmosphere v Man Ure in the 2nd leg semi final of the League Cup at Villa Park in December 23rd 1970. Villa in the old 3rd Division , Manchester arguably the best side in Europe full of fantastic internationals including Bobby Charlton, Denis law, George Best, Brian Kidd, Nobby Stiles, Stepney and others. 65,000 fans recorded at the time with many more on the Holte End than the 28,500 it held, the noise was unbelievable for the whole game, still gives me goose bumps writing this, oh and we beat them 2-1 after 1-1 at old trafford

10 minutes ago, Kingman said:

Any announcement on the Final Venue? 

Villa Park

19 hours ago, theboyangel said:

Maybe it’s for Goal Difference - as theirs is worse than Rotherham and Sheff Weds

I think GD means going down