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General , In view of the fact that yet again Birmingham City football club are attempting to rip off Villa fans and there own would it not be in everyones interest to refuse any away allocation for both the away and home fixtures ? I apply this logic also in the interest of safety and the fact that the two matches wouldnt have to be on sundays and at crappy kick off times ! Up the villa !

General , Bought my lad the blue training top today and must say the quality is very good . He wore it to football training tonight with the rest of his 7 year old team mates and , check this out , one of the team turns up in full villa strip after binning his man utd kit . The futures bright , the futures villa !

General , What is the club policy on away fans in home areas? Sat in the north stand upper and when liverplop scored there second a group of about 10 started to celebrate and it led to some potential violence . Ive decided to relocate my season ticket back to the upper trinity , the sooner the north stand is leveled to the ground the better . On a positive popped into the holte pub this afternoon , please pass on a massive thankyou to randy and the staff that man it , its class and a credit to everyone involved .

I am sure the club could work something out for an indivdual or group that makes that kind of effort . We also dont know what the price of the drinks will be so if its a lot more than say the villa tavern maybe i and others will stick to that .

General , May i be bold enough to suggest that the holte pub is made only available to season ticket holders on match day . First come , first served . There are other watering holes around villa park that are member only . Having 130 invited people inside the pub suggests they will stay there from opening time to close . Open here up and when shes full then the next person in has to wait for the next bod out .

General , Can i ask you to pass on my thanks for the help i recieved yesterday from the staff in the ticket office , in particular a lady by the name of tracey . I needed to have a look at some seats in the upper north stand and she was very helpfull and escorted me to the upper tier via a very posh entrance and i got to go in a very posh lift . As you have mentioned before these guys and gals are the front line and even when short staffed still deliver a first class service , many thanks.

General , Due to the fantastic demand for the lower north stand would the club consider making all the seats available for season ticket purchase ? This part of the ground will be a very cheap option for away fans to try and sneak in . Cheers .

General , I posted the idea of a roaving season ticket some weeks ago . For example being able to move to different parts of the ground through the season whilst still paying for your season up front. Any feedback , cheers .

edited, sorry, but please, keep this thread for direct comments /questions to the General. just pm Matty with your kind offer. Thanks blandy. Matty , If you have no joy getting a scalf for your lad send me a pm with your details mate and i will send you mine . Me and my lad have one so we could just share his . The days of villa fans being poorly treated by villa staff are over !

General , The training ground is fantastic and will be a real credit to the club . It was an honour to shake your hand but my 7 year old son , sam said his hand hurt after you shook his ! Cant wait for next season , up the villa .

General , How about soccer schools at our new training ground in the school holidays ?

General , Ive posted an idea for seaon tickets on the main forum , Instead of the same seat in the same stand how about say 4 games upper trinity , 4 games upper witton lane , 4 games north stand and the remainder holte end ? you would still pay for a season ticket and retain all the benefits . I want to be a season ticket holder but dont want to have to sit in the same seat . The roaming season ticket , any thoughts ?

Different people will no doubt have different views as to how to implement it. Personally I like the idea a lot, as the re-arranged games can affect me quite badly. Again personally, I'd be happy to be "credited" with the "credit" going to the next season's season ticket purchase. I'm not rich, but having paid the money out at the start of a season, I consider it "gone" and for me, knowing that a re-arranged game at least means I will get my 25 quid (or whatever amount) back in the form of a discount off next season's season ticket (or perhaps just as credit to be used anywhere within the club - shop, travel, whatever) would be equally acceptable as a straight refund. There are obvious advantages in this for the club, too. It is really pleasing that the club is both listening and acting in this way. Thank you. As a season ticket holder can i say i think this is a great idea ! I am constantly juggling with work commitment and villa home games so this would work a treat for the odd game i may have to miss .

General , When all the kiddies are off school for 6 weeks in the summer are there any plans to have soccer schools at our spanking new training ground ? Cheers !

Contrast this to the self centered old fool on the simon mayo show . I cant wait for the 25th celebrations , myself and 6 year old lad will enjoy every minute. General the word class often can be over used but sir Dennis and youre good self are true class !

The words we and team really do sum up the future for us all .

In a couple of years time from now we will all look back on the current situation and smile that some ever doubted the fantastic manager we have and never fully supported him in his efforts to re-build this wonderfull club . Up the villa !

General , Happy new year to you and youres . We enter 2007 with a formidable group of people now stearing the good ship aston villa . I like others am suffering over the results at the moment but by god it could be a shit load worse if the old regime were still around. The infrastructure thats being put in place is fantastic and given time will bare fruit. Its only natural that people will start to criticise certain things but we will all be smilling in the future . The futures bright , the futures villa ! 8)

We need quality and quick. Stabalise the season and look to the summer.

That villa fan was me . Luckily for me i was allowed to move to another part of the stand. At the time i was told that away fans sitting in that area are guests of the club so nothing could be done , what a joke !

This and other fans sites are turning into an endless source of great ideas .

Well how often do you see Peter hill wood or abramovich or the moores family bigging themselves up in the media. We have had a belly full of chairman with big egos so randys way is just fine by me. Up the villa !

Lets have a suggestion box for the general. Some great ideas about improving the villa experience have been posted on vt over the years . EDIT BY MOD: And lets keep them sensible, eh?

Hello general and welcome. You guys have planted the seed , the acorn from which the oak tree will grow. Thankyou for the re-birth of my soul.

Nup. Ellis' Roller will be departing VP for the last time any day now. He's got 38 years of fishing to catch up on. How can you be so sure my friend ?