imavillan

boring boring VILLA.....boring boring VILLA Spurs fans, what a bunch of sausage jockeys...

All this talk of ticket prices is becoming a little tedious..... Since Randy has taken the helm at the club ticket prices have imho been very reasonable....£20 for Blackburn, £15 for Brighton....bring a friend schemes, kids for a fiver, a family for £40, season tickets for the lower North Stand etc etc.....for this and everything else Randy and the club have to be applauded....none of this would have happened under the old regime....and.....we should never ever ever compare ourselves with Wigan and Blackburn...if thats what we are striving for then heaven help us.... General, keep up the good work.....but.....please tell us when you are planning your next visit to VP so i can keep an eye out for you in the Holte suite so i can shake your hand... its been too long now....we all want to know...

you cant all keep blaming the ref......he didnt miss the penalty and he does not (a bit like some of our players) have shots at goal, or give the ball away cheaply to the opposition.....to blame the ref is a lame excuse........as has been said before we have dropped points against poor opposition, Wigan, Wolves, a depleted Everton, Blackburn and now a team who were second to bottom of the league in West Ham....and to say give the lads a break because 4 away games in 12 days is hard....dont make me laugh....is'nt that why we are supposed to have a squad? face up to it and stop burying your heads in the sand.....they are simply not good enough for the top four.....the table does not lie.....

this is not good enough against a poor West Ham team....the midfield is not functioning and Heskey contributes jack very dissapointing.....yet more dropped points..... we have under performed against every team below us this season....even against Pompey and Fulham who we both beat we were crap :-(

General, Thank you for the response and thank Alison Plant for me. I will be asking for black coffee in the Trinity Upper at the Bolton game this week. Onto something else that bothers me..... The club has changed ''offiical bettting partners'' from Ladbrokes to 188Bet. The problem i have with this is that if i place a cash bet with 188Bet and manage to get a winner , then the only way i can collect my winnings is to open an online account with them. Then they will pay my winnings into my account. I used to have a bet at every game with Ladbrokes. If i had a winning bet with them i could collect real cash at any of there high street shops. You see i bet with real cash and like to be paid with real cash. I no longer have a bet at the games as i do not want to open an account with 188Bet. I wonder how many other people have been put off from having a wager by this system. Next season, can we go back to using any of the leading high street bookmakers who can offer being paid out from any of there high street shops?

General, Do you have any feedback on this? And now you are on the road to recovery when do you next envisage coming over to VP? The Bolton game?

not certain but it will be early...someone on here will let you know..

The Adventurers....after getting off at Aston station...turn right then first right and its a few hundred yards on the right....cant miss it its painted claret and blue....you not been to a game before?

Close to the ground, The King Edward, The Adventurers.....city centre, The Square Peg on Corporation Street.

General, two posts in two days...great.......a very big welcome back to the fold....you have been missed. Onto my question, catering.....i went to the catering kiosk in the upper Trinity before the Man Citeh game and asked for a black coffee to be told that ''we dont sell it''.....i then asked for a black tea....''dont sell that either''....(as you can probably tell by now i dont have any milk in my drinks)....i questioned this further to be told that all of the pre packed tea and coffee drinks contain powdered milk......surely we can offer to sell a combination of drinks with or without milk?....after all, all the staff have to do is apply hot water to the cup!! General, please see what you can do on this one. All the best

Mods, I apologise for repeating the question in full but the article has been removed from the original page so the link is not working anymore General It is so good to have you back......i was getting worried about you. I posted this question last week after seeing this in the Sunday Express.

General I have just read this article (copied in full below) about Randy seeking additional funds for the club. ASTON VILLA supremo Randy Lerner is seeking massive new investment in his club to ensure they can compete with the likes of Manchester City. In recent days, the American tycoon – at the Villa helm since August 2006 – has held talks with several billionaire businessmen from the Far East about possible cash injections. And that’s the clearest sign yet that Lerner, 47, who also owns NFL outfit Cleveland Browns, accepts his money alone is no longer enough to take Villa to the top of the English game. Villa meet Man City tomorrow night in what should be a cracking clash. But off the pitch, Martin O’Neill’s men are struggling to keep pace with the country’s richest club. When buying Villa for £64.5million, Lerner became the wealthiest football chief in the top flight, apart from Chelsea’s billionaire boss Roman Abramovich and the Glazer family at Manchester United. But the financial goalposts in the Premier League have moved dramatically since then, amid the economic recession and the arrival of City’s Arab owners. Compared with the £1trillion fortune of the Abu Dhabi United Group, Lerner’s personal wealth of around £750m is small change. He no longer even makes the English game’s top-10 rich-list. And this fact was highlighted during the last transfer window, when Villa spent a mere £25m, having splashed more than £100m over the previous two summers. In contrast, City spent close to £200m – including £17m to secure Villa’s influential England star Gareth Barry. Though Villa did manage to keep winger Ashley Young, who was on Mark Hughes’ shopping list as well as Real Madrid’s, Lerner reckons they may not succeed in doing so next time. That’s why he has decided to act now and enlist the financial clout of other major powerbrokers around the globe to counter City’s rapid rise up the ladder. And the first step on Lerner’s agenda is to transform Villa Park into a state-of-the-art stadium with a capacity of 55,000. Villa withdrew their ground from the list of venues for the 2012 Olympics last Tuesday, citing ‘substantial’ redevelopment between now and then as the reason. I notice there is not one quote in the article but that does not mean there is no truth in it. Now i realise you cannot comment on specifics but can you confirm if there is any foundation to the article? Thanks

General, some feedback. There are now signs warning people that the water is hot, but it is still very very hot and you cant keep your hands under there too long becuase of this. At least this is an improvement warning people but the temperature needs to be lowered a little. We went into the Holte Suite before todays game and we were both impressed with the smart makeover. Its a big improvement, brighter and more comfortable. I must also say that the quality of the food on offer is excellant. Compliments to the catering staff. Many thanks for being available to ''talk'' to to help sort out these issues. Will you and Randy be going to the Temple Of Doom in a couple of weeks? :winkold:

General, about yesterdays game ......me and mrs imavillan are season ticket holders in the trinity road upper.........and the good lady mrs imavillan went to the ladies to ''powder her nose'' ...............and as any good lady (or bloke) does washes her hands afterwards ;-).....but....only to find that the water is so hot she cannot keep her hands there because they will be scalded........... the water is too hot......now its bad enough to have to watch what we did on saturday ......but to have to put up with the good lady complaining about the hot water as well.....double whammy.....general this is a health and safety issue....you have the power....please sort it out........

yes...he has been our best player this season....he is head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch.... but if he goes we move on............like we have when all the others before him have left to better themselves.... the big question here is, do we want to kick on and challenge the top four or are we just going to be satisfied with challenging to be best of the rest??? simple.....to kick on and challenge the top four you need quality players.....

General, For what its worth i'm ok with what Martin is doing, and i dont think everyone will be against it. We might not have a better chance than this to finish in the top four. After a ''bad week'' at the office, out of the FA Cup, defeat by Chelski and a Draw with Moscow, Martin has obviously taken stock and reprioritised. My guess is if we had not lost against Chelski the squad would have been different...... .....and we have not lost the tie yet....one goal will be enough... Keep the Faith...in Martin we Trust...

As you can see we are looking for this to be published on the official site for it to be successful. If you can help in any way possible we would all be extremely greatful. Kind regards Gen, hope we can get this the publicity it deserves. General, This imo is a really good idea so anything you can do to help promote this would be good. I was at the Donny game last night and when they announced over the PA the stats of Pauls career i was very impressed. We are talking here about a true Villan. The word genuine is often used in many guises, but here was a man who was true to the word. The minutes silence held last night was impeccable from both sets of fans, there was not a sound to be heard anywhere. I felt honoured to be part of it. In remembering him It bought a tear to my eyes. Please help this happen in any way you can. Thanks.

Hi General Who and how can i contact at the club for stadium maintenance? I have two season tickets in the upper Trinity stand. At last Sundays game, and to make things worse, i had to suffer continuous drips of rain water on me from a leaking roof. It did not matter where i shuffled myself in my seat, the drips kept getting me. This also affected the person in the seat next to me......the wife!!!........ Now given that we are moving into winter it is inevitable that we will encounter more rain. Who can i speak / write to so i can get this leaking roof repaired and sit in comfort? Cheers....a dry....for now....imavillan

General, The next match "live" countdown on the OS looks really good....nice one....thanks.

General, tonyvilla has started this thread.....you got to take a look.....priceless i say....priceless...

General.....spot on.....can you give me this weeks lottery numbers??....in return i will make sure you are looked after :winkold:

General, I know you are a very busy person but, can i interest you in joining a predictions league that i run? you have to predict the scores from 8 matches every week, 2 from the prem, 2 from the championship, 2 from league 1 and 2 from league 2. It is all very simple just go onto the website each week and predict the scores....most correct wins. If you are interested i can register you and PM you the details... Let me know...once you get into it its enjoyable....Imavillan All the best...

General, great start...lots of promise.... and i agree about the defense, they will only get better together....where did you watch the game today?....clearly somewhere with a wi fi zone to respond so quickly after the final whistle... great start...the 2 goals they got flattered them... will you be in the holte end for the liverpool game? they have replaced small heath as our most revilled rivals...the atmosphere will be white hot...

If i can answer on the Generals behalf ??......... When i was down the Villa Village store last week, Nike womens home shirts were available and in stock.

Here, here. General, I have to agree with the post from Shemmi. Its one thing having, say dark navy, black or white (for training tops i would not associate any of those colours with another club) but red. I would be interested to know how sales of this red top are going? This would be an indicator of how wel, or not, it is being recieved.