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brommy

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  1. Already posted but while it's being discussed, just to add some perhaps comparable detail (in terms of both being large Premier League clubs), regarding anticipated financial return - Chelsea very recently rejected the expansion of Stamford Bridge as their payback period was 25 years with just a 2.8% annual growth over a 50 year period. A significant difference from Villa Park was their cost per new seat was double the North Stand cost per new seat, but I also strongly expect Chelsea could charge around double for their tickets and hospitality.
  2. Pfft, walk? If we get a bit of a jog on, the title is ours. I like it, a lot!
  3. The demand is there at £800 per season ticket. It's not there at £70 per match seat or £150 per seat including basic hospitality. I think Heck has decided the payback period using reasonable season ticket pricing is too long for a new North Stand to be financially viable.
  4. Good stats. It now looks like a decent late earned point away at Bournemouth.
  5. ...and Chelsea. Stamford Bridge is over 2k smaller than Villa Park. CFC have also recently concluded that the constructionally feasible expansion of adding 13000 seats isn't financially viable, with a minimum payback period of 25 years and a return of just 2.8% over 50 years. The construction cost per seat would likely to be double that of a new North Stand but Heck also now knows our fan base can't support Stamford Bridge prices.
  6. An announcement cancelling the expansion closely followed by announcement confirming the next step on the way to station expansion. Something is very weird here!
  7. Emery said in today's pre-match conference that Pau isn't fit for tomorrow night's game. I don't think Unai is one to bluff/lie.
  8. I think you will need to register your son as everything Villa tickets appears to be fan ID driven.
  9. In fairness, I didn't see an issue with Pearce's question. It gave Ollie the perfect opportunity for his great response that in the same circumstances he'd do the same again. His question and Ollie's response also gave a good foundation for the three MOTD2 presenters to comment in support Ollie's action.
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    Wolves

    Found this thread at the bottom of page 4 so I guess their 'mind the gap' crap hasn't aged well. Exactly double their points (38 to 19) after 17 games. Mind the maths - karma's a Villan!
  11. I agree. I think I've written similar at least a couple of times on VT.
  12. It's probably not fair to ban home fans from their away fixtures!
  13. Legia's 'us against everyone' rhetoric will have their fans pumped up and I expect they are favourites. Come on AZ!
  14. Not during Phase 1 of the work, which is the only phase that Villa have currently stated they are set to commence. The 50k capacity includes a slight increase to the lower tiers accessed by Trinity and D.E. entrances.
  15. I visited Mostar during a tour of southern Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro in the summer. It doesn't look like I missed much by not visiting the stadium! Still, this evening's game could be tricky and hopefully our team will respect their teams capabilities and achieve the result to top the group.
  16. UEFA aren't going to change their decision but what they should do is openly publicise a warning that if Legia fans are found to contravene the ban (celebrating or kicking off in home sections of away matches might reveal this), then Legia will be expelled from the remaining competition and for the next season they qualify. I'll be surprised if Legia's away fan ban doesn't lead to an issue, no matter how minor, caused by their fans in home sections but I have little faith in UEFA acting appropriately on it.
  17. It's definitely not all UEFA can do! UEFA must be naive to believe that some Legia fans wont try to access home areas at their next 5 UEFA competitive away games and the potential for more violence is accordingly significant. Legia fans would not try to attend matches they weren't involved in, so an outright ban for the next time they qualify for European competition would have been the safest appropriate punishment.
  18. I did note the Euro 28 bid had Villa Park's anticipated capacity at 52k. The next phase being announced at 50k was a slight annoyance to me as, after segregation, we still won't be announcing 50 thousand attendances, so when I saw 52k I was pleased. My current expectation is the new North Stand will go ahead (some were speculating it might not after the delays) but capacity will pause at 50k (we won't not host Euro games because of it). Although, I'll be happy if 52k is completed in the next 4 years or so.
  19. I'm sure there were some locals that objected to the currently approved expansion. I guess it depends on how many locals object and whether planning approval is swayed by that.
  20. After a certain size, adding extra capacity is more expensive per seat. A couple of thousand extra seats could be achieved by adding wraparound corners to the North Stand upper tiers, although that would swing away from the club's design language of Villa Park's standalone structures (they're going halfway by wrapping around the lower tier). I think the club will pause at 50k for a few seasons as they take stock of the demand at the seat and hospitality price points they wish to offer.
  21. No, Gerrard was doing his best to reinstate our league meetings with Walsall, thus increasing our chances of a league win against them above zero.
  22. Doesn't sound so extreme as having not won at Brentford for 70 years though! It's a slight annoyance to me when media make a statement that a club haven't beaten a team for an age without qualifying that they've barely played in that period. I mean, we haven't beaten Walsall in the league since 1930 but there's a good reason for it!
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    Arsenal

    Besides those two, I don't think Arsenal fans realise they actually aren't crying about a refereeing or VAR injustice. They are crying about a rule of the sport.
  24. Allowing Bournemouth's 4th would have been against the rules of the game. I thought it was increasing common knowledge that all handling, intentionally or not, by the goalscorer is a foul.
  25. I support your sentiment to look after temporarily displaced North Stand season ticket holders as best as practical, but without moving some of the 24 to 25k other season ticket holders currently occupying the prime areas of the remaining 3 stands, surely they can only be accommodated in the corners? First offer of the very few season tickets that aren't renewed could be one idea.
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