MYSTERYMAN

General not sure if you saw my question but was wondering if there are any plans for a McGregor and Dennis Mortimer lifting the European Cup statues ?

Was told last night at the 82 night that the ok has been given to turn the North Stand boxes into boxes with balcony seats for next season .

Could you confirm this please ?

Great speech last night General felt like we were going to war certainly rallied the troops !

Another idea that probably could be a spin off from Saturday I understand that the Amercan sporting experience they have cap or bag days which they have periodically . Apparently had some games they have a day when they give you club caps like the scarf event for saturday but they get these sponsored by large corporate banks / enterprises .

What about for the first game next season 40000 flags in the stadium get Nike to sponsor it or for the first televised game imagine everybody in the Villa sections waving claret and blue flags .

I aint a lover of Liverpool or Celtic but there is no doubt that they whip up the best atmospheres for high profile games as the grounds are awash with colour , its the type of thing we need to do to generate that match day experience at VP .

General ,

First of all thank you for the wonderful job you and the rest of the Lerner team are doing the enthusiasm and the drive you are showing is fanstasic , oh and I like the badge .

OK down to work I am in a fortunate position that I have been a box holder / corporate sponsor for Villa over the last 18 years and having been in all four corners of the ground now reside in the Trinity Road as a box holder . The facilities and food are first rate and it has been great value for us and our customers love the whole experience of it .

However I do feel there are some things we can improve on and also generate some revenue from . I went to Man City last week as a guest and the first thing that struck me was who greeted the guests it was Alex Williams their old goalkeeper we have two guys who resemble something like Waldorf and his mate , one is even a Blues fan ????

The ground tour was nowhere near as good as Villa's mainly due to the fact that they haven't got our history and like all new grounds it lacks that lived in feel to it but they have a lounge called the Terrace legends lounge which old players like Colin Bell / Tommy Booth and Peter Barnes mingle with the punters and have their photos taken etc . The good thing about this facility is they put the corporate away fans right above the away fans which takes the heat out of away fans in boxes mingling with home fans .

The tour finishes with the Mark De Foe memorial which is in memory of an ex Man City player who died tragically on a pitch playing for his national side . This memorial allows fans to scatter the ashes of friends and family who have passed away which got me thinking about Villa offering this service maybe adjacent to the Holte Htoel some garden or something and offer it as a venue for wakes . Without being too morbid its one thing that is guaranteed trade and a lot of people these days seem to be having claret and blue funerals and people want their ashes scattered on the pitch but its banned so why not use the Holte Hotel and offer both that and a venue . Got to be a way of getting trade in there on non match days .