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Try watching the Barry Bannan interview with auto captions on. 

That was in the Spectator? Surely not. 

I'm intrigued by this and I think it's almost certainly going to succeed. 

13 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

No more betting companies please! 

I've seen an interview in America with Wes Edens and it's about a new sports channel in the US which is all about sports betting alongside sports coverage. He's bigging it up, about how betting increases engagement, he thinks it's a good thing. 

I think if we get a nice offer from a betting company, we'll take it. 

Amazingly terrible news. A big lesson to learn from though. I should imagine we've paid him off either in full or agreed to pay a significant percentage of his remaining contract. I wonder whether this is going to some sort of smart accounting that allows us to report a lower wage bill next year or some such?

2 minutes ago, May-Z said:

Not a biggie but I'd like to see some more reasonable pricing on kids kits.

My two children are just on the cusp of 'getting' what football, and Villa, is all about and they loved the 3rd kit this year...it just cost close to £100 to get them both sorted.

I guess U14 season tickets are £50 to help grow the Pride - I think kits could be part of that too idea to with a much lower cost to get them on board.

From a marketing perspective surely kids kits should be sold at cost price? 

The kids are the future of the club, we should be encouraging as many as possible to support the club and wear the kit. 

On 30/05/2019 at 22:49, chrisp65 said:

How is that a lie?

 

How can it ever be a lie? 'Austerity' is a semantic construct to describe the Conservatives willful dismantling of public services and social support. They implement 'austerity' whenever they are in government. 

They've claimed to have ended 'austerity', when in fact they've continued to implement 'austerity'. What is the tangible defining line for where 'austerity' begins and ends? There isn't one. 

They might come up with another word for it soon. It might be that they're making 'efficiency savings', more likely that they're 'implementing the will of the people'. 

Whatever. All it ever ends up with them mucking the country up. 

Sorry, off topic. 

With this leadership contest it appears to be, 'Who can tell the biggest porkies?' in order to please gammons. 

I don't think he's good enough for the Premier League. 

I'm interested in ticket pricing I'd love to see a full Villa Park each week, but it won't happen if tickets are too expensive. 

I'm also interested in their plans for the stadium, if they have any. Renovation of the North Stand has been on the agenda for years. 

It's a yes from me, we've never had VillaTalk representation in the squad. 

37 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

The females don't usually stick around on VT, sad to say. 

That's because the females are not always female. 

What striking about that interview, is the interview itself. Not often you will see a chief executive sit down with a manager and do a joint interview. I think it shows a massive show of faith in Smith and also shows that they trust each other enough to give the same message across in an interview regarding the future of the club. 

I think that's one of the fundamentally beneficial things about having a head coach over a manager. Smith undoubtedly has a significant influence over the club's strategy, but ultimately it's not up to him to, it's up to the team of three, the CEO, the sporting director and the head coach. 

It's seems like a good model for us, a club that have lurched from one failed strategy to another with each different manager. 

I very much hope that we do sign El Ghazi. 

28 minutes ago, pacbuddies said:

Probably not the right thread for this but not sure where else to mention what I have just witnessed on ITV Central News. A bus carrying Derby fans (including women and young children) had several windows smashed by projectiles from a group of Villa fans causing £thousands in damage and scaring the life out of little kids. If anyone has info on who these knuckle dragging scum are then please notify the police. Decent Villa fans will not tolerate this sort of neanderthal behaviour. If these mindless thugs want violence then let them be brave enough to bring it on with people that can fight back and not innocent travellers that include women & kids!

Disgusting, I saw this too. Shame on them, I hope they are caught and banned.

Some lads sat in front of me in the pub got excited and bought some champagne with 10 minutes left. They'd been smashing back the bombs since 12:00 so they were heavily refreshed gentleman. 

When the whistle blew they turned round and let off the champagne. I got soaked from head to toe, I didn't try to get out of the way because I was so freaking delighted.

I've spent all day today at work watching Villa videos, and I haven't stopped smiling all day. 

Sadly I think his injury could mean that his opportunities for us will be limited. If he is suffering now from a long term injury, it will take something from his game. Also I think physically he might find it tough in the PL, he isn't quick or strong. We'll see. 

They've rescued us from Championship obscurity. I don't sense that they intend to bankroll the club and spend big money on established talent. I think we'll go down the route of trying to sign young players with alot if potential and I'd be more than happy with that. 

A good championship player, who has served us well, is he out of contract? If he is, I'd thank him, give him his promotion bonus and let him go in his way. He'll serve someone else well, but I do think he's probably past his best.  

On the other hand, he's not a bad player to have in a PL squad, but we certainly need better. 

46 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

Who isn't under the influence of alcohol

Rapidly trying to sober up for work tomorrow. 

Whatever happens I think the next appointment will signal the Conservatives evolution into being a genuine far right party. They've been on the cusp for a while, but they've not had a leader who epitomises that ideology. If Johnson and Raab are the party member's favourites then I do hope the more fair minded Conservative voters show their disdain at the polling stations. 

What is interesting to me though is that I think their support is being splintered between even more hardcore far right/borderline facist Brexit party and the more moderate Lib Dems.

I'm sure Thatcher said something about getting knocked down by traffic from both sides.