Stephen_Evans

12 hours ago, Stephen_Evans said:

A bit concerning that Heck wasn’t wearing a Villa tie.  Unless he wants to change the colours of course…

I noticed that Emery was wearing the same one.  

A bit concerning that Heck wasn’t wearing a Villa tie.  Unless he wants to change the colours of course…

8 hours ago, Talldarkandransome said:

Rubbish atmosphere until we scored again. I think the Holte is deffo suffering from the corporate invasion.

I have a feeling the number of non-corporates on the Holte is still enough to fill Bournemouth’s ground and leave some outside.  If the atmosphere is bad, corporate hospitality is not the reason in my view.

Non-elite (but working hard to get there) team in “not quite as good away as at home” shock!

We’ve played worse than this and won.  There have been enough chances for us to win on a day when things are going our way.

My Grandad used to tell me about chats with Brian over the counter in the club shop after Brian retired as a player.  A different world!

57 minutes ago, DakotaVilla said:

I can’t wait for him to beat Agbonlahor’s premier league goals record. It genuinely annoys me every time he’s mentioned as our top scorer. 

It annoys me that we talk of premier league goals rather than just league goals.  Agbonlahor is a mere footnote when you have Harry Hampton out on 242 or something.

edit: sorry, it was 215 in the league and 242 in all competitions.   2 short of Billy Walker on 244 in all competitions.

7 hours ago, ender4 said:

Would he even get into our team now?

He never could really!

When Gerrard appointed McGinn as captain, it somehow seemed the wrong fit.  Now, under Emery, he seems the perfect fit.

It’s these straight passes through the middle of the pitch that get me going.  Just not something we’ve really seen done well at Villa in the past.  There are passages of play where we are making the game look easy.

Once again I couldn’t help noticing how much he celebrated when we scored.

42 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said:

Regarding the Villa Park goals stat, I think we’re talking premier league records there. Yorke managed 5 in a row at Villa Park in 1996/97.

Prior to that, in 1991/92 Yorke also scored in 8 consecutive Villa Park matches (all league games, like in 96/97). 

Don’t know if that is the record.

And David Platt managed something similar in 1989/90.  I’m sure I remember Martin Tyler saying it was 8 games in a row  at Villa Park when Platt scored on Boxing Day against Manchester United.

29 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

30% didnt mond what direction the lion faced?? Are you for real **** getting back to facing the right way ffs

Or the left way.

The problem with the apparent endorsement of a shield is what do they mean by a shield? If it’s a shield like 1957, count me in. But it could be Lerner’s shield.

It is possible that the two players sent home are those whose identities have been used by the third player investigated yesterday.  Which would explain why the Italian FA refer to their state of mind and their own protection.

On 06/10/2023 at 11:34, Jas10 said:

This guy’s done loads of designs:

 

Option C please.  It has dignity and permanent class.

I know this thread is about future brand identity but I’d like them to fix some past brand identity on the cover page for the Villa Vault section of the programme.  It’s embarrassing that the people running a club publication do not know (a) which badges are genuine and (b) what order they should appear in.  For example, there are three representations of the 80s roundel which are all incorrect, plus the 1990s badge sitting before those three roundels in the chronology. There is then an incorrect version of the 1990s badge and a random change of shade of blue from Lerner mark I to Lerner mark II.

It’s obvious where these have come from.  The editor should not believe everything on google.

They have form though.  For the feature on the 1971/72 season a couple of years ago they used an unofficial fan version of a badge which didn’t actually exist in 1972.

I know I should get a life but these people are being paid to do a job.  Sometimes small details highlight bigger problems.  Attention to detail in club communications and publications is a must.  The programme was one of the best in the business for about 30 years but is a shadow of that now.

We’ve seen this before with good players struggling initially.  Our fan base can be pretty unforgiving and it must get to a struggling player.

1 hour ago, est1874 said:

There's no harm in changing it up every now and then, even if some people get up in arms about it. That was a great home kit. I've really liked some of the kits where we deviated a little from our status quo. It also makes it sweeter then when we go back to the norm.

“Up in arms”.  I see what you did there.

Seeing the Gregory article reminds me of the games against Basel.  I have never managed to find any footage of that final anywhere, which is strange.

20 hours ago, Jas10 said:

 

It’s heartbreaking enough having my roundel taken off me, Brexit-reversal style, but now you show me something beautiful like this…I just know the final version will disappoint me now.

13 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Really don't like that. Looks way too burnley for me

But if you look closely, you can definitely see the words “Aston Villa”…

My own reason for not wanting a gold/yellow lion is it makes a peripheral colour a main colour.  Our main colours are (obviously!) claret and blue.  If you have a gold lion on claret, you’re getting a bit West ‘am.  And the less said about yellow/gold on blue the better.

For my part, I have said the starting point should be a claret lion on a blue background.  It seems the combination which has worked best visually.  

Not a question of nostalgic or modern so much as “permanent class”.