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  1. Stephen_Evans
    I am sure Heck will be “monitoring reaction” to his new badge….
  2. Stephen_Evans
    You wait for the 2024-25 kit…
  3. Stephen_Evans
    Does this chap do any graphic design in his spare time by any chance?
  4. Stephen_Evans
    There would be trademark issues with that, I think. Plus the club were very poor at protecting the integrity of that badge. Even Villa’s own stationery and the club programme didn’t manage to match what was on the shirts over the years. The clue is usually how far the words extended round the top of the outer circle.
  5. Stephen_Evans
    Heck has just made me love this!
  6. Stephen_Evans
    Argh, Aston Villa simply has to go at the top!
  7. Stephen_Evans
    I would choose the losing badge from the Purslow consultation over this new one.
  8. Stephen_Evans
    Now that we have sampled two examples of Heck’s “aesthetic” (badge and 150 years logo), I can’t wait to see what he will do to the kit next season.
  9. Stephen_Evans
    What the Heck is this man smoking? Taking the round badge lion in isolation and ignoring the direction for a moment, isn’t it obvious that that lion is superior in its shape and detailing and COLOUR. Claret on blue and no yellow.
  10. Stephen_Evans
    So we’ve got a different version of something most agreed needed to go, managing to make it worse in the process. Love or loathe Purslow’s badge, aesthetically it works. This one does not.
  11. Stephen_Evans
    Clearly Liverpool deserved to win tonight but that second penalty was a scandal! I am dreaming as much as any Villa fan but probably that result will suit us better in the long run. It’s a long way back for Newcastle now.
  12. Stephen_Evans
    Do you want to bet against us?
  13. Stephen_Evans
    Zaniolo’s issues are similar to Bailey’s during his periods of poor form. Running into trouble, holding on to the ball for too long, not fitting in to the team pattern. So Bailey’s transformation gives me hope for others.
  14. Stephen_Evans
    The problem with that theory is that the planning consent is already in the bag.
  15. Stephen_Evans
    It is possible to retain the existing north stand and build around it, adding a new roof. This was essentially Ellis’s plan. What is not possible is to build a completely new stand without demolishing the old stand at the very beginning.
  16. Stephen_Evans
    Lerner made tweaks to the Lerner badge. Or at least his chairman Steve Hollis did early in 2016 before the takeover.
  17. Stephen_Evans
    The other thing about the second half is how unlucky some of the incidents actually were in terms of the manager’s influence. He can’t do much about Carlos’s stray pass into midfield, the deflection for the equaliser or the ball hitting McGinn before the winner. A bad half certainly but only time will tell whether it’s indicative or a one-off.
  18. Stephen_Evans
    Modern clubs think differently don’t they. We fans thought a bigger ground was a good thing and that it wouldn’t matter if some games didn’t sell out as long as the bigger games did. It would give us growing room. One of the saddest things is that growing TV money over the past 30 years should have meant less reliance on income from fans.
  19. Stephen_Evans
    The mystery is why the owners are permitting their senior executives to show such arrogance to the fans’ representatives. Worrying times off the field I think.
  20. Stephen_Evans
    The way we dug out the point in the circumstances gave me huge encouragement. Not much you can do about denied penalties and a terrible disallowed goal (clearly a different phase of play based on the number of touches the Sheffield player takes before being intercepted).
  21. Stephen_Evans
    The FAB notes use the phrase “on hold”.
  22. Stephen_Evans
    Oh please stop, this is torture. That is gorgeous!
  23. Stephen_Evans
    Agreed. Ellis’s plans involved (in his words) an envelope design where a new stand was built around the old stand, which was retained except for the roof (presumably with other means of support to keep the thing standing!) The old plans show a “void” internally between the back of the current North Stand and the new structure around it. That would be the only way to do it while keeping the existing stand in use but it is highly unsatisfactory for many reasons.
  24. Stephen_Evans
    My complaint is that the club cannot simultaneously be 150 years old and in its 150th season. Next season will be the 151st! This is the 150th.
  25. Stephen_Evans
    Or with a small child. “Yes Daddy! Aston Villa kicked the ball!!!”
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