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  1. Stephen_Evans
    Lerner made tweaks to the Lerner badge. Or at least his chairman Steve Hollis did early in 2016 before the takeover.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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).
  6. Stephen_Evans
    The FAB notes use the phrase “on hold”.
  7. Stephen_Evans
    Oh please stop, this is torture. That is gorgeous!
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Stephen_Evans
    Or with a small child. “Yes Daddy! Aston Villa kicked the ball!!!”
  11. Stephen_Evans
    The 16 teams will become 8 and will be added to the 8 (including Villa) who skip the next round because they won the group. Calling it the last 32 is confusing. It’s two rounds of 16
  12. Stephen_Evans
    So by “announcement”, presumably we mean an explanation of the disappointing news already announced rather than anything to actually look forward to!
  13. Stephen_Evans
    Very cryptic as always (not you, OBE).
  14. Stephen_Evans
    That would be a lovely break with tradition. The 80s and 90s seemed to capture our history in a nutshell. Big achievements, big disasters, sudden comebacks, rinse and repeat.
  15. Stephen_Evans
    Where do I sign?
  16. Stephen_Evans
    We should never have left Wellington Road. Poor Archie Hunter must have been turning in his grave!
  17. Stephen_Evans
    So “we” looked at it in the summer, were minded to cancel it, but put in a renewed planning application and repeatedly led supporters via the fans consultation group that nothing was amiss.
  18. Stephen_Evans
    I know we have separate kit threads, but in the context of brand identity I am concerned about what bright ideas Mr Heck will foist on us with next year’s kit. He seems to have Ellis levels of political acumen at the moment. Cue an all claret kit or some striped monstrosity!
  19. Stephen_Evans
    How about we don’t chant it. Let’s act like we belong there.
  20. Stephen_Evans
    I have not managed to watch the interview yet. Does this feel like cancelled or postponed?
  21. Stephen_Evans
    I feel very deflated by this news. I also feel strung along by the club. The justification put out makes no sense at all.
  22. Stephen_Evans
    You are probably joking. But I actually do!
  23. Stephen_Evans
    “Roundly”
  24. Stephen_Evans
    “Interesting new aspects to the kit” is a phrase which makes me shudder.
  25. Stephen_Evans
    Seems a bit “off brand” to me!
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