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  1. thunderball
    I agree, and that’s great if you have infinite funds. What you need is value for money, and don’t mistake revenue for profit. Two examples, the figures are broad for simplicity: 1. Look at our revenue per supporter, it’s terrible. I would suggest it’s easier to try and double our revenue on existing supporters than building more seats. Get this right first. 2. 8,000 new seats at a cost of £100m = £12,500 per seat. Avg. season ticket price £650/ seat per year. Repayment before profit is 20 years. This does not include interest, nor loss of revenue while building takes place. Its crude but it shows it’s not a tap that suddenly pours out profit. I would suggest larger, modern facilities with better catering and lavish corporate will extract more £ per supporter/visitor. Villa could/should be the biggest regional stadium that attracts all the secondary entertainment too. That’s what Spurs and Arsenal have done, and Highbury/White Hart Lane had as much sentimental value to them as VillaPark to us. I think pouring £100m into 8000 new seats when the ground is outdated for the modern footballing economics is a complete folly? Especially when they might move in 5 years.
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    I don’t think it is Sid. I posted about this elsewhere: the money earned from each supporter is paltry, lots of other “smaller” clubs out performing us handsomely. The stand extension is only a small part of the issue. I don’t see the logic spending £100m to gain 8-10K seats in an out dated stadium that is way off, it was conceived in a bygone era and is no longer driving revenue as it should. It’s a sticking plaster that won’t earn anything back from that that Investment. My guess it was rushed through for the Euro's. I would imagine NSWE have far bigger aspirations and don’t want to throw away £100m.
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    A lot of truth in this statement. A lot on here won’t agree but personally I think badge-gate, Terrace View, Lower Grounds and postponement of the proposed expansion of the ground (in the form consented) are all petty minor or even non-issues, small in reality but always likely wind up some long standing fans. In the slightly podgy, outsider Heck, people have found their scape goat. No doubt things have happened that have ruffled feathers internally but I have a slightly cynical view on all this. I would be suspicious that personal agendas are being hitched to the “C*cksucker bandwagon”: I recently saw the commercial performance table and Villa were close to the bottom, for me that’s an absolute damning indictment of the regime so if NSWE have brought in someone to shake it up at its core, a few egos are going to get trodden on in what looks like fairly root and branch shake up, the fall out we have just seen is typical of the tittle tattle on social media. Im not defending Heck, he could well be an arsehole. The club needs to double its commercial performance very quickly so big decisions need to be made and for me the measure of Heck will be on this, but I fully expect people to leave and not be happy about it, and social media is such an easy way of throwing your sh*t around.
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    Frustrating and promising. Didn’t deserve to lose, could and should have won by a few goals against a form team. Emery said it’s our second best performance this season and he is right. We will learn from that and have players coming back into consideration. We have plenty of fight in us yet.
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    We are the better side, keep it up, could go either way. At least we are now playing well.
  6. thunderball
    Ramsey close to being back on form, what a talent he is. Could get a goal today
  7. thunderball
    Missed the first half (thankfully). Not the end of the world and probably a blessing in disguise, maybe too much too soon. Regroup, refocus on what’s really important, get the core back to fitness. I honestly only care about the League this season. There, I’ve said it.
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    4 minutes to turn this around
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    lol
  10. thunderball
    Sheffield was last weekend?
  11. thunderball
    Sheffield brought the fight and got walloped. Do you think Man City and Arsenal came to rollover? Did AZ Alkmaar allows to waltz in and destroy their unbeaten home run? That’s without even thinking about it. Yes we’ve struggled of late with a small squad and injuries after showing league contender form for half a season, but your statement is simply untrue.
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    What a load of nonsense?
  13. thunderball
    3 goals at “fortress Villa Park” with only a whimper in return is the concern
  14. thunderball
    Maybe that’s the plan with Konsa and Nedeljkovic covering orthodox defensive duties on the right?
  15. thunderball
    Surprisingly good window, very pleased, we are in good hands. However, I fear Rogers is lined up ahead of the possible departure of Ramsey before end of June. Let’s hope not.
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    Very happy, the club knows what it’s doing, we already have a squad full of players with Mings, Buendia, Pau, Digne, to come back, Tielemans to properly integrate, Irogboeum being integrated, Zaniolo on a possible loan-to-buy, Lenglet on loan and allegedly some irons in the fire for Summer free transfers. I just doesn’t see the rationale to buying immediacy when we likely have some very key targets in mind for Summer that will likely be expensive?
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    Duran 20 Nedeljkovic 19 Sousa 19 Rogers 21 Gauci 23 We will soon re-sign: Archer 21 Philogene-Bidace 21 Going big on youth.....
  18. thunderball
    We also signed a right back earlier in the window?
  19. thunderball
    Low on confidence at the moment. But thats hopefully temporary, as others have pointed out, look to Bailey as your inspiriation. Still his first 6 months in the country, club and the division so give him a break. The good thing is we have all seen there is a player there, he is naturally talented and an intelligent person so I back him to shine long term. Not many doing themsleves justice at the moment, maybe he's no different, except he is someone who's position is an easy swap with Zaniolo, Bailey, Ramsey, Cash, Duran, McGinn and Tielemans all players Emery is happy to swap around.
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    Wow, he is certainly polarising opinion. FWIW, I thought he is and was OK, in fact quite good (and yes, more rounded than Carlos), and think his recent outings have been pretty good, whilst he is not at Pau's level, his range of passing is good too. Yesterday everyone was poor and you could make a case for everyone being the reason for others failing, but I certainly couldn't pin our problems on him, we failed as a team. Somethings not right in how they have been set up and we are no longer effective, and certainly unable to respond to what teams are now doing to us now. I also believe Mings will struggle to return to this team and meet expectations, lets hope he does. I dont believe we can afford to sign Lenglet and it appears the club has already targeted a replacement, but you get the sense the club is making plans for some one else to partner Konsa and Torres at the back.
  21. thunderball
    This results probably sees us 5th now. Still in the mix at the top, need to rediscover the magic
  22. thunderball
    Small squad doesn’t help them, these guys look drained.
  23. thunderball
    We are so much better when we play at pace, few teams can stay with us, problem is you can’t play that for 90 minutes, but that’s how we used to start games and then hung onto leads.
  24. thunderball
    Have to say we are quite static though, there is little movement, not sure it’s on him, something has changed and they all seem to be suffering
  25. thunderball
    Is Moreno rusty or did he flatter to deceive last season?
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