settle villa

19 hours ago, Villan4Life said:

That's what i was thinking too  I bet we start looking there in next few years

Would be surprised. The rental and rates in there is megabucks. 

I actually think they were right to say to Richards, Okore etc..... that they had 1 game to prove they really cared. However clearly none of the useless gang did care as their performance showed. Dr Tony could well have said to RDM that he gives them one chance only. Tonight proves to everyone they dont want to play for this club. 

Is there any way possible that Gabby could be an asset to us on the pitch this year ?. Be it a change in attitude from him, massive weight loss, him giving 20 grand a week wage to charity etc............ The only reason i ask is, it is pretty clear he is here to stay, so can we make any positive out of this situation whatsoever so it doesnt disrupt the team 1 little bit. 

4 hours ago, a m ole said:

assuming they use a large courier, instead of Royal Mail tracked which would be quite amateur, it's probably not far off what they get charged. couriers have really carefully calculated prices for areas based on their transport costs, the network they use (DHL is German so their mainland Europe shipping is quite cheap, FedEx can ship back and forth to the USA for nothing), frequency of parcels between the two countries and so on. a lot of online shops actually charge less shipping than it costs them, because competition is so high. trust me, retailers hate shipping costs just as much as customers.

 

edit; and the polar bear protection, of course.

No that is not correct. Finland is in international band 2 and the cost should be £15. Thats what i charge and i make nothing and lose nothing. The club are making £10 a delivery. 

Surely its going to be 100 times better just going to VP with a genuine chance of winning some games. 

34 minutes ago, sne said:

A host of Championship clubs are apparently looking at signing Matthew Knox from Livingston.

16 y.o forward would be one for the future if we are in for him.

Anyone know anything about him, don't watch the SPL myself.

I work in Livingston a lot and they are raving about him. The rumour last week was that Derby were the favorites. 

One person who may come back is Gareth Barry. 

Think the training range is great. Way much more thought put into it than Macron. Quality should be good as well. Cant wait for my work trip to Birmingham next week. Wife will hate my credit card bill. 

5 minutes ago, sparrow1988 said:

We've got Gestede

Not a fan of Gestede tbh. Good in the air but not enough aggression for me. 

I thought the Hungary striker Szalai was decent. Big bloke and didn't half put himself about. Doesnt score many but would cause havoc up front if we had a nippy striker alongside. We have to have a 20 goal striker in that league. Gayle will certainly get that for toon. 

32 minutes ago, deeps said:

5 years is longer than I expected. Hopefully we get some good gear and a great relationship with UA seems a growing brand this side of the pond and we already know how massive it is in the US. 

 

Kits look lovely. Hoping for some going training gear to wear. Couldn't bring myself to buys any Macron gear, man logo was horrible and the stuff felt cheap as hell anyways. 

Under Armour are going to be huge. Already 2nd biggest brand in the states ahead of Adidas. My company have just signed a deal with them for their footwear. They have massive financial power and ambition to succeed over here. 

4 hours ago, alreadyexists said:

I wonder how the Resorts World sponsorship will work, will it just be a; we show their name at the ground and they show our name at the complex? Or will it be a more intensive marketing thing? A wait and see job I suppose. It might be good to open another AV store there though, it's got great international links as its by the NEC (or whatever that's called these days) and the Airport.

Will be brilliant for Resorts World. It really needs some more exposure. Its a great little centre and if Villa can help drive people there it will help both parties and my job !!!!

1 hour ago, sexbelowsound said:

Not every mention of Macron has been removed. When RDM and Big T did their recent press conference the boards behind them still had Macron on it as well as the old, unrevised Villa logo.

Like i said Macron will remain until end of June. 

Well i haver never worked for Macron or Under Armour but i have experience of sportswear and contracts although it was a different sport. As far as i am aware football is no different to rugby or cricket. So i suppose its an educated guess. 

On 16/06/2016 at 20:20, Ginko said:

Where did you see those dates? Not saying you're fibbing, just curious.

The contract with Macron finishes on the last day of the season which is 30/6/16. All new contracts would start the day after. Deals always run for a full calendar year. However that doesn't mean the new kit would be on sale just that the new agreement is live. You can bet your last dollar that every Macron branded board will have disappeared overnight on 30/6/16. 

On 15/06/2016 at 12:37, limvillian said:

Macron still used on the advertising boards at the presser. I thought the season was officially finished so was out deal with them?

Macrons deal does not end till 30/6/16. Hence all advertising till that date will feature their name only. New deal starts 1/7/16. 

What about Stuart Pearce being given a chance. I know he worked for that clown at forest but no one ccould succeed there at the minute. I would have him over RDM any Day. 

I would not be surprised if the under armour deal doesn't happen 

7 minutes ago, Kbdrum88 said:

 

Hong Kong based Rui Kang are owned by the Chinese government and deal mainly in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products but are keen to diversify into football.) 

I have lived for 40 of my 43 years in Leeds. I just hope and pray that we do not end up anything like what they have become.  The fans have almost resigned themselves to another 5 or so years out of the premier. We have to hope that we do not copy them. It really is easy to go the same way. 

2 hours ago, AshVilla said:

Yes... because there are not other managers out there better than Pearson currently

Who exactly is on this long list of available managers, that would be willing to 

1. Manage in the championship

2. Work with current regime

3. Deal with all of the players who have massively let the club down

4. Currently have no money to spend

If you have a list of really good people I am more than willing to see it. 

1 hour ago, terrytini said:

As someone said earlier why on earth assume it will be shit ? IF it's Pearson, who I take it you don't want, it doesn't follow that it will then be shit does it ? You may not like him but it isn't like wed be appointing my missus. And IF it's Pearson why assume it will also be Black ? And if it is why assume that will be shit too ?

Things are bad enough as they are without writing us off over imagined appointments for failings they may not have !!

Exactly. What do people expect. We are now a championship club so do you think Mourinho or Blanc are going to come riding out of the sunset. Get real !!!!. If we can get Pearson to manage this shambles we should all be grateful and get back to reality

Get Warnock in. He will sort out all our players with massive egos. 

I'm in the Yorkshire dales so I have loads of lancashire and Yorkshire games to look forward to.