DaveAV1

Thanks mate.

That figure that Brighton got is just under 5% so perhaps 5% is the amount we can expect from them?

At what point did Purslow have responsibility for coaching and selecting the first team?

I’ve been a few times, May 1982 sticks in the memory!

I’m not sure that there are thousands of them!!

So would you say that the sacking of Dean and the appointment of SG was big factor in Morgan leaving? Or does it go further than that? If so are the club ultimately to blame?

An Aston Martin would be more appropriate. In claret and blue too please none of that red rubbish here thank you very much!

I’ve been on holiday there with my , now wife and we both loved it, I’ve also st various times won contracts down there and had a good time too, so it’s fair to say I like that part of the world, I’ve no real opinion on Marcus Trethscothic to be honest, all I know of him is that he was a batsman for England and whilst fairly average if he represented his country he couldn’t have been too bad, almost certainly a better batsman than me, that’s for sure!!

What is the site, that Villa Park sits on, worth without Villa Park, ok to most of us without Villa, it’s worth naff all but it must have some value? If, as I suspect, this is fairly low we could “gift” it to the council, in exchange for something that is of a higher intrinsic value to us. Over all I’d say it’s all up on the air as far as income is concerned bums on seats is largely not worth what it was but the spectacle of a huge crowd is important to the viewing public and probably to the players too, home advantage is still important. So I think the view of Heck and the owners is probably that a new big super stadium is a valuable goal in terms of image but needs to bring in money more often thsn 19 times a year and possibly local and national government are important to get on board when considering the bigger picture. CL football in the city of Birmingham ultimately needs to be an attractive proposition for the whole of the midlands area and there’s only one way to get that, which is of course Villa being successful on the pitch and then us exploiting that commercially, which is probably through TV, wether we like it or not. It’s sadly no longer 1981or 82. Villa Park is a wonderful old stadium as a whole and is liked by many fans other than us but it needs to be modernised and let’s be honest the only stand we really care about is the Holte, which id like to think in any development it will be considered and remain a huge stand that is kept separate from the rest of the stadium, hopefully a single terrace that scares the living daylights out of the opposition players and fans alike. So success on the pitch is, as always massively important for lots of reasons, some measured in the heart but equally plenty in the accounts. Unless the PL move the goal posts again. Although I’m pretty sure £ will play a huge role wherever ths goal posts are put! To build a lasting legacy NAS and Wes probably have to rebuild the city of Birmingham or at least take plenty of credit for doing so. I’m pretty sure this uncertainty is what’s really holding up the north stand plans. If we don’t have a new super stadium in the midlands then someone else will either in the midlands or not! Adidas Villa Park in Birmingham the heart of England homebto the European Champions and GB Athletics etc…………also the Tom Hanks Multiplx experience and the biggest concert venue in Europe where you can visit The Ozzy Zone and it the head off a Blue Nose in front of a huge audience! Ok the last one might not get council approval! But you get my drift!

Ok but why’s that?

Are you a Cornishman?

I’ve nothing against any region of Sumerset, in fact along with Cornwall it’s a lovely part of the country. Brimming with old Villans too!!

Rio Ferdinand, once a Representative for North East Somerset…………..

I’m playing catch up could anyone enlighten me as to what’s going on/ been said?

4 or 5 before they let one actually count!!

Hand me my assault riffle!

That’s thebtradegy otherwise they’d be pushing Citeh all the way !

1-1 apparent now. Plucky Spurs have goal unfairly chalked off??

True but putting it in context that’ll probably the only game they ever go to and probably weren’t sure which team they we supporting anyway and probably went home disappointed because Becham wasn’t playing and Posh wasn’t even there signing autographs!

VAR along with most of the authority’s various generally ridiculous rule changes have slowly ruined the game thst we all used to enjoy, it seems that some of the posters on VT have taken it to a different level of misery now.

Perhaps we shouldn’t celebrate anything anymore. Qualification for the CL should be very mutated until we’ve actually won the final by two or three goals, once they’ve all been confirmed by var and not before. Careful not to celebrate winning any games in the Europa conference unless it’s the final after proper consideration from VAR and an independent enquiry has cleared is for full celebrations to commence! The game’s gone!!!!

Would administering a bloody good hiding be considered to be too 70s/80s now?

Have you supported Arsenal for long? I tend to generally only watch The Villa, admittedly with claret and blue tainted glasses though.

Having occasionally played in goal for our cobbled together indoor 5 a side team in a lunchtime league at the Villa Leisure centre, many years ago, I feel qualified enough to completely agree with you on this!

If there’s anything that stands out that’s different, it’s thst in 1982 to qualify for the premier competition in Europe you had to be the champions of your own country, whereas now to qualify for wheat is ironically called the Champions League you just have to have done quite well either in the league or won a lesser European competition but not actually be Champions of your own country. I’m not particularly critical of how the qualification is done, as I’ve always thought that it was harder to win the UEFA cup against a range of quality teams throughout Europe rather than just the best team in a wide range of teams from countries who play in leagues of varying quality. It’s all about the dosh of course! Cynical me??