SimplyTheBez

I disagree. Hotels and restaurants aplenty in Town make for a much more hospitable venue. Could have several events per week through the summer. Believe these new stadiums even have retractable pitches and all sorts. No need for green sand these days no matter the weather

If the area contained some/any of our fanbase, I'd be inclined to agree, but the area doesn't care about Villa and on the whole would be happy to see the back of us I reckon...happy to be proven wrong of course. Almost certain that they prefer alcohol free Star City for their entertainment. Sad but true. I certainly wouldn't want to live there, would you? Even to live next door to VP, and these days, it really is my only social life!

I take your point, but beyond football is where my thoughts are heading with my suggestion. Taylor Swift isn't coming to B6. NFL isn't coming either. Nor Beyonce, UFC or big boxing bouts. Just imagine a big old stadium in the middle of Town. Money maker beyond football, which is clearly the way to go. Spurs know about money and they've done it. Real and Barca have completely rebuilt or are rebuilding for the same reason. There is a ceiling on football money. Beyond football the opportunities are limitless. Watched the Ferrari film recently. Enzo only sold cars to fund the F1 team. We need a stadium that makes money to fund our football operation. Our owners know this and would probably already have this in motion if they thought it wouldn't upset us fickle and capricious Brummies

I was looking at how Arsenal did it and the site they used was similar and trickier if anything as theirs is within a triangle of railway lines.

Should have said no doubt...I had no doubt!

Somewhere like that for example. Not much going on there is there and a comfortable walk from all Birmingham stations and everything else the CC has to offer. If we could get some political interest it wouldn't take too much to make a site available I'm convinced.

Maybe not brownfield, but with assistance and enthusiasm from the beloved BC council and Andy Street, I'm sure a site could be identified. For the good of the City as well as well as our club. Could be a big old site going at Curzon St when Labour get in and start looking at HS2 again...

They do and it is. They also say Birmingham is a bleak, grim and horrible place, because walking through B6 is the part that they see. With mattresses and sofas in the front yards, weaving their way through the bins over flowing with rubbish; the ever present heady aroma of weed accompanying each breath! Ground is not my issue, looking for the simplest and best long term solution for our great club.

This may have already been discussed and is probably unpopular, but I'm thinking more and more recently that we should bite the bullet and buy a brown field close to the City Centre and build a new ground. Wouldn't have to worry about attendances while it was being built and the other issues of facilities, traffic and transport links are no longer an issue. Town already has fantastic infrastructure and facilities. I love Villa Park, don't get me wrong, but getting in and out and watching every game is between 8-10 hours of my day. The area is a dog hole and I'm embarrassed for the experience we must give away fans. No wonder they all look down on us the way that they do. Arsenal and City did it. Everton are doing it. Loads of others have already done it too. I think we can be over sentimental about these things. Villa just don't feel linked to that area of Birmingham for me, they may have been back in the day, but it's plain to see how the area has changed around the ground and I doubt there are too many Villa fans living within walking distance. Interested to hear what others think?

I don't agree. Mings and Konsa played very well and are fine footballers. I'd take both of them over two thirds of what will be representing England in a few weeks too (and the other third is a former loanee full back of ours!). I'm not sure who you would replace them with? Maybe Carlos for Konsa, but we already have him, so done deal. This team needs Mings. Since he arrived on loan I've known it and I've never deviated. He's not perfect, but he brings that intangible something that makes us a better team. I'm not ashamed to say that I love the guy and hope that he's now a Villan for life and takes his rightful place in our ever growing version of Kumbaya...preferably not by dying though. UTV.

Not quite standing on the shoulders of giants, but I love the sentiment! Feeling good about this. He's considered a failure at Arsenal...but, his win % there would make him our most successful individual manager ever! Football, eh?

I'm not worried about the players. The right manager will get a tune out of this squad without a single new signing.

Soooooo...anyone still saying that we should give him time? Jim? Anyone?

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. This definitely feels like acceptance.

Can't see how that midfield competes against Chelsea's. Strangely muted on the Trinity concourse today, like someone's died (or about to get fired!). Probably no surprise really...

Yes indeed! I've said previously, on this thread or another, that I think that the main problem with him is that he's just a bit thick. Some people realise they're thick and they openly admit and keep themselves out of harms way by limiting their own horizons. The dangerous ones don't realise that they're thick and do untold damage given the opportunity. Stevies most definitely the latter!

Oh no he hasn't!

Like many on here, I've been checking every notification, in desperate hope, this week. I was down that nasty London at a conference in the Banking Hall yesterday, listening to our Group CEO doing his thing and still checking my phone, and genuinely would have celebrated like our winner against Watford 3 seasons ago had the news come through. I want it that much. I've never known our fan base so united in one opinion. He has to go. This is awful. I've always been a big fan of our Ashley. Didn't even begrudge him his move to United. He deserved it. But, I couldn't celebrate his goal on Monday. Genuinely could not. 46 years old and that is the first time ever. Even at the last few home games when I'm there in the front row of the Trinity, it's felt a little bit fake. Ersatz. Win, lose or draw football is about being entertained for me. That's gone. He's also so unlikeable. I've got no problem with sarcasm, us Brummies are up there with the best, but he's just horrible. A clearly horrible, horrible terrible man. I think the players probably hate him and that would explain alot. Remember how happy they used to look? Such a smiley bunch under DS. Maybe too much, but that's for another discussion. Replacing Smith with Liverpool's finest was like replacing Ronald Mcdonald with Vladimir Putin. Would explain the present attitude. Read what Terry said about Smith after he'd balled someone out. He was all about managing the person as well as the footballer. The things we've seen in public are things I'd never do as a leader, imagine what he's doing behind closed doors that we don't know about? No, I'm not feeling motivated either. Anyway, I'm a glass half full kind of guy, so here is the hope that I'm clinging to. Poch is on his way, but why would he want to begin his tenure with a hammering from a rejuvenated Chelsea at home when he has very little time to do anything about it? Makes sense to me. That will get me through my 9 hours out of the house on Sunday to endure what is quite likely to be a total humiliation. Sunday night, Monday morning...please let me see that notification pop up. Once again, looking forward to better days. All the best.

So poor. It's supposed to be entertaining. Don't like losing or drawing, but it happens. It's embarrassing when every game is a horror show and everyone non-Villa is saying how bad it is to watch. Even if we won all the games that way, it would still be awful! Hope I wake up tomorrow and the sarcy scouse sh*thouse has been dispatched That genius Carragher said something about SG channelling his inner Benitez before the game. Thing is, Benitez clearly has a brain, whereas Stevie has crayons...as suggested by a much funnier man than I, on here

That is comedy gold! " I DO wonder if he can be properly magic again under a manager who doesn't possess crayons for a brain." Brilliant!

Gold!

I know a few Arsenal fans and they have been saying how dirty we are. Genuinely surprised as I think we are possibly the least dirty team. Am I being one eyed? I go to the games, so didn't hear the BT commentary and analysis yesterday, but I can imagine it would have been heavily biased towards our darlings of the media from London opposition, and I can only think that what they've heard from the totally impartial pundits and commentary team has made them think we're dirty! All I saw was yet another weak and inept refereeing performance giving everything to the team that moans and rolls around the most i.e. never us!

I thought Ramsey played well and would have voted for him without the goal. Agree with the need to rotate, but felt JJ looked fresh as a daisy and would have been well down the list to be rotated for me.

Haha my thoughts exactly! I want to be entertained, winning comes a distant second every time.

Thought we played quite well, but we always struggle against big physical teams. They are very well organised as all Moyes teams are. We played football and they did their Moyes thing. Could have gone either way, but got no complaints. Massive gaping hole at the back for their 2nd goal after Dougie went off, so could blame SG for that I guess, but otherwise, just one of those Voted Ramsey MoM. He just seems to be getting better and better. Buendia and Bailey both looked lively and useful after coming on, so I'll count that as a positive too.