chads

General, I recently attended a 'careers in sport' course where the aim of the course was to gain an introduction into the commercial side of sport and better understand how sports organisations are structured and designed to make money for its shareholders. It included a section called '10 key income generators' which ofcourse included sponsorship. We got talking about shirt deals and I mentioned how Villa had sacrificed that potential opportunity when the acorns gesture was made. The course deliverer responded that Villa had only done this because we could not find a sponsor in the first place. He said that if we had been able to acquire a lucrative shirt sponsor we would not have entered into the acorns agreement. Ofcourse, knowing our club and the way Randy and his team go about things I do not believe that for one minute and entered into a heated debate that his assumption was incorrect. He was adamant that this was the case, and I left saying that I would write to you and pass on your comments on his suggestion. If you could respond to me on this subject I'd really appreciate it, and I can put this man right and further spread the good work of AVFC. Thanks for your time sir, Chads

best win of the season IMO. better than saturday, liverpool and chelsea.

another goal and another assist. what a man

i knew we were going to win today. there's something about us this year, a resilience that we've never had in my lifetime. players like dunne, luke young and warnock dont give a **** about reputations. every single player did themselves and the club proud.

James collins is magic, He's got strawberry blonde hair, And when a shot needs blocking, The big man will be there. Stevey Sidwells magic, He's better than Barry, He's all around, he's up and down, He loves AVFC. Stevey Warnocks magic, He's got a sweet left boot, He tackles and he passes and.., my god that lad can shoot. Richy Dunne is magic, He came from Man City, and when we played those greedy clearings in the woods he jumped higher than barry. Randy Lerners magic, He saved our famous club, We'll be forever grateful, For what that great man has done. Emile Heskey magic, He's worse than balaban, But he's convinced Cappello, That he is the man.

you can be my carlos cuellar, vincenzo montella, vincent grella, monica sella....any more?

General, I took my Dad to the game last night. He is a lifelong Villa fan who only manages to get to a couple of games a season and hadn't been since the Ajax game last year. We had something to eat and drink in the Holte Suite before the game and then enjoyed what was a fantastic display of effort and no lack of quality by the lads. I just wanted to pass on the comments of my Dad who was so impressed by the matchday experience nowadays, especially the Holte Suite and Holte pub offerings. Our old matchday ritual would see us rushing around trying to get a few beers from the off license before wolfing down a very average curry from a nearby restaurant. It makes such a nice change to be able to sit in there, literally 2 minutes away from the turnstiles and have a relaxing drink. He also commented on how impressive and clean the ground was looking, notably the holte end frontage. We raised a glass to yourself and Randy for everything you have done. Hope you are well General, thanks again.

a bad day at the office. we will have more of these this season, just like chelsea did today and man utd did at burnley.

where abouts do you sit then mate? k4 mate, banging my seat to keep it going when it started to die down! you? your not the bloke a few rows infront of me are ya? k4, row 28 probably mate ye, row 26

where abouts do you sit then mate? k4 mate, banging my seat to keep it going when it started to die down! you?

i'll take some of the credit for the 10 minute rendition of MARTIN ONEILLS CLARET AND BLUE ARMY!

MUST WIN for a million reasons. Please Villa!

General, you seem to have missed my post. To be honest, I don't blame you but if there's anything we can do - let's get the bastard banned!

Hi General, Good, solid and professional performance today and 3 wins in 6 days hsould keep the doom merchants quiet for a bit! The reason for my post is that I sat in the North Stand Lower near the Rapid fans on Thursday night, and was a couple of inches away from being blinded by a coin that was thrown in our direction as we left the ground via the exit in the corner. Can I ask if there is anything that can be done to identify the Austrian fan who threw this coin via CCTV? The club went to great lengths to find the guy who threw a coin at Redknapp last year and in my opinion this is just as bad - I was very lucky not to have been hit. I was impressed with their fans and I was thinking how brilliant their support had been until it flew past my eye and dented one of the seats behind me. This idiot should be hunted down just as much as any other coin thrower, whether it 'hit the target' or not. Bear in mind they should have been celebrating. Needle in a haystack I know but can anything be done? Thanks for your time.

General, I was there last night and I knew from the first minute that all this BS about MON loosing the dressing room and the spirit that got us so far eveoprating was absolute rubbish. We were at it from the first minute and every single player can be so proud of their efforts. As can the Villa fans who were rewarded for making the trip. I will never forget last night and I will beaming all week. 'The General Krulak Thread (Part 2) and *STILL NO TRANSFER QUESTIONS*' pages circa 87-92 are the perfect example of just how fickle football fans really are. Please refer to this next time we get a bad result and MO'N is clueless once more etc etc etc! Randy, MO'N and the General - some Villa fans just dont know how lucky we are!

i had curtis davies, villa to win 2-1 at 475/1! **** hell ash! haha

General, I have said this many times on this thread - you are spot on. It is so easy to give in when the going gets tough and our club needs more characters like you.

10. Finally, to write and tell me that you no longer will be coming to the games...that Fans will show their displeasure by not attending...etc. etc. I can understand such feelings but not the way they are put across...almost like a threat. We, as Fans, start thinking like that and we could easily get into a "death spiral." NOW is when we need to support the team...NOT start threatening the Team. Couldn't agree more General. Times like these (which aren't even that bad anyway - we are one game into a new season!!) are when our character as supporters is tested. It's very easy supporting a winning team but when things aren't going well true 'support' shines through.

whoever MON picks would be my team. he sees them day in day out, we dont.

General, I will echo the above statements and tell you that it makes me genuinely proud at what our club has become. We do things properly and if that means things taking longer than horrible clubs like Man City and Spurs then so be it. I know which camp I'd rather be in - and im in it! UTV

General, as TheLionsRoar says - not only only is this not the view of the majority of villa fans but it is the view of somebody who clearly doesn't understand the ins and outs of running a REAL football club with REAL players. 95% of us know that this is not a PC game.

fracture and step brothers are 2 quality films for entirely different reasons.

it should be: P E T R O V, petrov is the one for me, with a nick nack paddy whack give a dog a bone - why dont barry **** off home

Classic general, classic! You are a legend

Hi General, Can i firstly just say like hundreds, if not thousands before me - Thankyou. To yourself, Randy, MON and everyone else involved, thanks for everything you have done since you took over our great club. I could type for hours, listing the things that we are all grateful for but you know them as well as I do so I wont waste your valuable time. I am both proud and lucky to have good, honest men like yourselves running my club. Now to my question: MO'N reportedly said at the Moscow dinner that if we had 9 more players we would have been able to compete in the UEFA cup and not have to send a below strength team (or something along those lines). For what it's worth, I fully support MON in his decision because i don't doubt for a minute that he didnt believe he was doing the right thing for our club in the long term, and for a man of his honour and integrity I guess it was a tormenting decision to make. However, from his '9 players' comment, can we take it that unless we have 9 more players come 1st September that we wont be taking the Uefa cup seriously again? Thanks for your time General. We will never take for granted your efforts to communicate with the fans - win, lose or draw! Top man