SeanO Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 And she's complaining? I'd be thanking the "word removed" for releasing me from this nightmare. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StanBalaban Posted February 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2016 32 minutes ago, sne said: Straight from the Arsenal rule book. Heard countless stories of fans being escorted out from the Emirates for simply standing up for a moment or being loud. Yeah but that's one of the things I love about the Emirates. If you and your mates end up at opposite ends of the ground but the battery dies on your phone, you can just shout over to them. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Keep up the great job Tom your doing a blinding job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Obviously, the board dont want the fans to turn up.They have been trying to get their point across for some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cridontour Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 2 hours ago, DK82 said: I might get a ticket for the next home game, as close to Fox as possible, and let him know it. I'm also led to believe that the top tier of the Trinity will be closed next season if, or rather when, we go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 If I go to any Villa games again I would definitely get seats close to fox so I can throw eggs on him to show him he is a joke and a laughing stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Richard Posted February 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2016 Tom Fox apologies for unsightly scene during customer use of facilities Speaking exclusively today Tom Fox , the chief of the organisation known as Aston Villa, opened his heart and apologised for the recent incident while customers were visiting the organisation. He said "I would like to wholeheartedly apologise to our customer base for this, the truth is my phone, while in my pocket, accidentally rang the security team while I was on the way to speak to departmental head Mr Garde. Then while the phone was in my pocket the sound of it rubbing against the lining of my official suit sounded like "throw the bitch out of my workplace" to the security guard. It is not my intention to offend customers but visiting us is actually an "invitation to treat" legally." Apologies for that" 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted February 15, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2016 4 hours ago, Cridontour said: I know Kirsten through a friend that we give a lift up to Villa Park every week, he sits next to her and her dad in the front row of the Upper Trinity right behind the Directors box. He told us all about it on the way home after the game. He said she did not swear or use abusive language. He also called me a few hours after the game having spoken to Kirsten's dad. The stewards also threw out two other people who weren't doing anything. The Club have also told her that if she wants to renew her season ticket she must move from that area of the ground. I saw/heard all this yesterday. After the 3rd or 4th goal, some people began shouting from above the directors box down towards Fox as were others below in the lower Trinity. Plenty of obscenities from the lower Trinity but I didnt hear any swearing from those above, just angry shouting. Obviously the ones above Fox were too close for comfort to the rarified atmosphere of the directors box and the stewards moved in. Obviously protest of any description is not acceptable. There was also a bunch of people over in the lower Ellis who started chanting - We want Lerner Out. Stewards moved in for some reason - what is that all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Cridontour said: I'm also led to believe that the top tier of the Trinity will be closed next season if, or rather when, we go down. Get her to call the BM and tell her story I am sure they would love to hear the excellent behaviour of our idiotic chief executive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 It's really quite amazing the stuff on and off the pitch that "soap oprah" also known as Aston Villa have managed to deliver this season. As a neutral I'd be laughing my head off. Sadly as a Villa fan for over 25 years it's just plain embarrassing and frustrating. I live in Watford and was so so close to getting over to the game yesterday despite the outlay, hindsight can be a good thing sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 1 hour ago, MikeMcKenna said: Obviously the ones above Fox were too close for comfort to the rarified atmosphere of the directors box and the stewards moved in. Obviously protest of any description is not acceptable. There was also a bunch of people over in the lower Ellis who started chanting - We want Lerner Out. Stewards moved in for some reason - what is that all about? They own the club. People want oil sheikhs in to own the club. Nothing about the club (or, really, any club) is about fans anymore. People need to accept this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 What a word removed. I hope everyone sat behind Fox takes a bottle of piss to the next home game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernGordon Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 19 hours ago, deamie said: Fans need to vent their anger at what is happening at our club, the board and people running this club are a joke and if it was any other club this would also be happening too. We have been far too soft and patient as fans.....surprised it has taken this long You vent your anger though and other fans tell you to stop swearing, stop being an idiot and so on and so on......... Swearing isn't big and clever but anyone who has an angry rant without swearing must be a pre-programmed robot without a soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cridontour Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 48 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Get her to call the BM and tell her story I am sure they would love to hear the excellent behaviour of our idiotic chief executive When I spoke to my friend who sits next to her yesterday evening I did say to him she should go to the press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbertoAVFC Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Alright so just spoken to my step-Dad about the incident in the Doug Ellis yesterday and in fairness, this incident doesn't seem to be anything directly to do with Tom Fox - unless there is some sinister top-down policy designed to piss off fans. It was "over-zealous" (to put it nicely) stewards. Nevertheless it is a sad indictment of how the fans are being treated. My step-dad and his two mates sit right at the back row of the lower Doug Ellis (I used to sit there but work most weekends so cannot) and often stand. Seeing as though there is literally a wall behind them this seems ok. I'd say it's more of a "lean" than a stand anyway. However, from time-to-time, the stewards will come up and cause a big palava about them standing. Obviously this is stupid, and them being season ticket holders for probably a combined 100 years, as well as being quite a vocal bunch of blokes, tends to result in them telling them to do-one and nothing coming of it. Rightly so in my opinion. However, this time after this confrontation happened they decided to get the police involved. Seeing as though it was a pretty dark day for the club and everybody was already pissed-off, this was never going to end well. They took the three of them into the concourse and attempted to have their season tickets confiscated, all of which refused apart from my step-Dad who basically just said "whatever, take it". Coming from a man who's been going to every home game since the 70s that should have alarm bells ringing at the club but quite clearly they couldn't care less. The policeman then told the other two that they had done nothing wrong and there was nothing he could do, but the stewards continued to try to take their tickets away. Obviously this is probably just a case of power-tripping stewards, but this sort of thing is not uncommon (as evidence by what happened in the Trinity), and my step-Dad has already written to the club. Also apparently somebody had their season ticket confiscated for having an "e-cigarette". I'd be surprised if any of the three attend another game this season but that's not the point. The point is the club treat the fans like they are second-class citizens, when they should be trying to get them on board. This makes sense from a PR and financial perspective, because a better atmosphere results in better results, and happier fans result in higher gate receipts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mykeyb Posted February 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2016 Something stinks at Villa Park from top to bottom. From Lerner right down to the stewarding. Its hard to see any positives at this point. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted February 15, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2016 The stewards will be earning their money next year in the championship that's for sure, all the derbys and knuckle dragging fans we will have visiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Does anybody remember the scene in V for Vendetta where it builds up towards the end, the Fawkes masks are handed out on the street, the rebellion begins, then the little girl accidently gets shot by the powers that be.... causing full blown revolt. This could have been just the spark we needed. *Minus people getting shot obviously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 (edited) This picture makes me shudder!! Back row: Fox, Almstadt and Paddy Riley and that clown Steven Hollis in front of them!! Absolute jokers.. Edited February 15, 2016 by Villan4Life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 2 hours ago, Villan4Life said: This picture makes me shudder!! Back row: Fox, Almstadt and Paddy Riley and that clown Steven Hollis in front of them!! Absolute jokers.. Are they getting a pay cut when/if the club goes down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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