dn1982 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Off to the latest SCG tonight with Tom Fox and Charlie Wijeratna. Do any of the supporters on here have any genuine (non-offensive!) questions that they'd like me to put forward if I get the chance or they are not brought up by someone else? here Leave in about an hour, so be quick! Can you ask why VillaTalk haven't been invited? Again? It wasn't an invite thing it was a first come first served thing. Any fan could've gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 27, 2015 Administrator Share Posted May 27, 2015 It wasn't an invite thing it was a first come first served thing. Any fan could've gone. We used to get invited. You'd think they'd want VillaTalk to be interested. But it's become about what pie fillings should be available and nothing to do with football. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jareth Posted May 27, 2015 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2015 Can we loan Cleverley AND Januzaj at the SAME time? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Pie fillings, entrance music, shirt sizes etc maybe even a question about the half time game being a bit unfair because they put the sprinklers on whilst it's taking place... Nothing will change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Will we finally make that cheeky bid for Isco? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Also, can the club please give a cast-iron guarantee that they will never introduce goal music? Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Folski Posted May 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2015 Read this as SGC first and thought it was ask Sir Gary Cahill questions about youth prospects 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Quote from a Facebook fan page "word filtering from supporters meeting tonight....New shirt sponsor and manufacturer for next season..." Can anyone at the meeting confirm this has been said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Somebody on Twitter who supposedly was at the SCG is claiming that also. New American manufacturers apparently. That'd be great, I refuse to buy Macron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Somebody on Twitter who supposedly was at the SCG is claiming that also. New American manufacturers apparently. That'd be great, I refuse to buy Macron. If true I've got a feeling it'll be New Balance they've took over Liverpools deal and another premier league club next season can't remember who. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) Somebody on Twitter who supposedly was at the SCG is claiming that also. New American manufacturers apparently. That'd be great, I refuse to buy Macron. somewhere between nike releasing kits in december and these beauties - macron doesnt seem all that bad to me... not sure why people are so offended by them, whoever pays the piper Edited May 27, 2015 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Pie fillings, entrance music, shirt sizes etc maybe even a question about the half time game being a bit unfair because they put the sprinklers on whilst it's taking place... Nothing will changePeople failing at the half time game is nothing to do with the sprinklers. People are just shit at judging where their kick will end up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jackbauer24 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2015 Just back. Don't worry, I mentioned Villa Talk by name, does that get me mod rights? To be fair it was quite interesting, despite a fair mention of food! So I'll try to recap what happened and rough idea of what was said/implied, although not direct quotes. To start, there was a few testers of food! It gets more interesting but I'll cover it for completion. Looks like we're getting improved burgers, fish and chips, Nannsters (nan bread filled with rice/curry) and mini curry. They are looking at a few more things in possibly Holte Suite.Holte Right, more interesting stuff. Tom Fox gave a short talk saying neither he or Randy were happy about our situation and he is promising it won't happen again. He then backed up that belief by putting in what he felt was the main reason and said the infrastructure and the income were woeful. He said whilst most clubs were improving their income by huge amountstheir, our year on year income was increased by only 5%. He said based on size we should be 7th in the list and yet we're 14th. We get less than £5m a season whilst Spurs get £20m for shirts. There are some big announcements to come regarding sponsorship but no details as regards who or if shirt etc. He mentioned the amount of money coming in to Birmingham and also mentioned Chinese money and a Chinese Airline but doesn't necessarily equal anything. He thinks each club should choose whether to cut prices based on supply and demand but thinks our prices are very competitive and it's only poor performance that stops the stadium being full. He said he needed time to assess Lambert but felt that he was doing a good job but then acknowledged the role was new to him and now Sherwood is in he realises how much was lacking before. Hindsight and all that. Director of football is on back burner as Sherwood brings a lot of development knowledge with him that Lambert didn't have. However it is a model that Villa will have eventually and if done properly should only be a plus for the manager. They are putting in place all the right people in all the right places. He's not happy players are getting injuries in the same areas and has praised Paddy Reilly and some Opta guy for revamping areas we're lacking. Takeover news; nothing greatly revealed! However Lerner would only sell to 'right' people and is looking for custodians again. There is currently nothing to take out the club as we are under performing in that area so it's all about selling to the right people. He reiterated that Randy loves the club, has the famed tattoo and would be happier than we can all imagine to win the FA Cup. Chairman; should the club not be sold then a Chairman would be a figure head role but Tom Fox would not answer to him but work in a committee like role. Tom Fox doesn't care about title but says Randy said he'd be offered something along lines of Co-chairman. If Villa are sold and new people don't want him, that's their loss he said! He wouldn't confirm scarves plan for final but said we're a proper club and will do something great! He said he's not in slightest bit conflicted, Arsenal will want it, Villa need it! All the players know how big it is apart from Jack who just plays football and doesn't seem to notice! FA Cup final tickets were sold block by block as that was only logistical way to do it. Stewarding will be looked at. Sound system is rubbish as usual. Can't talk about specific sponsorship deals. Can't talk about any plans should be win cup. Season ticket sales are already ahead of schedule. Looking at ways of going cashless/ incorporating Villa Cash. Anything else that comes to me as I remember it, I'll put it on here. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight Like Lions Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hainan Airlines then, new Beijing route from Birmingham starting this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 First extra point; Tom Fox said we're a mile away from top 6, the horse has already bolted regarding some teams before FFP came in, but our job is to be bigger than the other 14 teams. He said we are more popular than all of them based on fan base/ twitter/global following so we need to start getting revenue from that. So whilst top 6 are leagues away, we need to pull away from the others. We're in top 40 clubs finance wise due to Premiership alone, and new deal will make it so of the top 30 clubs in the world, 20 of them will be Premier League clubs - this means we are in competition with just clubs around us and if we can start living up to our potential, we can effectively be the tenth biggest in the world just by using the revenue that is available to us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hainan Airlines then, new Beijing route from Birmingham starting this summer. No names mentioned, 'they' were just here with representatives of Birmingham and showed the club off as well. May bring in no investment at all. Manufacturer and sponsors were mentioned but only in that we didn't get enough money by any stretch. He said we may replace Macron or may not but we need more income from this area. He spoke to tables individually after main chat but I heard nothing about American manufacturers personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Sherwood brings a lot of development knowledge with him that Lambert didn't have. However it is a model that Villa will have eventually and if done properly should only be a plus for the manager. wait ,.,,,did we/lerner not hire lamberk to do the borussia dortmund thing and bring players through and buy cheap and develop them ....it was like the blind leading the blind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 He said he needed time to assess Lambert but felt that he was doing a good job but then acknowledged the role was new to him and now Sherwood is in he realises how much was lacking before. Hindsight and all that. Director of football is on back burner as Sherwood brings a lot of development knowledge with him that Lambert didn't have. However it is a model that Villa will have eventually and if done properly should only be a plus for the manager. Hmm. Doesn't sit right with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Sherwood brings a lot of development knowledge with him that Lambert didn't have. However it is a model that Villa will have eventually and if done properly should only be a plus for the manager. wait ,.,,,did we/lerner not hire lamberk to do the borussia dortmund thing and bring players through and buy cheap and develop them ....it was like the blind leading the blind I'm not going to try and justify what he said or the reasoning behind it - I'm just reporting directly what he said when answering some questions. He seemed to suggest that Lambert seemed to be doing all the right things when he came in and e couldn't work out why we weren't getting the results and he still thinks just because things are going wrong doesn't automatically mean it's the mangers fault as there is a lot of cogs in the machine. People weren't asking the right questions was his main point - why are we getting same injuries, why are all of our defenders injured, why are players doing the wrong training on some days etc. But now we have Sherwood, he had more of a role in the development at Spurs and all the connections he has formed and that the Director role isn't as needed for him but it will happen eventually. Currently he works with Tim and Paddy to do the role together but eventually someone else will take that role themselves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 He said he needed time to assess Lambert but felt that he was doing a good job but then acknowledged the role was new to him and now Sherwood is in he realises how much was lacking before. Hindsight and all that. Director of football is on back burner as Sherwood brings a lot of development knowledge with him that Lambert didn't have. However it is a model that Villa will have eventually and if done properly should only be a plus for the manager. Hmm. Doesn't sit right with me. Which bit? And how doesn't it sit right? Seems pretty straight forward answer to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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