IwishIwasalivein1982 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Wish I could afford to attend more matches but I can just about budget one a month. Maybe I'll have enough for half a season ticket come december Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 49 minutes ago, Gary Thomas said: Just watching the pres conferences with Tommy Elphick and Ross McCormack. Very noticeable how they both kept talking about how critical the support will be this season. Lets get the place rocking again and show them what it means to us. Elphwick must really value fan support. He kept rousing our fans up every time we had a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 4 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Elphwick must really value fan support. He kept rousing our fans up every time we had a corner. ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I'm buzzing for Saturday. Hopefully the Holte is loud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Our leader has spoken......"we need each and every one of you getting behind the boys, supporting them, creating a real fortress that we know VP can be." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 For the last two home games the home support has been magnificent. Not felt like that since the early MON days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 First half support was very poor today - got a bit better when we scored. 5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 42 minutes ago, Gary Thomas said: First half support was very poor today - got a bit better when we scored. 5/10 It was quite muted today but I have seen that numerous times for a lunch time kick off. I do think there is an tenseness in the ground at the moment though and fans are on edge until we score. Another 30k+ crowd is good going but we need to string a good run of results together quickly or I can see attendances dropping off to around 27k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratvillan Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Stupid time for a football match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) 33 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: It was quite muted today but I have seen that numerous times for a lunch time kick off. I do think there is an tenseness in the ground at the moment though and fans are on edge until we score. Another 30k+ crowd is good going but we need to string a good run of results together quickly or I can see attendances dropping off to around 27k. 1 1 Maybe the lunch time kick off, and maybe the fact that we have come back after a long break, played a part as well, but is was quiet in the Holte. Tbh I think it was more apathy than tension, but I get what you mean. I actually think our limited repertoire of chants doesn't help. It's getting worse. We need a few more player chants to support and acknowledge players' extra efforts. Ayew was tremendous today and I didn't hear his name sang once! The same with McCormack who scored. That's just poor support on our part really, we should be backing and acknowledging players. That's our job as the '12th man'. Edited September 11, 2016 by Gary Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) 38 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: It was quite muted today but I have seen that numerous times for a lunch time kick off. I do think there is an tenseness in the ground at the moment though and fans are on edge until we score. Another 30k+ crowd is good going but we need to string a good run of results together quickly or I can see attendances dropping off to around 27k. Maybe the lunch time kick off played a part - maybe also the fact that we have just come back after a long break, but is was unusually quiet. I think it was more apathy than tension tbh, but I get what you mean. I actually think our limited repertoire of chants doesn't help. It's getting worse. We need more player chants to support and acknowledge players' extra efforts. Ayew was tremendous today and I didn't hear his name sang once! The same with McCormack who scored. That's just poor support on our part really, we should be backing and acknowledging these players IMO. Edited September 11, 2016 by Gary Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Gary Thomas said: Maybe the lunch time kick off played a part - maybe also the fact that we have just come back after a long break, but is was unusually quiet. I think it was more apathy than tension tbh, but I get what you mean. I actually think our limited repertoire of chants doesn't help. It's getting worse. We need more player chants to support and acknowledge players' extra efforts. Ayew was tremendous today and I didn't hear his name sang once! The same with McCormack who scored. That's just poor support on our part really, we should be backing and acknowledging these players IMO. The McCormack chant was sang after he scored. I thought once we scored the first until the time they equalised the atmosphere was really good. Overall I think there is still a hangover from last season amongst supporters though. We are all desperate for us to win games and with that does come some tension until we score. I also think at times our build up is a little slow and ponderous and that adds to frustrations. Second half we were much better and getting it forward quicker and certainly when Gestede came on. I'd like to see us up the tempo and get the ball forward quicker and I think that would get the crowd going. Wednesday under the lights I think the atmosphere will be much better. Not sure if it will break 30k again though. Edited September 11, 2016 by markavfc40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Commentator for BeIn Sports kept saying it was eerily quiet in the ground. On the TV all I could hear were the Forest fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 15 minutes ago, StanBalaban said: Commentator for BeIn Sports kept saying it was eerily quiet in the ground. On the TV all I could hear were the Forest fans. The camera was right next to the forest fans, from the Holte I think I heard them once all game. First ten minutes I thought we were loud, then it went quite for a bit, last ten of first half was loud again. Second half was quiet especially when forest scored. Then there was a heavy tackle from someone and this roused the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) I thought it was very flat from the beginning. The recent results have already affected the crowd, our confidence in the team is so brittle because of years of awfulness leading to last year's ultimate horror show. If we win a few and it becomes a regular thing the crowd will come with us. What horrifies me is that I can't truly lose myself in the joy of seeing Villa score as I have done for 30 years on the Holte. I clap and stand up but in me heart I just don't get excited because I believe wholeheartedly that it's going to go wrong any minute now and that's exactly what happened today. I hate myself for it but I just can't really get up for it. I can't be ozone, we have been brow beaten for so long they inner joy has died. I just want it back and only a run of wins will do that. Edited September 12, 2016 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holtern8 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) It was awfully quiet from the start. Probably the quietest I've heard it for a TV match. Odd. The attendance was a lot lower than expected as well at 30,800. Most were saying 35k pre-match. And this is with Forest taking their whole allocation. Edited September 11, 2016 by Holtern8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 1pm kick off on tv, it's always the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 16 hours ago, markavfc40 said: It was quite muted today but I have seen that numerous times for a lunch time kick off. I do think there is an tenseness in the ground at the moment though and fans are on edge until we score. Yeah, that was very evident again, the first Forest attack was perfect example of that. We came flying out the blocks again and battered them for the first 10 mins, then on 13 mins, they pumped a long ball forward which resulted in their first corner and you could literally feel the anxiety around the place. It was practically the first time they had been in our half. I do think that after the last few years us fans have developed a losing mentality. Now just to be clear, that isn't a pop at the fans, i feel the same myself when I'm down there, its just that we have come to expect the worse i suppose. The club has tried to change that mentality by practically replacing every single player, not that easy to change the mentality of the fans though, we still bare the scars of the last 6yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 20 hours ago, Holtern8 said: It was awfully quiet from the start. Probably the quietest I've heard it for a TV match. Odd. The attendance was a lot lower than expected as well at 30,800. Most were saying 35k pre-match. And this is with Forest taking their whole allocation. That is quite frankly, total nonsense. I can think of many games in the prem era with worse atmospheres than that even under MON- Fulham every year for example. When we got the 2 goals it was rocking. Over 30,000 on a televised game for a second division game?- I think that is very good. We got worse attendances under Lambert for 3 pm Saturday kick offs! If we ever actually go on a run and win a few games the crowds will flock back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 What people aren't realising is it was 25 quid to sit anywhere in the ground for first two games. Yesterday was 35 quid in most parts which was bonkers given the time of day. We won't get close to 40k crowds with that pricing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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