briny_ear Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 11 hours ago, carewjust4u said: How do people feel about his twitter presence now? There's less of it so it's better. ✅ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 10, 2016 Moderator Share Posted November 10, 2016 The purchase of other clubs has all gone very quiet especially given Wyness claimed a deal was close back in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 11 hours ago, TrentVilla said: The purchase of other clubs has all gone very quiet especially given Wyness claimed a deal was close back in the summer. I thought the same recently about Xia's purchase of that logistics company for a few billion $. That was supposed to be close too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NottingVilla Posted November 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2016 Losing interest imo. I sent him a tweet about a keyring I think I may have lost vs Blackburn but no reply 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 On Sunday, November 06, 2016 at 17:38, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Wouldn't be surprised, the Chinese, namely Wanda, have invested in Movie Theatres/Entertainment majorly! Didn't they star in their own film which featured a fish in the starring role? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 The Hand Stand. The Bell End. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 On 10/11/2016 at 08:18, TrentVilla said: The purchase of other clubs has all gone very quiet especially given Wyness claimed a deal was close back in the summer. I think the type of clubs he was looking at buying were so minor it just wouldn't make any difference one way or the other - in that respect not bothered. The bigger picture that he had these grand ideas which (as yet) haven't materialised is a concern. Still we have money, experienced CEO , Experienced manager and have won 3 from the last 5 - I will hold onto those thoughts...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Don't think I've ever seen the Tony thread this far down the list - need to bump it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Le bump. Keep your pockets open, fuggoff the FFP, reinforce the midfield and lets promote ourselves from this giant misstep that is the Championship. UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) We really need to get back to the PL asap for Xia to be able to fulfill his plans for us. If we do things might actually get pretty exiting. Quote Premier League agrees major deal for Chinese TV rights The Premier League has agreed a major new deal for its TV rights in China, which could be worth up to $700m (£560m). The three-year contract with Chinese video streaming service PPTV is set to be the league's biggest-ever overseas broadcast sale. A PPTV source told the BBC a deal was in place. If the reported value is confirmed, it would be worth ten times more than the league's current China TV deal. The Premier League is yet to comment. Superpower ambitions PPTV is owned by Chinese retailer Suning, which is already invested in European football after it bought a controlling stake in Italian club Inter Milan in June. China's President Xi Jinping has led a drive for businesses to invest more in football in a bid to turn the country into a footballing superpower. He has set a target for the nation to be the world's biggest sports economy by 2025. Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa are among the English clubs to have received investment from China over the last year. Audiences for Premier League football are also growing strongly in China, with English clubs seeing the world's second largest economy as a major growth market. The nation's own Super League is also helping to fuel the boom, as it attracts well-known players and managers from the European leagues. The Associated Press news agency reported that the TV deal would be worth $700m, working out at $233m-a-year starting in the 2019-2020 season. Other reports have suggested the deal is worth $600m. The Premier League's largest overseas TV rights deal is currently with US broadcaster NBC, which paid $1bn for six seasons, or $167m per campaign. But the main source of the league's income still comes from the UK. British broadcasters Sky and BT last year agreed to pay a record £5.14bn for three seasons, starting with the current 2016-2017 campaign. Analysis by Robin Brant, BBC News, Shanghai If Manchester United and other top English Premier League clubs are willing to parade their players in a series of exhibition games across China as soon as the domestic season is finished, then you can see how important this market is. Premier League (as it's known here) is big. The fact that even David Beckham's son is the centrepiece of an advert for a smartphone in China shows you the strength of its appeal. Basketball is long established in China. The NBA has a huge following. Rugby Union, Cricket and the NFL all have ambitions here. But China's association with English football is deepening. Chinese investors have acquired what seems like most of the West Midlands clubs in a show of status and financial might, but also for some a genuine attempt to build new brands that could appeal beyond their domestic base. This broadcast deal, unsurprisingly, reveals how important web-based distribution is here for certain types of entertainment. But what you might call 'revenue issues' remain. There are plenty of illegal ways to watch Premier League games in China and I'm pretty sure that the England away kit I saw listed on a very well-known Chinese internet retailer - for the equivalent of £7.50 - wasn't the real deal. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38020900 Edited November 18, 2016 by sne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Go Dr Tony BUY PROMOTION whatever it cost. Break all the FFP rules. F**** it Buy all the strikers from the top 8 clubs in January Poach all the Managers too. A manager for each of Gaby, Hutton, Richards, Westwood, The U23's, U19's, U18's and the Villa Ladies team. Pay em top £'s, Free Stir-fry's for life. Whatever it takes JUST GET US PROMOTED 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rodders0223 Posted November 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2016 Quote The magic of the black box The black box might sound like something from a JK Rowling adventure but it is crucial to the club's success. It is a live database, fuelled by six analysts and has records of Saints players at every level, which are audited every six weeks to check whether they are hitting their targets. But it is not just details of current Saints players that are stored in the black box - data is inputted into it from games across every major league. Into it are loaded video clips, performance and statistical data, plus information about the character, personality and injury history of a player. When Reed discusses a potential signing with the manager he has a range of options, all of whom he knows will fit into the style the club wants. "When you are trying to unearth potential that can be turned into excellence, you need lots of information," added Reed. "Scouts can spot a player if they are looking at Gareth Bale - but to find a Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, you need more detail." Saints signed Hojbjerg, a 21-year-old Danish midfielder, from Bayern Munich in the summer on a five-year deal for a fee believed to be in the region of £13m. The data in the black box helped inform them of the player's suitability for Southampton. They knew that Hojbjerg had been through an excellent academy system at Bayern, that he was bright academically and had bundles of skill and potential. "Performance data allows us to say technically if he is what we are looking for," added Reed. "Physical information is not just high-intensity sprints. It is whether they are in high-level competition, how they hold the ball up, what the first touch is like." A good example of how Saints' long-term thinking and attention to detail allowed them to overcome the loss of an important player revolves around the departure of defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama. They signed the Kenya international from Celtic in 2013 and, according to Reed, he had opportunities to sign a new deal for two years. "It was clear he was being advised not to. When those tell-tale signs started happening we began looking in the black box," said Reed. "Potential replacements for Victor had to meet certain athletic and technical requirements. One of them was Oriol Romeu." Southampton had started monitoring Romeu as a 19-year-old when he joined Chelsea from Barcelona. They kept feeding information into his profile during a loan spell at Valencia. As Wanyama's future became uncertain, Southampton took an additional interest when Romeu joined Stuttgart on loan in 2014. Twelve months later, they approached Chelsea themselves, paying £5m for the player who has this season become Wanyama's replacement. It had been the same with Lallana and Dusan Tadic. Tadic was in the system from 2010 because the club understood that Lallana was developing into the sort of player that other clubs might want to buy. When Liverpool bought Lallana for £25m in 2014, Tadic was one of several replacements the Saints had been monitoring for years. Quote http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37954971 Hopefully Tony can encorporate and improve ourselves off the pitch like this. Proper planning, proper strategy. One of Lerner's biggest failings. "We've lost Downing....erm spunk £9m on N'Zogbia." Southampton are what I want us to inspire to. What a brilliant club. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 what an eye-opening insight. No wonder we've been Shit for so long Soton are at the level we should have been throughout Lerners reign. (we must realise the difference between ManU/C Chelsea Arsenal and the rest - Followed closesly by Spuds & L'pool) The Dr has an awful lot of catching up to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 .........even though I honestly thought a "Black Box" was something completely different 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villarocker Posted November 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2016 4 hours ago, Grasshopper said: .........even though I honestly thought a "Black Box" was something completely different I was waiting for something like this and then it came, ride on time! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 1 hour ago, villarocker said: I was waiting for something like this and then it came, ride on time! I Came You Came He/She/It Came They/We and Everybody Came all at the same time Right on Time.......... such a sweet sensation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Apparently we beat Virgin Trains by 6 - 2 so that's settled I guess... Stiliyan Petrov played. Quote ASTON VILLA SETTLE TWITTER SPAT WITH ‘SOCIAL MEDIA GRUDGE MATCH’ AGAINST VIRGIN TRAINS XI (PHOTOS) Having found themselves embroiled in a (very) minor Twitter spat a couple of months ago, Aston Villa opted to settle their beef mano a mano by sending a represetative XI to square off against Virgin Trains’ works team. It all began in the wake of Roberto Di Matteo’s sacking in October, when Virgin seized their chance to engage in some corporate-approved social media banter with Villa After going tit-for-tat for a few rounds, it all came to a head when Virgin slapped their testicles down on the table and challenged Villa to a winner-takes-all football match… To Villa’s credit they eventually fronted up, proffering forth a team (which included Stiliyan Petrov) to square off against Virgin and settle the ‘social media grudge’ once and for all. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the professional football club swiftly came out on top in a scintillating battle for the ages… That’s that sorted then. Maybe we’re witnessing the future of Twitter squabbles here. Next week: Gary Lineker versus Piers Morgan in a jousting tourney to the death. 4 Oct http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/aston_villa/247419/aston-villa-settle-twitter-spat-with-social-media-grudge-match-against-virgin-trains-xi-photos.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Demitri_C Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 11 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: This is fantastic. I love xia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted November 28, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2016 15 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: How can any one fault the good Dr when he celebrates like that.... woulda been cool to see his reaction to the cardiff goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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