terrytini Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, mikeyp102 said: It’s a nice piece. Although the bit about the value of Jack and McGinn against their combined cost made me laugh as, you’d always hope even without the infrastructure one player who came through the youth and one signed cheaply from Scotland their value having played regularly in the premier would increase You would hope that, but this Club has a miserable record of making money from its youth policy and transfers. The strategy outlined - if followed ! - is as much a key to us becoming genuinely successful as anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Is a piece in the Mail (bit of a clickbait as there are no pictures) about the rebuild. No idea if it adds anything new but here it is: Quote A sneak peek inside Aston Villa's new £6 million gym at Bodymoor Heath Aston Villa latest news - The diggers first arrived back in January as construction continues to build a super-new first-team facility at Bodymoor Heath https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-bodymoor-heath-training-19029705 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 6 hours ago, sne said: Is a piece in the Mail (bit of a clickbait as there are no pictures) about the rebuild. No idea if it adds anything new but here it is: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-bodymoor-heath-training-19029705 "NFL giants Minnesota Vikings" Hyperbole much? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 22 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: "NFL giants Minnesota Vikings" Hyperbole much? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Stupid question, but is BMH open to visitors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Stupid question, but is BMH open to visitors? I bet if you slip John Terry a couple quids he'd give you a tour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YouUnastanFren Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 2 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Stupid question, but is BMH open to visitors? Not for years I don't think. I went when I was a little kid in the nineties, met the players and everything. Southgate was very polite, if only I'd known then what a little turd he'd turn out to be 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nepal_villan Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Stupid question, but is BMH open to visitors? The club were kind enough to arrange a tour for me back in 2006. Helps when you are coming all the way from Nepal! (though technically I was studying in the UK at the time). Gordon Cowans and Byran Jones were nice enough to chat with me for a few minutes and all the players were more than happy to sign a shirt I had brought along. Edited October 9, 2020 by nepal_villan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted October 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2020 went on the VP tour once. yeah, was fine, changing room, tunnel, then spent the rest of it by the pitch a BMH tour i'd pay good money to do however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjvilla Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 4 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Stupid question, but is BMH open to visitors? I remember a couple of years ago, I was going to play golf at the belfry. Me and my dad were very early so went to bodymoor just to have a look. We parked up by the gate and just had a look what we could see. The old man has been inside so was telling me bits and bobs about it when a jobsworth security guard came out to tell us to leave. So, in answer to your question, I very much doubt they would allow you to visit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, YouUnastanFren said: Not for years I don't think. I went when I was a little kid in the nineties, met the players and everything. Southgate was very polite, if only I'd known then what a little turd he'd turn out to be Remember meeting the squad (I think it was late 90s). I can't remember 100%, but I think it was Ehiogu and possibly Joachim (could have been Vassell mind) who were very polite and kind towards me. Edited October 9, 2020 by KenjiOgiwara 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2020 Seems strange to lose out on the revenue if some people are willing to pay for a tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 13 hours ago, MNVillan said: Sorry pal... Didn't mean to be insensitive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 7 hours ago, DJ_Villain said: Sorry pal... Didn't mean to be insensitive... Only joking dude Vikes will never win a Super Bowl. Cursed franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 9 hours ago, sidcow said: Seems strange to lose out on the revenue if some people are willing to pay for a tour. Bielsa looks in for free 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Can we watch the training sessions at Bodymoor Heath during these tough times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 On 09/10/2020 at 01:22, DJ_Villain said: "NFL giants Minnesota Vikings" Hyperbole much? Don't they call it the superbowl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 50 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Don't they call it the superbowl? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 my boring quick maths...that extension works out at around £6,100/m2 your average building is around £2,500/m2 it'll be high spec that's for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Many years ago back in the 70s Andy Gray had been out for a few weeks with an injury. He was due to play in a comeback game for the reserves one Saturday morning at BMH. My Dad suggested that we went along to watch, not thinking for a moment that there would be many people there. How wrong he was, there were hundreds maybe thousands of cars park along the lanes and on the main road. We had to park as far away as we used to from Villa Park on match day! I’m not sure how many people were there but it was in the thousands. We were all along the edge of the pitch I don’t know how many deep. Us kids all squeezed to the front. I think Andy only played for about half the game. In fact I think he stayed on a bit longer than was planned just because so many had showed up. There was probably more at BMH that morning than SHA got for a home game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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