Vive_La_Villa Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Would love to watch Villa play abroad. Wonder how easy it would be to get away tickets? I guess could just sit with home fans worst case. Great excuse for a trip! I get excited just thinking about it. Last time we were in Europe I was way too young to be able to afford to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted April 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 3, 2023 20 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Are there more conflicts or fewer conflicts between the opposition and VIlla supporters? Are there fewer? this would really depend on the relationships between the two countries. there seems to be trouble whenever an english side plays in italy for example. my only experiences were moscow (didn't see any trouble but you could tell all weekend the russians didn't like the english) and vienna part 2 (which was sound) anywhere like germany, poland, swizerland, belgium, holland, all of scandinavia would be fine IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted April 4, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, villa4europe said: The away days are absolutely **** incredible Would be interesting to see if it impacted our excellent PL away support, I do kind of buy in to man City fans excuses that you can't do everything, if we're taking 5k away to Europe on the thursday night (!) would we still take 3k to say Newcastle or London on the Sunday afternoon But seriously if there's one thing you do as a football fan, barring winning something as that's out of our control, go to a European game It's funny how your username @villa4europe hits differently this week. Notice that? Last fall, it seemed like a sick joke. Three months ago, it seemed sarcastic. Last week, it seemed a little greedy. Now it feels ... very real. Edited April 4, 2023 by Marka Ragnos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Hopefully stop some being doom and gloom negative and shitting on some players that have been great under Emery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 6 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: It's funny how your username @villa4europe hits differently this week. Notice that? Last fall, it seemed like a sick joke. Three months ago, it seemed sarcastic. Last week, it seemed a little greedy. Now it feels ... very real. Imagine where we were when I started here under MON... The days when the EL was a disappointment I can say I remember the arrogance - paired with the flights being shit and expensive - around going to the Vienna game two years running, saving my money for the better group games, what a mistake that was 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 6 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Hopefully stop some being doom and gloom negative and shitting on some players that have been great under Emery 100% not happening unfortunately 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 12 hours ago, ChicagoVillan1983 said: Yeah - but do they have Gregg’s in Prague, m8? Least exciting Villa match I ever went to was during the Lambert reign when we played a friendly approximately seven thousand miles outside downtown Chicago. I was in America that week so went up to Chicago for it, thinking it would be exotic. I remember the stadium car park had a Shell petrol station and that was about it. At least Witton has a decent Tesco. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) With us not playing in Europe for almost 15 years i'm really looking forward to not having to read how it's the CL or nothing or how we are too good for the smaller cups when and if we do quality. No one sticking their nose up if we get to play clubs from smaller leagues this time. Edited April 4, 2023 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted April 4, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 4, 2023 Is Savo still managing a club side? Be good to have him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MakemineVanilla Posted April 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2023 The only European competition worth being in is the Champions League, the Europa League is just an enervating waste of time, and money, which tempts clubs into signing too many players, they think they need to cope with two or more games a week. I have long seen it as a barrier, meant to prevent clubs from the middle-rank from threatening the big brands should they have a transitional season. I see Everton's decline as dating back to their Europa League qualification back in 2018. Leicester qualified in 2020 and the have suffered a similar fate. The prize money is less than £10m if you actually win it. The fans seem to think it means something and will turn against any manager who doesn't take it seriously. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 hour ago, MakemineVanilla said: The only European competition worth being in is the Champions League, the Europa League is just an enervating waste of time, and money, which tempts clubs into signing too many players, they think they need to cope with two or more games a week. I have long seen it as a barrier, meant to prevent clubs from the middle-rank from threatening the big brands should they have a transitional season. I see Everton's decline as dating back to their Europa League qualification back in 2018. Leicester qualified in 2020 and the have suffered a similar fate. The prize money is less than £10m if you actually win it. The fans seem to think it means something and will turn against any manager who doesn't take it seriously. Revenue for a single night of a sold out VP is around £12-15mil as far as I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 hour ago, MakemineVanilla said: The only European competition worth being in is the Champions League, the Europa League is just an enervating waste of time, and money, which tempts clubs into signing too many players, they think they need to cope with two or more games a week. I have long seen it as a barrier, meant to prevent clubs from the middle-rank from threatening the big brands should they have a transitional season. I see Everton's decline as dating back to their Europa League qualification back in 2018. Leicester qualified in 2020 and the have suffered a similar fate. The prize money is less than £10m if you actually win it. The fans seem to think it means something and will turn against any manager who doesn't take it seriously. While I can appreciate your reasoning, I don't agree that the other European competitions are a waste of time. Do you not think it would be incredible for us to win the Europa League? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretVillaScout Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 hour ago, MakemineVanilla said: The only European competition worth being in is the Champions League, the Europa League is just an enervating waste of time, and money, which tempts clubs into signing too many players, they think they need to cope with two or more games a week. I have long seen it as a barrier, meant to prevent clubs from the middle-rank from threatening the big brands should they have a transitional season. I see Everton's decline as dating back to their Europa League qualification back in 2018. Leicester qualified in 2020 and the have suffered a similar fate. The prize money is less than £10m if you actually win it. The fans seem to think it means something and will turn against any manager who doesn't take it seriously. I'm sure Emery knows more about the Europa League than you. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted April 4, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 4, 2023 2 hours ago, MakemineVanilla said: The only European competition worth being in is the Champions League, the Europa League is just an enervating waste of time, and money, which tempts clubs into signing too many players, they think they need to cope with two or more games a week. I have long seen it as a barrier, meant to prevent clubs from the middle-rank from threatening the big brands should they have a transitional season. I see Everton's decline as dating back to their Europa League qualification back in 2018. Leicester qualified in 2020 and the have suffered a similar fate. The prize money is less than £10m if you actually win it. The fans seem to think it means something and will turn against any manager who doesn't take it seriously. If this isn't sarcasm then I feel sorry for your output on life. Cheer up, we're going to Czestochowa! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 11 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Hopefully stop some being doom and gloom negative and shitting on some players that have been great under Emery Don't worry! We'll still find something to complain about... This is Villa we're talking about, after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoVillan1983 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 6 hours ago, Enda said: Least exciting Villa match I ever went to was during the Lambert reign when we played a friendly approximately seven thousand miles outside downtown Chicago. I was in America that week so went up to Chicago for it, thinking it would be exotic. I remember the stadium car park had a Shell petrol station and that was about it. At least Witton has a decent Tesco. Haha - I was also at that game. Chicago Fire just suck ass. That’s the only game I’ve seen them play. They are playing games at the NFL stadium now so the experience is substantially better - even if the product isn’t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoVillan1983 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Mic09 said: Revenue for a single night of a sold out VP is around £12-15mil as far as I remember. That feels like a factor of 10 off to me. I could buy a number of 1-1.5 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 2 hours ago, fightoffyour said: If this isn't sarcasm then I feel sorry for your output on life. Cheer up, we're going to Czestochowa! I was not being sarcastic, I was just answering the implicit question suggested in the title of the thread. Qualify by all means but don't break the bank to try and win the big boy's consolation prize. I am obviously still traumatised by the match against Hellsingborgs back in the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 26 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: I was not being sarcastic, I was just answering the implicit question suggested in the title of the thread. Qualify by all means but don't break the bank to try and win the big boy's consolation prize. I am obviously still traumatised by the match against Hellsingborgs back in the day. You know winning the Europa League gets you a Champions League spot as a seeded team If we qualified now we would be one of the lowest ranked teams on co efficiency. We arent even ranked at the moment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 hour ago, ChicagoVillan1983 said: That feels like a factor of 10 off to me. I could buy a number of 1-1.5 million. It sounded off to me, but its definitely more than 1.5. £40-£50 per ticket, X 40k, that's 2m alone. + Hospitality (that's were the money is) fact the games are televised, beers, food, merchandise, there is a lot. So I wouldn't be surprised if it's around 10m. How much of that is pure profit I'm not sure. Either way, having those extra 6 -8 games at VP is a big financial bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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