North Stand - what to do ?

[eastie]

Let's get it right on the pitch first and once we fill our ground often enough then think about expansion.

[Villan For Life]

I like it. It's all that's left of the Villa Park that I first knew in the late 1970's. That said it does need replacing but not yet. As others have already posted, we need to get matters right on the pitch first.

[Sister of Top Cat]

I don't care what they do to it as long as they put the screen back between the North Stand and the Witton Lane Stand.

[darren woolley]

Let's get it right on the pitch first and once we fill our ground often enough then think about expansion.

I agree.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I don't want the corners filled in, I think its great the way it is personally.

Get the team right, i'd rather see the money spent on players. we cant fill the ground anyway!

[London Villan]

We don't fill the normal seats, we don't fill the corporate seats, we are selling players to fund the day to day operations of the club, so spending millions on a new stand might not be the best idea at the moment.

[UsualSuspect]

I sit in the North Stand and it's okay.

Think we have more pressing issues to worry about plus what's the point in increasing the capacity when we sold out once last season?

[DB]

Let's get it right on the pitch first and once we fill our ground often enough then think about expansion.

I agree.

How long will we be waiting to "get it right on the pitch"

[DeKuip]

Probably the ugliest stand in the league and if it wasn't for the club offices being there I'm sure Randy would have had it bulldozed by now.
Reducing it to a pile of rubble and letting grass and weeds grow on top of the mound would at least improve it for the time being until we win the Champions League and can afford to put something decent there.

Whenever we do replace it we have to name it the Witton End again.

[Legion]

Give the back of it a bloody good scrub and leave the development for another day.

I'd go for this. Rename it the Witton End aswell.

[saunders_heroes]

Let's get it right on the pitch first and once we fill our ground often enough then think about expansion.

I agree.

Build it now. If we wait till we "get it right on the pitch", it'll never be built.

[eamonn]

It's been 11 summers since the destruction of the Trinity...the longest period of inactivity in modernising Villa Park?

I meant specific to the seating/capacity.
Hasn't there been a lot of work done in modernising the restaurants and the Holte pub?   And BM of course, but just at VP there's been a fair amount of upgrading.

[saunders_heroes]

It's been 11 summers since the destruction of the Trinity...the longest period of inactivity in modernising Villa Park?

I meant specific to the seating/capacity.
Hasn't there been a lot of work done in modernising the restaurants and the Holte pub?   And BM of course, but just at VP there's been a fair amount of upgrading.

But in the grand scheme of things a pub means nothing. Re-building the North Stand would be a statement of intent.

[mrfuse]

Give the back of it a bloody good scrub and leave the development for another day when we've got money to spunk on a new stand.  Would much rather see the money go on Scott Parker instead.

What he said, Im a season ticket holder in the North stand and I know people moan about the facilites but for me i get to sit/stand watching the villa and a pint at half-time im not really fussed what its like unless we had money to burn which we dont

[saunders_heroes]

Give the back of it a bloody good scrub and leave the development for another day when we've got money to spunk on a new stand.  Would much rather see the money go on Scott Parker instead.

What he said, Im a season ticket holder in the North stand and I know people moan about the facilites but for me i get to sit/stand watching the villa and a pint at half-time im not really fussed what its like unless we had money to burn which we dont

With respect mate if we all thought like that we'd still be treated like cattle whilst watch the match without a roof over our heads.
We have to move with the times. The North Stand needs to be re-built.