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Title: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: exigo on June 21, 2012, 12:52:37 PM
Is back, back, back next season.

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2818281,00.html

A gesture that adds to the feelgood factor for me.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: dotcomsimon on June 21, 2012, 12:59:47 PM
Glad I renewed, Even the screen is glad to see the back of TSM
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Post by: Dr Butler on June 21, 2012, 01:00:50 PM
welcome back old friend..
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Post by: Lambert and Payne on June 21, 2012, 01:04:39 PM
There was that little highlights last season that you'd hardly know it was missing!
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Post by: Can Gana Be Bettered!?!? on June 21, 2012, 01:04:50 PM
About time!
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Post by: Can Gana Be Bettered!?!? on June 21, 2012, 01:06:03 PM
Wonder if that will entice Barry, Milner, Downing and Young back, back, back next season?
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Post by: not3bad on June 21, 2012, 01:08:57 PM
Pandering to the smerkers as well I see.  Disagraceful.
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Post by: MoetVillan on June 21, 2012, 01:11:55 PM
I thought that replacing TSM with Sir lambert was good, but that pales into insignificance to this excellent piece of news.  Hurrah!!
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Post by: Bright Future on June 21, 2012, 01:14:49 PM
Ist post.............so glad its back..........sitting in the trinity family stand i have had bad neck all last season.............defo Bright Future !
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Post by: Hookeysmith on June 21, 2012, 01:17:19 PM
Pandering to the smerkers as well I see.  Disagraceful.

Mate if it stops them having crafty ones in the bogs then i am all for it
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: supertommykN'iba on June 21, 2012, 01:22:04 PM
It's strange really, but it's yet another thing that the club have done to bring the feel good factor back. Even the smoking area - it's something they're doing for the fans.

I say fair play to them.
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Post by: Ads on June 21, 2012, 01:30:31 PM
Great news!

Hold onto your seats!
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Post by: darren woolley on June 21, 2012, 01:46:59 PM
I'm glad it's back.
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Post by: Simon Ward on June 21, 2012, 01:55:57 PM
Hoorah!
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Post by: MarkM on June 21, 2012, 01:57:11 PM
Typical, just moved from upper trinity by Holte End to P8, so a bit late for me!
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Post by: Ad@m on June 21, 2012, 02:03:41 PM
I'd love to know the real reason it was taken out in the first place.
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Post by: mikeb1982 on June 21, 2012, 02:04:16 PM
Pandering to the smerkers as well I see.  Disagraceful.

Mate if it stops them having crafty ones in the bogs then i am all for it

I used to smoke quite heavily and never felt the need to go into the bogs at half time like schoolboys. Is another 45 minutes really too long to wait?

Glad the screen is back, it's a much better sight than that massive Tesco sign!
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Post by: mikeb1982 on June 21, 2012, 02:06:25 PM
I'd love to know the real reason it was taken out in the first place.

I'm sure Tesco paid them to do it...
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Post by: JJ-AV on June 21, 2012, 02:16:44 PM
Good news, but I assume this means no North Stand development in the short term?
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Post by: mrfuse on June 21, 2012, 02:20:10 PM
Great news will have to get used to looking left again, originally When it was first removed after every incident I kept looking for it!
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: bertlambshank on June 21, 2012, 02:50:59 PM
Pandering to the smerkers as well I see.  Disagraceful.

Mate if it stops them having crafty ones in the bogs then i am all for it

I used to smoke quite heavily and never felt the need to go into the bogs at half time like schoolboys. Is another 45 minutes really too long to wait?

Glad the screen is back, it's a much better sight than that massive Tesco sign!
I smoke and your right it's not.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: JJ-AV on June 21, 2012, 02:56:35 PM
Smoking thing doesn't bother me. It's isolated and if it improves relations between supporters and the club then it's worth it. If you sit in the upper Holte and aren't a smoker I bet it'll make it easier to get served etc.

I imagine it'd please more people than it'd annoy, so it's probably the right decision.

I always wondered why the subs were warming up towards the North Stand for the past year or two, did Houllier switch the dug outs then? I can't say I noticed that, but I did wonder why they changed it.
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Post by: London Villan on June 21, 2012, 02:57:58 PM
Where's this smoking land you all talk about?
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Post by: villan1975 on June 21, 2012, 03:02:05 PM
Perhaps the General will return now he won't have to answer questions on TSM or the video screen.
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Post by: maidstonevillain on June 21, 2012, 03:46:38 PM
I note from that article that Villa are embarking "on a vibrant new era". Is this a lowering or raising of expectations compared with our previous "bright future"
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Post by: Lambert and Payne on June 21, 2012, 03:57:09 PM
Good news, but I assume this means no North Stand development in the short term?

We don't sell out on a regular basis, theres no need to change anything
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Post by: luke25 on June 21, 2012, 04:15:45 PM
I'd often look out to see how Ashways was doing customer wise during last season, gutted its back, Lerner out!
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: Legion on June 21, 2012, 06:26:04 PM
About time.
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Post by: KRS on June 21, 2012, 07:26:29 PM
Great news on the screen.

The smoking area is a nice touch too, but seeing as you cant smoke AND drink then I'll just wait an hour...a half time pint is much better than a half time smoke.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: JJ-AV on June 21, 2012, 07:46:23 PM
Good news, but I assume this means no North Stand development in the short term?

We don't sell out on a regular basis, theres no need to change anything

We don't, but it's obviously a long-term plan. We were near enough to capacity a couple of years ago for them to take it down in the first place so it seems strange to me that after a couple of years of declining attendances (mostly due to a horrible appointment) they'd shelve the plans.
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Post by: Irish villain on June 21, 2012, 08:27:35 PM
Good news, but I assume this means no North Stand development in the short term?

Two years ago with regular sell-outs it made sense but attendances have been well down since then so I'm sure development has been put back.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: Ad@m on June 21, 2012, 08:38:19 PM
Lightening the mood, has everyone seen the view from the top left of Wolves' new stand?

(http://p.twimg.com/AtcPqZ-CAAAopOQ.jpg)
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: Legion on June 21, 2012, 08:39:14 PM
At least it blocks their performance on the pitch.
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Post by: Irish villain on June 21, 2012, 08:41:34 PM
That's dreadful.... Those seats should be quarter price.
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Post by: bertlambshank on June 21, 2012, 08:44:32 PM
Hang on half of L1 in the Holte is like that.
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Post by: The Left Side on June 22, 2012, 04:10:45 AM
Nice one!
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Post by: Flamingo Lane on June 22, 2012, 06:24:46 AM
I suspect that picture at Wolves has been taken by someone standing at the back, that won't be the view when seated.  Having said that, at the old Baseball Ground and at Bloomfield Road I've been in a seat where the only way to avoid the roof and see the pitch was to stand by your seat and crouch down as low as possible.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: London Villan on June 22, 2012, 08:52:06 AM
Nope, that is the view. It's where it will link up with the new stand, if it ever gets built...

Loftus Road - away seats, upper tier, you couldn't see the goal line. Design classic.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: UK Redsox on June 22, 2012, 09:15:07 AM
Disappointed to read in that article that the club has decided to make the "smoking deck" permanent.

The club should not be encouraging smoking in any way.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: The Laughing Policeman on June 22, 2012, 10:02:28 AM
I don't think that you can say the club is encouraging smoking. They aren't selling tobacco products .
It's something a sizeable number of fans have asked for and it's no different to pubs having smoking areas. And as someone has already said if it stops people nipping to the bogs for a crafty one then fair play to the club.
I'm a smoker but I'm in the Lower Holte so this move wont affect me, also I can manage to go a couple of hours without a ciggie but I know some people can't.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle on June 22, 2012, 10:06:43 AM
I'm hoping that the Reefer Room and Crack Corner are also in the pipeline.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: silhillvilla on June 22, 2012, 12:14:43 PM
From P8 it should be a great view of the screen
A bit like sitting smack in front of the 40" plasma at home
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: The Laughing Policeman on June 22, 2012, 12:38:37 PM
From P8 it should be a great view of the screen
A bit like sitting smack in front of the 40" plasma at home
Exactly. If I want to watch the Villa on the telly I'll stay at home or go down the pub.

*Puts on running shoes, hat and coat*
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: olaftab on June 22, 2012, 03:07:37 PM
I don't see any problem with screen at VP. From T3 everything is fine.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on June 23, 2012, 09:41:34 PM
Where I sit in the Trinity I have a perfectly good view of the other screen anyway. I object to the club using the revenue from my season ticket renewal to provide television for that lot behind the goal.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: danlanza on June 23, 2012, 09:48:26 PM
I'm hoping that the Reefer Room and Crack Corner are also in the pipeline.
They are in my shed !!
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: Top Cat on June 23, 2012, 10:03:43 PM
I'm so very very pleased that it's back.

I sit in Lower Trinity and it was more or less impossible to see the other screen through all the heads.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: FrankyH on June 23, 2012, 10:28:53 PM
Nope, that is the view. It's where it will link up with the new stand, if it ever gets built...

Loftus Road - away seats, upper tier, you couldn't see the goal line. Design classic.
I remember at the old wembley when Savo scored I was right at the back of the stand .I stood up just before he shot. All I could see was some corrugated iron sheets in front of me ( I am quite tall).The whole end goes apeshit I fall over and get stuck between two rows of seats on the floor.I realised he must of scored, but didn't see any of it.I had had a bit to drink and couldn't get up on my own, seemed like ages before the Villa fans around me knew I needed a lift up. Still better than the new Wembley though.
Title: Re: North Stand Video Screen
Post by: JUAN PABLO on June 23, 2012, 10:41:45 PM
They should have had it last season , at least they good have put a good film on instead of the dross the fans had to watch .
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