The General C. Krulak Thread XIV

[rodney]

You have to be reading too much into this Pablo. He doesn't say anything of the sort and I don't see him as one who makes threats.
OH YES HE DOES
He is Irish, but he is a straight speaker nonetheless. Oops-forgot to add the question.
General, would you agree with me?[/quote[/b]

[BannedUserIAT]

General

......if selling to buy is the order of the day, I can only see our better players being wanted or attract the best prices.

Yes. There's no way in the world complete dross would sell in the premiership. Oh no. Not ever. And the idea that a club would actually pay an average player thousands upon thousands a week is just silly.

Nope. We're going to be lumped with these players until they retire at 65.

General, what would you say to a Marine who grabs the wrong end of the stick and falls to bits emotionally?

[Fasth56]

Hi General

Being a person that emotionally falls apart at the first little wobble, I was wondering if the club could introduce some kind of membership scheme for all our ex pats. if the membership was costed at the same price per season as a season ticket, perhaps they too would feel the financial involvement.  This would enable them to invest in the club like the regular attendees at Villa Park instead of sniping from the sidelines of a country 12,000 miles away.

[Irreverent ad]

Just following on Fasth56's post:


Hi General,

Has the clube ever considered a membership scheme (please forgive me it exists already)?

A lot of supporters find it difficult to get a season ticket or go to games due to work commitments, located abroad, travel etc. However it does not mean we don't support the club as much.

For a annual fee eg £25 - £30 per annum the club could give each member a card. This would furnish the member benefits such as:

- Shiny plastic members card with personal membership number
- Quarterly Magazine
- 10-15% off all purchases from the clubshop
- 10% off match tickets
- Some Club Partners discount eg Thomas Cook
- Maybe promo such as meal (at Holte Inn) & a match for £35
- Match & Hotel for £75
- Free AVTV

Just an idea let me know what you think. I for one would become a member to show my support and I think a lot of others who fing it difficult to get to matches as much as they would like or at all

I think this would bring another income stream into the club as well as making more people feel a bigger part of the Villa Family.

Cheers

[dave.woodhall]

How many more times does it have to be said that this is not the place to discuss playing matters? And that includes transfers. Post deletions and bans will follow.

[VillaVA]

Just following on Fasth56's post:


Hi General,

Has the clube ever considered a membership scheme (please forgive me it exists already)?

A lot of supporters find it difficult to get a season ticket or go to games due to work commitments, located abroad, travel etc. However it does not mean we don't support the club as much.

For a annual fee eg £25 - £30 per annum the club could give each member a card. This would furnish the member benefits such as:

- Shiny plastic members card with personal membership number
- Quarterly Magazine
- 10-15% off all purchases from the clubshop
- 10% off match tickets
- Some Club Partners discount eg Thomas Cook
- Maybe promo such as meal (at Holte Inn) & a match for £35
- Match & Hotel for £75
- Free AVTV

Just an idea let me know what you think. I for one would become a member to show my support and I think a lot of others who fing it difficult to get to matches as much as they would like or at all

I think this would bring another income stream into the club as well as making more people feel a bigger part of the Villa Family.

Cheers

Dear General,
Am I correct in thinking that such a scheme already exists, is known as the Lions Club and is completely free?  Or is Alan Perrins a figment of my underactive imagination???

Also, any chance of an answer about players on Twitter, just in case you missed my earlier question?

Cheers VV

[Vancouver]

Weird. That guy is quoting pretty much everything that you get for being in a supporters club.

If there isn't one where you live, start one up!! It's not that hard. We started up from me bumping into a fellow fan about 4 years ago to having 35 members. We have a pub that opens up for us and gives us promotions plus we have met plenty of great friends and employment has been gained. I'll give you some help doing it and so will Alan Perrins. I believe that the General has stated before that Villa fans overseas are just as important. (Did he??)

[sfx412]

General how's your health at the moment it can't be much fun having lost the chances to see what you discuss on sites like this. Could you give us an update on your 'injury' so to speak. Not that Mon is likely to pick you of course..

[tauntonvilla]

Just following on Fasth56's post:


Hi General,

Has the clube ever considered a membership scheme (please forgive me it exists already)?

A lot of supporters find it difficult to get a season ticket or go to games due to work commitments, located abroad, travel etc. However it does not mean we don't support the club as much.

For a annual fee eg £25 - £30 per annum the club could give each member a card. This would furnish the member benefits such as:

- Shiny plastic members card with personal membership number
- Quarterly Magazine
- 10-15% off all purchases from the clubshop
- 10% off match tickets
- Some Club Partners discount eg Thomas Cook
- Maybe promo such as meal (at Holte Inn) & a match for £35
- Match & Hotel for £75
- Free AVTV

Just an idea let me know what you think. I for one would become a member to show my support and I think a lot of others who fing it difficult to get to matches as much as they would like or at all

I think this would bring another income stream into the club as well as making more people feel a bigger part of the Villa Family.

Cheers

Loads of villa up your way matey. Northwestvilla.com would be a good start for you

[ckrulak]

General Krulak here:

1.  Nice to get 3 points today...sure felt better than I felt in a while!

2.  TimTheVillan:  Not much to say about the Blues.  No one can deny that they have had a nice year to date.  The season is not over yet....and we don't have any idea of their spend during the upcoming summer.  Not a lot to say about this.

3.  Fasth56:  Huh???  You want me to talk, on an open site, about the summer spend and "sell to buy" so that you can decide whether to purchase a 1000 pound Season Ticket????  Not sure I am going to try to even suss this one out.

4.  Rodney:  Do I agree with what??

5.  irreverentad:  You need to investigate our Lions Club and other supporter groups that make up our LC.

[VillaVA]

General Krulak here:

1.  Nice to get 3 points today...sure felt better than I felt in a while!

2.  TimTheVillan:  Not much to say about the Blues.  No one can deny that they have had a nice year to date.  The season is not over yet....and we don't have any idea of their spend during the upcoming summer.  Not a lot to say about this.

3.  Fasth56:  Huh???  You want me to talk, on an open site, about the summer spend and "sell to buy" so that you can decide whether to purchase a 1000 pound Season Ticket????  Not sure I am going to try to even suss this one out.

4.  Rodney:  Do I agree with what??

5.  irreverentad:  You need to investigate our Lions Club and other supporter groups that make up our LC.

General I understand if this is sensitive and that as an American who's fully signed up to the First Amendment you don't want to be quoted on this topic in the global media, but should I assume that lack of reply on the James-Collins-silenced-by-club-media-police question means that it's true?

[sfx412]

As you have not been in the UK for some time General how do you keep your fingers on the pulse so to speak.especially during periods like the last 10 days.

I'm assuming from the none reply about your health all is well and we can expect to see you soon

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

Hi General.

I hope you're well and will be able to make Wembley next weekend for our forthcoming victory over Chelsea.

I would just like to you to be aware of the superb sevice I recieved last week when in the ticket office. I went to purchase a number of tickets for the semi final against Chelsea, as well as renewing my season ticket. There was a reasonably long queue (lasted an hour in total) but I was very keen to watch the ticket office staff in action. Despite it  being extremely busy, they welcomed every customer with a smile, they all looked happy in their work and were very knowledgable about any questions that they were asked. Yes, i guess that is how it should be, but in years gone by attending the ticket office could be a very different experience. Well done to all concerned.

Secondly, there is talk of problems with engineering railway works around Wembley next weekend, meaning travelling back from London after the game could be problematic. Are there any plans for regular travel updates (particularly railways) to go on the official website this week to help fans get out of that godforsaken place?

[Fasth56]

Hi General

Thanks for your reply, however I am not quite sure whether you understood the point I was trying to make.

General


I am not naive enough to believe that you will come out and say how much MON might have to spend or whether he will need to sell in order to buy in the summer. .

As you can see from the quote I didn't expect you to make a reply on transfer investment. The point I was trying to make and obviously failed miserably was,  that if any of our major stars were to be sold to fund team building then I would have to consider reinvestment in my season tickets. It dismays me that given all the hard work that Mr.Lerner and yourself have put in to the club that an investment of £1000 can be dismissed so lightly.

[ckrulak]

General Krulak here:

1.  VillaVA:  I am not even sure what you mean by the "James Collins silenced by the club media police question"?  I must have missed the question.  I don't think we have a media police location at Villa Park....certainly players have not held back when they wanted to say something.  At the same time, I think our lads are professional enough to know that they don't want to do something to hurt their club.

2.  How do I keep my pulse on the Club:  That is really quite easy...since I am on the phone to the Club almost every day.  The bigger problem is keeping my pulse on the fans.  I do that by being on three sites BUT, nothing compares with my walking the grounds on game day and actually talking to the fans and hearing what they have to say and being able to respond one on one, real time.

3.  If there will be work done around Wembley, to include transportation hubs, we will do all we can to mitigate it.  Obviously, we have very little control in that area.

4.  Fasth56:  I obviously do not want the Club to miss out on your 1000 pounds but I stick by my comment.  Do you actually think it is proper for a Director of the Club to come onto an open web site (we know the media reads it) and discuss the Club's finances and whether we are going to sell or buy players???  Seriously, that would be crazy.