The General C. Krulak Thread XIV

[lennythekad]

Hi General,
Seeing as it looks like we're not going to sell all our Semi final tickets, wouldn't it be better if the club made an announcement tomorrow (Monday), that from Wednesday onwards, the remaining tickets will go on general sale to anyone prepared to come and get one.
If any announcement is made on Wednesday, it's not giving people much chance to make the neccessary arrangements and it'd be a shame if tickets were unsold when there were plenty of people willing to buy them.

[mjlions]

Hi General,
Seeing as it looks like we're not going to sell all our Semi final tickets, wouldn't it be better if the club made an announcement tomorrow (Monday), that from Wednesday onwards, the remaining tickets will go on general sale to anyone prepared to come and get one.
If any announcement is made on Wednesday, it's not giving people much chance to make the neccessary arrangements and it'd be a shame if tickets were unsold when there were plenty of people willing to buy them.

Or at least give season ticket holders the chance to purchase extra tickets. I'm sure most of us have friends/relatives who are willing substitutes when we can't make games who would be grateful of the chance of a Wembley ticket

[Denham Villain]

What a great idea Mjlions,
 I am a season ticket holder along with 2 of my children, we have already got our tickets for the semi final, but I have also have family ( a couple of daughters) who would love to also go to the semi.
But since a round trip to Villa park is always over a couple of hundred miles and the tickets only being sold to personal callers, maybe the club could have thought about an idea like yours earlier, what do you think General ?

[FrankyH]

Hello General,

If the semi final tickets go on general sale/supporters with client refs, could the purchaser nominate someone to collect the tickets for them from the ticket office(producing some ID).My friend who lives in Devon wants to take his two sons, living in Birmingham I would gadly pick these up for him.I am sure there are plenty of exiled Brummies who are prepared to go but worried about the small time scale to physically get hold of the tickets

UTV

[davevillan]

sorry for posting this here, but i asked a similar question before, and General asked me to contact the ticket office.
I have done so, and explained the situation, and they are aware of our position.
I was informed that for out of town supporters they will try to arrange a pick up point at the ground so no one misses out.
Can you please pass on my thanks to the staff at the ticket office General, it has put my mind at rest.

[Ads]

General, do the club plan to make a commemorative addition to our new shirts for the coming season, to mark our 100th year in the top flight? We’re only the second club to achieve the landmark and it would be nice to show it off.

[pauliewalnuts]

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.

I was wondering, General, do you find that the online fanbase, as encountered on this and other (much worse) message boards differs from the matchday fan base as you encounter it, in terms of the concerns you hear expressed?

I often think we online obsessives have an elevated view of how loud our voice should be, given that the vast, vast majority of Villa supporters never come near this message board (or the other two inferior ones).

[ckrulak]

General Krulak here:

1.  Re. tickets to semi-final.  I have spoken with Nicky Keye and she will be posting sales criteria on the Official Site...she put the first up today.  We will continue to expand the criteria every day based on sales.  We will not open it up to "general sales...no qualification" since it would possibly cause Chelsea fans to come into our area.

2.  pauliewalnuts:  I have seen no real difference between the fans on this site and others and those I meet as I walk around the grounds.  The BIG difference is that we can have a dialogue, face to face, which allows a give and take and the chance to debate in a mild manner.

[andyh]

General Krulak here:

1.  Re. tickets to semi-final.  I have spoken with Nicky Keye and she will be posting sales criteria on the Official Site...she put the first up today.  We will continue to expand the criteria every day based on sales.  We will not open it up to "general sales...no qualification" since it would possibly cause Chelsea fans to come into our area.

2.  pauliewalnuts:  I have seen no real difference between the fans on this site and others and those I meet as I walk around the grounds.  The BIG difference is that we can have a dialogue, face to face, which allows a give and take and the chance to debate in a mild manner.

General, thanks for the update.
I understand why we cannot open sales to 'general sales - no qualification' but what about giving people (ST holders) who already have tickets the opportunity to buy more. Is this a possibility ?

[villajk]

andyh, it says on the OS that season ticket holders who already have their semi-final tickets can purchase 2 more per reference number from Tomorrow (Wednesday).

Sorry Mods/General wouldn't normally answer for the General but as this is quite an urgent matter................................

[andyh]

Thanks Pauline

[Risso]

General

Are you disappointed with the amount of bad news stories dogging Villa at the moment? When the club captain intimates that Mr Lerner and the manager have had words, it's hard not to think that things aren't going that well behind the seasons.  Is this all just the usual day to day stuff of running a football club, or is there a deeper malaise?

[ckrulak]

General Krulak here:

1.  The media will always try to make news if there is no news...same as in the US.  As an example, the comments about the departure of Mike Keenan from the Cleveland Browns that was in today's paper.  That was no big deal and was a result of a new President coming to the Browns who wanted to bring in his "own team."  This is nothing unusual.  Both Mike and Randy remain friends...it is just the way things happen.  Same goes with all the talk about MON and Randy...nonsense.  I don't know what the club captain "intimated" but I can't imagine MON and Randy having "words" in front of the captain...nonsense.  There is always going to be talk....this happened last spring and will happen next spring and the spring after.  We are not the only club in the news with this sort of stuff flying around.

[Concrete John]

I fully expected that to be the case, but still reassuring to hear!

Thanks, General!!

[Risso]

Thanks General


I made the point about Mike Keenan on Villatalk.  It looked to me that as he'd been replaced at the Browns, expecting him to remain as a director and company secretary at Aston Villa wasn't very realistic, and that his departure was therefore a total non story.