The General C. Krulak Thread XV

[K3Villa]

Hi General

I hope you're well down the road to recovery and feeling good?

I have a little gripe about the merchandise department. I'd like to order some things and I sent an email on Tuesday, requesting availability. I received an email to say that somebody would contact me in due course. They've had the best part of 3 working days to respond but no joy? I even sent a reminder email, which received no reply. NB I'm not after the new kit, as I realise they're not out for a while.

Please can you advise how I may best proceed? Many thanks.

I know I'm not the General but in the meantime you could try and contact John Greenfield. He's the head of merchandising.

[expatvilla]

HI General, Hope youre well mate, Firstly Id just like to say on behalf of Villa fans how much we apreciate you taking the time to talk to the fans like this, was wondering if you could tell me the boards plans for the future at VP.
Are they really commited to this club long term and how healthy is the clubs finances, in particular why dont we seem to have the money to bolster the squad with quality? I understand theres a fortune been spent on the ground and improvements to the club in general and believe me villa fans really apreciate it after the Ellis yrs, but whats the plan going forward because if we dont seriously spend well be lucky to do anything next season.

[boboonthecorner]

General,

I've had a fairly disenchanting 2010 following my beloved team. No new blood in Jan again meaning players ran out of steam...again, the manager not using his squad that HE assembled, no new blood so far this summer only transfer activity is our star player wanting out...now i read our home kit not available for purchase until mid September!!! what on earth is going on? what other clubs have to wait a full 4 weeks after the start of the season to purchase a new shirt? I would have thought at least our commercial department could sort this out, nike sponsor Man U and theirs was out weeks ago!!!

Pretty much spot on .......

[Namaste]

Indeed...the bubble may have burst!

General, what are our aspirations this season? It looks to me as though finishing 'top six' would be about as successful as it gets wouldn't you say?

Far be it for us fans to moan merely for the sake of it but we have not had much positive news to hear for the last few months.

[Kevin Dawson]

General - how many tickets have been sold for the game against Valencia?

[peter w]

General, do you think it would be fair to drop the price of the kits/tops seeing as we're unlikely to get a full seasons use out of them?

[Vancouver]

We love you really General. Please come back. Don't take this to heart. I appreciate another season of you coming back to answer the same questions over and over again.

[ckrulak]

General Krulak here:

1.  I am sorry I have been off the net for such a protracted time...I won't bore any of you with my issues.  Suffice it to say that I am pretty much on top of my game again.  I really am sorry I have not been able to get on the site.

2.  A quick comment about the kit...although I am sure all of you are wise enough to understand what has taken place.  Simply put, we had been approached by a kit sponsor and went through some lengthy negotiations until the new partnership was formed.  The timing was not exactly perfect (OBVIOUSLY) but for the long run, we felt that this new partnership was important to the Club.  Nike needs a certain amount of time to produce the kit...and are responding in the timeframe we understood it would respond.  We are not the only Club who is late...Spurs are also in a similar situation.  

3.  Randy is on the way over and will be in the UK and at the Club and training ground.  As most of you know, he has been spending quite a bit of time at the Villa this summer.  He has NOT lost his passion for the Club, the game or the fans!  His goal has not diminished.  He would not be over here almost the entire summer if he weren't totally behind the Club .  Let's give MON and Randy a chance before we start jumping off the bridge.

[Walmley_Villa]

Welcome back General - good to hear from you.

[Dr Butler]

Same here General, nice to see you back .

UTV
The Doc

[Jimbo]

Hello General, greetings from Beirut.

I was wondering if you ever spent any time out here, and what advice you'd give to a British bloke in the city should the Israelis send their rockets over.

Cheers,

Jimbo

[mcgrath_85]

This is the fifth year general and we still can't attract a better kind of player than we could five years ago. Supporters are becoming disillusioned with the lack of intent seemingly being shown by Randy and Martin.
Let's face it, as I've mentioned, they've had four seasons of chances.
I hope myself and lots of others are proved wrong by August 31st.

[TRO]

General Krulak here:

2.  A quick comment about the kit...although I am sure all of you are wise enough to understand what has taken place.  Simply put, we had been approached by a kit sponsor and went through some lengthy negotiations until the new partnership was formed.  The timing was not exactly perfect (OBVIOUSLY) but for the long run, we felt that this new partnership was important to the Club.  Nike needs a certain amount of time to produce the kit...and are responding in the timeframe we understood it would respond.  We are not the only Club who is late...Spurs are also in a similar situation.  

It's every year though, for one reason or another.

Maybe one year I can go on holiday in the summer in the kit that will be current.

OR heaven forbid.....A KIT THAT LASTS 2 YEARS ?!?!?!?!?!?

[eastie]

general please could you answer the question i posted on page 6 about faulty merchandise bought from the club , as i am getting nowhere ringing the club!

[Olneythelonely]

Hi general , I bought a villa sekonda watch last year from the villa direct clubs official website and it was of course water resistant and expensive, today I took it to a jeweller to change the battery as it has stopped only to be told "sorry the watch is water damaged and will not work ".

 I've only used it for showers and washing up, I am very unhappy that I have now lost all that money buying a product which clearly wasn't what it was advertised and sold as.

Even says water resistant on it , I still have the presentation box but not the reciept, is there anything I can do about this general as I am very angry- it was not cheap either!

Olneythelonely here:

At what depth was it claimed to be resistant? If it was 30m or less then you shouldn't really be wearing it in the shower, it's just splash proof.

Water resistance does not mean 'won't be damaged by water'.