Takeover rumours

[Isa]

Whilst I can understand the entrenchment in views over the club name, badge and kit colours, I don't really see why potential stadium sponsorship is such a big deal really. It is becoming commonplace nowadays and reluctance to it just seems very reactionary to me.

[Toronto Villa]

It's common with new stadia, but not with the traditional older grounds.

[Drummond]

The ground will always be Villa Park whatever they did.

The colours need to be Aston Villa colours.

If they changed the club name, well that would be it for me. I honestly don't think I'd want to watch football again. Maybe non league but I know my heart wouldn't be in it.

[dave shelley]

I think I could just about tolerate Villa Park the Red Bull Arena.  But then again...

[dave.woodhall]

There's a good piece about Cardiff's colour change in the current WSC. As they put it, when you had 8,000 watching you a few years ago and now get 25,000 in the Premier League, most of the JCLs won't care what you wear (or what your name is) because all they want is to be part of the Premier League.

[Mazrim]

We already have the best name and the best colours. Good businesses know this.

[brian green]

What is a JCL Dave?

[danno]

guessing its johnny come latelies

[brian green]

Thanks danno.   I think if I had to watch Cardiff every week I would not be able to come lately if at all.

[bruisedshins]

Having read about the things that Dietrich Mateschitz has done to Austria Salzburg and the way he's treated their fans i'd oppose any takeover by Red Bull. I think the club would be reduced to little more than a marketing wing of Red Bull GmbH based in Aston,

[Smirker]

It's common with new stadia, but not with the traditional older grounds.

Newcastle's ground, what's that called now? SportsDirect.com Bowl or something?
Dortmund - Westfalonstadion
Talk of Old Trafford selling it's naming rights too, that one is inevitable and will happen.
CoM Stadium - OK modern stadium but sold the rights when the Sheikhs came in.
Walsall
Bradford

You'll see it happening more and more from now. Personally I don't care. St. James's will always be St. James's, same for the others with the exception of the Etihad but that just shows how tinpot Manchester City are really.

[Holy Trinity]

Dortmund is back to signal iduna park now I think but I get your point. St james having its name changed means nohing as almost everyone still sees it as st james. If red bull wanted to call Villa Park the puppy drowning arena I wouldnt give a flying **** as long as we get every single penny to spend on the playing staff. For too long we have been an after thought and I would like to see a return to the top end of the table and europe.

[German James]

No-one calls Westfalenstadion "Signal Iduna Park"! Even when Mainz05 (my German team) got a completly new stadium named after their sponsors "Coface", some people call it "das Stadion am Kreisel" - "The Stadium at the roundabout", rather than use the official name. Villa Park will still be Villa Park to everybody but those in the media who would be forced to call it "Vincent Tan's Redbull Wonga Emporium", or whatever.

[Smirker]

Dortmund is back to signal iduna park now I think but I get your point. St james having its name changed means nohing as almost everyone still sees it as st james. If red bull wanted to call Villa Park the puppy drowning arena I wouldnt give a flying **** as long as we get every single penny to spend on the playing staff. For too long we have been an after thought and I would like to see a return to the top end of the table and europe.

Sorry I meant, Westfalonstadion is what we all know it as, Signal Iduna Park, wouldn't have known that or been able to remember the company's name without you telling me or Googling. SIP is the sponsor name.

Agree with you anyway.

[Michel Sibble]

More Twatter bullshit:

Lerner to sell to a Japanese business at end of season. No names mentioned (surprise, surprise!) but were at the Arsenal - Fulham game.