The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

My brother was Kowloon Dog Catcher.  Not quite the same cachet as African Car Reverser but pretty cool.

supplier to some of the best restaurants in HK?

[villadelph]

Dr Xia needs to keep the tweeting to a minimum. While I appreciate the communication with supporters, I think this will turn sour quickly. I don't want him to concern himself with the trolls. The last thing we need is our owner having a back and forth with some idiot bluenose or a "celebrity" pundit.

I know he's fairly young but his approach to Twitter and strange quips just seem a little unprofessional.

I have a bad feeling. I thought I was over it and ready for the championship but I'm not. I don't have that pre-season upswing in anticipation.. and it's weird.

[Tuscans]

Dr Xia needs to keep the tweeting to a minimum. While I appreciate the communication with supporters, I think this will turn sour quickly. I don't want him to concern himself with the trolls. The last thing we need is our owner having a back and forth with some idiot bluenose or a "celebrity" pundit.

I know he's fairly young but his approach to Twitter and strange quips just seem a little unprofessional.

I have a bad feeling. I thought I was over it and ready for the championship but I'm not. I don't have that pre-season upswing in anticipation.. and it's weird.

I've been thinking the same since he started tweeting. It only takes one tweet saying , " _____ is staying put" and for him to be sold a week later for fans to start getting disgruntled.

I can't judge him on any basis, it's far too early but I was sceptical from day one, the finances, the board etc and I'm still on the fence about where this club goes. I will hopefully be proved wrong and his words/dreams of being one of the greatest clubs on the planet come to fruition.

[Holtemeister]

I dont mind if his dreams dont come to fruition ... as long as everyone involved gives it their best shot !!! To many half measures at the Villa in the last decade.

[eamonn]

No more half measures - Walt White.

[Tuscans]

No more half measures - Walt White.

No more I love you's - Annie Lennox

[Toronto Villa]

I like his tweets. They are always positive and fuck me do we need some of that. Also interesting like today when he is in India promoting his business and us. He gets around does our Tone. He sounds a bit like Confucious when he tweets. Better than Confused which could be used to describe the last bloke.

[pauliewalnuts]

I like his tweets but I can't help think back to how we (almost) all liked the General's posts here, and look how that panned out.

[Bad English]

It's about time they sorted the site. I haven't been able to access the home page from a Google search page for weeks.

I sent a 'tweet' to @Pravda about this only this morning. They didn't reply.

[Ads]

I like his tweets but I can't help think back to how we (almost) all liked the General's posts here, and look how that panned out.

To be fair, he's not Tweeting #speaktoNickyKeye, he's at least putting his cock on the block.

[brian green]

I like him. It is nice to have an extrovert owning the club.  Those years of secrecy and fan management were excruciating.

[walsall villain]

I can't imagine he would tell us certain players are staying if there is a chance of them going. Surely it's his call after all? I like his directness, it somehow seems likes we have a joined up plan.

[charleeco7]

He's posted this today: Good meeting with minister @PrakashJavdekar about football curriculum & Villa academy in India.@AVFCOfficial. It shows a picture of him with an Indian chap holding a villa shirt.
Excellent idea if it's true and he's certainly trying to expand us in the growing markets for football around the world.

[Ads]

He's the Indian Minister for Human Resource Development.

Interesting that he's only held the portfolio for about two weeks.

[peter w]

I like him. It is nice to have an extrovert owning the club.  Those years of secrecy and fan management were excruciating.

That's where I am. It's different to the General which I said would always end in tears because he came here and was full of bluster. The Doc seems to be tweeting on his own terms and isn't getting involved with questions about pies and telling us that he'll be here for the long-haul and will back the manager whatever etc etc etc