The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[Phil from the upper holte]

The fulham chairman isn't exactly short but he runs them like he's poor. Just because they have cash doesn't mean it's all going on wolves

[Percy McCarthy]

In response to a tweet about replacing the North Stand Tony said we've got bigger plans.

[kippaxvilla2]

Dr. Tony Xia ✔ @Dr_TonyXia
Trimming is needed &then will be new signings till window closes.3-4 be informed next week to farewell the old days
7:24 PM - 24 Jul 2016
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Blimey he says what he thinks does our Tone.

[Toronto Villa]

Had commented on that earlier. He's not said anything we didn't already know or wasn't expecting. It's a affirmation of what RDM said would need to be done.

[OCD]

In response to a tweet about replacing the North Stand Tony said we've got bigger plans.

Blimey, what's bigger than rebuilding a stand? A ground move wouldn't be popular.

[VILLA MOLE]

In response to a tweet about replacing the North Stand Tony said we've got bigger plans.

Blimey, what's bigger than rebuilding a stand? A ground move wouldn't be popular.

probably meant grander plans with the stand  rather than new stadium , Hotel casino themepark the mind boggles
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[olaftab]

In response to a tweet about replacing the North Stand Tony said we've got bigger plans.

Blimey, what's bigger than rebuilding a stand? A ground move wouldn't be popular.

I think a move to a new stadium at former Saltley coal works could ne on!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

In response to a tweet about replacing the North Stand Tony said we've got bigger plans.

Blimey, what's bigger than rebuilding a stand? A ground move wouldn't be popular.

I think a move to a new stadium at former Saltley coal works could ne on!

I heard Wyness was planning to move us to Telford.

[brian green]

Tony has clearly seen the potential of the North Stand and car park for development.  Doug wanted a combined new stand, hotel, casino and leisure centre on the site with basement parking.  It could work well but needed better access to and from the motorway.  Randy Lerner was no kind of property developer, no kind of businessman in all truth but Tony Xia seems to be much more aware of land use opportunities. As I posted a while back, while the city is so cash strapped, I would offer a large cash sum and a participation share for a strip of Aston Park for an access road to the HP roundabout.

[peter w]

Whilst the city is so cash strapped if I were Tony i'd offer a large sum to change the name of the city from Birmingham to Aston. To be fair to the Noses, and considering we all live outside of Birmingham and them inside, we will hold a referendum, paid for by Tony, and voters must be from within the borders of our fair city. They can't complain then could they?

[charleeco7]

The good doctor is certainly not hanging around in our pursuit of world domination. He's just posted a picture on Twitter of a press conference set up in India. Then commented "Soon there will be a press conference announcing partnership with India government, education and sports ministries".

[brian green]

Could not agree more Peter.  My mother carried all five of her infants to the Register Office in Aston so that we would have the name of the Blessed Plot on our birth certificates not Birmingham.  I never thought to ask her if she would have done it if the Noses had been made to remain Small Heathens.

[TonyD]

Modern football is crap.   If he moved VP then that would be the end of it. 

[Edvard Remberg]

Modern football is crap.   If he moved VP then that would be the end of it. 

Talk about spinning stories.

[robbo1874]

I doubt very much we would move location, but I wouldn't rule out some kind of stadium re-development under the new owner. Its hard to think of a better location than the current one in terms of accessibility- two train stations nearby, close to the M6 and the Expressway and local bus routes. Plus not a massive cab ride from New St either. They could possibly improve the parking situation with a bit of money and some creative thinking. That would probably be a requirement of any ground expansion on the current site.

Personally I'd like us to retain the Trinity and Holte End, but wouldn't be too bothered if the North Stand and Witton Lane Stand were re-developed. If they want to chuck in a hotel, casino and underground parking - great. I'd even be comfortable with a name change like Lotus Villa Park as long as VP was included in the new name.

Villa always has been and always will be a forward thinking club hopefully.

Main priority has to be overhauling the squad though. Clear out the shit and bring a few well researched fresh faces in. Consolidate this season and either get promotion this season, or next. This guy seems like he wants to see progress and quickly. I'm all for that, but would prefer to see us start delivering on the pitch before we tackle anything else, such as ground re-development.