naming of the ground

[chrisw1]

Lotus Villa Park is fine by me IF it comes with major investment - ie allowing the owners to bend the FFP rules.

[Richard E]

They can call it 'The Everyone Hates Richard,He's A Nonce Stadium' for all I care if it means the funding that delivers us an FA Cup in my lifetime. Everyone will still call it Villa Park anyway.

[auntiesledd]

Frankly, I think this rebranding of VP is bloody awful - but then I'm not one for all this modern day BS  in football. Still, he who pays the piper... 

 
 

[chrisw1]

They can call it 'The Everyone Hates Richard,He's A Nonce Stadium' for all I care if it means the funding that delivers us an FA Cup in my lifetime. Everyone will still call it Villa Park anyway.

Now that is a catchy name.

[chrisw1]

Frankly, I think this rebranding of VP is bloody awful - but then I'm not one for all this modern day BS  in football. Still, he who pays the piper... 

 
 

It's never ideal.  But hypothetically if you had a straight choice between:

a. Villa Park in the Championship; or

b. Lotus Villa Park in the Premier League and pushing for top 6

Which would you choose?

[stuart r]

There is I think only one other club with a stadium named after the club - Port Vale's Burslem Stadium in Stoke is Vale Park. And Parkhead is sometimes called Celtic Park.

Cardiff City Stadium, St Mirren Park

St Mirren had a fantastic opportunity naming their new stadium and totally duffed it.

[peter w]

Frankly, I think this rebranding of VP is bloody awful - but then I'm not one for all this modern day BS  in football. Still, he who pays the piper... 

 
 

Get with the programme, old man.

[footyskillz]

Frankly, I think this rebranding of VP is bloody awful - but then I'm not one for all this modern day BS  in football. Still, he who pays the piper... 

 
 

Get with the programme, old man.

Haha.  It's how it is. I can see the world media calling it the lotus in seasons new.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Villa Park Choi

Excellent.

[Des Little]

Let's be honest - no-one would ever use the Lotus bit would they? Money for old rope.

[footyskillz]

Let's be honest - no-one would ever use the Lotus bit would they? Money for old rope.

Only in the advetsting of matches across tv and online . So that's where Tony brand awareness kicks in the market audience he can reach.  It's why Tony Fernandez bought qpr to promote his business inteteests

[DeKuip]

Frankly, I think this rebranding of VP is bloody awful - but then I'm not one for all this modern day BS  in football. Still, he who pays the piper... 

 
 

It's never ideal.  But hypothetically if you had a straight choice between:

a. Villa Park in the Championship; or

b. Lotus Villa Park in the Premier League and pushing for top 6

Which would you choose?

or there could be an option c ... Lotus Villa Park in Div 3.
Selling your soul doesn't guarantee happiness ever after.
Dr fucking X is already getting on my tits with some of his comments to be honest.

[Cleybrooke]

I reckon He'll take over the entire development going on around Villa Park. Turn it into a Football related theme park called "Villa Park" with the stadium renamed "The Recon Lotus Stadium at Villa Park". It'l be like Alton Towers in Claret and Blue.

Or, given his background, millions will be relocated from Lichfield, Tamworth and Rugeley to live in high rise concrete towers and work in the Villa Park "Smart" City.

One final thought, Lotus always stood for Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious.

[footyskillz]

Sounds like gabby agbonlahor previously on the pitch now off it.
I like to think villa will give defences lots of trouble and usually serious ones to defences now we have super powers 😊

[tomd2103]

Lotus Villa Park is fine by me IF it comes with major investment - ie allowing the owners to bend the FFP rules.

Really not keen on the idea at all, but if it is going to happen then something like that would be the most palatable option I suppose.  In cricket, The Oval has been named The Brit Oval or The Kia Oval in recent years, which is somewhat acceptable I suppose.