Tony's Tweets

[PeterWithe]

Keeps the shoes out of shot mind.

I saw a picture of him at a service station after Saturdays game, he looked like he'd invested in a new pair. Good lad.

[Toronto Villa]

I'd rather he keep his head down and do his talking in the boardroom. 

I think he's doing that quite well and why can't he do both? My issue is to what extent does he engage and where does he draw the line one terms of content? At what does genuine engagement and openness become what it turned into with the General? Dealing with season tickets not showing up for example isn't the path he wants to take with this.

[paul_e]

The mail have run a story about his tweets today:

Think back to those dark days during the Randy Lerner era.

The fans were revolting in the stands, stewards were wrestling banners of discontent from their hands.

The boos were constant, and the silence from Lerner was deafening.

On Sunday the stark contrast between the US tycoon and the man he handed the Villa Park keys to, could not have been more evident.

Chinese businessman Dr Tony Xia posed for pictures with fans at the ground, and even with a young fan outside a Burger King at the M6 services.

The days of the Villa hierarchy being a mystical gathering are long gone, the lines of communication are wide open and Xia wants to reunite the fans with the club.

His ethos has been none more apparent than on Twitter in recent weeks, speaking out on transfers, catering, broken links on the website, and even meeting fans for beer.

There have been times when he must have turned a few heads of hair grey I the Villa boardroom by stating which players were coming and going and how much would be spent.

Of course you wouldn’t have seen Randy behaving like this, but It’s not just an approach that is unfamiliar at Villa, you won’t find any other owner acting like this either.

It’s not common, and in many ways it’s just not seen as the done thing.

There have been frowns aplenty from fans, some telling him to get off social media, many simply believing it’s not him.

From the outside looking in, it’s actually exactly what Villa needed, the unconventional and often humorous tweets from the owner have helped to start to mend a seriously fractured football club.

The gleeful enthusiasm is balanced with a firm understanding of how badly the club has let the fans down.

The more cynical amongst you may think that here at the Mail we welcome the Dr’s comments because they are easy stories and great for headlines.

That’s true, they are, but we welcome them first and foremost because there is a transparency at Villa now that is to be admired.

 Dr. Tony Xia ✔ @Dr_TonyXia
I don't care that ppl worried about my impoliteness as I have 2 protect our club&let ppl believe we are back&better https://twitter.com/theholtetweets/status/762547406395375617 …
10:04 AM - 8 Aug 2016
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It has created a wave of optimism and given the fans a real sense of having someone to target their frustrations at.

What he has actually done is exploded the shroud of secrecy that surrounds football and replaced with frank, honest feedback and interaction.

The worst thing about being a football fan is when you feel under-valued, when you feel that the men in suits are just taking the money and not caring about the people paying at the turnstiles.

Dr. Tony Xia ✔ @Dr_TonyXia
Huh.....it was just nearly two months .....😊. Just give a little more time. https://twitter.com/onsitemidlands/status/762416706883035138 …
11:38 PM - 7 Aug 2016
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That is how the claret and blue army have felt in recent years, the relationship has disintegrated and the trust has eroded.

The fans aren't stupid, they know and Xia knows that the only place for action is on the pitch.

The key thing is though that this open and honest approach needs to spiral downwards, if Roberto Di Matteo and his men can act with the same determination and integrity that the owner clearly does, it won’t be a bad season.

Xia has brought unity to the claret and blue faithful, and if that is done through the power of social media, then we say ‘carry on tweeting Dr X!’

[Risso]

I agree on the whole. At the moment it feels refreshing, although the results need to start coming through otherwise the Tweets will start to be viewed negatively.

[Steve67]

The Mail want him to carry on tweeting so it gives the lazy feckers something to write about.

[Havencheese]

Has some wordsmith come up with a chant about Tony's tweets yet?

[in exile]

Has some wordsmith come up with a chant about Tony's tweets yet?

Footyskillz has

[paul_e]

The Mail want him to carry on tweeting so it gives the lazy feckers something to write about.

They admit to it in that piece but it doesn't mean the rest of the article is wrong.

I agree on the whole. At the moment it feels refreshing, although the results need to start coming through otherwise the Tweets will start to be viewed negatively.

true but then if he was silent that would be true, or if we were getting highly polished press releases every few days it would still be true.  Anything the board/chairman/owner does will be viewed through a prism based on results so I'm personally happier to see some genuine passion from the owner and some teeth and nails on show when people deserve it.

[Vegas]

Interesting one today, implying new midfielder in by Saturday

[brian green]

Footyskillz is indeed a wordsmith.  He described Jedinek as a brusier.  I dont know what a brusier is but it sounds just what we need.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Footyskillz is indeed a wordsmith.  He described Jedinek as a brusier.  I dont know what a brusier is but it sounds just what we need.

Well we already have a brassiere in Agbonlahor.

[LeeB]

Footyskillz is indeed a wordsmith.  He described Jedinek as a brusier.  I dont know what a brusier is but it sounds just what we need.

It sounds like something a fat lad might use to get away with wearing one of these figure hugging tops.

[Jimbo]

Footyskillz is indeed a wordsmith.  He described Jedinek as a brusier.  I dont know what a brusier is but it sounds just what we need.

It sounds like something a fat lad might use to get away with wearing one of these figure hugging tops.

Like a device for keeping unruly tits in order.

Just what we need.

[Gareth]

The Mail want him to carry on tweeting :-) there's a shock a snoozepaper that has done no journalism for years are happy that Dr X will give them daily updates that they can turn into articles to click bait the Midlands.  He should send them an invoice for doing their work for them

[brian green]

Whatever a brusier is, it's a fine word.  I shall use it in job interviews.  The last gem of interview speak came from this forum. An unidentified possible problem may be defined as a "moving beast".   "Mr Lambert, do you think you are enough of a brusier to deal with a moving beast?"  Love it.