Tony's Tweets

[dave shelley]

Perhaps Joe took Dr Tone shoe shopping so he decided to keep him.

[Tuscans]

Just a little difference in atmosphere since May ...

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/764529784638492673

[paul_e]

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  10m10 minutes ago
Dr. Tony Xia Retweeted Emma
Yes. You& your bay! can be seated in my box!Dr. Tony Xia added,

Emma @EmmaAVFC
@Dr_TonyXia I'm coming to the game 8 months pregnant tomorrow...can I have a free pie? 😊
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The guy is quality!

That's my cheeky daughter! I'm not sure the offer runs to her poor old dad but you never know. Assuming it's all genuine he is certainly trying, a breath of fresh air indeed.

I see He stuck to his word, there's a pic of you and your daughter with him on his feed, hope you had a good day!

[Dante Lavelli]

Tin hat on, but apart from the use of twitter, I don't think actions are massively different to Randy.

The crucial bit, and randy's failure, is what infrastructure he puts in place for when his enthusiasm wains (or his gazillion other businesses demand his attention).

It's early days, but like randy, he's made great start.

[walsall villain]

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  10m10 minutes ago
Dr. Tony Xia Retweeted Emma
Yes. You& your bay! can be seated in my box!Dr. Tony Xia added,

Emma @EmmaAVFC
@Dr_TonyXia I'm coming to the game 8 months pregnant tomorrow...can I have a free pie? 😊
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The guy is quality!

That's my cheeky daughter! I'm not sure the offer runs to her poor old dad but you never know. Assuming it's all genuine he is certainly trying, a breath of fresh air indeed.

I see He stuck to his word, there's a pic of you and your daughter with him on his feed, hope you had a good day!

We both had a great day! We got to meet the man himself and to out great surprise ended up sitting just a few rows behind him. We could see close hand how excited and enthusiastic he is. It was a lovely gesture, we were both so excited to be honest. The added bonuses for me were the convincing performance and the chance to get a photo with my hero, Brian Little. A memorable day indeed!

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Classy!

[Steve67]

Tin hat on, but apart from the use of twitter, I don't think actions are massively different to Randy.

The crucial bit, and randy's failure, is what infrastructure he puts in place for when his enthusiasm wains (or his gazillion other businesses demand his attention).

It's early days, but like randy, he's made great start.

You're probably right. One would expect all the spin and bluster in the beginning.  He has done what he said he would, so has been honest and delivered but, this needs sustaining. I'd say it's a case of so far so good. Please, please sustain it, even if we have to wait three or four years to get back up.

[kippaxvilla2]

Tony addressed the first team before the 3-0 win over Rotherham, along with the coaching staff on the eve of the game.

His rallying call looked to inspire them to great things this season.

He told them of his first failure in life when the leading academic didn’t get the grade expected of him at school.

Dr Tony said this was a turning point in his life – the moment he realised that talent alone is not enough, you also need diligence and industry - key points he made to the senior squad.

He offered them his view that there are four types of people in society – with No.4 dubbed ‘leaders’ – as he asked his players to strive to be in that category.

Dr Tony then spelled out his five requirements to achieve greatness – hard work, self discipline, team spirit, focus and the ability to learn from both failure and success.

[Toronto Villa]

Picture of the Doc with the 82 heroes. I know it's optics in many ways but it shows he is trying to understand the club and embrace its past. It's more than a Mosaic or tattoo. The club needs to come together again through its various generations. The chairman is already connecting and communicating through Twitter to a younger generation but the club is steeped in history. It's a nice start to try to reach out to players who care and get their opinion. I would like to see him get in touch with Big Ron, Sir Graham, John Gregory and others so they feel they are a part of the future. Bring the huge and impressive Villa family together.

[PeterWithesShin]

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  5h5 hours ago
Once we got the winning feeling back, it will keep going! The sleeping lion has woken up! #UTV

[PeterWithesShin]

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  21m
With team of 1982. @Peter_Withe Hope we'll have another team of legends as '82 soon.

[danno]

Wasn't Tom Fox a marketing guru or some such ? 

I agree with my cynical brethren that this will probably end in tears; but at the moment
the Doc is giving a master-class on the PR front.

Our mascots Hercules and Bella are probably looking over their shoulders after his performance on the pitch today.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Just a little difference in atmosphere since May ...

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/764529784638492673

Almost tears in the eyes. Not because how lucky we are to have him, the opposite, how lucky he is to have found such an amazing cub with such brilliant supporters.

If we are only to learn one thing from last season, it's our fans are bloody superb.*

*No way was there 33k there today. I'd imagine the real number was 29,012.**

** Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

Final thought; those there today, those lucky few.. how many left wanting to be at the next home game? It's hopefully going to be a wonderful season.

[PeterWithesShin]

Bella was doing knee slides on the pitch after the first 2 goals. Hopefully she won't vanish because of it like she did after the bin incident last season.

[Damo70]

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  21m
With team of 1982. @Peter_Withe Hope we'll have another team of legends as '82 soon.

I have a lot of 'man love' for Tony Morley. Not in a sexual way. But I'm pretty sure that in the unlikely event he ever asked me to live with him I would leave my wife and kids in a heartbeat. I believe the modern term is a 'bromance'. For charity reasons (and he was very helpful in that respect) I had his number on an old mobile phone of mine and had to constantly resist the temptation to ring him as if he was my best mate.