Tony's Tweets

[mr underhill]

well said, at the minute Tone is just what the Doctor ordered.

[brian green]

He has certainly reinvigorated my enthusiasm.

[OCD]

It will not be long before other more far sighted owners, probably new ones, start to copy him.  I wish I could recall which poster on here nailed it very early that he has moved club ownership into the 21st century.  Very appropriate that it should be for a club still in the 19th century.

*cough*

[MalcolmP]

well said, at the minute Tone is just what the Doctor ordered.

Didn't the 'General' get lots of plaudits for posting in the'honeymoon' period and when the going got tough he retweeted or should that be retreated! Early days yet lets not forget all the early days of Lerner when we were given false optimism 'bright future' etc etc - There is a long way to go for our new owner to convince me things will be different but hopefully this time we will have an owner  who does not lose interest.

[brian green]

I met the General and he was a very decent bloke as you would expect a man with his record to be.  His problem was the same as Randy Lerner he just did not get football nor did he get how unique each family of football fans is.  Tony Xia gets it completely.  The story of him needing to be calmed down in the Luton Directors' lounge after the Luton game does it for me.  Carpe diem.

[Matt Collins]

I was really sceptical about his tweeting. But I'm coming round to it. It does make him seem really genuine and connect with the fans. The reception he got looked great. Frankly, if he gets us halfway towards where he's aiming then he's welcome to as much of the limelight as he wants

He will be held to account for his tweets though. The commitment to a world class number 9 is going to be hard to deliver!

[Jimbo]

As long as you avoid racism, sexism, homophobia, politics, religion and personal abuse on Twitter, you can say pretty much whatever you like.

Tony is no idiot. He's identified that one of the many fuck ups of the Randy Lerner era was the distance he allowed to grow between the club and the fans. By the end the club was completely fractured, and now there's been a coming together. Part of that is to do with the chairman's reconnection. He's also standing up for the club, which I haven't seen anyone do for years. 

Twitter is a powerful tool if you're smart with it. There will be snags and hitches, but I think he's shrewd enough to deal with them. His emoticons, jokes and direct responses to fans are how to engage with people in the modern world. As has been said before, we're in a new era now, both in society and for the club.   

[sid1964]

On Saturday after the match, Elphick said that the players had to re-connect with the supporters, so with Tony's tweets this must also be part of that process

At the moment I quite like the fact that if a paper prints something about the club / players, then Tony tells us what is actually happening

[mattjpa]

I hope that the media doesnt turn on him though. Everytime they run bs story from a "source understands" he pretty much smashes it straight away and makes them look like the bullshit merchants they really are. Imagine if every owner did this? they would struggle for sales and clickbait eventually.

[brian green]

The other thing you have to realise about Tony is that he is a businessman.  He will have worked out long ago that one of the club's biggest assets is its fan base. He is looking after that asset in a way Lerner never even attempted to do.  Tony bought Villa at a rock bottom price for what we are.  He knows that.  With a few new players in and some of the dead wood being removed he has already added what? £10 million to the resale value of his investment.  Get us back into the Premiership and he can trouser anything up to £100 million.  All that and he is clearly loving every minute of it.

[alan_clarke]

I also like the fact that he deflecting a lot of attention away from RDM. RDM has been left to get on with the job by the fans and the media, which can only make his job a hell of a lot easier.

[themossman]

Yes true. The opposite of Randy in fact, whose invisible man routine was initially dressed up as him not interfering with t day to day affairs, but came to look more and more like he was just happy for managers to take the pelters while he hid in the shadows.

[itbrvilla]

I like the fact it cuts through the media and agent bullshit. Bring the ****** down a peg or two.

[in exile]

This morning -
"Get one signing done. Waiting for announcement.#UTV "

10:56 AM - 23 Aug 2016

[andyh]

I don't think for one second that he is star struck, over excited or getting carried away.
I reckon he is a hard nosed business man who is calculating how to give just enough information to keep everyone enthused and informed.

I love it
(and him, for now)