Tony's Tweets

[Ad@m]

I thought the WhatsApp thing was really ingenious, properly in touch with Villa in terms of the Dr's cryptic maths tweets, our legendary and much loved defenders, Gabby putting his foot in it, etc.

It has come in for so much stick on Twitter but I think it was the most in-tune thing Villa's social media have ever done - certainly that I can recall anyway.

Who has criticised it on Twitter - rival fans or our own over 40's ?

Being one of the latter; I thought it was cringeworthy

I'm not one of the latter and I thought it was embarrassing.

[Drummond]

I thought the WhatsApp thing was really ingenious, properly in touch with Villa in terms of the Dr's cryptic maths tweets, our legendary and much loved defenders, Gabby putting his foot in it, etc.

It has come in for so much stick on Twitter but I think it was the most in-tune thing Villa's social media have ever done - certainly that I can recall anyway.

Who has criticised it on Twitter - rival fans or our own over 40's ?

Being one of the latter; I thought it was cringeworthy

I'm not one of the latter and I thought it was embarrassing.

I am one of the latter and I think it's brilliant.

Quite how anyone can think it's embarrassing I don't know. Why would it cause embarrassment or be cringeworthy?

[Tayls_7]

I thought the WhatsApp thing was really ingenious, properly in touch with Villa in terms of the Dr's cryptic maths tweets, our legendary and much loved defenders, Gabby putting his foot in it, etc.

It has come in for so much stick on Twitter but I think it was the most in-tune thing Villa's social media have ever done - certainly that I can recall anyway.

Who has criticised it on Twitter - rival fans or our own over 40's ?

Being one of the latter; I thought it was cringeworthy

I'm not one of the latter and I thought it was embarrassing.

I am one of the latter and I think it's brilliant.

Quite how anyone can think it's embarrassing I don't know. Why would it cause embarrassment or be cringeworthy?

I'd rather stick a portrait of Greg Wallace and John Torode above my mantelpiece than play that through again.

[Ad@m]

Quite how anyone can think it's embarrassing I don't know. Why would it cause embarrassment or be cringeworthy?

They invented an imaginary conversation between players, the manager and the owner.  It's the sort of stuff I'd expect a bored teenager to come up with, not the behaviour of one of the biggest football clubs in the land.

Haven't they got better stuff to be getting on with?

[Mister E]

Quite how anyone can think it's embarrassing I don't know. Why would it cause embarrassment or be cringeworthy?

They invented an imaginary conversation between players, the manager and the owner.  It's the sort of stuff I'd expect a bored teenager to come up with, not the behaviour of one of the biggest football clubs in the land.

Haven't they got better stuff to be getting on with?

Isn't the Villa social media manager a Bluenose? - maybe his idea of a bit of fun.

[Drummond]

Quite how anyone can think it's embarrassing I don't know. Why would it cause embarrassment or be cringeworthy?

They invented an imaginary conversation between players, the manager and the owner.  It's the sort of stuff I'd expect a bored teenager to come up with, not the behaviour of one of the biggest football clubs in the land.

Haven't they got better stuff to be getting on with?

They had fun, did something unique, got people talking about the marketing and media side of the club. Job done.

[leylandalbion]

I am of middle age have encompassed social media and think it was was inventive and original and was in no way embarrassing. In terms of have they nothing better to do? What would we want a marketing dude doing?

[Ads]

I don't see how it's embarrassing either.

[LukeJames]

Its not original or inventive, its something that has been done many times over the past 6 months. Its very much whats 'in' at the minute though, almost everybody can relate to a Whatsapp group. I personally thought it was absolutly wank but this wasn't aimed at miserable bastards like me, I can imagine the majority of the younger generation loving it.
While he's here (And I really wish he wasn't) the club need to market the shit out of brand JT at the Villa (sick bucket).

[brian green]

I am in one side of the 40 year divide and out the other.  I have forgotten how to cringe.  Gabby with his eyeballs rolled back in his skull was the last time I think I cringed.

[PaulWinch again]

Don't really see the problem with it, it's clearly tongue in cheek.

[Clampy]

It was a bit of fun, no harm done whatsoever.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm not bothered by it, apart from as a club I think we're coming across as a bit starstruck. The club, and some fans (see that tattoo) are behaving like i'd expect someone like Torquay would. Or at least I think they are. And i'd think that even if I was in favour of us signing him.

[cheltenhamlion]

I couldn't care less about it.

[Clampy]

I'm not bothered by it, apart from as a club I think we're coming across as a bit starstruck. The club, and some fans (see that tattoo) are behaving like i'd expect someone like Torquay would. Or at least I think they are. And i'd think that even if I was in favour of us signing him.

Some of it has been over the top. The kids will love it obviously which is possibly who it's aimed towards but hopefully it will die down after a while.