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[Dante Lavelli]

If I was Wes or Nassef, I would be asking if my money is safe with Gerrard at the helm?  Does he improve the players he has at his disposal? Or do we throw more money at him because, deep down, we believe in him? The fact that he isn't getting the best out of the players he has, would make me worry.

Slightly less worried about this, because 1. Gerrard attracts better players than our position should 2. Signing one should be a DMC whoever the manager is so I don’t think it is money wasted.

[Steve67]

If I was Wes or Nassef, I would be asking if my money is safe with Gerrard at the helm?  Does he improve the players he has at his disposal? Or do we throw more money at him because, deep down, we believe in him? The fact that he isn't getting the best out of the players he has, would make me worry.

Slightly less worried about this, because 1. Gerrard attracts better players than our position should 2. Signing one should be a DMC whoever the manager is so I don’t think it is money wasted.

If Gerrard brings in players to demonstrate that we are punching above our weight, such as Coutinho, on a consistent basis, I will gladly defer.  But the evidence is that he brought in one player, on loan who was struggling to fit in elsewhere.  I hope I am wrong and you are right though.

[Sexual Ealing]

Jack Grealish hasn’t been great for Citeh yet does that mean Guardiola is a poor manager? I don’t think so, things take time sometimes.

Guardiola has a bit more beef on the CV to mean that he doesn't need Grealish to prove whether he's a good manager.

[eamonn]

Hopefully we can try and take Jack back on a season-loan in the summer.

[Toronto Villa]

Some comments today from Purslow about the redevelopment of Villa Park

https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1514619493871341580?s=21&t=OBut7T3Pxyd0hvL4k3T6OA

Full interview on the OS

[andyh]

Really interesting to hear what he has to say and there could be exciting times ahead, and he speaks so well.
Can you imagine anything remotely close to this coming from any other club in the region?

[Drummond]

Interesting. Just over 50k first phase then refurb of trinity.

New commercial building in North stand car park.

Expanded rail at Witton.

Sounds promising.

Planning in end of summer hope to be completed 2 years from then.

[boozey182]

I have my doubts about Purslow, but it is difficult not to be impressed and excited by that interview. The owners really do mean business here, and it seems like they really won't stop until we get to the very top. They aren't going to be investing this kind of money to watch us flounder around 15th-11th for the next 10 years....

It puts it all into perspective a bit. Gerrard has been massively underwhelming so far, but the fact is if he doesn't get us going, he'll be gone. When you're watching your team lose 4 on the bounce, it can be difficult to take a step back and look at the complete picture, and the truth is - we are moving in the right direction. Maybe not as quickly as we would all like, and this last season does seem like a complete waste, but we will get there. If Gerrard isn't the one to take us to the next step, we'll move on to the next one. If he's no good, we'll look again.

There are many things to grumble about day-to-day when supporting Villa, but little bits of news like this are great to be able to look at where we're heading.

[eamonn]

Just seen the video with Purslow. Michelle asked all the right questions.

Exciting plans, - the club want the Holte and Doug Ellis stands plus safe standing all to have been upgraded/introduced in the next decade.

It does feel like Nas and Wes are in it for the long haul.

[andyh]

Just seen the video with Purslow. Michelle asked all the right questions.

Exciting plans, - the club want the Holte and Doug Ellis stands plus safe standing all to have been upgraded/introduced in the next decade.

It does feel like Nas and Wes are in it for the long haul.

Well, I guess she’s given the questions to ask so that it appears to be like an interview.

That aside, the message they are getting across is incredibly exciting.

[Toronto Villa]

Michelle who did the interview really is very good indeed. Thank fuck it wasn't Jack

[Border villan]

Just done the survey. Quite detailed questions.
I would encourage all to complete it and emphasise the dire catering in all parts of the ground.

[Chris Harte]

I just completed both surveys. Fill em in guys. They don't take that long. Give them your thoughts.

[Nev]

I would have been more impressed had he used the correct description of the Trinity Road Stand, rather than the Trinity Stand.

*  rolls eyes and joins enormous queue for a pint  *

[SaddVillan]

The North Stand currently seats 7,086. Making it a 15,000 stand would add 7,914 - doubling iit in size and take our total capacity to 50,518.

The Holte seats 13,472, but  don't forget  that Trinity Road cuts across at one corner. So I guess we're looking at something broadly similar to the Holte at the Witton End (I'm old school). Wonder if the club has something in mind to make them look different to one another, or might they be "mirror" images?  (Does anyone know of a ground where the end stands are the same?  And I'm not talking bowl grounds like The KFC or Derby or tiddly lower league Lego grounds.

I guess they'll add more boxes than the North Stand currently holds as well as some pretty impressive hospitality space to generate more dosh.