I think we’ve misinterpreted your very blunt answer though Chicago. Apologies to you as I see what you mean now.
Quote from: Ian. on April 27, 2021, 09:48:59 PMI think we’ve misinterpreted your very blunt answer though Chicago. Apologies to you as I see what you mean now.Thanks mate,I was a little surprised by the reactions.Some people seem to look out for things to take offence, when there is none meant.
So why did Spurs, Arsenal et al spend so much on new stadia?
No way would Man. City have got the takeover if they were still at Maine Road. They capitalised well on the Commonwealth games even if it took 4-5 years.Interesting what we do in the aftermath of hosting it ourselves. Plenty of housing going up now around the site so we'll have a few more thousand people living within 10 minutes walking distance and two minute train ride of VP so potential people to try to attract for corporate and general match day if we really want them.
Quote from: SoccerHQ on April 27, 2021, 10:10:50 PMNo way would Man. City have got the takeover if they were still at Maine Road. They capitalised well on the Commonwealth games even if it took 4-5 years.Interesting what we do in the aftermath of hosting it ourselves. Plenty of housing going up now around the site so we'll have a few more thousand people living within 10 minutes walking distance and two minute train ride of VP so potential people to try to attract for corporate and general match day if we really want them.Didnt the UAE crew get Man City on the cheap too from Shinawatra. ? Always thought Manchester was dog rough but particularly up around Moss side where they are based. An interesting investment.
Quote from: brontebilly on April 27, 2021, 10:16:43 PMQuote from: SoccerHQ on April 27, 2021, 10:10:50 PMNo way would Man. City have got the takeover if they were still at Maine Road. They capitalised well on the Commonwealth games even if it took 4-5 years.Interesting what we do in the aftermath of hosting it ourselves. Plenty of housing going up now around the site so we'll have a few more thousand people living within 10 minutes walking distance and two minute train ride of VP so potential people to try to attract for corporate and general match day if we really want them.Didnt the UAE crew get Man City on the cheap too from Shinawatra. ? Always thought Manchester was dog rough but particularly up around Moss side where they are based. An interesting investment.I managed to get tickets for me and my son in our first year back up when we lost 3-0, October 2019 maybe? Anything pre pandemic seems like another lifetime ago. Anyway I found it an interesting but ultimately soulless experience. The tickets were through my sons football club, so we’re obviously villa, but there was a coach load of kids and dads who were supporters of everyone and anyone, blues, baggies even Man U, for the first time in my football going life I was essentially a tourist. Part of the day, was the kids got to train up there in one of their many facilities, which were really impressive, I think their separate youth team stadium looked bigger than many league one stadiums! However on the drive in the area around the ‘complex’ still looked really deprived and there was no obvious investment from the club in the surrounding community infrastructure, not that it has to but it reminded me of gentrification that takes place in inner city areas. I come from Hockley originally and it’s a bit like the millions invested in gentrifying the Jewellery Quarter, with no investment a half a mile down the road in the deprived estates.The part of the stadium we were in was also soulless, lots of tourists like us, but then Man City fans, wandering in late, not singing, hundreds congregating for ages into the 2nd half on the concourse drinking their coffees.I know it might seem the natural course for villa to follow, if we want to be successful, especially with the plans these owners might have, but I would hate us to move from VP, or match day, to be to total corporate experience Man City has become.My proudest moment of the day, in the training facilities before the game, there was an opportunity for kids to get their photo with the trophies Man City had won the year before, think it was league, FA cup and league cup. There was an employee of the club beckoning my then 9 year old over to get a photo with some of his teammates. I was even encouraging him. He turns around and says the lad, ‘naw it’s ok, I’m Villa’. So proud!! 😂
Quote from: ChicagoLion on April 27, 2021, 09:56:17 PMQuote from: Ian. on April 27, 2021, 09:48:59 PMI think we’ve misinterpreted your very blunt answer though Chicago. Apologies to you as I see what you mean now.Thanks mate,I was a little surprised by the reactions.Some people seem to look out for things to take offence, when there is none meant.I don't think you can blame anyone else for the reaction.Munich is a pretty sensitive subject, known to have been used in an abusive way in the past. It's hardly surprising that it got interpreted in different ways when you wrote it as a one-word post with zero context.
What did I say? To get to where you want you have to become what you despise.
It's similar to when Arsenal spanked us at Wembley. We left pretty much straight after the final whistle, to find the queue for the tube station was already thousands deep of Arsenal fans who'd clearly left before the final whistle, and hadn't stuck around for the end of the game or to see them lift the cup.