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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #765 on: June 21, 2022, 08:36:01 PM »
We still went from not being able to shift all our season tickets to initially a 8000 waiting list for the first time in our history I think

Yes there’s lots of reasons but that’s a mighty big jump And change of circumstance


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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #766 on: June 21, 2022, 09:22:34 PM »
The hype around the Premier League is absolutely huge, and growing. It’s the world league. I think that’s a large part of it.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #767 on: June 21, 2022, 09:24:03 PM »
The hype around the Premier League is absolutely huge, and growing. It’s the world league. I think that’s a large part of it.

Yeah I think that’s the nail
Premier League is taking over the world

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #768 on: June 21, 2022, 09:26:21 PM »
We still went from not being able to shift all our season tickets to initially a 8000 waiting list for the first time in our history I think

Yes there’s lots of reasons but that’s a mighty big jump And change of circumstance

Not just us, look at Tottenham, West Ham, Everton, Leeds. All get a full house every week despite not having won anything for years. The league has got better at marketing itself and so, belatedly, have Villa. Once the demand comes, so does the FOMO. Supporters know they have to attend regularly to be able to attend at all. The old days when a lot of fans would pick and choose their games and we'd get 40,000 for Man U then 15,000 for Wimbledon are gone.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #769 on: June 22, 2022, 12:32:35 AM »
I think those 10 wins on the spin en route to the Play-Offs 3 years ago were highly intoxicating. Fans fell hard for Smith, Jack, Mings, Conor, McGinn etc.

After a lost decade we suddenly weren't just winning all the time, we also had swagger.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #770 on: June 22, 2022, 08:32:52 AM »
I think that was the giddiest with excitement I’d been watching Villa since Big Ron’s days. It was intoxicating.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #771 on: June 22, 2022, 11:44:40 AM »

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #772 on: June 22, 2022, 11:52:28 AM »
Should be aiming for nothing less than this:

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1538891924165251073?t=9srvWMGDZ4cJKFQMbnHt_w&s=19
The top part of the stands have no view of the pitch due to it being sunken. Gigantic mirrors to show a reflection of the pitch is one solution but then there's the problem of sunlight reflecting off the mirrors and scorching the players like ants under a magnifying glass. To prevent this they will all have to play in giant sombreros. It works for me.

Online LeeB

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #773 on: June 22, 2022, 11:56:22 AM »
Should be aiming for nothing less than this:

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1538891924165251073?t=9srvWMGDZ4cJKFQMbnHt_w&s=19
The top part of the stands have no view of the pitch due to it being sunken. Gigantic mirrors to show a reflection of the pitch is one solution but then there's the problem of sunlight reflecting off the mirrors and scorching the players like ants under a magnifying glass. To prevent this they will all have to play in giant sombreros. It works for me.

We just need to get him to do it again as four separate stands

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #774 on: June 22, 2022, 11:58:27 AM »
Should be aiming for nothing less than this:

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1538891924165251073?t=9srvWMGDZ4cJKFQMbnHt_w&s=19
The top part of the stands have no view of the pitch due to it being sunken. Gigantic mirrors to show a reflection of the pitch is one solution but then there's the problem of sunlight reflecting off the mirrors and scorching the players like ants under a magnifying glass. To prevent this they will all have to play in giant sombreros. It works for me.

We just need to get him to do it again as four separate stands

We should at least be showing some ambition and planning for the future, with a 160,000 capacity North Stand.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #775 on: June 22, 2022, 12:46:35 PM »
I think that was the giddiest with excitement I’d been watching Villa since Big Ron’s days. It was intoxicating.

that first summer when he joined and we sold Platt and signed everyone !!!

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #776 on: June 22, 2022, 12:50:10 PM »
I think that was the giddiest with excitement I’d been watching Villa since Big Ron’s days. It was intoxicating.

that first summer when he joined and we sold Platt and signed everyone !!!

Fuck, though, that period was so exciting.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #777 on: June 22, 2022, 12:55:30 PM »
I think that was the giddiest with excitement I’d been watching Villa since Big Ron’s days. It was intoxicating.

that first summer when he joined and we sold Platt and signed everyone !!!

Fuck, though, that period was so exciting.

The first game merely fanned the flames

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #778 on: June 22, 2022, 01:09:23 PM »
I think that was the giddiest with excitement I’d been watching Villa since Big Ron’s days. It was intoxicating.

that first summer when he joined and we sold Platt and signed everyone !!!

Fuck, though, that period was so exciting.

The first game merely fanned the flames


i loved Cyrille Regis

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #779 on: June 22, 2022, 06:22:15 PM »
Should be aiming for nothing less than this:

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1538891924165251073?t=9srvWMGDZ4cJKFQMbnHt_w&s=19
Given the set up at the Villa, can you imagine trying to get a beer at half-time, you would be gone for weeks! ;)

 


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