If we move from VP, I'd probably be done. Not hyperbole or drama, just so much of going to football is about doing what I've always done, since the late 70s, initially with my dad, then with my mates, now with my own family. It's much more important to me than how good the food is or how long I have to queue for a beer. I get how it's probably the 'sensible" thing, it must be because almost everyone else has done it who plays regularly at the level we aspire to, I just hate the idea, completely and utterly. For the same reason there are so many nostalgia posts on here about the old Holte end etc. It's about tradition and memories . I get that that butters no parsnips as they used to say, but that's how I feel.
Now ultimately I hope we stay at Villa Park
Quote from: Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle on March 27, 2024, 03:30:11 PMDo I need to dust off a bedsheet?To replace the sodden ones of some people on here?
Do I need to dust off a bedsheet?
Yes it would be embarrassing if a small shit club like blose had a newer and bigger stadium than villa park (even if they will never fill it)Imagine that stadium being chosen ahead of villa park for events? I do agree about the surrounding area at villa park being pretty shit tbh
Quote from: itmustbe_it is! on March 27, 2024, 09:15:04 PMIf we move from VP, I'd probably be done. Not hyperbole or drama, just so much of going to football is about doing what I've always done, since the late 70s, initially with my dad, then with my mates, now with my own family. It's much more important to me than how good the food is or how long I have to queue for a beer. I get how it's probably the 'sensible" thing, it must be because almost everyone else has done it who plays regularly at the level we aspire to, I just hate the idea, completely and utterly. For the same reason there are so many nostalgia posts on here about the old Holte end etc. It's about tradition and memories . I get that that butters no parsnips as they used to say, but that's how I feel.Same here.It’s about where my ancestors have been going for generations, it’s where I have taken my kids so they know about the history.It won’t ever be the same , if it’s not Villa Park.
Quote from: Villan82 on March 27, 2024, 01:42:26 PMQuote from: Ads on March 27, 2024, 01:40:20 PMAs if the Noses have you lot rattled. I checked the BBC table and they're about to drop into the third division. And if they do get a ground to be the Darlington of the 2030s, then who gives a good fuck? We're competing for Champions League football and European trophies, with more money on our tummy next season than they get in income full stop.No, its our current President of Business who has rattled some of us because his actions have been a bit small time and his comms have been positively amateur. And it is a fair comment to ask what the plan is as the SHA announcement narrows down one more potential avenue.No, it really isn't. His actions in moving us to Adidas, Betano and increasing revenue by over £10m a year aren't sign of small time at all. He's put a stop to a plan to build a North Stand, that's not small time, because you don't know what he's planning to do instead. We have new investors, who are fucking huge, that's not small time.He's got rid of a badge that most people didn't want (if we're being honest), that was voted in ahead of a really shit design. He has communicated some information, and just said nothing on others, and in the modern world, patience doesn't seem to be a virtue any more, people (like you) want information when they want it, regardless of whether or not they have any right to make that demand. (I also understand a club is about fans, without them there's nothing, but in the modern world of wanting news immediately, having to wait a few weeks seems like a lifetime).As for that lot down the road narrowing our options, you're having a fucking laugh. They are nothing in comparison to us, and they will forever be in our shadow. Stop letting them get inside your head.
Quote from: Ads on March 27, 2024, 01:40:20 PMAs if the Noses have you lot rattled. I checked the BBC table and they're about to drop into the third division. And if they do get a ground to be the Darlington of the 2030s, then who gives a good fuck? We're competing for Champions League football and European trophies, with more money on our tummy next season than they get in income full stop.No, its our current President of Business who has rattled some of us because his actions have been a bit small time and his comms have been positively amateur. And it is a fair comment to ask what the plan is as the SHA announcement narrows down one more potential avenue.
As if the Noses have you lot rattled. I checked the BBC table and they're about to drop into the third division. And if they do get a ground to be the Darlington of the 2030s, then who gives a good fuck? We're competing for Champions League football and European trophies, with more money on our tummy next season than they get in income full stop.
They're not building in the city centre if they even build anything at all. If by some miracle, the biggest joke in the history of football do manage to cobble together a stadium, its hardly going to be Everton or Spurs is it for a 2nd division side that pulls 18k on a good day. If we want to build something, we will build it.
Tbh, even with all of this chat about moving, my guess would be it's not something that we're even considering. And if we do spend money doing a bit of infilling, I don't think we're seriously considering the Noth Stand right now either - at least for a few years. But it does give us something to discuss during quiet periods. I know we've had investment, but I just think Heck has got cold feet.
Quote from: Ads on March 27, 2024, 02:24:45 PMThey're not building in the city centre if they even build anything at all. If by some miracle, the biggest joke in the history of football do manage to cobble together a stadium, its hardly going to be Everton or Spurs is it for a 2nd division side that pulls 18k on a good day. If we want to build something, we will build it.This is what I think too, how is anyone describing that site as being in the city centre?
Quote from: chrisw1 on March 28, 2024, 08:48:04 AMTbh, even with all of this chat about moving, my guess would be it's not something that we're even considering. And if we do spend money doing a bit of infilling, I don't think we're seriously considering the Noth Stand right now either - at least for a few years. But it does give us something to discuss during quiet periods. I know we've had investment, but I just think Heck has got cold feet.Or more probably he wants the new stand to be associated with his name rather than pursuing a project instigated by his predecessor.