I'm sure I joined the trust as a life member many years ago, was sent a badge, then never heard from them again.
Quote from: Risso on October 05, 2022, 05:20:35 PMI'm sure I joined the trust as a life member many years ago, was sent a badge, then never heard from them again.Same (I think) Can't even remember the badge.Tbh, the trust seems entirely irrelevant now. I'm not sure they represent the fans at all. Just the thoughts of the handful still involved. Surely the FSG groups have more input now?
Preece published this on the Brum Mail this morning.. "A spokesman for the Villa Trust commented: “The club’s policy would be more focused on outs for ins with transfers being more self-financing as the club could not rely on the owners - Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens - to continually fund transfers from their own pockets."
Yeah but we all want to see Villa win something before we die so could we not turn into those clubs just for a bit?
Quote from: villadelph on October 05, 2022, 05:29:03 PMPreece published this on the Brum Mail this morning.. "A spokesman for the Villa Trust commented: “The club’s policy would be more focused on outs for ins with transfers being more self-financing as the club could not rely on the owners - Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens - to continually fund transfers from their own pockets."This is exactly as it should be, the alternative is to turn into Chelsea/ManCity/PSG and just be a plaything unti lthe owners get bored. Self-sustainability has to be the goal for all clubs.
Quote from: paul_e on October 05, 2022, 05:43:30 PMQuote from: villadelph on October 05, 2022, 05:29:03 PMPreece published this on the Brum Mail this morning.. "A spokesman for the Villa Trust commented: “The club’s policy would be more focused on outs for ins with transfers being more self-financing as the club could not rely on the owners - Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens - to continually fund transfers from their own pockets."This is exactly as it should be, the alternative is to turn into Chelsea/ManCity/PSG and just be a plaything unti lthe owners get bored. Self-sustainability has to be the goal for all clubs.To be honest I was hoping our owners were up for a bit more of a punt than that.It may be possible to sustain and elite team once you are there, in all the competitions and filling a 60k stadium, but to bridge that gap whilst balancing the books will be almost impossible. I think we can say goodye to dreams of Poch and keeping up with Newcastle's progress if thats the philosophy already.
Quote from: chrisw1 on October 05, 2022, 07:48:06 PMQuote from: paul_e on October 05, 2022, 05:43:30 PMQuote from: villadelph on October 05, 2022, 05:29:03 PMPreece published this on the Brum Mail this morning.. "A spokesman for the Villa Trust commented: “The club’s policy would be more focused on outs for ins with transfers being more self-financing as the club could not rely on the owners - Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens - to continually fund transfers from their own pockets."This is exactly as it should be, the alternative is to turn into Chelsea/ManCity/PSG and just be a plaything unti lthe owners get bored. Self-sustainability has to be the goal for all clubs.To be honest I was hoping our owners were up for a bit more of a punt than that.It may be possible to sustain and elite team once you are there, in all the competitions and filling a 60k stadium, but to bridge that gap whilst balancing the books will be almost impossible. I think we can say goodye to dreams of Poch and keeping up with Newcastle's progress if thats the philosophy already.I agree it doesn't shout breaking into the top 7 does it? I'd be quite happy to be some rich owners plaything. As we have seen with a lot of these Clubs when the owner does get bored theirs always another that wants to do the same again.