Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[gpbarr]

While i understand the outrage, its really just a continuation of how the games has, over the past 30 years, fundamentally changed and moved away from tits working class roots.

We worship the owners - but don't let any one fool you, they are business men and their interest in our club is money driven, nothing more or less.

We worship the players - but while we struggle to meet basic living standards, they are down at the Ferrari dealer sipping champagne as they decide between red or yellow.

Love him or hate him, Chris Heck isn't the problem. Shoot the messenger if you like, the problem will remain. He is an employee, told to do a job, and he's doing it.

I have made this point before - Man city are a great example of the demise of the game. They used to be a working class club in the 70's, Maine Road was a classic stadium to visit, and was always a great atmosphere. Now they have sold their souls - the stadium, the support, and the atmosphere has all gone, replaced with a plastic veneer - players earning more in a week than most fans would earn in a decade, sold out to the prawn brigade. And this is now the world's most successful club, a prime example of the fate that beholds the game.

I only manage to get to 4-5 games a season given I live in the US. i feel desperately sorry for those fans with kids or parents who now are being priced out, whose pockets are being fleeced while the game is destroyed.

Maybe one day, the course the game is on will be checked, but until then, get used to it - this is the new norm.

           

 

[Chip Butty 111]

Hopefully some wordsmith on the Holte will come up with a song for the Everton game...unpleasant and directed solely at our friend, the thick skinned little Barney Rubble lookalike, who has managed to infuriate what seems to be most of the fan base ...
..if everyone leaves early he wouldn't care less, make it vocal and let him have it from the Holte...

[Chip Butty 111]

While i understand the outrage, its really just a continuation of how the games has, over the past 30 years, fundamentally changed and moved away from tits working class roots.

We worship the owners - but don't let any one fool you, they are business men and their interest in our club is money driven, nothing more or less.

We worship the players - but while we struggle to meet basic living standards, they are down at the Ferrari dealer sipping champagne as they decide between red or yellow.

Love him or hate him, Chris Heck isn't the problem. Shoot the messenger if you like, the problem will remain. He is an employee, told to do a job, and he's doing it.

I have made this point before - Man city are a great example of the demise of the game. They used to be a working class club in the 70's, Maine Road was a classic stadium to visit, and was always a great atmosphere. Now they have sold their souls - the stadium, the support, and the atmosphere has all gone, replaced with a plastic veneer - players earning more in a week than most fans would earn in a decade, sold out to the prawn brigade. And this is now the world's most successful club, a prime example of the fate that beholds the game.

I only manage to get to 4-5 games a season given I live in the US. i feel desperately sorry for those fans with kids or parents who now are being priced out, whose pockets are being fleeced while the game is destroyed.

Maybe one day, the course the game is on will be checked, but until then, get used to it - this is the new norm.

           

 

got as far as tit's...

[Sexual Ealing]

over the past 30 years, fundamentally changed and moved away from tits working

 

Have you been reading my diary?

[Drummond]

It won't happen. This will stick, they will sell tickets galore and we have to like it or lump it unfortunately.

There are plenty of non-Villa diehard fans who will buy the tickets if we don't.

[Brazilian Villain]

Hopefully some wordsmith on the Holte will come up with a song for the Everton game...unpleasant and directed solely at our friend, the thick skinned little Barney Rubble lookalike, who has managed to infuriate what seems to be most of the fan base ...

If he's thick-skinned, what's the point in doing a song?

[danno]

It won't happen. This will stick, they will sell tickets galore and we have to like it or lump it unfortunately.

There are plenty of non-Villa diehard fans who will buy the tickets if we don't.

I like the movie as much as anyone, but why will fans of John McClane necessarily want to watch Villa vs Bayern?

[Brazilian Villain]

While i understand the outrage, its really just a continuation of how the games has, over the past 30 years, fundamentally changed and moved away from tits working class roots.

Agreed, we don't even have a Miss Aston Villa these days.

[Risso]

It won't happen. This will stick, they will sell tickets galore and we have to like it or lump it unfortunately.

There are plenty of non-Villa diehard fans who will buy the tickets if we don't.

Which might work for them while we're doing well. But we're already not selling out the ground, and the far-too-expensive hospitality has got loads of capacity left.  If we go on to have a season that's below expectations, they might find they've shot themselves in the foot when there's lots of capacity left, for say, Villa against Southampton.

[jon collett]

It won't happen. This will stick, they will sell tickets galore and we have to like it or lump it unfortunately.

There are plenty of non-Villa diehard fans who will buy the tickets if we don't.

I think that's right and the season ticket holder window doesn't seem v long for Bayern.

I think they made the choice not to expand the stadium and after that point were going to milk 40k for whatever they could get and Heck is focussed on his targets.

So I think regular supporters being disgruntled isn't going to bother them too much.

Although if we have a poor start the Bolgna and Celtic attendances couyld be challenging.

[Brazilian Villain]

It won't happen. This will stick, they will sell tickets galore and we have to like it or lump it unfortunately.

There are plenty of non-Villa diehard fans who will buy the tickets if we don't.

I like the movie as much as anyone, but why will fans of John McClane necessarily want to watch Villa vs Bayern?

You've never heard us sing 'Yippee-Ki-Yay, Holteenders in the Sky'?

[danno]

It won't happen. This will stick, they will sell tickets galore and we have to like it or lump it unfortunately.

There are plenty of non-Villa diehard fans who will buy the tickets if we don't.

I like the movie as much as anyone, but why will fans of John McClane necessarily want to watch Villa vs Bayern?

You've never heard us sing 'Yippee-Ki-Yay, Holteenders in the Sky'?

True, I myself have sung it... with a vengeance!

[tomd2103]

I've been driving around a bit with work today and the club has been taking pelters all day on Talksport.  It's not really a great look for them and it seems that it could have all been pretty avoidable to me. 

Making tickets for all of the group stage games 'Category A' games would have surely sufficed and no-one really would have batted an eyelid. 

[Chip Butty 111]

I've been driving around a bit with work today and the club has been taking pelters all day on Talksport.  It's not really a great look for them and it seems that it could have all been pretty avoidable to me. 

Making tickets for all of the group stage games 'Category A' games would have surely sufficed and no-one really would have batted an eyelid.

This exactly

[Villan82]

Looks like they aren't backing down. Twenty-four hours of negative publicity hasn't shifted them, Henry Winter openly saying he never considered Villa a greedy club until now.