Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[john e]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

You see, telling people they can 'fuck right off' with their alternative view of what Heck is doing  then handing over £80 for a match smacks of hypocrisy.

That’s me being told

[HolteL4]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

You see, telling people they can 'fuck right off' with their alternative view of what Heck is doing  then handing over £80 for a match smacks of hypocrisy.

Not really, Heck doesn't want season ticket holders at the champions league games he's set that price to try and deter us from buying them. If we don't go in protest then he's done what he set out to do because then the ticket gets sold for £97 instead of £80.  So it's a strange protest but the actual protest is to buy your ticket that way you are doing what Heck doesn't want you to do.

The £17 increase from season ticket to non season ticket prices isn't a lot but but if  every season ticket holder buys their champions league ticket then that's the best part of £500k that Heck misses out on. So as I've said it's a strange one but the actual protest isn't not buying your ticket it's to buy your ticket because then you're doing what Heck doesn't want.

On a side note is there a reason that attendances have to be announced? Because why does the actual attendance figure matter to us fans. Empty seats don't look good but the figure doesn't really matter to us fans tbh

[Skerra]

The attendance on MOTD was stated as 42,450 or thereabouts. Someone is telling porkies.

From all the empty seats around me, I’d take at least 1,000 off of that figure. These “false” figures are really not helping me with the “Guess the crowd” competition, God damn it!!

[aj2k77]

There will have been plenty of season ticket holders who didn't go. Anecdotal evidence here but 4 mates didn't bother leaving the pre match pub...

[saunders_heroes]

There will have been plenty of season ticket holders who didn't go. Anecdotal evidence here but 4 mates didn't bother leaving the pre match pub...

It’s always been like that. God knows why some fans are pointing it out now as if it’s breaking news.

[VillaTim]

There will have been plenty of season ticket holders who didn't go. Anecdotal evidence here but 4 mates didn't bother leaving the pre match pub...

Which kind of underlines the point I was making, on TV you could see plenty of empty seats in the lower trinity .

[dave.woodhall]

It seems to me that there's always something that happens at other clubs but we always take as a personal insult.

[Percy McCarthy]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

You see, telling people they can 'fuck right off' with their alternative view of what Heck is doing  then handing over £80 for a match smacks of hypocrisy.

Not really, Heck doesn't want season ticket holders at the champions league games he's set that price to try and deter us from buying them. If we don't go in protest then he's done what he set out to do because then the ticket gets sold for £97 instead of £80.  So it's a strange protest but the actual protest is to buy your ticket that way you are doing what Heck doesn't want you to do.

The £17 increase from season ticket to non season ticket prices isn't a lot but but if  every season ticket holder buys their champions league ticket then that's the best part of £500k that Heck misses out on. So as I've said it's a strange one but the actual protest isn't not buying your ticket it's to buy your ticket because then you're doing what Heck doesn't want.

On a side note is there a reason that attendances have to be announced? Because why does the actual attendance figure matter to us fans. Empty seats don't look good but the figure doesn't really matter to us fans tbh

Heck’s not missing out on that £500k mate.

[HolteL4]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

You see, telling people they can 'fuck right off' with their alternative view of what Heck is doing  then handing over £80 for a match smacks of hypocrisy.

Not really, Heck doesn't want season ticket holders at the champions league games he's set that price to try and deter us from buying them. If we don't go in protest then he's done what he set out to do because then the ticket gets sold for £97 instead of £80.  So it's a strange protest but the actual protest is to buy your ticket that way you are doing what Heck doesn't want you to do.

The £17 increase from season ticket to non season ticket prices isn't a lot but but if  every season ticket holder buys their champions league ticket then that's the best part of £500k that Heck misses out on. So as I've said it's a strange one but the actual protest isn't not buying your ticket it's to buy your ticket because then you're doing what Heck doesn't want.

On a side note is there a reason that attendances have to be announced? Because why does the actual attendance figure matter to us fans. Empty seats don't look good but the figure doesn't really matter to us fans tbh

Heck’s not missing out on that £500k mate.

He is if every season ticket holder claim their seat for the Champions league game.

He'll get £500k more if none of us season ticket holders claim their seat for the Champions league games.

Not difficult to work out but I'll put it in simple terms for you, season ticket price £80 non season ticket price £97 so that's a difference of £17 so if you times that £17 by the amount of season ticket holders we have that's just under £500k  so yes if every season ticket holder claims their champions league ticket Heck does miss out on just under £500k.

[VillaTim]

All those EPL games too where he won't let ST holders sell their seats until all his GA + packages are sold then he sells them at top dollar even though the seats already paid for and only refunds 80% to the ST holder . The bloke is an absolute wanker .

[Meanwood Villa]

I think the point being made is it's not Heck who personally does or doesn't get the money

[HolteL4]

I think the point being made is it's not Heck who personally does or doesn't get the money

Ultimately he will because that extra £500k per game helps him to his £400 million turnover ASAP fuck the long term consequences goal.

[VillaTim]

I think the point being made is it's not Heck who personally does or doesn't get the money

I'd imagine he's on an incentivised rewards package , basic salary plus bonus for achieving certain targets . All speculation but that would be my guess , hence the very aggressive strategy .

[Villatillidie25]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

You see, telling people they can 'fuck right off' with their alternative view of what Heck is doing  then handing over £80 for a match smacks of hypocrisy.

Not really, Heck doesn't want season ticket holders at the champions league games he's set that price to try and deter us from buying them. If we don't go in protest then he's done what he set out to do because then the ticket gets sold for £97 instead of £80.  So it's a strange protest but the actual protest is to buy your ticket that way you are doing what Heck doesn't want you to do.

The £17 increase from season ticket to non season ticket prices isn't a lot but but if  every season ticket holder buys their champions league ticket then that's the best part of £500k that Heck misses out on. So as I've said it's a strange one but the actual protest isn't not buying your ticket it's to buy your ticket because then you're doing what Heck doesn't want.

On a side note is there a reason that attendances have to be announced? Because why does the actual attendance figure matter to us fans. Empty seats don't look good but the figure doesn't really matter to us fans tbh

Heck’s not missing out on that £500k mate.

He is if every season ticket holder claim their seat for the Champions league game.

He'll get £500k more if none of us season ticket holders claim their seat for the Champions league games.

Not difficult to work out but I'll put it in simple terms for you, season ticket price £80 non season ticket price £97 so that's a difference of £17 so if you times that £17 by the amount of season ticket holders we have that's just under £500k  so yes if every season ticket holder claims their champions league ticket Heck does miss out on just under £500k.

This feels a very strange wagon to hitch yourself too. It’s pretty common for loyalty to be rewarded with discounted prices vs the open market.
Would he rather the extra £17 per ticket? probably but he’d rather £80 than £0. He will have done the maths estimating how many will purchase at £80 and how much demand there will be at £90+ in an attempt to maximise total revenue, which will include the vast majority being sold at £80.

[VillaTim]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

You see, telling people they can 'fuck right off' with their alternative view of what Heck is doing  then handing over £80 for a match smacks of hypocrisy.

Not really, Heck doesn't want season ticket holders at the champions league games he's set that price to try and deter us from buying them. If we don't go in protest then he's done what he set out to do because then the ticket gets sold for £97 instead of £80.  So it's a strange protest but the actual protest is to buy your ticket that way you are doing what Heck doesn't want you to do.

The £17 increase from season ticket to non season ticket prices isn't a lot but but if  every season ticket holder buys their champions league ticket then that's the best part of £500k that Heck misses out on. So as I've said it's a strange one but the actual protest isn't not buying your ticket it's to buy your ticket because then you're doing what Heck doesn't want.

On a side note is there a reason that attendances have to be announced? Because why does the actual attendance figure matter to us fans. Empty seats don't look good but the figure doesn't really matter to us fans tbh

Heck’s not missing out on that £500k mate.

He is if every season ticket holder claim their seat for the Champions league game.

He'll get £500k more if none of us season ticket holders claim their seat for the Champions league games.

Not difficult to work out but I'll put it in simple terms for you, season ticket price £80 non season ticket price £97 so that's a difference of £17 so if you times that £17 by the amount of season ticket holders we have that's just under £500k  so yes if every season ticket holder claims their champions league ticket Heck does miss out on just under £500k.

This feels a very strange wagon to hitch yourself too. It’s pretty common for loyalty to be rewarded with discounted prices vs the open market.
Would he rather the extra £17 per ticket? probably but he’d rather £80 than £0. He will have done the maths estimating how many will purchase at £80 and how much demand there will be at £90+ in an attempt to maximise total revenue, which will include the vast majority being sold at £80.

Loyalty being rewarded !? Are you having a laugh ! Talk to ST holders for decades booted out of seats to make way for new fans . Etc etc etc .