Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Dogtanian]

Yeah, fuck that shit until VillaDawg comes back.

Grrrrr. Don’t make me have to start marking my territory! 

[eamonn]

Quite right, only room for one dog here and the last one was a bit too moody.

[Villa in Denmark]

Yeah, fuck that shit until VillaDawg comes back.

Grrrrr. Don’t make me have to start marking my territory! 

Pissing up against lampposts?

[Dogtanian]

I grew up in Tamworth, that sort of thing is par for the course.

[Hookeysmith]

If its any benchmark the Blose have just increased their corporate packages by over 60% - to watch Div 3 matches.

Our club can at least justify someway by the teams performance.

[Bad English]

I think we'll sell a lot more gear under Adidas. Not £80m worth, but even snobs like me will pick up a jacket and shirt.

I've already ordered £300+ of Adidas stuff simply because they did the deal, so they're already raking in the coin. 

In the "What have you bought?" thread or it didn't happen. ;-)

[The Edge]

It makes sense, to be able to compete with "the big 6", Heck has estimated we need to generate £400m revenue per year, so an increase on current levels of £200m per year
Unai is doing his bit by getting us in the CL and top 4, Heck is doing his bit, in year 1 revenue increased by £50m, so on target so far.
Unfortunately the prawn sandwich brigade comes with all this.
It's a double edged sword, we want sustainable success right at the top of the game, but don't want the corporate BS that goes with it.
It's all about compromise, if we're winning trophies can we put up with the rest.
As a non season ticket holder, it's easier to say yes, but i do feel season ticket holders will be hardest hit in all of this.

Just using the phrase "the big 6" boiled my piss and a lot of other Villa fans i'm guessing. You can do one with that shit Mr Heck.

[LeeB]

Patrick Bamford is sitting at home thinking "Thank fuck we didn't go up"

[The Edge]

I’m glad he’s been open about what the business target is. To do that in the next 2-3 seasons is ambitious but there’s no doubt it’s achievable.

To put this into context;

Man City	£702m
Man U	£633m
Liverpool	£580m
Spurs	£536m
Chelsea	£500m
Arsenal	£452m

So still a long, long way to go!

That just about sums up the absolute bullshit of the current set up in the PL. As much as I really hate them both Man U and Liverpool are on a different level to anyone else and are part of a global elite with the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona. To see Man City's declared turnover supposedly ahead of those clubs is ridiculous.

[pablo_picasso]

Why does a Midlands club have a London office?

[Dogtanian]

Why does a Midlands club have a London office?

So we can work close to people we want to deal with, meet players and agents who travel to the UK, be close to the FA, etc.

It’s also more attractive to a lot of people as a place to work, so if we want to attract top people, it helps that we can offer them a base in the big city.

[Risso]

Why does a Midlands club have a London office?

All the big clubs do. The firm I used to work for had an office next to Man City on Old Park Lane, you always used to see players nipping into the Playboy club next door.

[pablo_picasso]

Why the fuck would we need to be close to the FA?

Is this something we have always had? Or has Heck set himself up there...

[Dogtanian]

Why the fuck would we need to be close to the FA?

Is this something we have always had? Or has Heck set himself up there...

Well, if you want to influence things and build good relations, it always helps to be able to buy lunches and dinners and talk regularly…

The article mentions I think Liverpool and Man United also have London offices.

Also, our owners spend most of their time in London when here, don’t they?

I don’t think it’s too abnormal a setup, for a business aiming to get close to half a billion turnover to have an office in the capital.

[Drummond]

London is the capital city, where the biggest deals are done, there are mosre influential people than anywhere else, and the place with the best transport links. Plus it's closer to the owners' bases and the money.