Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[andyh]

Increasing revenue to improve our PSR status to allow the club to buy better players and challenge for honours is massively important to me, and I’m just an average fan.
I want to see us as one of the best clubs in Europe, unfortunately, crap rules mean our owners can’t do it on their own.

[Pat Mustard]

I think it should be possible to do that whilst also enabling people to get on the ground in less than an hour, and then have to wade through rivers of piss

[Percy McCarthy]

I have a Doug story.

After placing an ad in the ‘Wanted’ section of the Evening Mail, I managed to buy some of the Villa shares that were issued in 1968. I paid £100 each for them even though they were going for £430. At the same time a Villa employee of long-standing and great renown passed away, leaving 50 of those shares to his widow. Doug offered her £500 for the lot. If I knew they were going for £430 each, I reckon he probably did too.

[dave.woodhall]

I have a Doug story.

After placing an ad in the ‘Wanted’ section of the Evening Mail, I managed to buy some of the Villa shares that were issued in 1968. I paid £100 each for them even though they were going for £430. At the same time a Villa employee of long-standing and great renown passed away, leaving 50 of those shares to his widow. Doug offered her £500 for the lot. If I knew they were going for £430 each, I reckon he probably did too.

He did it regularly. Every time someone offered shares to the club he bought them personally, for a pittance.

[pauliewalnuts]

Increasing revenue to improve our PSR status to allow the club to buy better players and challenge for honours is massively important to me, and I’m just an average fan.
I want to see us as one of the best clubs in Europe, unfortunately, crap rules mean our owners can’t do it on their own.

Yeah, Andy, I think we all basically agree with that.

However, I am not sure it's a binary "this or that" - increase revenues v acceptable toilet facilities.

I bet the toilet facilities in all those new corporate lounges are quite nice.

[Ads]

Increasing revenue to improve our PSR status to allow the club to buy better players and challenge for honours is massively important to me, and I’m just an average fan.
I want to see us as one of the best clubs in Europe, unfortunately, crap rules mean our owners can’t do it on their own.

Yeah, Andy, I think we all basically agree with that.

However, I am not sure it's a binary "this or that" - increase revenues v acceptable toilet facilities.

I bet the toilet facilities in all those new corporate lounges are quite nice.

This is what I can't fathom. We've probably reduced demand in normal parts of the ground, so why is the problem getting worse? How much can it actually cost for some tiles, urinals etc to make things better in the toilets?

I actually think it's easier to get served in the upper Holte, as they've added extra bar space (last season) so if you go down to the middle deck (as I've always done) it's straight forward. That said, I never bother with the toilets, so that moderating behaviour probably tells it's own story.

[London Villan]

They are the sort of facilities we usually take the piss (pun intended) out of other clubs for.

[kippaxvilla2]

Especially the sty.

[Chip Butty 111]

Reported on the Redevelopment chat that the GA+ seats in the North Stand was full of Arsenal fans yesterday..
It beggars belief that this is allowed to happen...
Heck chasing a quick dollar and putting everyone's safety in danger...Good job it wasn't Legia Warsaw we were playing..

[Risso]

It looks like Heck is now blocking fans who are copying him into complaints on Twitter. This weekend has been a PR disaster. When everything is going so well on the pitch, it takes a certain kind of genius to stuff things up this badly off it.

[VillaTim]

Surely won't be long before the Council H&S team get involved .

[Sexual Ealing]

He appears to be a bit of a cnut, this Heck.

[VillaTim]

Reported on the Redevelopment chat that the GA+ seats in the North Stand was full of Arsenal fans yesterday..
It beggars belief that this is allowed to happen...
Heck chasing a quick dollar and putting everyone's safety in danger...Good job it wasn't Legia Warsaw we were playing..

Will be the same v ManUre / Liverpool etc . This Heck geezer has sold the clubs soul down the river (of piss)

[Chip Butty 111]

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North Stand fiasco
GA+ overpriced and unsold
...and then Saturday
...an absolute chancer..

[TheTimVilla]

Reported on the Redevelopment chat that the GA+ seats in the North Stand was full of Arsenal fans yesterday..
It beggars belief that this is allowed to happen...
Heck chasing a quick dollar and putting everyone's safety in danger...Good job it wasn't Legia Warsaw we were playing..

We could have our STs taken off us for selling our tickets to away fans