Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Clampy]

You can call me what you want, i couldn't care less. What a silly man.

You’re a heck apologist same as you were a Bruce apologist
You got that wrong as well

In fact I can’t member the last time you was on the right side of anything on here
If you weren’t on here supporting Chris Heck in ‘just doing his job’ then I’d be worried

Go to bed John.

[john e]

You can call me what you want, i couldn't care less. What a silly man.

You’re a heck apologist same as you were a Bruce apologist
You got that wrong as well

In fact I can’t member the last time you was on the right side of anything on here
If you weren’t on here supporting Chris Heck in ‘just doing his job’ then I’d be worried

Go to bed John.

I’m in bed

[Sexual Ealing]

Hahaha

[john e]

It’s the most action I’ve had in bed for a while

[Chip Butty 111]

Priceless lol...

[dave.woodhall]

I think the biggest difference of opinion is that you apologists and that’s exactly what you are and I’m gonna keep calling you that,  think he’s just doing his job, the job is being hired to do

I don’t think he’s doing his job, I don’t think he was hired to alienate the fan base, to create hospitality that he can’t sell, to keep people locked out of the ground and miss kickoff because of incompetence,
I’m not going to blame him for the rivers of piss, that could happen on anyone’s watch

Put Bluntly, I don’t think he’s doing his job and think he’s failing miserably

Keep that up and you won't be calling anyone anything.

[Dante Lavelli]

I have hardly seen any defence of the price rises.

The vacuum created by season ticket holders not attending will naturally give thousands of new fans the opportunity to experience villa park. Day trippers are more likely to spend at the club shop etc.  Ultimately spreading the love to a wider and different audience will create the demand for sustained growth.

It’s shit for the loyal fans but there is logic to it.

[paul_e]

I have hardly seen any defence of the price rises.

The vacuum created by season ticket holders not attending will naturally give thousands of new fans the opportunity to experience villa park. Day trippers are more likely to spend at the club shop etc.  Ultimately spreading the love to a wider and different audience will create the demand for sustained growth.

It’s shit for the loyal fans but there is logic to it.

GA+ is largely aimed at daytrippers as well, not necessarily new fans but the sort of people who only get to see a live game once a year or less and want to make the most of the day.

[Border villan]

Great to see our club mentioned on BBC Breakfast this morning concerning the way our Europe adventure is going sour because of ticket prices.

[rob_bridge]

Let's be honest - looking at how quickly Bayern sold out, Heck's only regret will be not charging more.

I think you are right.

Although I think he could have got away with higher prices v Bayern, Juventus and Celtic, not sure that would wash v Bologna as much.
Although I'd expect all to be virtual sell outs - as any member who didn't go to a ECL game last season it's probably their only chance.

[PeterWithe]

It looks pretty clear to me that he's been offered an enormous bonus to get us to a figure of £400m turnover and he doesn't really give a shit how he gets there as he wont be here much longer afterward to clear up the broken relationship between club and fans.

[LeeB]

It looks pretty clear to me that he's been offered an enormous bonus to get us to a figure of £400m turnover and he doesn't really give a shit how he gets there as he wont be here much longer afterward to clear up the broken relationship between club and fans.

Exactly how I see it.

[Drummond]

I think we have to realise that the cosy bubble our club has been in for so long is no more.

We want to play with the big boys, we have to take a hit. Our ticket prices have been cheap, relatively speaking, compared with other big clubs. Our levels of success mirror that. We've had none.

Things are changing, we're competing, yet we were still, only a couple of months ago, on the brink PSR wise.

The club needs more revenue, and the easiest and quickest way to get more is to do what they've done, and that's hit the most loyal.

Emery is more than doing his part, and ahead of schedule, Heck's job is to facilitate Emery being able to do his, he's not creating vast swathes of profit, he's creating funds to stop us losing more money and trying to keep us competitive.

None of us like that it's us that's paying for it right now. I don't know how some people expect us to stay competitive financially otherwise though? As an example, would you rather sell some of our players?

The price rises, the GA+ thing were happening under Purslow, before he arrived, he's come in and expanded it. The owners must be aware.

My gut feeling is that he's pushing it to the limit, to test the limits, and Bayern has sold out on double quick time. I doubt this is sustainable, but he'll carry on being a bastard and screwing our thumbs down for as long as he can. Then he'll leave, we will still be here, and things will change, for better or worse.

Modern football is shit.

[VillaTim]

Great to see our club mentioned on BBC Breakfast this morning concerning the way our Europe adventure is going sour because of ticket prices.

PR disaster and Heck is risking destroying the feel good factor around the club . There was absolutely no need to set pricing so high and well above prices at clubs who have actually been successful and won trophies regularly for years

[Chico Hamilton III]

So if Heck is just doing his job, why aren’t we directing our anger at the owners? The buck for this pile of shit has to stop somewhere.