Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[London Villan]

There were rows of tickets available at the back of A5 in the Trinity for Wolves. Albeit - expensive.

[Risso]

I’m guessing the great Heck swindle is the reason we dont give out the match attendance figures during the game any more.  Wouldn’t be a good look publishing one of your main kpi’s when its clearly being missed.

I think we stopped giving attendance numbers long before Heck arrived.
But, if he is going to get shit for everything, then why not blame him for that too.

The traffic on the Coventry road was shit on Saturday. It took me nearly 40 mins for what’s normally a 30 minute journey.
What is Heck going to do about that, the ******?

What a bizarre post.

[nick harper]

Interestingly, they haven't announced the Bologna ticket prices on Twitter (X) yet, unless they plan to.

Think they just this minute did it
Same prices

Will be interesting to see how this one sells. I’m a season ticket holder, but am giving it a miss as it follows too close to the Bayern game.

[Dogtanian]

My mate is on about putting his lad on the season ticket waiting list as he is two now and it's going to take years. But I was talking to a lad the other day who says his lad has been on the waiting list for years.

It occurred to me that offering a new season ticket to a kid is almost guaranteeing that they are taking a reduced amount from that seat for a decade or so, and I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to avoid this.

Has anyone had an offer for a season ticket for a child? Or know of someone who has had their kid get one?

Maybe I am just being suspicious.

[Duncan Shaw]

Interestingly, they haven't announced the Bologna ticket prices on Twitter (X) yet, unless they plan to.

Think they just this minute did it
Same prices

Will be interesting to see how this one sells. I’m a season ticket holder, but am giving it a miss as it follows too close to the Bayern game.

I'm thinking about it but a) I'm booked in a hotel in Exeter that night for a meeting down there 1st thing Weds morning, so it would be a very late arrival and b) I'm scared of the Noses being at home on the same night 

[eamonn]

There were rows of tickets available at the back of A5 in the Trinity for Wolves. Albeit - expensive.

And that's why they're expensive. As soon as we have a sticky period of bad results or heaven forbids, Unai, leaves, the wheels on ticket prices will really start to wobble.

[Villan82]

I don't understand defence of Heck and slagging off fans.

Yes, Heck will have a remit and a target. But how he goes about that will be up to him. Paul Lambert was given a remit and a target - keep us above 18th position on a small budget. It doesn't mean I had to like how Paul Lambert went about it.

[chrisw1]

But, if he is going to get shit for everything, then why not blame him for that too.

The traffic on the Coventry road was shit on Saturday. It took me nearly 40 mins for what’s normally a 30 minute journey.
What is Heck going to do about that, the ******?

To be fair to him, he's doing his best to reduce the crowds.

[chrisw1]

I wonder what the problem is with the Lower Holte turnstiles.  There hasn't really been any problems with the Upper and surely it's the same system?  Are there fewer turnstiles down there?

[VillaTim]

Interestingly, they haven't announced the Bologna ticket prices on Twitter (X) yet, unless they plan to.

Think they just this minute did it
Same prices

Can't see that selling out at those prices

[amfy]

The traffic on the Coventry road was shit on Saturday. It took me nearly 40 mins for what’s normally a 30 minute journey.
What is Heck going to do about that, the ******?

Weirdly - reading this thread that does appear to have been a contributory factor on Saturday. We were coming in from Sutton and the traffic was terrible from that direction too. We also took 10-15 mins longer getting to Villa Park than we usually would. We got there at 2.40 & got in at 3.15. If we had got there nearer 2.30 like we usually would have done, it doesn’t look like we’d have had the same issues.
Obviously this is beyond the club’s control, but the slowness of the turnstiles was really evident and I have sent videos of this to Lee which clearly show the problems people were having - the screens are random and the instructions don’t match what you have to do. Stewards are asking you to try different things til something works. That’s the issue!

[CLEEVE]

What I also noticed on Saturday was the new LED boards that are everywhere seem to only advertise his crap Hospitality/GA packages and Betano...watching Man City yesterday there was all sorts being advertised...maybe he needs to stop being so lazy and get more sponsors on board instead of fleecing the fans

[Risso]

What I also noticed on Saturday was the new LED boards that are everywhere seem to only advertise his crap Hospitality/GA packages and Betano...watching Man City yesterday there was all sorts being advertised...maybe he needs to stop being so lazy and get more sponsors on board instead of fleecing the fans

One of the adverts at the Emptihad was for their "Water Treatment Partner."

[eamonn]

I noticed from those flashy screens on show during their game yesterday that Man City have an official water technology partner whatevs that means. How can we compete with such flippant tie-ins?

Also, I wonder how much Wix are paying them, their name is prominent for long spells on the advertising hoardings.

[Bully2345]

I wasn't massively paying attention to the hoardings (despite their brightness) but the ones going around the top tier and the exits are more likely to be internal advertising as they're not visible on TV. I think the hoardings around the pitch show different adverts and more external stuff due to the wider reach