Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Bad English]

He's confirmed he's here until the end of November.

Given the elogious comments on here and elsewhere, he should be on gardening leave s of 01/10/24.

[purpletrousers]

eulogious? (Red ink, must do… etc)

[The Edge]

eulogious? (Red ink, must do… etc)

I had to Google "elogious" lol

[artvandelay]

Upper Holte was a nightmare to enter on Saturday. Arriving at 1442 we finally got into the ground at 1501, missing the Gary Shaw tribute

[Toronto Villa]

Upper Holte was a nightmare to enter on Saturday. Arriving at 1442 we finally got into the ground at 1501, missing the Gary Shaw tribute

18 minutes before kick off when there have been some known challenges getting in is cutting it very tight.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Yep, it’s the fans’ fault that Villa’s new turnstile technology actually slows down the process of entering the ground. We just need to shut up and turn up earlier than we have done before

[chrisw1]

Upper Holte was a nightmare to enter on Saturday. Arriving at 1442 we finally got into the ground at 1501, missing the Gary Shaw tribute

Strange, left-hand side I was at the steps no earlier than 2.35pm, picked the shortest queue and got in within minutes.

[chrisw1]

Upper Holte was a nightmare to enter on Saturday. Arriving at 1442 we finally got into the ground at 1501, missing the Gary Shaw tribute

18 minutes before kick off when there have been some known challenges getting in is cutting it very tight.

Tbf, Art's van was delayed.

[Bully2345]

I've seen people on social media be told to get there earlier but if Tesco put in a new till that made the queues three times as long with the same customer behaviours, it wouldn't be acceptable for Tesco to say "just allow more time for your shopping then".

I don't know why some people are so quick to defend Villa on stuff like this

[Risso]

Upper Holte was a nightmare to enter on Saturday. Arriving at 1442 we finally got into the ground at 1501, missing the Gary Shaw tribute

18 minutes before kick off when there have been some known challenges getting in is cutting it very tight.

Not a great reply mate, twenty minutes SHOULD be (and used to be) plenty of time to get in. It's not like the majority of people are getting there at that time, most people are getting there in plenty of time but are still missing bits of the game because the club haven't organised things properly.

[LeeB]

Upper Holte was a nightmare to enter on Saturday. Arriving at 1442 we finally got into the ground at 1501, missing the Gary Shaw tribute

18 minutes before kick off when there have been some known challenges getting in is cutting it very tight.

Not a great reply mate, twenty minutes SHOULD be (and used to be) plenty of time to get in. It's not like the majority of people are getting there at that time, most people are getting there in plenty of time but are still missing bits of the game because the club haven't organised things properly.

You've got to laugh, for probably 20 years I D have considered getting to the ground more than 5 mins before kick off extremely uncool, and time wasted that could've have been spent in the pub.

[Villan82]

I've seen people on social media be told to get there earlier but if Tesco put in a new till that made the queues three times as long with the same customer behaviours, it wouldn't be acceptable for Tesco to say "just allow more time for your shopping then".

I don't know why some people are so quick to defend Villa on stuff like this

Indeed, it is like they think being a fan means Villa can never be wrong

[artvandelay]

Upper Holte was a nightmare to enter on Saturday. Arriving at 1442 we finally got into the ground at 1501, missing the Gary Shaw tribute

18 minutes before kick off when there have been some known challenges getting in is cutting it very tight.

No it's not, I've been going into that turnstile every game for 25 years, with certain exceptions 5 minutes has historically been enough time. In any case, how insensitive to comment on someone's timekeeping when you don't know the circumstances that caused the timing, in my case it was a family bereavement. Easy to comment from afar I suppose.

[Paul.S]

Upper Holte was a nightmare to enter on Saturday. Arriving at 1442 we finally got into the ground at 1501, missing the Gary Shaw tribute

18 minutes before kick off when there have been some known challenges getting in is cutting it very tight.

Not a great reply mate, twenty minutes SHOULD be (and used to be) plenty of time to get in. It's not like the majority of people are getting there at that time, most people are getting there in plenty of time but are still missing bits of the game because the club haven't organised things properly.

I gave myself half an hour at the Arsenal and Everton games and still missed the kick off. I still waited 15 minutes on Saturday which was lucky as the queues had doubled 5 minutes after I had got there. The queues don’t move quickly enough so I’m thinking how early do I have to get there for the Bayern game?

[Drummond]

I've seen people on social media be told to get there earlier but if Tesco put in a new till that made the queues three times as long with the same customer behaviours, it wouldn't be acceptable for Tesco to say "just allow more time for your shopping then".

I don't know why some people are so quick to defend Villa on stuff like this

Indeed, it is like they think being a fan means Villa can never be wrong

And yet there are others who criticise at every turn, as if that's their raison d'etre.

Balance is needed, praise and criticism where it's due. And given this is a discussion forum, it's good to have opposing views, unless of course you don't agree with mine.