Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[dave.woodhall]

Someone high up at the club apparently put the kybosh on some bullshit 'ultra group' request before the semi final, and if it was Chris then I suggest a staute of him be put up or renaming the Witton Lane in his honour.

Seconded.

[TheToffnar]

Scapegoat curry for dinner boys!

Edit: Can't help but feel this is a bad omen for the summer...

[ChicagoLion]

His replacement will have a tough job on their hands to oversee the sorts of revenue increases he has done. 

Particularly with European Conference Football.

Good luck with that.

[PeterWithe]

Someone high up at the club apparently put the kybosh on some bullshit 'ultra group' request before the semi final, and if it was Chris then I suggest a staute of him be put up or renaming the Witton Lane in his honour.

There was a lad on the train back talking about this, something to do with flags, I wasn't interested enough to do any serious eavesdropping but his main gripe seemed to be that we'd employed a SHA fan as supporter liason.

[avfcdale]

Bye bye, didn't get us didn't understand us. NEXT !!!!

[rob_bridge]

His replacement will have a tough job on their hands to oversee the sorts of revenue increases he has done.  Not that I'm condoning him, but as said earlier, he's done what he was hired to do.

Yes. Some don't like hearing that and take it the wrong way but it's true.

I understand frustrations of long standing fans at ticket price hikes and dislocation of seats with imprints but our revenue streams compared to others have been dire for decades.

He has changed that mindset with some big wins.

The next one is likely to be even more cut-throat.
Take aside the ECL TV and Prize money, does anyone have an estimate the like for like comparison in revenue 2022/3 to 2024/5.

[john e]

His replacement will have a tough job on their hands to oversee the sorts of revenue increases he has done.  Not that I'm condoning him, but as said earlier, he's done what he was hired to do.

Yes. Some don't like hearing that and take it the wrong way but it's true.

It’s not true, it’s absolute bollocks

The reason revenues are going to be record levels is not because of Chris heck it’s because of Unai Emery
Champions League alone must’ve brought in 100 million quid

Anyone can charge high prices for Champions League games, but you’ve got to be in the Champions League in the first place and that had fuck all to do with Chris heck
All he did was oversee a ground which was never sold out because he had too many hospitality seats that didn’t sell
He surfed an easy wave of Villa success on the pitch which had nothing to do with him and people on here think he’s Richard Branson

He did nothing but upset the traditional fan base, rinse our pockets because he could, and at the first opportunity piss off
He’s no hero who was just doing his job, he got the fan base wrong, and he got hospitality wrong
He won’t be missed by me

[ChicagoLion]

His replacement will have a tough job on their hands to oversee the sorts of revenue increases he has done.  Not that I'm condoning him, but as said earlier, he's done what he was hired to do.

Yes. Some don't like hearing that and take it the wrong way but it's true.

It’s not true, it’s absolute bollocks

The reason revenues are going to be record levels is not because of Chris heck it’s because of Unai Emery
Champions League alone must’ve brought in 100 million quid

Anyone can charge high prices for Champions League games, but you’ve got to be in the Champions League in the first place and that had fuck all to do with Chris heck
All he did was oversee a ground which was never sold out because he had too many hospitality seats that didn’t sell
He surfed an easy wave of Villa success on the pitch which had nothing to do with him and people on here think he’s Richard Branson

He did nothing but upset the traditional fan base, rinse our pockets because he could, and at the first opportunity piss off
He’s no hero who was just doing his job, he got the fan base wrong, and he got hospitality wrong
He won’t be missed by me

Agree, he just exploited an opportunity by price gouging, nothing clever about that.

[Villa in Denmark]

His replacement will have a tough job on their hands to oversee the sorts of revenue increases he has done.  Not that I'm condoning him, but as said earlier, he's done what he was hired to do.

Yes. Some don't like hearing that and take it the wrong way but it's true.

It’s not true, it’s absolute bollocks

The reason revenues are going to be record levels is not because of Chris heck it’s because of Unai Emery
Champions League alone must’ve brought in 100 million quid

Anyone can charge high prices for Champions League games, but you’ve got to be in the Champions League in the first place and that had fuck all to do with Chris heck
All he did was oversee a ground which was never sold out because he had too many hospitality seats that didn’t sell
He surfed an easy wave of Villa success on the pitch which had nothing to do with him and people on here think he’s Richard Branson

He did nothing but upset the traditional fan base, rinse our pockets because he could, and at the first opportunity piss off
He’s no hero who was just doing his job, he got the fan base wrong, and he got hospitality wrong
He won’t be missed by me

A self aggrandising twat with a flair for misreading the room?

[Sexual Ealing]

I agree with john e.

[DB]

You don't think the next one won't have same remit?

[Sexual Ealing]

You don't think the next one won't have same remit?

Obviously they will. And they'll be a twat as well.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

His replacement will have a tough job on their hands to oversee the sorts of revenue increases he has done.  Not that I'm condoning him, but as said earlier, he's done what he was hired to do.

Yes. Some don't like hearing that and take it the wrong way but it's true.

It’s not true, it’s absolute bollocks

The reason revenues are going to be record levels is not because of Chris heck it’s because of Unai Emery
Champions League alone must’ve brought in 100 million quid

Anyone can charge high prices for Champions League games, but you’ve got to be in the Champions League in the first place and that had fuck all to do with Chris heck
All he did was oversee a ground which was never sold out because he had too many hospitality seats that didn’t sell
He surfed an easy wave of Villa success on the pitch which had nothing to do with him and people on here think he’s Richard Branson

He did nothing but upset the traditional fan base, rinse our pockets because he could, and at the first opportunity piss off
He’s no hero who was just doing his job, he got the fan base wrong, and he got hospitality wrong
He won’t be missed by me

Applause.
Good riddance!

[AV82EC]

Of course he will but it doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways of making omelettes.

[Vegas]

Best case this is good news - the owners have read the room and want someone in his role who can increase revenue while keeping fans on side.

But I suspect it’s more likely to be bad news, stemming from a realisation that our signings / squad and trophy aspirations are not consistent with our realistic income targets.