Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Somniloquism]

Thanks for everything Chris. I always said we needed ( checks notes) a Vodka partner.

We don't. But all the teams who make more revenue then us have craploads of these "partnerships" and we need to compete with them.

[ChicagoLion]

He was at best disingenuous, business can be done without telling lies and treating people like shit.

Says the person who bemoaned people who work at home instead of the office.

So how do you equate the two? Genuinely fascinated how your logic connects an opinion about homeworking and telling lies.
Because asking people to come to work is not treating people like shit.
Weird!

[chrisw1]

I think the North stand decision is right, if they can increase capacity without reducing match day capacity then it seems the obvious thing to do.
Closing one end would have been horrible.

So would moving stadiums.  Sometimes you have to bite the bullet for the long term good and a fit-for-purpose stand (both match day capacity, back up space and future proofing) would have been worth the short-term pain in my opinion.

[simon ward 50]

Just be careful who we wish for next!

[chrisw1]

Tifo’s at VP we’re great I thought

Same.  I'm all for a bit of bah humbug and would start swinging if a drum was brought into the Holte, but this anti-tifo stuff seems a bit odd to me.  As much as I like to take the piss out of black clad, bouncy drum & megaphone led 'ultras,' the truth is their fans embarrassed us at Wembley.

[Percy McCarthy]

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

Champions League income
                                                       RUNNING TOTAL
Participation         €18.6m            18.6
Young Boys (W)     €2.1m             20.7
Bayern (W)              €2.1m             22.8
Bologna (W)           €2.1m             24.9
Club Brugge  (L)     €0.0m             24.9
Juventus (D             €0.7m            25.6
RB Leipzig (            €2.1m             27.7
Monaco (L)             €0.0m             27.7
Celtic  (W)               €2.1m             29.8

Top 8 bonus             €2.0m            31.8
League position       €7.975m       39.775
Last 16                      €11.0             50.775
Quarter finals           €12.5             € 63.275   = £54.25m

6 Home games @£3.75m            £22.5m                             
TOTAL                                            £76.75m

We'd need to on additional merchandise and commercial income and also sponsorship bonuses. Do we get anything from the broadcasters?

That’s where most of the money you have listed comes from, and a bit from the CL sponsors.

[ChicagoLion]

I think the North stand decision is right, if they can increase capacity without reducing match day capacity then it seems the obvious thing to do.
Closing one end would have been horrible.

So would moving stadiums.  Sometimes you have to bite the bullet for the long term good and a fit-for-purpose stand (both match day capacity, back up space and future proofing) would have been worth the short-term pain in my opinion.

This gives them the flexibility to make that decision without investing 10s of Millions in VP.
On the basis that a new stadium is 7 + years away from being completed. I think if the club continue on its trajectory a new stadium is inevitable.

[cdbearsfan]

Tifo’s at VP we’re great I thought

Same.  I'm all for a bit of bah humbug and would start swinging if a drum was brought into the Holte, but this anti-tifo stuff seems a bit odd to me.  As much as I like to take the piss out of black clad, bouncy drum & megaphone led 'ultras,' the truth is their fans embarrassed us at Wembley.

They had a drum. They embarrassed themselves.

[Drummond]

Tifo’s at VP we’re great I thought

Same.  I'm all for a bit of bah humbug and would start swinging if a drum was brought into the Holte, but this anti-tifo stuff seems a bit odd to me.  As much as I like to take the piss out of black clad, bouncy drum & megaphone led 'ultras,' the truth is their fans embarrassed us at Wembley.

Bollocks. They just killed the atmosphere and ruined it with their fucking drum. They broke the law with the pyrotechnic flare shite at the beginning and the bin bag flags they had were shit too.

It was like watching a bunch of kids doing a paramilitary parade to the benefit of nobody but themselves, the wankers. They made it about themselves.

[chrisw1]

I think the North stand decision is right, if they can increase capacity without reducing match day capacity then it seems the obvious thing to do.
Closing one end would have been horrible.

So would moving stadiums.  Sometimes you have to bite the bullet for the long term good and a fit-for-purpose stand (both match day capacity, back up space and future proofing) would have been worth the short-term pain in my opinion.

This gives them the flexibility to make that decision without investing 10s of Millions in VP.
On the basis that a new stadium is 7 + years away from being completed. I think if the club continue on its trajectory a new stadium is inevitable.

There is no new stadium.  People have been talking about one for the last 20 years and it just isn't going to happen.

[Brazilian Villain]

They had a drum. They embarrassed themselves.

They were lucky LeeB was in the Upper Holte that day.

[ChicagoLion]

I think the North stand decision is right, if they can increase capacity without reducing match day capacity then it seems the obvious thing to do.
Closing one end would have been horrible.

So would moving stadiums.  Sometimes you have to bite the bullet for the long term good and a fit-for-purpose stand (both match day capacity, back up space and future proofing) would have been worth the short-term pain in my opinion.

This gives them the flexibility to make that decision without investing 10s of Millions in VP.
On the basis that a new stadium is 7 + years away from being completed. I think if the club continue on its trajectory a new stadium is inevitable.

There is no new stadium.  People have been talking about one for the last 20 years and it just isn't going to happen.

We will see I guess, (as someone who has been opposed) my thoughts have always been that the real problem is the Witton Lane as there appears nothing can be done about the lack of space.

[chrisw1]

Tifo’s at VP we’re great I thought

Same.  I'm all for a bit of bah humbug and would start swinging if a drum was brought into the Holte, but this anti-tifo stuff seems a bit odd to me.  As much as I like to take the piss out of black clad, bouncy drum & megaphone led 'ultras,' the truth is their fans embarrassed us at Wembley.

Bollocks. They just killed the atmosphere and ruined it with their fucking drum. They broke the law with the pyrotechnic flare shite at the beginning and the bin bag flags they had were shit too.

It was like watching a bunch of kids doing a paramilitary parade to the benefit of nobody but themselves, the wankers. They made it about themselves.

I suspect this has been addressed a lot in other threads that I haven't read, so I won't go over it in too much detail.  Suffice it it say I was in our safe standing area behind the goal.  Our noise levels and lack of singing was shockingly poor, even where you would have expected us to be at our loudest.  The difference in the noise levels between the two sets of fans was genuinely embarrassing, even before they scored - not that that should have made any difference at such a big game.  I've been to Wembley 8 times with Villa and it was the most one-sided crowd atmosphere I've ever seen.  I hate drums as much as the next man, but there's no doubt their bouncy black-clad twats made a big difference.

[Sexual Ealing]

Tifo’s at VP we’re great I thought

Same.  I'm all for a bit of bah humbug and would start swinging if a drum was brought into the Holte, but this anti-tifo stuff seems a bit odd to me.  As much as I like to take the piss out of black clad, bouncy drum & megaphone led 'ultras,' the truth is their fans embarrassed us at Wembley.

Bollocks. They just killed the atmosphere and ruined it with their fucking drum. They broke the law with the pyrotechnic flare shite at the beginning and the bin bag flags they had were shit too.

It was like watching a bunch of kids doing a paramilitary parade to the benefit of nobody but themselves, the wankers. They made it about themselves.

Who should they have made it about, Villa?

[PeterWithe]

Tifo’s at VP we’re great I thought

Same.  I'm all for a bit of bah humbug and would start swinging if a drum was brought into the Holte, but this anti-tifo stuff seems a bit odd to me.  As much as I like to take the piss out of black clad, bouncy drum & megaphone led 'ultras,' the truth is their fans embarrassed us at Wembley.

Bollocks. They just killed the atmosphere and ruined it with their fucking drum. They broke the law with the pyrotechnic flare shite at the beginning and the bin bag flags they had were shit too.

It was like watching a bunch of kids doing a paramilitary parade to the benefit of nobody but themselves, the wankers. They made it about themselves.

It wont surprise anyone that I agree.

We are English for pitys sake, we should be tutting at these over excited foreign johnnies doing over-excited things, half naked, or pretending not to notice. Not copying them.

All seems very vulgar.