Next FAB meeting

[dave.woodhall]

Apologies for the short notice but there's á meeting on Wednesday so if you have anything you'd like bringing up let us know ASAP. Ta.

[Gareth]

Hi Dave, In light of dreadfully delivered ‘communication’ of the cancellation of the North Stand redevelopment are their any plans for the club to deliver a professional update to the fans on what is planned - also they mentioned significant investment in the existing facilities to bring them up to standard…can they detail what that will be and give updates stand by stand on what will be done?  Sitting in the Witton Lane Upper there hasn’t been any investment in a decade or more…toilets are on a disgusting state for instance.  Cheers for representing the forum

[astonvilla82]

Taxis and cars parked near the traffic lights under the flyover near Aston Street church at full time causing problems with fans trying to pass

[Toronto Villa]

Obvious ones are badge and kit update. North Stand (mentioned above) has gone very quiet. The allegations against Heck and staff although that might be impossible for them to discuss if there is any possible litigation tied to it. Other than a dodgy 150th year logo what is the committee working on to make this massive?

[Skerra]

Would be nice to be able to get Wi-Fi around the stadium and also a coffee, without having to stand in the queue for nigh on half an hour. Just one other thing, can the ridiculous noise/build up to the match be turned right down so the fans can be heard creating the atmosphere?

[Villafirst]

Is it still the intention to try and add additional seating to increase capacity to around 45,000? Also, is the 'pause' in the North Stand redevelopment only temporary?

[Sexual Ealing]

Could they start being a bit more honest about injuries?

[AV82EC]

Can we please ask that the Nathan Dawe inspired pre match routine is cancelled with immediate effect. I’d like the crowd to make the atmosphere not the PA system and one blokes version of what he thinks is “spine tingling and atmosphere building” is just a load of noise, I’m at a Football match not a fucking nightclub. Also I know they have to play it but can we have the nonsense Premier League anthem played at the lowest possible volume so again the crowd can
Make themselves heard.

[VillaTim]

can we have the Half Time Zorb racing back

[Somniloquism]

Taxis and cars parked near the traffic lights under the flyover near Aston Street church at full time causing problems with fans trying to pass

Just buy some of these for the next match.

https://yplac.co.uk/product/yplac-mini-stickers/

In all seriousness, if cars are all on the pavements blocking them off for pedestrians, in theory the Police should be involved. You could take pictures and send them to the WMP traffic violation portal. Or get some house keys and "accidently" catch the cars whilst squeezing through.

[chrisw1]

Can we please ask that the Nathan Dawe inspired pre match routine is cancelled with immediate effect. I’d like the crowd to make the atmosphere not the PA system and one blokes version of what he thinks is “spine tingling and atmosphere building” is just a load of noise, I’m at a Football match not a fucking nightclub. Also I know they have to play it but can we have the nonsense Premier League anthem played at the lowest possible volume so again the crowd can
Make themselves heard.

You're right, it's shit.  I remember thinking the same at Wolves last season - impossible to build an atmosphere because of ridiculously loud music and now we're doing the same.

But in the scheme of things whether we want to tie up a FAB meeting with this sort of stuff I'm not so sure.  I'd rather hear about redevelopment etc.

[Nev]

Taxis and cars parked near the traffic lights under the flyover near Aston Street church at full time causing problems with fans trying to pass

Just buy some of these for the next match.

https://yplac.co.uk/product/yplac-mini-stickers/

In all seriousness, if cars are all on the pavements blocking them off for pedestrians, in theory the Police should be involved. You could take pictures and send them to the WMP traffic violation portal. Or get some house keys and "accidently" catch the cars whilst squeezing through.

It's the same on the Trinity Road as you head away from the ground towards the Ratpan.

[Risso]

Can we please ask that the Nathan Dawe inspired pre match routine is cancelled with immediate effect. I’d like the crowd to make the atmosphere not the PA system and one blokes version of what he thinks is “spine tingling and atmosphere building” is just a load of noise, I’m at a Football match not a fucking nightclub. Also I know they have to play it but can we have the nonsense Premier League anthem played at the lowest possible volume so again the crowd can
Make themselves heard.

You're right, it's shit.  I remember thinking the same at Wolves last season - impossible to build an atmosphere because of ridiculously loud music and now we're doing the same.

But in the scheme of things whether we want to tie up a FAB meeting with this sort of stuff I'm not so sure.  I'd rather hear about redevelopment etc.

Agreed, I think the redevelopment and the badge should be the main talking points.

Redevelopment - if we're not building the stand, how are we going to compete long term especially as our FFP situation seems to be a bit close to the wire. Are they still planning to fit extra seats in, if so where, and have plans been drawn up/submitted yet? If we don't go ahead with a rebuild, are there any exploratory plans to look at a new stadium on a new site? How do we plan to be competitive long term in the top 7 with a stadium that will soon be in the bottom half of the Premier League size wise?

The badge - the whole situation has been really badly handled. How does the club plan to comply with FA rules over the matter seeing as absolutely nobody thinks that they have? Why have we ended up with a crap reworking of the Lerner badge when it was apparent that it really doesn't work as a main logo?

[AlexAlexCropley]

Is there a glitch in the online ticketing system? There are always seats empty in Lower Trinity but there was no availability all last week. This is every match. When we had reason tickets in L6 there was a whole row always empty in front of us.

[PeterWithe]

Can we please ask that the Nathan Dawe inspired pre match routine is cancelled with immediate effect. I’d like the crowd to make the atmosphere not the PA system and one blokes version of what he thinks is “spine tingling and atmosphere building” is just a load of noise, I’m at a Football match not a fucking nightclub. Also I know they have to play it but can we have the nonsense Premier League anthem played at the lowest possible volume so again the crowd can
Make themselves heard.

You're right, it's shit.  I remember thinking the same at Wolves last season - impossible to build an atmosphere because of ridiculously loud music and now we're doing the same.

But in the scheme of things whether we want to tie up a FAB meeting with this sort of stuff I'm not so sure.  I'd rather hear about redevelopment etc.

In my opinion it should be bought up, it pisses me off no end. I cant hear a fucking thing every game. I like a chat with those around me, but no chance pre game. Its like walking into your favourite pub and someone is blasting out shit music from their phone. Unnecessary, poor quality and deeply annoying for everyone.