Fans Advisory Board

[Simon Page]

Someone's been vaccinated and chem trailed I see.

[LeeB]

Bill Gates is all right.

Lol.

[kippaxvilla2]

Randy was okay.  (For a while).

[ROBBO]

Advisory booards are just that, there is nothing democratic about a business it's all about the money. It really is a pity because the long suffering supporter has to put up with sub standard facilities. The only way that the owners would pay attention is if people stayed away for a few weeks and that is not going to happen.

[Brazilian Villain]

Dave are you considering writing a resignation letter to the owners explaining your position?

Is there any point?

You could always use the 'Flin5tone Statement' as a template to give it maximum flounce.

[London Villan]

The club would no doubt ignore it, but I bet the media would be interested - one of the club's most high-profile fan voices/representatives has decided to leave the only two-way communication mechanism between supporters and fans.

This comes on the back of the disabled parking issues, safety issues, pricing and now falling attendances.

I appreciate Dave that you could probably do without the bother and hassle of all of this though. It's a massive shame, after all the effort you have put in over the years, to offer balance and fair representation of the fans - as well as communicating the club's viewpoint, that the situation has forced you to do this.

[eamonn]

Where is Flin5tone? He'd have the energy and rage required of a FAB member.

[Sexual Ealing]

He's still here.

[pauliewalnuts]

It’s a great shame that things have come to this. I do not believe that the owners are fully aware of the situation.
It is not in their long term interests to trash the relationship between the club and its supporters.

Then again they can't possibly have no idea at all.  Surely they must have regular meetings with Heck and the other senior management

They pay Heck and Hatton to do this work.

They're not going to appoint expensive, experienced people and then micro-manage them, and a few fans online getting annoyed about stuff like this is not the stuff of Sawiris or Edens. They pay other people to do it.

[algy]

The club would no doubt ignore it, but I bet the media would be interested - one of the club's most high-profile fan voices/representatives has decided to leave the only two-way communication mechanism between supporters and fans.

This comes on the back of the disabled parking issues, safety issues, pricing and now falling attendances.

I appreciate Dave that you could probably do without the bother and hassle of all of this though. It's a massive shame, after all the effort you have put in over the years, to offer balance and fair representation of the fans - as well as communicating the club's viewpoint, that the situation has forced you to do this.

I think there’s much to be said about this.

I get the impression bringing things up in the FAB meetings is pointless. Given there’s a bit of a media spotlight on Villa with the ticket prices, and pages to fill with preview stuff for the Bayern game, I’d say now is absolutely the time for a long-standing member of the FAB, who’s now resigned, to kick up a bit of a stink about things. Get the face of Villa’s “legacy” supporters in the newspaper spotlight whilst the opportunity is there.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It’s a great shame that things have come to this. I do not believe that the owners are fully aware of the situation.
It is not in their long term interests to trash the relationship between the club and its supporters.

Then again they can't possibly have no idea at all.  Surely they must have regular meetings with Heck and the other senior management

They pay Heck and Hatton to do this work.

They're not going to appoint expensive, experienced people and then micro-manage them, and a few fans online getting annoyed about stuff like this is not the stuff of Sawiris or Edens. They pay other people to do it.

Agreed. I doubt very much either of the owners are aware of the chaos going on behind the scenes. If I was either Heck or Hatton I'd be looking to update my CV, it's only a matter of time before Sawiris asks Heck why the Villa fans are calling him a wanker. It's another aspect of English football culture he's failed to understand. Will it effect the team? Will it fuck.

Like others, let me take this opportunity to thank Dave and all the others from this parish who have turned up to represent us at the FABs. Much respect and appreciation.

[Brazilian Villain]

Where is Flin5tone? He'd have the energy and rage required of a FAB member.

His historical interests have moved on from the Stone Age to the late reign of Henny VIII. Still not keen on using an 'S' though.

[frank]

As of now H&V are no longer represented on the FAB. It serves no purpose and frankly I've got better things to do with my time.

Sorry it's come to this, Dave but I fully understand your position. Very many thanks for all you've done to represent us over the years.

[pauliewalnuts]

As of now H&V are no longer represented on the FAB. It serves no purpose and frankly I've got better things to do with my time.

Sorry it's come to this, Dave but I fully understand your position. Very many thanks for all you've done to represent us over the years.

Chris Heck will be sad to see the departure of the only person to have profited more from Villa fans than he has.

[dave.woodhall]

As of now H&V are no longer represented on the FAB. It serves no purpose and frankly I've got better things to do with my time.

Sorry it's come to this, Dave but I fully understand your position. Very many thanks for all you've done to represent us over the years.

Chris Heck will be sad to see the departure of the only person to have profited more from Villa fans than he has.

Can't argue with that.