Aston Villa Kit 26/27

[VILLA MOLE]

What will you do with yourself Martyn ? 

He can't hear you. He's gone.

I think it is a lot of time to fill ..  Also what about the sulking you miss out on when we lose 

[Dave]

Breaching all the financial rules, dodgy deals with Chelsea, Harvey Elliot, selling our arms to our legs...

And if he had written stories about those, you might have had a point.

Oh, I do have a point, because I'm not talking about a no-mark local BBC reporter, but responding to generalised, relentless self-pitying bleating.

He did a Harvey Elliott piece, if that helps anyone's point - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cdxp0dwe1nno

[astonvilla82]

Villa warned over sportswashing after Visit Rwanda deal - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm20211g25lo

Is this the same Visit Rwanda that Arsenal were advertising all around their ground?

[PeterWithesShin]

Villa warned over sportswashing after Visit Rwanda deal - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm20211g25lo

Is this the same Visit Rwanda that Arsenal were advertising all around their ground?

Yep

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj45z1yq2nzo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c15v10l5w2go

[SamTheMouse]

I haven't been paying attention and only just noticed this. Bit perplexed, to be honest. I'm all for maximising our commercial income and everything, but this is... Well, it's far from ideal.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Hi all,

I know some will see this as 'this isn't an airport' or 'don't let the door etc', but the reason I'm doing it is to say a fond farewell to the many friendly acquaintances that I have made on this site

With this announcement about the new sponsorship deal, Villa have pushed me far enough. Following the ramping up of tickets for a similar seat from £44 to £58 in one season, the club has shoved me out of the exit door. There is a shameless, soulless commercialism about the place these days which goes above and beyond hard-nosed business sense. There is no sense of morality to the club any more

And that coupled with the PSR or whatever it's called rules which favour cost savings over on pitch success, and other factors over the years, I'm just done with the game. Cancelling my Sky Sports subscription

So, been nice chatting on here for the last 20 years (and of course buying the paper fanzine for 17 before that), but all good things

Perhaps one day in the future, if and when the club and the game as a whole discovers a few ethics again, I might return. Till then I'll be following it with an occasional glance at the sports pages at most

All the best everyone. Mods could you delete my account please

Surely this should be in the Announcements thread to maximise footfall. People shouldn't miss out on matters of great import.