blunther
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It's craftily worded with 'food and drinks as part of the package', but my assumption is that it's just access to food and drink, and there's an all-you-can-eat buffet. Theyd make a far bigger deal of it if it was fully all-inclusive.
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It doesn't say drinks included.
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This season I kept the ST (after a lot of deliberation), but am missing the Everton game. Bought the reasonably priced European games, and will probably go to any other matches as it's a novelty. Next season I'll save myself a grand+ and spend more Saturdays with my kid - year on year price rises are noticeable, but mostly just feel like I'm not wanted anymore. Be sad to lose it as it's a great seat. Maybe I'll start going again when we're shit again, I'm not cut out for following a 'successful' club (if you class finishing 7th once as success). It'd be nice to bow out with a trophy, it's been a while.
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It's be interesting to see where we'd have ended up without the useless local fan when we were playing utter shite under Lambert and then in the Championship. Because they sure as shit wouldn't have sold many fancy bollocks packages.
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That'd be nice, just don't think there's the demand round there that makes it viable, they'd only really have custom 20-25 days a year.
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Thanks for reporting OBE. Sounds increasingly like my sort aren't wanted anymore. God forbid the normal fan should get somewhere to sit and have a drink before or after the game.
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The lower Holte options have improved the chances of getting a drink, but two annoyances from Saturday. First, my old man pre-ordered a pint and the machine said there was a printer error. He called over help who got him to order again when fixed. He said he's already paid for it, but there's a printer error. The staff insisted he won't have been charged. Guess what, charged twice. I went the other way to the self-service thing which worked great, except it seems that it charges you a quid just for entry! I know it's only a quid, but again it's just an extra bit of taking the piss. Makes a pint £6.80 or something.
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Coming soon, toilets that aren't flooded with piss, only £25 a game with a special commemorative wristband.
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Never understood why the bars don't open after full time, even for 30-60 minutes. I'm sure a good few people would stay and have a pint, not like you're getting anywhere fast at that time.
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I don't think a midfield duo of Tielemans and Dendoncker would be any disrespect to the competition in fairness. We're going to need to rotate a bit, and they're two expensive Belgian internationals.
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Always said there needs to be more offerings to get people there before and after the game, but was thinking more like a semi-permanent marquee or two on the car parks with a few tellies and a bar, which everyone could access. Build up a bit of atmosphere. There's nothing for the regular fan at the moment, just shit beer, shit service and crumbling facilities. I just think the current owners are taking this massive demand as a given - this is the exception, not the rule. For most of the last 30odd years I've been going we've struggled to sell out. The numbers are soft if the football goes south again, and doubly so if you price out half the city.
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If it's a new facility I don't give a shit. But like taking away half the upper concourses, they're just taking what we've already got and charging through the nose for it, leaving less for the normal fans. Pay more, get less.
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£70!! What a joke. So the plan is to gouge some people for all they're worth, then stick the rest of our prices up for worse and worse facilities. Almost look forward to when we're shit again and struggling to get 10,000 through the gate because they've driven all the long-haulers away.
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Don't mind rivers of piss if they charge rivers of piss prices.
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Lower holte bog floors were an inch deep in piss too. They really need to address the facilities, rather than charge more and more and make it shitter. Non-flooding toilets is a pretty simple thing to have surely, we had them in previous years. And yes, I think we're all getting a bit pickier with the facilities,but that's what happens when you start charging serious money. Edit, so I guess my question is, do we just need to accept scum-class facilities now, or are the club going to do something about it?
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Ref was looking at that penalty decision for us today for 2-3 minutes. Now to me 'clesr and obvious' means if you see it once at full speed, you'll see the error. It's absolute bullshit. And it's just happened again for the Newcastle handball. It was a harsh handball, but it's hit his hand, so how is it a clear and obvious error? It's a subjective decision. We're back to where we were at the start of this farce, of VAR trying to referee matches again. If we're gonna do that, let's just **** the bloke in the middle off and be honest about it. Absolute joke, ruining the game.
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Ref's a **** word removed.
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Bit of a piss take price considering how many times we got the first home cup match free but never actually got to use it since we crashed out on our first away tie, plus the Stevenage nonsense last year, on top of £100 on prices for a ST this year. I and my bunch won't be going.
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I like him a lot. Direct, powerful with a hell of a strike on him. Seems a decent finisher too. Always excited to see him play.
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He's a funny one. Made some good saves but nearly Encklemanned one. Also his first action was to block a low hard cross and he just palmed it into the middle of the six yard box which you just can't do against better opposition. Is it just confidence? He just doesn't seem to have it. Hope a couple of decent games without costing us anything will do him the world of good, but I'd still feel happier with a better second choice keeper. It's a tough signing to make with such a dominant first choice keeper but I was hoping we'd be able to persuade someone if we offered cup time. Doesn't seem like it's going to happen though so hope this little run does him good, while also hoping that Martinez is back on Sunday.
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Weird match, weird atmosphere. Shame not many people there at the end but it was a dead rubber from the start. Kids played well, MotM to the Hibs fans.
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Anyone know if you can take an umbrella into villa park? Walking from star city and can't be arsed standing there soaked all night.
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In fairness Samba covered us up front too under Bruce
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25! Amazing how long we've kept hold of someone absolutely nowhere near the first team, and if his rumoured wages are correct (which I don't believe) we've done some absolutely terrible business on this fella. Wish him all the best, he'll be useful to the right championship side, but no way he should still be here at 25.
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I'm the same as you mate, the people I go with bought their tickets off plan before the stand was even built, and I've been there for longer than I care to think. If I was moved or inconvenienced at a cost, I'm done. And yes, there's 19,000 people in the list behind me who'll snap it up. But let's see how many of them there are when the bad times inevitably come and we're circling the drain or in the Championship. I can remember the Lambert days when we had loads of sub-30k matches - there were years when I couldn't even give my ticket away when I couldn't make a match. Disregard the fans who've been through thick and thin at your peril, or you'll end up with Blues crowds when things go south.
