clippedgull
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I know I'm being a lazy git..but have you a direct link for the show Tony Bloom was on please?
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Paul Barber
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I know I'm being a lazy git..but have you a direct link for the show Tony Bloom was on please?
Birdie Boy
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Birdie Boy
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I had a bit of a moan up at the Reading game as there were no limited edition pies and no burgers. I asked to speak to the manager and then asked to speak to her manager. He said that everything, regarding prices and changes of product (ie no Kronenbourg) was done in conjuction with the football club. When I asked if the fact the beer changing to only one option per type, ie one lager, one cider etc. was down to Paul Barber, he just smiled. Says everything really and was it obvious that it was going to happen as soon as he came in.
Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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As well as any other excellent things, he's not calling himself a "CEO", although the cool Yankie dudes on fcbusiness seem to want to call him that.
Superphil
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How would that work? You need double the kiosks surely? There isn't space.
Absolutely laughable. Are you sure he just smiled at you, because you seemed a bit simple ? Do you really think any of the middle management
FYI, there has always only been 1 cider.
The Large One
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I know I'm being a lazy git..but have you a direct link for the show Tony Bloom was on please?
Not lazy at all. Sorry to say 'no' is the short answer, unless you'd already downloaded it from iTunes at the time.
But I think we might invest in some web space soon whereby we can store archived shows for immediate download / streaming at some point in the near-ish future.
This was second morning, first morning was spent telling the support groups what a nice guy he is.
Perkino
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- Dec 11, 2009
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If you've ever been to McDonalds at a busy period they do just this, one person takes orders from customers and deals with money, and another person fetches their order. There is such a significant mark up on food and drink that extra staff is always worth while if it means you can serve more customers, and happy customers will come back again and again
The Large One
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They're set in agreement with the club.
The Large One
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You might have to help me here. You say 'says everything'.
What is the 'everything' that it's saying to you?
Wardy
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Never going to be an easy job if only because of the fact that as a group of consumers, football fans like to have their cake and eat it. They want the best but do not want to pay for it. (Okay not all fans are like this, but would you be willing to pay £50 a ticket if it meant we could sign a premiership striker?)
He does not have a lot to work with, increasing attendance is not really an option since we damn near sell out all our games. Though would look at our ticket database, and target people who went to Withdean but are maybe not going to Falmer. Contact them to find out why? Another idea would be to say to non-season ticket holders every time you buy a ticket you get entered in to a draw. This draw would be for 1 of say 15 tickets for the next home cup game.
Since we cannot do a lot about match days, it only leaves the corporate side. I would contact a lot of top companies and offer them so good deals for sponsorship. Something along the lines of sponsor us now and should we make the premiership you can have a 10% deduction on the rates for then, even if this means signing them up on a long contracts. However we need to be careful not to forget our roots and the local companies who have supported us through the bad times. So maybe look at a different type of advertising maybe inside the concourse for these companies. They are less likely to be worried about having their name on TV so maybe happy to have a spot where the fans will see it at a cheaper rate.
I doubt if the agreement with American Express allow us to have sponsors for the stands but if they do then of course that needs to be done. But if we could I would have thought we would have done it by now.
Lastly we need to make sure we use the facilities all year round. If I recall there are restrictions on using the number of times we can use the actual pitch for events, but given the good transport links conferences and meetings are a good market to get in to. We could offer packages that include use of the meeting rooms during the day with a sit down meal with disco / band in the evening. Any day we have empty rooms needs to be seen as lost revenue. Chess clubs, sports clubs, craft fairs etc etc could all make use of the facilities and these are the people we need to target.
He does not have a lot to work with, increasing attendance is not really an option since we damn near sell out all our games. Though would look at our ticket database, and target people who went to Withdean but are maybe not going to Falmer. Contact them to find out why? Another idea would be to say to non-season ticket holders every time you buy a ticket you get entered in to a draw. This draw would be for 1 of say 15 tickets for the next home cup game.
Since we cannot do a lot about match days, it only leaves the corporate side. I would contact a lot of top companies and offer them so good deals for sponsorship. Something along the lines of sponsor us now and should we make the premiership you can have a 10% deduction on the rates for then, even if this means signing them up on a long contracts. However we need to be careful not to forget our roots and the local companies who have supported us through the bad times. So maybe look at a different type of advertising maybe inside the concourse for these companies. They are less likely to be worried about having their name on TV so maybe happy to have a spot where the fans will see it at a cheaper rate.
I doubt if the agreement with American Express allow us to have sponsors for the stands but if they do then of course that needs to be done. But if we could I would have thought we would have done it by now.
Lastly we need to make sure we use the facilities all year round. If I recall there are restrictions on using the number of times we can use the actual pitch for events, but given the good transport links conferences and meetings are a good market to get in to. We could offer packages that include use of the meeting rooms during the day with a sit down meal with disco / band in the evening. Any day we have empty rooms needs to be seen as lost revenue. Chess clubs, sports clubs, craft fairs etc etc could all make use of the facilities and these are the people we need to target.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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I am not in the least surprised that the 'Barber effect' has already started to kick in, he's in charge of decisions and I expected it.
It's interesting, if you go back to the thread when he first came and one or two of us expressed fears as to what might start to happen, we were slaughtered by all the usual club lickspittles 'He's only just got here, what do you know, blah blah blah'.
I don't even blame him so much, that is just the corporate animal he is. The guy has a track record, and knowing who he is, if the club have hired him it is for one reason, to maximise revenues. They haven't done this blind.
Now I happen to believe that at a football club, especially one with our recent history, there is more to life than ONLY money. By all means make good business decisions at every level, price sensibly, make more money from those that can afford it at corporate level, that's the way football is.
But some of the price rises in the catering seem inappropriate, and the day match prices are a disgrace. £39 for an adult seat in the East Stand? In the Championship? Come on.
It disappoints me that so many fans that had such a sense of club togetherness and community over the past 20 years are now happy - purely because they themselves can afford it - to forget about those who might not be able to afford stupid prices. Or hang around before and after and spend another £20 at least. Or pay another £10 for parking.
It's interesting, if you go back to the thread when he first came and one or two of us expressed fears as to what might start to happen, we were slaughtered by all the usual club lickspittles 'He's only just got here, what do you know, blah blah blah'.
I don't even blame him so much, that is just the corporate animal he is. The guy has a track record, and knowing who he is, if the club have hired him it is for one reason, to maximise revenues. They haven't done this blind.
Now I happen to believe that at a football club, especially one with our recent history, there is more to life than ONLY money. By all means make good business decisions at every level, price sensibly, make more money from those that can afford it at corporate level, that's the way football is.
But some of the price rises in the catering seem inappropriate, and the day match prices are a disgrace. £39 for an adult seat in the East Stand? In the Championship? Come on.
It disappoints me that so many fans that had such a sense of club togetherness and community over the past 20 years are now happy - purely because they themselves can afford it - to forget about those who might not be able to afford stupid prices. Or hang around before and after and spend another £20 at least. Or pay another £10 for parking.