Saints Catering Lost a few Customers

[Wes Tender]

Everyone knows that Plested Pies are the benchmark.

 

I can see why you would say that having read your review below, although even they are not above changing their pies:-

 

I make a regular "pigrimage" to Plesteds to stock up my fridge. Their pies are the best that I have ever tasted. Wonderful quality and at a good price. I was a little disappointed when they withdrew their curry pie but yesterday I had a chance to taste the replacement - the Chicken Balti - and it is to die for. So, next trip, I shall be adding this to the traditional, chicken & mushroom, meat & potato and pasty that I usually buy.

 

Seriously though, it shouldn't be beyond the wit of the club to have pies such as these supplied to them and help a local business at the same time.

 

I have no idea what the catering arrangements are and I personally feel no desire to eat fast food in the concourses. However I do accept that the food is there for the fans who do wish to eat there for whatever are their own reasons and therefore simple rules of commerce apply, that if the fare is of poor quality and overpriced, fewer people will eat it. Perhaps it has not occurred to the people running the catering that if the food was better and priced reasonably, it could cost less than it does now and not only generate more money, but also gain a reputation for its quality. Otherwise, one has to assume that those invlolved in the catering couldn't care less either way. If that was their attitude, then they are unlikely to listen to complaints about it. But in case they were, surely nothing is lost by addressing these concerns to the club?

[Window Cleaner]

Everyone knows that Plested Pies are the benchmark.

 

they certainly marked bus seats with the gravy spurting out all over the show when you were trying to eat them on the bus directly out of the paper bag.

[John Boy Saint]

The issue surrounding the pasty is very subjective. Some people may prefer pukka pies, some may not. It is a matter of taste.

However, the issue relating to the crisps, tea and twix is very real. Same quality, smaller quantity, increased price.

I think there is more legitimacy in my complaint.

You are quite right, and where our option was for coffee last season the cups sneakily got smaller but the advertised size remained the same this was plain to see if you bought a Bovril which was sold as advertised in a similar sized cup that was a more than noticeably larger than the coffees.

[Turkish]

I was expecting what I, and others who I meet up with on the concourse pre match, have been thoroughly satisfied with over the past few seasons from the food outlets at SMS a steaming hot "Traditional" Cornish Pasty (without the sweet course at one end before that starts again) which when you had reached the filling you could see Minced Meat, Swede and Potato all seasoned and nicely moist: not too dissimilar to what you would expect to find when you have bought a pasty from a traditional shop in Cornwall.

What was served on Saturday was a very pale imitation offered by Pukka Pies with "pastry" that had just enough substance to hold the filling which could only be described as slurry with no identifying solids to give away what it contained.

What was previously sold stood head and shoulders above what passes for hot food on the concourse.

 

Can you put a bench mark on it please. What would you say it was comparable to? If you could also outline your expectations that would help us greatly. This where I think the issue is, you seem to be expecting a football ground to serve the level of pasty usually found in specialist outlets, not a multi product kiosk inside a football stadium. I may of course be wrong on this but if can confirm what you feel you we're served up and what you were expecting a liken them to products we might buy then this would help.

 

Please also confirm what your pasty contained as you said your one from last seasons contained visible and seasoned meat and potato but it seems this seasons did not?

Edited 28 August, 2013 by Turkish

[Johnny Bognor]

You are quite right, and where our option was for coffee last season the cups sneakily got smaller but the advertised size remained the same this was plain to see if you bought a Bovril which was sold as advertised in a similar sized cup that was a more than noticeably larger than the coffees.

 

I deliberately avoid buying coffee in public as most people I see doing this go around saying "Can I get", "My bad" and "Turn that off already".

[Window Cleaner]

I deliberately avoid buying coffee in public as most people I see doing this go around saying "Can I get", "My bad" and "Turn that off already".

 

the undying influence of Friends on our society.

[John Boy Saint]

Can you put a bench mark on it please. What would you say it was comparable to? If you could also outline your expectations that would help us greatly. This where I think the issue is, you seem to be expecting a football ground to serve the level of pasty usually found in specialist outlets, not a multi product kiosk inside a football stadium. I may of course be wrong on this but if can confirm what you feel you we're served up and what you were expecting a liken them to products we might buy then this would help.

 

Please also confirm what your pasty contained as you said your one from last seasons contained visible and seasoned meat and potato but it seems this seasons did not?

Floats about to go under so get ready to strike!!

 

i expect the standard of Pasty to remain the same as it has been, should inflationary pressures see an increase due to market prices of the meat and vegetables found within then that would be accommodated, as has been already stated the previous Pasty was of a standard that is comparible with those I have bought as a lunchtime snack from an independent purveyors of Pasties whilst going about my business in the county of Cornwall. So this would show that the concourse catering people already have the capacity to handle better quality foodstuffs whilst selling mediocre offerings at the same time.

 

As this is a whole new world to you if you would like to get a true reflection of what the contents of this years Pasty resembled please go along to your nearest dairy farm and ask the farmer if you could have a look in his Slurry pit, that will give you an idea of the look and consistency, whilst looking in said pit just conjure up the taste of some sort of meaty gravy.

I am sure just the mere thought of doing that is already making a man of your pristine standards wince, and if it is then on page four of this thread we will have finally found some common ground: however I do believe it would not be so simple.

[sotonjoe]

I have A

Sunderland supporting mate who remarked that our catering smelt as good as any he has ever smelt. He didn't actually buy anything because he can make it through a football match without eating, but he said that if he had brought anything, it would have been really tasty.

[OldNick]

I have A

Sunderland supporting mate who remarked that our catering smelt as good as any he has ever smelt. He didn't actually buy anything because he can make it through a football match without eating, but he said that if he had brought anything, it would have been really tasty.

Cor you must make a great pair of sanctimonious blokes together lol

[boxosponge]

I feel an outcast, not having anything to moan about.

 

I really enjoy a Pucca Steak Pie. Bought when I get in the ground and eaten at half time.

 

However I wouldn't drink any of the overpriced fizzy crap that masquerades as beer or cider and for a fizzy drink I want REAL pepsi. With Sugar. I don't want chemical sweeteners. So look, I've found something negative after all.

 

It's hard to accept that to counter one of the side effects of my medical treatment I'm told to devour as many calories as I can every day with Cream Cakes essential.

 

Fast food? Is it full of fat? Fill me up Scotty

 

Cancer isdn't all bad I'm finding

[St Lej]

Even more embarassing than the people who can't go 90 mins without eating are those who will happily miss large chunks of the match in order to fill their faces.

 

These people actually prioritise the need to get down to the kiosk on 35 mins in order to beat the que. Anyone would think that food in the UK is in short supply they're attending the last supper.

 

I mean, seriously? Pay £35 to watch the match and then bugger off down to the concourse and gladly miss 10-15% of the game itself? For what? The chance to stuff your face with many items which will available outside the ground and in the town before and after the game, with much less queing time to boot.

It's embarassing watching half the stadium empty from 35 mins onwards until the half time whistle, the atmosphere is like a morgue in certain areas between that time. Then you get them many of them returning on 50 mins and squeezing past and obscuring the view of those of us who actually want to watch the 90 mins, Pasty/Sausage Roll/Hot dog/Burger in hand, with a high chance they'll spill some onto you as they waddle past you to their seats. People like this don't deserve a ticket, clearly have more money than sense or just simply aren't that interested in the football and see it as a day out to get some fresh air and eat some junk food.

[boxosponge]

Even more embarassing than the people who can't go 90 mins without eating are those who will happily miss large chunks of the match in order to fill their faces.

 

These people actually prioritise the need to get down to the kiosk on 35 mins in order to beat the que. Anyone would think that food in the UK is in short supply they're attending the last supper.

 

I mean, seriously? Pay £35 to watch the match and then bugger off down to the concourse and gladly miss 10-15% of the game itself? For what? The chance to stuff your face with many items which will available outside the ground and in the town before and after the game, with much less queing time to boot.

It's embarassing watching half the stadium empty from 35 mins onwards until the half time whistle, the atmosphere is like a morgue in certain areas between that time. Then you get them many of them returning on 50 mins and squeezing past and obscuring the view of those of us who actually want to watch the 90 mins, Pasty/Sausage Roll/Hot dog/Burger in hand, with a high chance they'll spill some onto you as they waddle past you to their seats. People like this don't deserve a ticket, clearly have more money than sense or just simply aren't that interested in the football and see it as a day out to get some fresh air and eat some junk food.

 

God I agree with you so much.

[John Boy Saint]

Even more embarassing than the people who can't go 90 mins without eating are those who will happily miss large chunks of the match in order to fill their faces.

 

These people actually prioritise the need to get down to the kiosk on 35 mins in order to beat the que. Anyone would think that food in the UK is in short supply they're attending the last supper.

 

I mean, seriously? Pay £35 to watch the match and then bugger off down to the concourse and gladly miss 10-15% of the game itself? For what? The chance to stuff your face with many items which will available outside the ground and in the town before and after the game, with much less queing time to boot.

It's embarassing watching half the stadium empty from 35 mins onwards until the half time whistle, the atmosphere is like a morgue in certain areas between that time. Then you get them many of them returning on 50 mins and squeezing past and obscuring the view of those of us who actually want to watch the 90 mins, Pasty/Sausage Roll/Hot dog/Burger in hand, with a high chance they'll spill some onto you as they waddle past you to their seats. People like this don't deserve a ticket, clearly have more money than sense or just simply aren't that interested in the football and see it as a day out to get some fresh air and eat some junk food.

They are probably the same ones who depart at 85mins to get in the queue down the chipper!!

[The Cat]

This where I think the issue is, you seem to be expecting a football ground to serve the level of pasty usually found in specialist outlets, not a multi product kiosk inside a football stadium.

 

Norwich manage to do it perfectly well. It really isn't that difficult. Rather than putting a horrible tasting pre-cooked pie into that heated thing, you put a decent, well made one in there instead.

[Turkish]

Even more embarassing than the people who can't go 90 mins without eating are those who will happily miss large chunks of the match in order to fill their faces.

 

These people actually prioritise the need to get down to the kiosk on 35 mins in order to beat the que. Anyone would think that food in the UK is in short supply they're attending the last supper.

 

I mean, seriously? Pay £35 to watch the match and then bugger off down to the concourse and gladly miss 10-15% of the game itself? For what? The chance to stuff your face with many items which will available outside the ground and in the town before and after the game, with much less queing time to boot.

It's embarassing watching half the stadium empty from 35 mins onwards until the half time whistle, the atmosphere is like a morgue in certain areas between that time. Then you get them many of them returning on 50 mins and squeezing past and obscuring the view of those of us who actually want to watch the 90 mins, Pasty/Sausage Roll/Hot dog/Burger in hand, with a high chance they'll spill some onto you as they waddle past you to their seats. People like this don't deserve a ticket, clearly have more money than sense or just simply aren't that interested in the football and see it as a day out to get some fresh air and eat some junk food.

 

Post of the season.

[Toomer]

We have had ticket tax, parking tax now for pasty tax.

[aintforever]

Even more embarassing than the people who can't go 90 mins without eating are those who will happily miss large chunks of the match in order to fill their faces.

 

These people actually prioritise the need to get down to the kiosk on 35 mins in order to beat the que. Anyone would think that food in the UK is in short supply they're attending the last supper.

 

I mean, seriously? Pay £35 to watch the match and then bugger off down to the concourse and gladly miss 10-15% of the game itself? For what? The chance to stuff your face with many items which will available outside the ground and in the town before and after the game, with much less queing time to boot.

It's embarassing watching half the stadium empty from 35 mins onwards until the half time whistle, the atmosphere is like a morgue in certain areas between that time. Then you get them many of them returning on 50 mins and squeezing past and obscuring the view of those of us who actually want to watch the 90 mins, Pasty/Sausage Roll/Hot dog/Burger in hand, with a high chance they'll spill some onto you as they waddle past you to their seats. People like this don't deserve a ticket, clearly have more money than sense or just simply aren't that interested in the football and see it as a day out to get some fresh air and eat some junk food.

 

I'm not one for leaving early for food or drink but i fail to see why people get annoyed by what other people choose to do. Very strange!

 

Fact is for some people football is just a day out with their mates, god forbid they have fun and do what they want! I get the impression the people that get annoyed by their behaviour are the sad, lonely football geek types who go on their own and take the whole thing very seriously.

[egg]

I'm not one for leaving early for food or drink but i fail to see why people get annoyed by what other people choose to do. Very strange!

 

Fact is for some people football is just a day out with their mates, god forbid they have fun and do what they want! I get the impression the people that get annoyed by their behaviour are the sad, lonely football geek types who go on their own and take the whole thing very seriously.

 

Well put. People want different things out of their day at footy.

 

Personally I don't get why people get ****ed before the game or collect programmes or hang around for autographs or abuse the ref or stand up when they have a seat etc etc etc but if that enhances their day out then fine.

 

I also don't get why someone eats **** food at the match but if they want or need to that's fine. If they think the food should be better or better value and have a moan about it then that's fine too.

 

I don't think it's fine though for people who post an opinion on all but every thread to criticise someone to voice an opinion on something relevant to their day at the footy.

[Turkish]

Well put. People want different things out of their day at footy.

 

Personally I don't get why people get ****ed before the game or collect programmes or hang around for autographs or abuse the ref or stand up when they have a seat etc etc etc but if that enhances their day out then fine.

 

I also don't get why someone eats **** food at the match but if they want or need to that's fine. If they think the food should be better or better value and have a moan about it then that's fine too.

 

I don't think it's fine though for people who post an opinion on all but every thread to criticise someone to voice an opinion on something relevant to their day at the footy.

 

I don't think people are are they? Merely asking for their expectations and reasoning that has led them to be so disillusioned with the standard of refreshment available. If anything you should be praising me for questioning someone who is bad mouthing SFC and asking for further information rather than merely accepting the muddying of the reputation of SFCs catering department.

[egg]

I don't think people are are they? Merely asking for their expectations and reasoning that has led them to be so disillusioned with the standard of refreshment available. If anything you should be praising me for questioning someone who is bad mouthing SFC and asking for further information rather than merely accepting the muddying of the reputation of SFCs catering department.

 

As a man who's sold pies in the Milton (and taken them from the freezer, put them in the oven, put them back in the freezer before repeating the process next game) and am a pie eating fat boy, I regard myself as an expert in this area.

 

Fast food pies are mostly crap. Football pies are generally worse but last seasons offerings were less crap than the norm.

 

JBS is allowed to expect a certain standard from his pie (or pasty) and I know him to be a cultured man. Swapping last years pasty for a pukka is like trading Luke Shaw for Lee Molyneux. JBS has every right to be upset and should be allowed a little moan.

[John Boy Saint]

I don't think people are are they? Merely asking for their expectations and reasoning that has led them to be so disillusioned with the standard of refreshment available. If anything you should be praising me for questioning someone who is bad mouthing SFC and asking for further information rather than merely accepting the muddying of the reputation of SFCs catering department.

Jeez you really are conceited I thought it was just a giggle, but spouting pure drivel like that you must get really aroused everytime you press "Post Quick Reply". Or is that not hardcore enough "Go Advanced" it has to be everytime.

That is worryingly obsessive to believe you are judge jury and executioner on most posts, especially ones that, as you have already stated in this case, you have no interest in.

To accuse me of bad mouthing and muddying the reputation of SFC is bang out of order. I take that as being tapped on the shoulder then as I turn round being hit in the face with a plank of 2 x 4............... Analyse that as you mark another direct hit on the wall Chart above your single bed.

[whelk]

Never mind the catering what about the bookie shambles. Turn up 2.55 and no coupons or blank slips so saved me £20 of 4-0,4-1,5-0,5-1 speculation.

 

And no fcker there at half-time to allow me to put £200 on a Fonte equiliser. Sort it out as if this continues I may be able to pay down my credit cards or enough cash for a delicious pasty.

 

And yes i should be able to go 90 mins without a bet and yes I am only there for the quality of bookie not the football

[whelk]

And appears Turkish and his cohorts have little appetite for a real fight and just roll over with an acceptance that such complaints from OP are trivial and not worthy of raising. Tis why the working man is getting shafted by Cameron and his lobbyists with such passive acceptance as who cares about pies and profiteering. Although forum rants won't change anything I think we should do what Utd fans do at away games and trash the catering stands. Or maybe just abstain.

[Turkish]

Jeez you really are conceited I thought it was just a giggle, but spouting pure drivel like that you must get really aroused everytime you press "Post Quick Reply". Or is that not hardcore enough "Go Advanced" it has to be everytime.

That is worryingly obsessive to believe you are judge jury and executioner on most posts, especially ones that, as you have already stated in this case, you have no interest in.

To accuse me of bad mouthing and muddying the reputation of SFC is bang out of order. I take that as being tapped on the shoulder then as I turn round being hit in the face with a plank of 2 x 4............... Analyse that as you mark another direct hit on the wall Chart above your single bed.

 

You start a thread announcing SFC have lost your custom and that their refreshments are something akin to what you'd find in a slurry pit and you don't think its damaging to the club? You think we should all nod in agreement and praise your stand rather than question you as you attempt to drag the name of the clubs catering department into the gutter as part of your anti club crusade?

[John Boy Saint]

You start a thread announcing SFC have lost your custom and that their refreshments are something akin to what you'd find in a slurry pit and you don't think its damaging to the club? You think we should all nod in agreement and praise your stand rather than question you as you attempt to drag the name of the clubs catering department into the gutter as part of your anti club crusade?

Wow I really do have concerns for you, you actually believe that you are the Caped Crusader of Southampton Football Club!!

Not only are you conceited but a pure narcissist. But also a sad individual who has obviously scanned Saintsweb just as you would a playground for someone you can pick on. My thread was perfect as "blimey here's a pie eater, oh they are tubsters by default so must be thick" I will show everyone how great I am. You are very clearly demonstrating what you truely are in this thread, but I will not lower myself to your level to utter those words.

How can someone with a season ticket who has bought replica shirts, is nerdy enough to buy a programme each game outof habit have an ANTi Saints agenda, someone claiming that a player is rubbish after 2 games that is more anti Saints than a bloke who has commented on the the standard of a Pasty dropping.

if you are so powerful and great, you get a decent Pasty back on the shelves of the Concourse Food outlets, other wise butt out and go and sort the person who has decided that Victor Wanyama is rubbish after 2 games (probably just the 1 seen) and voice it on here, as that is far more damaging to the club than my rubbish Pasty.

[John Boy Saint]

Oh and while you are at it why not have a crack at the Food Hygiene assessment team because what they have punted into the public domain is far more damning that my comment on a Fans Web site frequented by a minority of Saints fan.

 

http://www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk/business/halo-catering-southampton-693888.html

 

Wow with your holier than thou attitude they are something you could really get your teeth into ....................... But somehow I think they are out of your league.

[OldNick]

Can someone tell me if the catering is SFC's or do they franchise it out? If the club get X amount however many items are sold ,would they care if they lose some pie sales?

That may be closer to the point. If a catering company has paid a premium for the outlets i can only assume they are charging high prices to get their money back and a profit.Hence cutting corners with quality. A backward step of course but it could be a reason.

[John Boy Saint]

Can someone tell me if the catering is SFC's or do they franchise it out? If the club get X amount however many items are sold ,would they care if they lose some pie sales?

That may be closer to the point. If a catering company has paid a premium for the outlets i can only assume they are charging high prices to get their money back and a profit.Hence cutting corners with quality. A backward step of course but it could be a reason.

If my recall and understanding is correct from a few years back Halo catering is in someway a sub brand under the Southampton Football Club umbrella. But whilst the formation was announced over the official site, any change into a separate entity would probably not have been publicised. Although their registered address is the same as the Football Club.

[Wes Tender]

JBS - As everything you say about Dorkish is true, then it should have occurred to you that he is just trolling. I'm sure that he is reasonably intelligent, so he is just being mischievous in suggesting that your criticisisms of the catering are damaging to the club. Most people who complain about the poor standards of an organisation do so with the desire that things will be improved, so therefore has their best interests at heart. Also his opinion that we cannot expect the catering operation to serve the level of pasty usually found in specialist outlets rather than a multi product kiosk inside a football stadium, is plainly nonsense, for the reason pointed out by The Cat.

[ericofarabia]

I'm not one for leaving early for food or drink but i fail to see why people get annoyed by what other people choose to do. Very strange!!

 

 

It's not so much the reason WHY they get up and make their move before HT, whether it be for a pie, pint or p!ss, or even rub one out in the bogs, it's the FACT that they cause inconvenience everybody else in doing so. The same episode is invariably repeated as they return back 5 mins into the 2nd half.

 

On the same sore, but not catering related, unless an emergency visit to the loo has been caused by the sub standard pie and beer, are the early leavers who leave 5 mins before the end of a nail biting encounter to save 10 mins on their drive home WTF!! In our 1st 3 games of the season we have scored 4 goals from the 88th minute onwards.

 

"Food" for thought maybe ;-)

[ericofarabia]

If my recall and understanding is correct from a few years back Halo catering is in someway a sub brand under the Southampton Football Club umbrella. But whilst the formation was announced over the official site, any change into a separate entity would probably not have been publicised. Although their registered address is the same as the Football Club.

 

Oh Noes .... if the bad press about the catering hits the headlines and catering sales plummet, the knock on effect could be similar to The old Southampton Leisure Holdings going bankrupt fiasco and dragging the club down with it ;-(

[tttdcs]

If this is all that there is to moan about, long may this thread be top of the message board

[SaintNeil90]

Save money, find a pub, go to the chippy. Simple.

[holepuncture]

If this is all that there is to moan about, long may this thread be top of the message board

 

Amen, it has kept the great warrior Turkish occupied too, he has had a good feed from this thread..

 

Top effort from all, it has been a thoroughly amusing read.

 

I might try a hot dog one day on the back of this thread, though I doubt I will be procuring a pasty based on the damming comments found here.

 

Being all nostalgic, I remember being absolutely sh*t-faced one game in the championship, me and my mate each bought a couple of cheeseburgers at HT in the Kingsland corner; cold, dreadful cardboard in between a bun made out of a shoe, I have to say it was perfect at the time, de-licious.

[Daren W]

Posters in "Taking Turkish Seriously" shocker...

Best thread of the year... Fact..

[eelpie]

I can see why you would say that having read your review below, although even they are not above changing their pies:-

 

 

 

Seriously though, it shouldn't be beyond the wit of the club to have pies such as these supplied to them and help a local business at the same time.

 

I have no idea what the catering arrangements are and I personally feel no desire to eat fast food in the concourses. However I do accept that the food is there for the fans who do wish to eat there for whatever are their own reasons and therefore simple rules of commerce apply, that if the fare is of poor quality and overpriced, fewer people will eat it. Perhaps it has not occurred to the people running the catering that if the food was better and priced reasonably, it could cost less than it does now and not only generate more money, but also gain a reputation for its quality. Otherwise, one has to assume that those invlolved in the catering couldn't care less either way. If that was their attitude, then they are unlikely to listen to complaints about it. But in case they were, surely nothing is lost by addressing these concerns to the club?

 

But if the food was better quality and cheaper then catering would not cope because the service is too slow as it is. You are right. They could not care less.

[Mystic Force]

Turkish is damaging the reputation of the club by refusing to put his snout in the trough. By going 90 minutes without eating he casting a shadow on the the good name of SFC as this act suggests that the club lacks in quality in this area.

[saintbletch]

Bullying. It's ugly.

 

Turkish: sporting effortlessly stylish 'casual' cap and contrasting blue nylon rucksack ensemble.

 

John Boy Saint: sporting pasty-filled belly.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfn4OxCPQs

 

The Moral?

 

Punch someone enough in their forum-face, and they will eventually snap and beat you to death with their carefully argued and well constructed responses.

 

There aren't enough kettlebells and martial arts in the entire mboard world to protect you from a man who has gone Pukka Pasty Postal.

[OfnPanad]

Good on you JBS.

 

There are some really odd replies on here. Why would you expect (and so accept) **** food when it's pretty easy to increase quality and charge a little less, make things easier to buy, sell more and make more money? Everybody wins.

 

SFC is a multi-million £ business. There are some smart people working for the club, so why has nobody done anything with this? Laziness? OK I accept food sales are a drop in the ocean, but happy fans spending money are a good thing. This and the ridiculous parking charge mentioned earlier are two examples of backward thinking and JBS should be thanked for bringing it up and encouraged to take it up with the club for the benefit of all fans.

 

JBS, stick a paragraph on the end just to mention that the 15 minute parking fee is utter stupidity. I used to spend 20-30 minutes in the shop when I felt like spending out, trying some stuff on and buying about half of it. Now I rush in, grab the one thing I wanted and rush out, so SFC don't make their £1 from parking or the £30-£50 of additional sales. Almost everyone I speak to says the same, so it's a really obvious bollock dropped there and so easy to fix.

[pap]

Bullying. It's ugly.

 

Turkish: sporting effortlessly stylish 'casual' cap and contrasting blue nylon rucksack ensemble.

 

John Boy Saint: sporting pasty-filled belly.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfn4OxCPQs

 

The Moral?

 

Punch someone enough in their forum-face, and they will eventually snap and beat you to death with their carefully argued and well constructed responses.

 

There aren't enough kettlebells and martial arts in the entire mboard world to protect you from a man who has gone Pukka Pasty Postal.

 

So would you say it is time for Turkish to give up his claim of never defeated on "mong boards"?

 

A case of having too many fingers in too many pies?

[John Boy Saint]

JBS, stick a paragraph on the end just to mention that the 15 minute parking fee is utter stupidity. I used to spend 20-30 minutes in the shop when I felt like spending out, trying some stuff on and buying about half of it. Now I rush in, grab the one thing I wanted and rush out, so SFC don't make their £1 from parking or the £30-£50 of additional sales. Almost everyone I speak to says the same, so it's a really obvious bollock dropped there and so easy to fix.

A simple thing would be spent £x in the Megastore and get your £1 back very simple and very positive.

But I fear that when the head of Customer Services of Southampton deems it un-necessary to notify quite a few folks sat in Block 20 that they can't renew their season tickets, many sat in the same seat for 10 years, as that block is now solely for familys and they are spending over £500 in my case over £1000, your issue with the parking charges when you are spending, to many, a considered amount and my shonky Pasty without doubt will be viewed as a mere spec of grit in the eye from Cemex over the road.

But seeing as this thread has rumbled on (with some interference) I shall pen a note to the club and if deemed suitable I shall share any response with all.

 

And Saintbletch that just about sums up my life at School back in the dim and distant past. )

[Whitey Grandad]

JBS, stick a paragraph on the end just to mention that the 15 minute parking fee is utter stupidity. I used to spend 20-30 minutes in the shop when I felt like spending out, trying some stuff on and buying about half of it. Now I rush in, grab the one thing I wanted and rush out, so SFC don't make their £1 from parking or the £30-£50 of additional sales. Almost everyone I speak to says the same, so it's a really obvious bollock dropped there and so easy to fix.

Yes, just do what IKEA do and validate your parking ticket for you, or give you a ticket to let you out. 15 minutes is a nonsense.

[Turkish]

So would you say it is time for Turkish to give up his claim of never defeated on "mong boards"?

 

A case of having too many fingers in too many pies?

 

13 years undefeated pal.

[whelk]

Haven't read all this thread but iis it implied Turkish is the kid that gets slammed in the video?

[Chewy]

Yes, that's the implication. But Turkish seems to think he's still unbeaten. All a bit odd.

[whelk]

13 years is still pretty good though so he can feel proud as must have been hard to maintain

[Colinjb]

Yes, that's the implication. But Turkish seems to think he's still unbeaten. All a bit odd.

 

The Portsmouth line of information management. Say a lie often enough in the hope that they eventually believe you.

[saintbletch]

So would you say it is time for Turkish to give up his claim of never defeated on "mong boards"?

 

A case of having too many fingers in too many pies?

 

To be fair papster, 13 years was a good run. A great run, some would say. You and I will tell our grandchildren that we 'contributed' to the thread when we saw the champ lose on points.

 

He was Ozymandias Mong of Mongs, and yes, we looked upon his works and despaired.

 

The dynasty is over, the title has passed. The Mong is dead, long live the Mong*.

 

John Boy Saint must now stalk these many threads and spray septic sarcasm amongst his fawning followers.

 

P.S. Love you really Turkish. This place really wouldn't be the same without you.

 

*please forgive my use of that term for 'comic' effect.

[manji]

Even more embarassing than the people who can't go 90 mins without eating are those who will happily miss large chunks of the match in order to fill their faces.

 

These people actually prioritise the need to get down to the kiosk on 35 mins in order to beat the que. Anyone would think that food in the UK is in short supply they're attending the last supper.

 

I mean, seriously? Pay £35 to watch the match and then bugger off down to the concourse and gladly miss 10-15% of the game itself? For what? The chance to stuff your face with many items which will available outside the ground and in the town before and after the game, with much less queing time to boot.

It's embarassing watching half the stadium empty from 35 mins onwards until the half time whistle, the atmosphere is like a morgue in certain areas between that time. Then you get them many of them returning on 50 mins and squeezing past and obscuring the view of those of us who actually want to watch the 90 mins, Pasty/Sausage Roll/Hot dog/Burger in hand, with a high chance they'll spill some onto you as they waddle past you to their seats. People like this don't deserve a ticket, clearly have more money than sense or just simply aren't that interested in the football and see it as a day out to get some fresh air and eat some junk food.

Absolutely spot on.

[Turkish]

Is love to know how people think thus is a defeat for the Joe Calzaghie of Mongboards. Had more bites than one of chuckles dodgy pasties on this thread.