Quote from: Clampy on September 20, 2015, 06:29:42 PMQuote from: PaulTheVillan on September 20, 2015, 06:28:22 PMI don't get the rush for beer at half time. Unless you have a drink problem.This. I can't get why people can't go an hour and a half without a beer.There is also the odd few who stay in the Upper North bar area all through the second half presumably having loaded up before the bar shuts. They watch the match on TV of course!
Quote from: PaulTheVillan on September 20, 2015, 06:28:22 PMI don't get the rush for beer at half time. Unless you have a drink problem.This. I can't get why people can't go an hour and a half without a beer.
I don't get the rush for beer at half time. Unless you have a drink problem.
I find it strange that the bars are so badly run. Do the club not realise (or care) how much money is simply walking away? I went to Derby years ago - not long after Pride Park opened - and their bar staff started pouring pints 5 minutes before half time so they had a large bank of pints ready to go. Whatever your thoughts on pre/during/post match drinking, this really isn't rocket science when it comes to meeting supply with demand.
Quote from: Des Little on September 21, 2015, 12:18:40 PMI find it strange that the bars are so badly run. Do the club not realise (or care) how much money is simply walking away? I went to Derby years ago - not long after Pride Park opened - and their bar staff started pouring pints 5 minutes before half time so they had a large bank of pints ready to go. Whatever your thoughts on pre/during/post match drinking, this really isn't rocket science when it comes to meeting supply with demand.I remember the Reading game a few years ago ( Harewood winner? or was I pissed?) when they had staff with those jet-packs full of beer, spraying it into folks' glasses.
I've never understood why for so many, going to the football = having to get absolutely wankered. Take Leicester last week, pools of puke in the concourse, pools of piss in the bogs as they just decide to piss up the wall. Baffling. Just to add, that's not aimed at Des, whenever I see us away i'm amazed at the state a number of our support are in.
A very good friend of mine was punched in the face in the Holte Suite at half-time whilst queuing for a pint. completely unprovoked, with witnesses. The attacker was quickly ejected, and the police asked my friend if he wanted to press charges.