The Holte Suite

[VillaTim]

I like salted caramel.  And sweet potato fries.  And craft beer tbh.  Christ, am I a hipster?

In my defence I also like a pint of Bathams and 'old mans pubs' are by far my favourite.

ask yourself, do my jeans finish above my ankles.

[chrisw1]

I like salted caramel.  And sweet potato fries.  And craft beer tbh.  Christ, am I a hipster?

In my defence I also like a pint of Bathams and 'old mans pubs' are by far my favourite.

ask yourself, do my jeans finish above my ankles.

I'm safe there.  And I always wear socks.

phew.

[Clark W Griswold]

In my defence I also like a pint of Bathams and 'old mans pubs' are by far my favourite.

I wouldn't go in any other, and i'm not all that old.

[claret+blue ed]

I haven't actually been in the Upper Holte this season as I have been taking my lad in the family section in the Trinity, but will be in there for the Legia game so will see how much the TV has impacted the space

I can tell you - the whole middle section of the lower concourse has gone.  The bit with the main bar, windows overlooking the pitch and largest toilets.

So 80-90% of the people are squeezed into approx 50% of the space, with significantly less bar and w/c facilities.

Not one thing was done to mitigate this at the start of the season.  Not one extra urinal in the remaining toilets, not one extra beer tap.  They're starting to try to address this now as funnily enough fans were pissed off, but it feels like token changes so far and this should have been addressed as a priority from game 1.

The changes have certainly not been thought through, the communication even worse, hopefully they was going to address the issues anyway without the need to wait for the reaction from the fans, but that is maybe my misplaced optimistic look at life

Hopefully I won't be too disappointed at the Legia match

[Somniloquism]

In my defence I also like a pint of Bathams and 'old mans pubs' are by far my favourite.

I wouldn't go in any other, and i'm not all that old.

So were you both in Dave's Cradley Heath pub enjoying pints of Mild?

[chrisw1]

There's a great Bathams pub not far from Cradley Heath - The Bull and Bladder (also known as The Vine) on Delph Road.  Lunches are ridiculously cheap.  Well worth a visit for any Black Country Villans.

[Clark W Griswold]

In my defence I also like a pint of Bathams and 'old mans pubs' are by far my favourite.

I wouldn't go in any other, and i'm not all that old.

So were you both in Dave's Cradley Heath pub enjoying pints of Mild?

:-)
No but i know Cradley and Cradley Heath well. I also know the Bull and Bladder and, in fact, the vast majority of pubs in the black country, or the good ones anyway.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

You’ve been ripped off Dave, £4.45 will get you a pint of Bathams and a cob in my local.

[wince]

The only food it's acceptable to boo is salted caramel.

Mushrooms.

It's not the mushrooms fault they're born that way, you fungist.

Salted caramel is a man made creation, somebody is responsinle and they should feel the full weight of the law as a result.

Nonsense. Some of these so-called mushrooms don't even get you spannered. They're a disgrace.

Booing mushrooms? Salted Caramel? You both need therapy.

Canned fucking bacon needs booing Sweet spud fries whilst hipster are nice tbh

[Chris Harte]

Salted caramel is ace.

As for the Lower Grounds and Terrace View, we've all been suckered, haven't we? We were asked in a survey whether we'd be interested in an "enhanced experience" and enough of us were suitably curious to say "yes". We were not given any kind of preview of these offerings as might have been reasonable to expect, simply the "yes" was taken as carte-blanche for the club to do what they want rather than offer any kind of preview or a selection of proposals.

Even at the start of the season, The Holte Suite was just "being renovated" and none of us knew they were going to re-purpose it.

All that said, I'm not saying at some point I won't try one of the facilities just to see what it's like.

[pauliewalnuts]

Salted caramel is absolutely unacceptable.

[Meanwood Villa]

Like caramel! Like salt! You'll love ...

[VillaTim]

Salted caramel is ace.

As for the Lower Grounds and Terrace View, we've all been suckered, haven't we? We were asked in a survey whether we'd be interested in an "enhanced experience" and enough of us were suitably curious to say "yes". We were not given any kind of preview of these offerings as might have been reasonable to expect, simply the "yes" was taken as carte-blanche for the club to do what they want rather than offer any kind of preview or a selection of proposals.

Even at the start of the season, The Holte Suite was just "being renovated" and none of us knew they were going to re-purpose it.

All that said, I'm not saying at some point I won't try one of the facilities just to see what it's like.

maybe fast for a few days then try Lower Grounds eat til you explode experience , then Waddle to a seat in the Upper Witton

[Brazilian Villain]

Like caramel! Like salt! You'll love ...

Like brown bread? Like ice-cream? You'll love....

Actually, it is very nice.

[VillaTim]

Like caramel! Like salt! You'll love ...

i like it but it's a bit 2021 now .
when i was a kid i ate crisps and chocolate together , same sort of thing