| Parsons 08:25 - Jan 21 with 272 views | PatfromPoole |
An in-the-know Saints fan said to me on Saturday he was surprised that Parsons gets away with so little stick.
He believes that the 3-year extension to Stephens' contract was more down to Parsons than Spors.
Largely on the basis that much like Russell Martin, Parsons wants to be everyone's mate, and as somebody with a bit-part footballing career, he is almost in awe of the players.
Some Saints fans give him credit for having changed the operational side of things, but pretty much everything he has done I detest, i.e.
- moving the away end
- the gulag fanzones
- Level 1
- the Dell bar
I had not previously given him much stick on the playing side, as I had thought that was largely Spors' remit.
But I am now starting to think otherwise. |  |
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| Parsons on 08:45 - Jan 21 with 179 views | Gennaro_Contaldo |
I think he's done a cracking job to be fair.
The fan zones are always buzzing pre-match full of families, it's a nice thing to see rather than an empty area around the ground with people mooching around looking bored.
Also tried Level 1 with my son for the first time before the Hull match, we played the mini golf and it was really good, we enjoyed that far more than the match ......... but that's a different issue.
Also the Dell Bar is quite nice, we stopped in their after a stadium tour and had some okay food in a nice environment.
So of all the things Saints / Sports Republic have done wrong, I don't think it's fair to say this side of things is one of them, definitely a lot more revenue coming into the club to pay for our next Bundesliga 2 excel analyst or Bazunu's contract extension ... |  |
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| Parsons on 09:16 - Jan 21 with 125 views | felly1 |
I won a quiz at the Dell Bar awhile ago and my prize is im sat in the directors box tonight .
Any questions for Parsons etc ...let me know 🤣 |  | | |
| Parsons on 09:17 - Jan 21 with 120 views | SaintNick |
| Parsons on 08:45 - Jan 21 by Gennaro_Contaldo |
I think he's done a cracking job to be fair.
The fan zones are always buzzing pre-match full of families, it's a nice thing to see rather than an empty area around the ground with people mooching around looking bored.
Also tried Level 1 with my son for the first time before the Hull match, we played the mini golf and it was really good, we enjoyed that far more than the match ......... but that's a different issue.
Also the Dell Bar is quite nice, we stopped in their after a stadium tour and had some okay food in a nice environment.
So of all the things Saints / Sports Republic have done wrong, I don't think it's fair to say this side of things is one of them, definitely a lot more revenue coming into the club to pay for our next Bundesliga 2 excel analyst or Bazunu's contract extension ... |
You are right, on the operational side of things we have done some good things.
Parsons has tried to not only generate income but get the fans engage with the club and get people using St Mary's 7 days a week.
The Fanzone - as you say, there are thousands of people mingling around St Mary's 3 hours before kick off in 4 different fanzones if you include the away one.
The Dell bar is in use not only before and after games, but during the week and although i have not been in level 1 it again gets kids engaged with the club
In truth fanzones are not our invention, we were fairly late to the party, but they cater for a section of the fanbase and have some decent offers, they sell their Premium Lager at 4 pints for £22 with discount for season ticket holders meaning you can pay less than a fiver a pint, compare that for what you are paying for the same beer in the chain pubs at £6 plus.
But all of them were fairly cheap to build and generate revenue, those that say that they would rather give their money to local pubs/businesses, should consider for instance just how many pubs are not actually local businesses, but part of chains and big companies, virtually all of the ones from London Road to the Royal Pier are owned by the big pub companies such as Wetherspoons/Yates etc, likewise the fast food chains and restaurants.
I was never a fan of moving the away end and it still has issues as in they can't split it into sections when the away club don't take a full allocation, so that home fans can use it.
But the only real issue is that those that the Northam end havent got anyone to bounce off, but why should that be a problem, most of the clubs who are known for their atmosphere, have their "singing" section at the far end from the away fans, Liverpool, Everton, Forest, Man Utd, Sunderland, Palace, all clubs who don't rely on sitting next to the away fans to generate their enthusiasm and dare I say it Portsmouth.
So the issue isn't moving the away end, it is our own ability to get things going. |  |
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