Paul Barber: his best and his worst decision to date - in your opinion.

[Bry Nylon]

Paul Barber started his work at the club sometime in June 2012. So 8 months or so into his tenure, what do you believe to be his best and his worst decision thus far? Obviously, there isn't a definitive list of which decisions have been Mr Barber's handiwork, so we'll just have to use our judgement on that.

 

[kevtherev]

£2 for a cup of hot gravy granules(bovril), or a tea bag with some hot water poured on it, is quite frankly disgusting. The pies etc seem fairly priced, but the hot drinks are criminal.

 

[albion534]

£2 for a cup of hot gravy granules(bovril), or a tea bag with some hot water poured on it, is quite frankly disgusting. The pies etc seem fairly priced, but the hot drinks are criminal.

Does he dictate the prices his catering mates set? Or are you fishing?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The catering prices were changed for the Fat Boy Slim concert last year, so before Barber arrived.

 

[BensGrandad]

His best move must have been to sack Azure although I have heard that it has come to late to influence some of the corporate boxholders who are not renewing due to the poor standard of food in them.

 

[yxee]

I don't know what exactly he's done as compared to what someone else would have done in his place, I sort of just think he's probably a better person to be at the helm than most. Ticket prices really aren't that bad.

 

[kevtherev]

Does he dictate the prices his catering mates set? Or are you fishing?

I would have thought that pricing is part of his remit. And how many I ask is that fishing Unless you think £2 for a paper cup full of hot water and a spoon full of bovril is fair enough.

 

[The Large One]

I would have thought that pricing is part of his remit. And how many I ask is that fishing Unless you think £2 for a paper cup full of hot water and a spoon full of bovril is fair enough.

Pricing is down to the caterer, in agreement with the club.

The current price was set before Barber arrived.

£2.00 (or £1.80) for Bovril is steep, but is probably the going rate at these sort of places - if you can find it, that is.

 

[Albion Dan]

The way the club release seats for sale for home games is utterly retarded and nothing less than short term profiteering. If he is behind it he is a moron.

 

[Max Paper]

I like his number one from the mid 80's, I am the one and you can't touch this?

 

[albion534]

I would have thought that pricing is part of his remit. And how many I ask is that fishing Unless you think £2 for a paper cup full of hot water and a spoon full of bovril is fair enough.

Only asking because I genuinely believe its up to the caterers what they choose to charge, so I just thought you were blaming him randomly, wasn't accusing you of anything

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Best - sacking the caters
Worst - closing down the NSC ticket exchange

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Best - sacking the caters
Worst - closing down the NSC ticket exchange

Best - getting rid of Azure and appointing The Lindley Group
Worst - getting rid of Gully's Girls, Saturday's effort was shambolic.

 

[Braders]

Think Barbers best is yet to come - we all know he's a clever man when it comes to money and I think/hope this summer that he'll be trying to get some clever commercial revenue for the club from big,well known companies .

Think some of the pricing is his worst so far , but hard to judge until we see exactly what it leads to I guess.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Worst - getting rid of Gully's Girls, Saturday's effort was shambolic.

Maybe you should blame the men who were abusing Gully's Girls. Barber said he felt it was inappropriate for them to be open to such abuse.

 

[Superphil]

His best move must have been to sack Azure although I have heard that it has come to late to influence some of the corporate boxholders who are not renewing due to the poor standard of food in them.

I thought* they were on minimum 5 year deals, so nothing to renew for the net 3.5 years. That said, they may have refused to have the food on offer, which I believe is an additional cost.

* note, I said I Thought that was the deal on the boxes, if I'm wrong then I'm sure someone who knows for sure can clarify.

Best - getting rid of Azure
Worst - failing to fill the stadium

 

[Simster]

Best - sacking the caters
Worst - closing down the NSC ticket exchange

Agreed. Although strictly speaking, the NSC exchange was actually illegal, but to have it closed down comes across as petty.

Best - getting rid of Azure and appointing The Lindley Group
Worst - getting rid of Gully's Girls, Saturday's effort was shambolic.

Not many people really care that much about Gully's Girls, US. I quite liked them but really getting rid of them hardly ranks as a bad decision let alone the worst IMO. You don't see people looking around whistfully at half time thinking "I'd really love to see Gully's Girls back for the visit of Huddersfield Town".

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Maybe you should blame the men who were abusing Gully's Girls. Barber said he felt it was inappropriate for them to be open to such abuse.

I don't buy this. He has been judge and jury and executioner. Seems a shame.

 

[The Large One]

Best - getting rid of Azure and appointing The Lindley Group
Worst - getting rid of Gully's Girls, Saturday's effort was shambolic.

What? Something happened in the past four days I haven't heard about?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Agreed. Although strictly speaking, the NSC exchange was actually illegal, but to have it closed down comes across as petty.

Agreed back at you but lets not forget that Sussex Police have publicly stated that they didn't really have a problem with it.