| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct 17:39 - Mar 21 with 1573 views | saintmark1976 |
This morning I received an email telling me that as a season ticket holder I could purchase two additional tickets at a discounted price for the upcoming Fulham fixture.
This afternoon I received an email telling me that pricing information in this morning’s email was incorrect and that tickets can only be purchased at the standard rate.
I don’t want additional tickets at any price, but honestly is there anything now left that Sports Republic can’t mess up ? |  |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 12:39 - Mar 24 with 1119 views | SaintNick |
It is wrong to blame Sport Republic if the ticket office sends out incorrect information, I doubt whether it was Dragan Solak sending out the e mails |  |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 13:03 - Mar 24 with 1093 views | saintmark1976 |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 12:39 - Mar 24 by SaintNick |
It is wrong to blame Sport Republic if the ticket office sends out incorrect information, I doubt whether it was Dragan Solak sending out the e mails |
Have a holiday Nick, are you seriously suggesting that the ticket office are a separate entity and Sports Republic’s so called “management” have no control over them ? | |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 13:19 - Mar 24 with 1078 views | SaintNick |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 13:03 - Mar 24 by saintmark1976 |
Have a holiday Nick, are you seriously suggesting that the ticket office are a separate entity and Sports Republic’s so called “management” have no control over them ? |
Yes I am seriously suggesting that there has been a mistake in the ticket office that is so far down the list of priorities that Sport Republic have to deal with, that the directors of Sport Republic would have absolutely no input into this error.
If you check your receipt at Tesco's and find that you have not been given the right price on the latest club card offer, you do not take to social media demanding that the Owner & CEO of the company immediately resign, because an employee in the Millbrook branch has got something wrong.
You simply pop along to the services desk, show them your receipt and they give you a refund, if you have got out of bed in a bad mood that morning you might also have a little dig at the person behind the counter.
Sport Republic have a chain of management, the ticket office manager will be right down the list of that. | |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 16:55 - Mar 24 with 994 views | saintmark1976 |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 13:19 - Mar 24 by SaintNick |
Yes I am seriously suggesting that there has been a mistake in the ticket office that is so far down the list of priorities that Sport Republic have to deal with, that the directors of Sport Republic would have absolutely no input into this error.
If you check your receipt at Tesco's and find that you have not been given the right price on the latest club card offer, you do not take to social media demanding that the Owner & CEO of the company immediately resign, because an employee in the Millbrook branch has got something wrong.
You simply pop along to the services desk, show them your receipt and they give you a refund, if you have got out of bed in a bad mood that morning you might also have a little dig at the person behind the counter.
Sport Republic have a chain of management, the ticket office manager will be right down the list of that. |
Again Nick and said only in fun, do have a holiday.
“ Sports Republic have a chain of management, the ticket office manager will be right down the list of that” your words not mine.
So on that basis ultimate responsibility for the ticket office managers actions rests with Sports Republic’s management does it not ? If not, then with whom exactly pray ? [Post edited 24 Mar 17:23]
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 19:18 - Mar 24 with 889 views | Southamptonfan |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 13:19 - Mar 24 by SaintNick |
Yes I am seriously suggesting that there has been a mistake in the ticket office that is so far down the list of priorities that Sport Republic have to deal with, that the directors of Sport Republic would have absolutely no input into this error.
If you check your receipt at Tesco's and find that you have not been given the right price on the latest club card offer, you do not take to social media demanding that the Owner & CEO of the company immediately resign, because an employee in the Millbrook branch has got something wrong.
You simply pop along to the services desk, show them your receipt and they give you a refund, if you have got out of bed in a bad mood that morning you might also have a little dig at the person behind the counter.
Sport Republic have a chain of management, the ticket office manager will be right down the list of that. |
This happened with the Villa tickets too. If the employees keeps f@cking up, and it's their fault as you suggest, you would expect the bosses to get involved to stop it happening again. These owners do not have their fingers on the pulse.
A good restaurant owner would get involved if the chef kept serving up terrible food. Not the fault of the owner that the chef serves bad food, but it kind of is, if the owner keeps letting the chef serve terrible food without sacking them. | |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 10:19 - Mar 25 with 783 views | saintwizzler |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 19:18 - Mar 24 by Southamptonfan |
This happened with the Villa tickets too. If the employees keeps f@cking up, and it's their fault as you suggest, you would expect the bosses to get involved to stop it happening again. These owners do not have their fingers on the pulse.
A good restaurant owner would get involved if the chef kept serving up terrible food. Not the fault of the owner that the chef serves bad food, but it kind of is, if the owner keeps letting the chef serve terrible food without sacking them. |
If someone served me up my £17 Dell Burger at The Dell and it wasn’t right Solak would be getting a strongly worded email.
He can stick his ten year plan to be Eastleigh MK II!!
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 10:53 - Mar 25 with 762 views | SaintNick |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 16:55 - Mar 24 by saintmark1976 |
Again Nick and said only in fun, do have a holiday.
“ Sports Republic have a chain of management, the ticket office manager will be right down the list of that” your words not mine.
So on that basis ultimate responsibility for the ticket office managers actions rests with Sports Republic’s management does it not ? If not, then with whom exactly pray ? [Post edited 24 Mar 17:23]
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I am taking it in good humour, yes you could say that the ultimately what the ticket office manager does ultimately rests with Sport Republic, but there is the chain of management.
someone mentioned if they have a bad meal at the restaurant they complain to the manager, if it is a small restaurant the manager will probably be the owner, if you are in a Harvester or another chain, not so likely, but you still complain to the manager and not the owner.
So why are people blaming Sport Republic and not the ticket office manager, at the end of the day in the scale of SFC's woe's this year, an e mail giving some wrong info out that was quickly rectified is not the end of the world.
Dragan Solak has a lot more things on his plate than popping over to have a few sharp words with the ticket office manager. | |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 23:20 - Mar 25 with 612 views | Southamptonfan |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 10:53 - Mar 25 by SaintNick |
I am taking it in good humour, yes you could say that the ultimately what the ticket office manager does ultimately rests with Sport Republic, but there is the chain of management.
someone mentioned if they have a bad meal at the restaurant they complain to the manager, if it is a small restaurant the manager will probably be the owner, if you are in a Harvester or another chain, not so likely, but you still complain to the manager and not the owner.
So why are people blaming Sport Republic and not the ticket office manager, at the end of the day in the scale of SFC's woe's this year, an e mail giving some wrong info out that was quickly rectified is not the end of the world.
Dragan Solak has a lot more things on his plate than popping over to have a few sharp words with the ticket office manager. |
"So why are people blaming Sport Republic and not the ticket office manager"
For the same reason that I am not blaming the 6 different first team managers, who have all failed, for the recruitment of mostly terrible players, under different managers, 2 relegations in 3 years (the owners never learn from their mistakes), 6 strikers bought that can't score, 10 defenders bought that can't defend, under various managers / directors of football and now we have a new sporting director, whose only answer is to provide a pathway through the academy. There already is a pathway, just that the good young players take a different pathway to Liverpool, Manchester and London. What's the point of young players playing in the first team.if they arn't good enough? More Man City under 19s in coming. It didnt work.
The answer is this "We will take the risk like Forest did a few years back and spend 400 million on the team. We will invest, speculate to accumulate, pay top, top.players the going rate, attract the most talented managers and give the Saints supporters what they deserve. IF a young player is good enough, we will show our ambitions to them, pay them well and put them in the first team. Oh and we will make sure that emails, and all correspondence are checked by appointing the most talented ticket office managers in the world, not cheap ones for the future."
If I own a restaurant and appoint a well known, established top chef, I know that the food will be good. If I appoint an unknown, they probably will serve up tripe on a plate. [Post edited 25 Mar 23:27]
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 06:28 - Mar 26 with 527 views | saintwizzler |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 23:20 - Mar 25 by Southamptonfan |
"So why are people blaming Sport Republic and not the ticket office manager"
For the same reason that I am not blaming the 6 different first team managers, who have all failed, for the recruitment of mostly terrible players, under different managers, 2 relegations in 3 years (the owners never learn from their mistakes), 6 strikers bought that can't score, 10 defenders bought that can't defend, under various managers / directors of football and now we have a new sporting director, whose only answer is to provide a pathway through the academy. There already is a pathway, just that the good young players take a different pathway to Liverpool, Manchester and London. What's the point of young players playing in the first team.if they arn't good enough? More Man City under 19s in coming. It didnt work.
The answer is this "We will take the risk like Forest did a few years back and spend 400 million on the team. We will invest, speculate to accumulate, pay top, top.players the going rate, attract the most talented managers and give the Saints supporters what they deserve. IF a young player is good enough, we will show our ambitions to them, pay them well and put them in the first team. Oh and we will make sure that emails, and all correspondence are checked by appointing the most talented ticket office managers in the world, not cheap ones for the future."
If I own a restaurant and appoint a well known, established top chef, I know that the food will be good. If I appoint an unknown, they probably will serve up tripe on a plate. [Post edited 25 Mar 23:27]
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What about expanding HMP St Mary’s?
Another tier on The Northam. | |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 08:42 - Mar 26 with 485 views | SaintNick |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 23:20 - Mar 25 by Southamptonfan |
"So why are people blaming Sport Republic and not the ticket office manager"
For the same reason that I am not blaming the 6 different first team managers, who have all failed, for the recruitment of mostly terrible players, under different managers, 2 relegations in 3 years (the owners never learn from their mistakes), 6 strikers bought that can't score, 10 defenders bought that can't defend, under various managers / directors of football and now we have a new sporting director, whose only answer is to provide a pathway through the academy. There already is a pathway, just that the good young players take a different pathway to Liverpool, Manchester and London. What's the point of young players playing in the first team.if they arn't good enough? More Man City under 19s in coming. It didnt work.
The answer is this "We will take the risk like Forest did a few years back and spend 400 million on the team. We will invest, speculate to accumulate, pay top, top.players the going rate, attract the most talented managers and give the Saints supporters what they deserve. IF a young player is good enough, we will show our ambitions to them, pay them well and put them in the first team. Oh and we will make sure that emails, and all correspondence are checked by appointing the most talented ticket office managers in the world, not cheap ones for the future."
If I own a restaurant and appoint a well known, established top chef, I know that the food will be good. If I appoint an unknown, they probably will serve up tripe on a plate. [Post edited 25 Mar 23:27]
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No one is saying that Sport Republic have done a good job, but the way they are getting stick for every little thing is firstly wrong, secondly just clouding the waters on what the real issues are and thirdly counter productive.
Lets get perspective on the core issues | |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 09:41 - Mar 26 with 459 views | saintmark1976 |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 08:42 - Mar 26 by SaintNick |
No one is saying that Sport Republic have done a good job, but the way they are getting stick for every little thing is firstly wrong, secondly just clouding the waters on what the real issues are and thirdly counter productive.
Lets get perspective on the core issues |
Nick, with respect you really are on the wrong side of the argument on this one. Probably I suspect because of the fact that your understandable loyalty to, and love of all things S F C, has temporarily clouded your judgement.
Every man and his dog can see that Sports Republic are responsible for all things S F C and you did in fact acknowledge the same in a previous contribution to the discussion did you not ?
If you take your last comment that it’s wrong, clouds the water and is counter productive to its ultimate conclusion, then no criticism of Sports Republic ( however small ) would ever be allowed.
I’m reminded of a couple of old expressions:-
1. Never fight a battle you know you can’t win and 2. If you are in a hole stop digging and look for a ladder. | |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 10:02 - Mar 26 with 429 views | ShirtNumbers |
If Sport Republic were spending their time instructing the communications team and/or ticket office what emails to send out rather than building a plan for next season e.g. new signings, new managers, new SLOGANS then I would be thoroughly f*cked off.
If your going to criticise Sport Republic, which you rightfully should, then focus on what they are responsible for which is sh1t managers, sh1t players and a complete lack of strategy for competing in the Premier League. These failures are the reason we are in our current shambolic state, not emails. |  | | |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 10:16 - Mar 26 with 409 views | SaintNick |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 09:41 - Mar 26 by saintmark1976 |
Nick, with respect you really are on the wrong side of the argument on this one. Probably I suspect because of the fact that your understandable loyalty to, and love of all things S F C, has temporarily clouded your judgement.
Every man and his dog can see that Sports Republic are responsible for all things S F C and you did in fact acknowledge the same in a previous contribution to the discussion did you not ?
If you take your last comment that it’s wrong, clouds the water and is counter productive to its ultimate conclusion, then no criticism of Sports Republic ( however small ) would ever be allowed.
I’m reminded of a couple of old expressions:-
1. Never fight a battle you know you can’t win and 2. If you are in a hole stop digging and look for a ladder. |
I can turn the tables here, I have written many things about Sport Republic, virtually every week I put up something that is critical of Sport Republic, but it is about the manager and the playing side of things.
I have loyalty to Southampton Football Club, but that is a seperate entity to Sport Republic.
But what i see on here sometimes is the opposite, rather than a love of everything SFC, it is a hatred of all and everything and a blame culture.
Sport Republic are not directly responsible for "ALL" things SFC, they pay people to deal with that sort of thing and sometimes in any business things go wrong..
So I chastise SR for not putting in place a Director of football for a year, but if they send out an e mail with a wrong price on it and quickly rectify it, I don't get too bothered, sh*t happens as they say,
I don't think you understand what I said with this
"If you take your last comment that it’s wrong, clouds the water and is counter productive to its ultimate conclusion, then no criticism of Sports Republic ( however small ) would ever be allowed."
You miss the point, i am making, constant bickering about small things just clouds the bigger issues, plenty of criticism of SR is allowed, but when it is of every little thing it is just counter productive, a bit like why people have got sick of the Government blaming the Tories for every thing.
God knows what you mean by these expressions in this contexts | |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 10:29 - Mar 26 with 372 views | saintwizzler |
TBF The Ticket Office was a shambles before Sport Republic rolled into town. | |
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 10:39 - Mar 26 with 352 views | saintmark1976 |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 10:16 - Mar 26 by SaintNick |
I can turn the tables here, I have written many things about Sport Republic, virtually every week I put up something that is critical of Sport Republic, but it is about the manager and the playing side of things.
I have loyalty to Southampton Football Club, but that is a seperate entity to Sport Republic.
But what i see on here sometimes is the opposite, rather than a love of everything SFC, it is a hatred of all and everything and a blame culture.
Sport Republic are not directly responsible for "ALL" things SFC, they pay people to deal with that sort of thing and sometimes in any business things go wrong..
So I chastise SR for not putting in place a Director of football for a year, but if they send out an e mail with a wrong price on it and quickly rectify it, I don't get too bothered, sh*t happens as they say,
I don't think you understand what I said with this
"If you take your last comment that it’s wrong, clouds the water and is counter productive to its ultimate conclusion, then no criticism of Sports Republic ( however small ) would ever be allowed."
You miss the point, i am making, constant bickering about small things just clouds the bigger issues, plenty of criticism of SR is allowed, but when it is of every little thing it is just counter productive, a bit like why people have got sick of the Government blaming the Tories for every thing.
God knows what you mean by these expressions in this contexts |
March 25 10.53 :- “ yes you could say that ultimately what the ticket manager does ultimately rests with Sports Republic”.
March 26 10.16 :- “ Sports Republic are not directly responsible for “ALL” things S F C”.
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| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 10:45 - Mar 26 with 328 views | Saintcole7 |
| Now the can’t even get their own ticketing info correct on 19:18 - Mar 24 by Southamptonfan |
This happened with the Villa tickets too. If the employees keeps f@cking up, and it's their fault as you suggest, you would expect the bosses to get involved to stop it happening again. These owners do not have their fingers on the pulse.
A good restaurant owner would get involved if the chef kept serving up terrible food. Not the fault of the owner that the chef serves bad food, but it kind of is, if the owner keeps letting the chef serve terrible food without sacking them. |
If only this applied to the men's first team manager/coach role? | | | |
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