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Got paid today so just made my donation, he's just short of £140,000 according to the Just Giving site, wonder if that now includes money collected at the Newcastle game?

If people were just prepared to sit on another fan's lap, then St Mary's would hold 64,000 already!

Got my tickets today. First trip to the Emirates. Any update on how many sold so far?

Minty has struck the nail on the head, in my opinion. What Tesco should have done is label the larger bottles as "OSH 750ml bottles" and then put them on sale at a reduced price of £2.09. But they didn't. What they actually did was label them clearly as 500ml bottles (albeit with extra free) when there was an another offer clearly stating that 500ml bottles were 3 for £5, with no visible restriction applying to the larger bottles. Tesco gave me a call and the first thing they did was offer me £7 of vouchers, which I'm more than happy with, seeing as I didn't actually buy the beer following the argument. They also stated in an email: (Tesco) ..."agreed that your query should have been dealt with more professionally and apologises for the entire confrontation. The person you spoke to was a Team Leader from a different store as their permanent member is currently on holiday. Becky is ensuring that your complaint is fed back to the staff member." The funniest thing about their response was that in the first email Customer Services sent to me they stated: "I can understand that technically the products are the same" Which was quickly followed by another email that stated: "My statement regarding the bottles being ”technically the same” by no means is a statement from Old Speckled Hen and Tesco’s indicating a factual representation of my findings." WTF? LOLs! I assume his manager was not happy with that initial statement?

Fair enough, they may well not be under any "obligation" to sell me anything, but I don't see what difference that makes. Just to clarify, both items are priced identically (£2.09 each) and also the shelf-edge tickets for both items describe them as "Old Speckled Hen 500ml bottles". The impact of not honoring the 3 for £5 offer on the "extra free" bottles does mean that if you buy 3 "extra free" bottles, Tesco are charging you 42.3p more per bottle. It seems ludacrous to me that they state that there is 50% extra "Free" in a product, and then charge you a premium over the standard sized pack? I've had a look at the Department for Business Inovation and Skills "Price Practices Guide". It states: Part 2: Actual price to the consumer 2.1 Indicating two different prices 2.1.1 The CPRs prohibit traders from giving misleading information about prices, which could include indicating a price for goods or services which is lower than the one that actually applies, where this would cause, or be likely to cause, the consumer to take an different transactional decision. In many cases, a different transactional decision is likely to mean whether or not to buy a product, but it could include other decisions taken about transactions. They are advertising 3x bottles of OSH for £5, but charging £6.27 for them. I think I'll quote the above when their customer service team finally reply. I had an automated response telling me that they would provide me with a personal response within 24 hours (that was 63 hours ago!).

But how can this be? They have different bar-codes! FFS!!!!!! (How dare you find the only Tesco employee with common sense).

Many thanks for all the replies. I'm awaiting a reply from Tesco customer services. Somtimes it is the little things that get to you, particularly after a long week at work! But it wasn't the £1.27 that upset me Crabby, it was the brainwashed simpleton who rejected any form of logical arguement that wound me up. I thought I was being helpful in pointing out that one of their special offers was not coming through at the till, and fully expected to be charged the advertised price. But instead I just had "The barcode is different" repeated to me several times. The unquestioning almost religious like faith that this teenager had in the infallability of Tesco was frightening. Despite ALL the evidence pointing to the fact that there had been a mistake by Tesco (identical product descriptions and prices etc.) he just refused to be swayed from his belief that somehow the products had to be different, because "Tesco don't make mistakes".

Are there any experts in consumer law out there? Had a full on argument with a Tesco employee last night. In my local small "Tesco metro" in the chiller they have a shelf edge ticket offering "3 for £5" on 500ml bottles of Old Speckled Hen (usually £2.09 each). The bottles in the chiller are all 500ml. They also have a cardboard "display" with 500ml bottles of Old Speckled Hen which have 50% extra free in them. On the shelf edge ticket for those it clearly states "Old Speckled Hen, 500ml bottles £2.09". So same discription and price, just bigger bottles due to the extra "Free". I therefore decide to buy three bottles to take advantage of the offer, and being of sound mind, I obviously chose three of the bottles with 50% extra free in them. I take them to the self-service till and scan them through and the total comes to £6.27, rather than the £5 advertised. I therefore ask one of the two spotty teenage boys working in there (no managers around a 9pm on a friday night) why the advertised offer is not working. He point blank refused to allow me to purchase 3 of the 50% extra free bottles with the advertised discount. His arguement had two distinct themes, as follows: "They have different barcodes so they are different products" (despite me pointing out the fact that the shelf edge tickets describe them both identically and the only difference was one had some extra free in it, I emphasised the "Free" bit). Tesco "know what they are doing and will not have got this wrong". Despite me attempting to reason with him logically, he would just go back to saying "the bar-codes are different!" Surely Tesco can't sell bottles clearly stated as having 50% extra FREE in them at a higher price than the same products without 50% extra free in them can they? Are they not required by law to honour special offers advertised in store?

I would say thi is about right. But hopefully as JWP develops he will find the back of the net a bit more regularly than Davis. I also think that Saints seem to have better shape in midfield when only one of SD and JWP are on the pitch, but perhaps that's just me.

Many thanks WG

When is the draw for the next round?

So much better in the 2nd half tonight. He may have missed a few, but thank god he was getting himself into scoring positions. On another day he would have had a hat-trick.

Born in the 80's, perhaps?

No MOTM poll for this game then? My vote would've gone to FF. (Which is a bit worrying when you've just played West Brom at home).

I will mostly be clapping him, but will chuck in a cheer if her scores. My guess is that the majority of the crowd will do likewise.

If it is a 351 (cubic inch) as stated in the OP, that is a 5.8L V8.

I think it is sung to the "Sloop John B" tune.

I was getting a little worried about the season, but the signings yesterday have certainly brightened my outlook. I'd play: Forster Clyne Fonte Yoshida Bertrand Wanyama Taider Davis Tadic Pelle Long Subs: Boruc, Targett, Gardos (if fit, otherwise Hooiveld), Cork, Ward-Prowse, Ramirez, Isgrove. Which seems to me like a pretty good match day squad. If Schniederlin is once again "on the bus" he may even make the team. Plus looking futher into the season, when you add Rodriguez to that group, we once again look like a decent team. If we do add any another quality CB and a back up RB before the start of the season then we could do just as well as last year, provided the team can work well as a unit right from the start.

:-)

To catch up on who we have sold during half-time. (Obviously only until the window shuts).

Thanks Redslo, always nice to read opinion from a slightly different perspective. (Alpine excepted).

This one is starting to sound like a failed medical to me.

I think he has the makings of a good player. But I don't ever feel that he imposes himself upon a game. The game appears to happen around him, rather than him taking control of the game. Hopefullly that will come as he develops and gains experience. At present I just wish we could sub him on and off for set piece deliveries!

My understanding was that "away" fans that had managed to get themselves tickets in the home sections, but were subsequently "outed" by the home fans around them, were taken to this little area for their own safety. I don't think it was ever a official designated away area, where away fans could actully purchase tickets for. Any old stweards from the dell era that could shed any light on this?