From my perspective, it looks to me as if the club. don't want to lift a finger.
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The Safety of Fans in the North Stand
- Thread starter Walter H. White
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Iansun45
Winger
Or give two hoots
It was mentioned in one of the threads that the North Stand Lower should be classed as a hard hat zone, SO37 or RAWA should put the feelers out to any PPE companies or do a crowd fund to get a couple of thousand hard hats put on the seats....if nothing else but to highlight the problem to the cameras, they wont like it
That's been clear for sometime, the only thing that's going to change them is if someone gets killed.
Barboza dh9
Striker
Any Hard Hats about tonight
Rizla
Striker
You can get retractablevnetting on electric winches so I don't believe they have done their homework properly. It's common on the continent and I really doubt they have people abseiling in after every game.
AlpineExile
Striker
Part-time disabled fan, please.Like when that disabled Newcastle fan went to the media after he got hit with one from our fans at their place? Everyone just laughed at that
I'm sure many of us remember the next derby match where he was photoed proudly marching with the 'naughty boys' before being captured hurling abuse at safc kids from behind the safety of a cordon provided by Northumbria's finest.
Guinness Guzzler
Striker
I know nowt about netting and I'm still amazed they'd come out with that! There's not a chance that every other club with netting needs to spend a fortune on fuckers absailing from the roof ffs. I know people think the meetings with club are pointless because they'll just say any old shit, but this issue has annoyed me enough that I'll be very happy to ask follow up questions. Their minuted reason for not installing netting has been proven not to be the case, anything else they suggest about it should be backed up by a proper assessment
KLD needs to show some proper leadership over this. Club showing no empathy and the PR is a shambles atm.
Good job we’re having a great season on the pitch, but we should still criticise and point out the shortcomings on stuff like this
ClassicDom
Winger
Pretty much.
tony_not_in_london
Midfield
You know about 7 years ago I went on a tour around the Colosseum in Rome and at the top tier they had sails in place to keep the sun off spectators.
These sails could be opened or closed via a pulley system.
That was 2000 years ago
But today - in one of the birthplaces of the industrial revolution - we are being asked to believe only a fixed net would be viable, that it would collect crisp packets etc, and then these crisp packets could only be cleaned out by abseilers on top dollar.
As we have forgotten the technology that the Romans invented to make the nets retractable.
FFS
So how do so many European clubs like Feyenoord manage then? Abseilers on lower wages over there? Or are they more careful with their crisp packet disposal?
These sails could be opened or closed via a pulley system.
That was 2000 years ago
But today - in one of the birthplaces of the industrial revolution - we are being asked to believe only a fixed net would be viable, that it would collect crisp packets etc, and then these crisp packets could only be cleaned out by abseilers on top dollar.
As we have forgotten the technology that the Romans invented to make the nets retractable.
FFS
So how do so many European clubs like Feyenoord manage then? Abseilers on lower wages over there? Or are they more careful with their crisp packet disposal?
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TravellingMackem
Winger
Stewards at the North Stand today searching our own fans. Asked me if they could search me as I had some stuff in my coat pockets (was my work stuff, came straight over from work). I said no, and that he should spend his time searching the away fans and it was insulting he was searching home fans after the weekends events. He just let me walk in without question. If that’s how they are doing their “searches” it’s no wonder they aren’t finding anything
samaistonsrightfoot
Striker
Loads of extra stewards on the sponsor boards in the north tonight. Must have been worried people were going to gan on the pitch.
Not that they would have been able to stop anyone like.
CaptainRed
Midfield
So is it OK to throw flares down onto opposition fans in your view then?
TradingPlaces
Winger
Still no response from the strongly worded email I sent me auld pal Steve Davison on Saturday night.
Haway Stevey son, I know you’ll be reading this thread(he will).
Haway Stevey son, I know you’ll be reading this thread(he will).
riffraff
Striker
It’s KLD that’s showing know empathy.
Wearside Wanderer II
Striker
Have to be honest I’m running out of positive energy with this lad.
Need to see massive off field improvements over the summer and on field needs huge work if we are ambitious to get out of this league.
I worry he’s not got that ambition and just wants to play real life football manager.
