No. Criticism

And that is how I see most of your posts. Pure dog food.

Shouldn't worry about it, there's loads of season ticket holders on here in the surrounding rows and blocks that will happily sacrifice their seat for the greater good, or at least I assume they will by their support of the current seat grab.

Then again, they could just ask Maple who can put in a good word with his mate Steve Parish. They'll be top boys in the chorus, maybe one can actually keep time and take on drum banging duties.

Edited by ChrisGC (07 Jan 2019 10.21pm)

Isn't that a cat food?

Sarcasm isn’t funny. Safe standing in the lower Holmesdale will keep everyone happy. Those who want to sit will move to different parts of the ground, hopefully the new stand.

Likeminded people who want to stand/bounce/chant for 90 minutes will gradually form closer to block E, thus extending the ‘singing section’.

If we don’t accommodate the HF/try to be progressive, we’ll end up, as the other poster said, like Everton. Worryingly there are many people, like yourself, who would be happy for us to continue sliding in that direction. The majority enjoy watching matches live with a good atmosphere.

Edited by Goal Machine (08 Jan 2019 8.18am)

Regarding safe standing, its surely only a matter of time before it is passed, pressure for is growing and it’s completely nonsensical to not have it. Currently football is more dangerous where people don’t use their seats. I suspect this was part of the HF’s long term vision of how they hope it will pan out. For that reason, I don’t think it’s irrelevant.

I don’t necessarily agree 100% with the boycott, but it appears that Steve Parish backtracked on his promise over moving them to block E. The HF, through their commitment, passion and efforts, rightly or wrongly have earned themselves a status within the club, whereby they can, to an extent, put a gun to Steve Parish’s head and make demands, as has been proved. The difference in the stadium during the boycott was staggering, it was a miserable place and I don’t think anyone wants to return to that. That said, I genuinely believe they have the clubs best interests at heart and it’s not all about themselves.

Everyone is unanimous in agreement that it’s not fair on those being turfed out of block E, but the simple answer to that is to offer those effected a suitable compensation package.

Political messages are not needed, they are bound to separate people. Although, I’ve not seen any of these for a while.

Edited by Goal Machine (08 Jan 2019 9.18am)

I wouldn't be so certain. I completely agree that it's logical and I would love to see it, but there's too many jobs on the line if it goes wrong. (Which it wouldn't)

No MP, FA exec or premier league board member will ever risk having another Hillsborough on their CV. The police will never support it because it might mean they have to earn their crust: it's a lot easier to watch and control People sat down and a lot harder for perpetrators to escape.

The counter arguement to the safety aspect of seating, of course, is that a seat is the safest option when actually used as a seat.

I realise that we all jump about when a goal goes in and I've toppled over plenty, I think safe standing would be much safer. Bureaucrats, however, are never going to appreciate the reality.

Edited by ChrisGC (08 Jan 2019 9.28am)