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Re: safe standing

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:30 pm
by carl_feedthegoat
Shakermaker90 wrote:Interesting piece on safe standing here from a British lad living in Russia, doesn't go into too much detail about the rules regarding SS over here, but gives a reasonable picture of the pluses of being able to stand

https://www.otbfootball.net/safe-standi ... -or-wrong/


Standing creates atmosphere - its a fuckign fact. We need to bring it back asap.

Re: safe standing

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:34 pm
by Shakermaker90
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Shakermaker90 wrote:Interesting piece on safe standing here from a British lad living in Russia, doesn't go into too much detail about the rules regarding SS over here, but gives a reasonable picture of the pluses of being able to stand

https://www.otbfootball.net/safe-standi ... -or-wrong/


Standing creates atmosphere - its a fuckign fact. We need to bring it back asap.


I agree, I think it's something that is entirely manageable in this day and age, regardless of what the League say

Re: safe standing

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:45 pm
by Dameerto
Shakermaker90 wrote:
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Shakermaker90 wrote:Interesting piece on safe standing here from a British lad living in Russia, doesn't go into too much detail about the rules regarding SS over here, but gives a reasonable picture of the pluses of being able to stand

https://www.otbfootball.net/safe-standi ... -or-wrong/


Standing creates atmosphere - its a fuckign fact. We need to bring it back asap.


I agree, I think it's something that is entirely manageable in this day and age, regardless of what the League say

The problem is that it would take a political decision to change current legislation to allow it - and politicians are risk averse.

Re: safe standing

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:49 pm
by Mikhail Chigorin
Dameerto wrote:
Shakermaker90 wrote:
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Shakermaker90 wrote:Interesting piece on safe standing here from a British lad living in Russia, doesn't go into too much detail about the rules regarding SS over here, but gives a reasonable picture of the pluses of being able to stand

https://www.otbfootball.net/safe-standi ... -or-wrong/


Standing creates atmosphere - its a fuckign fact. We need to bring it back asap.


I agree, I think it's something that is entirely manageable in this day and age, regardless of what the League say

The problem is that it would take a political decision to change current legislation to allow it - and politicians are risk averse.


And yet they're all football fans when it suits them.

Re: safe standing

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:51 pm
by Dameerto
Mikhail Chigorin wrote:
Dameerto wrote:
Shakermaker90 wrote:
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Shakermaker90 wrote:Interesting piece on safe standing here from a British lad living in Russia, doesn't go into too much detail about the rules regarding SS over here, but gives a reasonable picture of the pluses of being able to stand

https://www.otbfootball.net/safe-standi ... -or-wrong/


Standing creates atmosphere - its a fuckign fact. We need to bring it back asap.


I agree, I think it's something that is entirely manageable in this day and age, regardless of what the League say

The problem is that it would take a political decision to change current legislation to allow it - and politicians are risk averse.


And yet they're all football fans when it suits them.

When there's votes in it for them, yeah. (Like Cameron and his West Ham/Villa faux pas)

Re: safe standing

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:47 pm
by Shakermaker90
Dameerto wrote:
Shakermaker90 wrote:
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Shakermaker90 wrote:Interesting piece on safe standing here from a British lad living in Russia, doesn't go into too much detail about the rules regarding SS over here, but gives a reasonable picture of the pluses of being able to stand

https://www.otbfootball.net/safe-standi ... -or-wrong/


Standing creates atmosphere - its a fuckign fact. We need to bring it back asap.


I agree, I think it's something that is entirely manageable in this day and age, regardless of what the League say

The problem is that it would take a political decision to change current legislation to allow it - and politicians are risk averse.


Yeah true. Whilst it’s got to get past politicians, there’s little chance of change because some categories of society would consider it an unpopular decision