Queues

Dropped a bollock by thinking the queues at block K would be less than the huge queue going into B, turned out they were twice as big but also disorganised with people joining from all angles, took about 20-25 mins to get in and I missed the first 10 mins.
Somebody asked the Steward at the front wtf's going on and he replied "I don't know, I think everybody's turned up at once" the thick cnut.

I know City suggested getting there an hr before ko, which was impossible for me and always has been at night games but I've never seen anything like that before, even when I got to the front nobody was being searched apart from a few people with bags.
 
didsburyblu said:
P wasn't as bad tonight as other nights. They were randomly searching people which really defeats the point of the exercise but at least it made the queue move quicker. Got there 7.20 in for 7.30
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Yet when I got there round 7:35 P was absolute chaos queues were large and stewards were stopping people going to certain ones telling people they had to queue in one line or another, got in 10 mins into game.

Showsec lot weren't checking anyone by then.
 
what an absolute joke it was. at one point there was 4 different ques all for one turnstile. the stewards and staff were getting ripped to pieces.
 
The cues were a joke first time I've been late in ages. Luckily I jibbed a bit of the cue so wasn't stood waiting to long. Seems to happen every midweek game for some reason.
 
Anyone know if the security directive is coming from the club, the council or the police. Seems strange this doesn't occur at the swamp!
 
Our queue in J was minimal with fans being moved round by a prick with a megaphone. Lines nearby were chaos and Blues were arriving in fifteen minutes after kick off.

There is little they can do to stop us arriving minutes before kick off. We just do. Abandoning searches with a wand completely defeats the object of security checks.

A complaint needs to be made as it isn't working.
 
blueparrot said:
Usually about 40 minutes myself and have no problem. I do wonder why the club don't close down City Square a good 30 minutes before kick off to reduce queues but also to encourage people to get in their seats before kick off.
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City square closes too late add in people arriving close to kick off from the surrounding pubs or just late. And throw in the extra security creates a perfect storm at the turnstiles. Closing citysquare earlier would surely help the congestion as people would more than likely go in earlier. Always recall tickets saying please be in position 30 minutes before kick off simply doesn't happen anymore. 15 minutes before kickoff it's always noticeable the ground is less than half full
 
If the club are going to persist with these searchers , why not put search points at the entrances to the Campus. There's a fence that run's around the site, and there must be 5 or 6 gates in the site fence. So why not have it as a controlled site/campus and search them there, instead of the turnstiles ? Lot's of people mill around the outside of the stadium before the match , ie City Square ,the shop and main entrance. So lots of people would pass through security earlier and it would take the pressure off the turnstiles .
 
Is there really any point to these searches anyway? I mean let's say some Showsec steward does find someone with a bomb/gun, what's he going to do about it? Hit him with his metal detector?
 
Article in the MEN.

Asked the club for a response.

As per they will come out with a well drafted response vetted by those in charge, without explaining why this is continuing at the Etihad.

Don't hold your breath. The club won't admit this an on-going f*** up of epic perportions.

They know they are pissing the fans and customers off everytime this happens. Yet they continually fail to address or at least improve this situation.
 
Massive queues outside north stand last night. Pretty stupid scanning everybody if you ask me. My 10year old daughter is unlikely to be a massive security risk!!. Better training for the show sec people needed. If this is going to continue a better system gates etc is required as it is unreasonable to expect all fans to turn up 60mins early for midweek games. Thousands of people trying to get to seats 15mins into games. This just pisses the fans off. If it's to stop possible suicide bombers then clearly this is a failure as a lunatic could just blow himself up outside the ground in the massive queues to get in?
 
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oakiecokie said:
Perhaps if people arrived a little earlier then the problems would go away.Only a thought.We didn`t have to wait, having arrived at 7.10 pm.Perhaps you should come out of the pub a little sooner.Pissheads. ;)
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To be fair it can be quite a challenge these days getting to the Etihad for 7.10pm. I'm retired so can set off early, but it must be a nightmare for those who are working and have a lengthy trip to make.

It did seem bizarre though to arrive at the stadium and see huge queues building up, at the same time as the staff in the heaving Summerbee Bar were replenishing pints. Someone surely must have made a connection. Its obviously not helped by UEFA's alcohol ban which adds to the problem and serves little purpose. Perhaps we should be lobbying the club to try to get this ban overturned.

People seem to resent the security checks on the basis that they hold them up without appearing to be particularly effective. Well the only way that will change is that the club will be under pressure to make them more effective. People are going to have to get used to the idea that they're here to stay.
 
colin's bell helmet said:
How do you know what happens at the swamp?......RAG ;)
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My mate is a regular swamp goer with her hubby. She's in the "singing section". Was talking about the queues at City few weeks ago and she said at the swamp they have to take their coats off and queues are held up by people not doing this to the last second. There's a separate queue for any group with females in so a female security person can search them.

I go in through P and the queues recently have been horrendous, snaking around all over the place. Last night they had stewards manning the queues which seemed to help stop people pushing in. Got in the queue at 7:25pm and was in my seat just as the anthem was about to start. When we got to the search table I just saw bottles of drink and the search wands were on the table under a plastic box and not being used. Nobody was getting searched. Before anyone says get there earlier, sometimes you just can't, work etc plus I've gotten there earlier before and if anything the queue was worse. That stupid bloody wall really doesn't help either, queues at Y looked bad but never as bad as P which we now have to go in. Does anyone know if this wall is coming down once the glass tunnel work is complete?
 
Why are These queues only happening at city's ground? Are we the only club taking it seriously? Even though there was a bomb taped to the back of the scum toilet and reported like someone left a steaming shit!
 
cibaman said:
To be fair it can be quite a challenge these days getting to the Etihad for 7.10pm. I'm retired so can set off early, but it must be a nightmare for those who are working and have a lengthy trip to make.

It did seem bizarre though to arrive at the stadium and see huge queues building up, at the same time as the staff in the heaving Summerbee Bar were replenishing pints. Someone surely must have made a connection. Its obviously not helped by UEFA's alcohol ban which adds to the problem and serves little purpose. Perhaps we should be lobbying the club to try to get this ban overturned.

People seem to resent the security checks on the basis that they hold them up without appearing to be particularly effective. Well the only way that will change is that the club will be under pressure to make them more effective. People are going to have to get used to the idea that they're here to stay.
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I`m quite fortunate that with being disabled the queues are not very long in S Block and likewise with being retired myself we can get to the ground fairly early.But yes the queues were horrendous elsewhere and nothing worse than standing in one when its pissing down.The club need to do something but what I`m not certain.
 
Watching the game again after I got in, the wankers on BEiN sports: "I can't believe it isn't a sell out" No boys, it is sold out, but the club are so inpet at getting people in, that it's making us look bad on your screens, with swathes of empties all over at KO.
 
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