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its up to them mate of course. i prefer to sit down, comfy like.
as for your line "as long as you're fine" perhaps you should relate that to people who do stand, do block others view and who do break the law as it stands at this time.
but as long as they are fine.
absolutely.As somebody who has been told off twice this season for standing up while we take a penalty (they're not elderly near me either, just miserable gits who want to pretend they're at the cinema) I would certainly welcome the idea of a standing area, then those who prefer to sit will be happy and we'll each have our own section and everyone will know where they stand (no pun intended)
nice try.But the whole bloody point is there will be a stand specifically for people to stand safely.
So when you say no you don't want safe standing because you like to sit, you are saying :
1) Nobody should be allowed to stand at all, ever, even in a stand specifically for that.
2) You'd rather they stood and blocked your view then got moved somewhere where everyone was standing.
An improved atmosphere will not be an automatic by-product of safe standing.
It will be a combination of factors,including :
:Targeted marketing at existing,willing fans & young & displaced/disaffected former fans. The club must target and re engage with this group.
:Very affordable,reduced ticket prices.
:Mates rates allowing groups of lads to buy in groups & stand together......etc,etc
I'd be in favour of converting South Stand L1 plus the Kippax & Colin Bell corners AND North Stand L1 when the extension is undertaken.
The family stand could be relocated to NS L2 with NS L3 available for newbies who want to sit.
Everyone's a winner........??
nice try.
i am saying if the thickies want to stand let them. but enforce the no standing where it is forbidden.
away games should be fun.
So why say "No" you wouldn't support Safe Standing at The Etihad?l
its up to them mate of course. i prefer to sit down, comfy like.
as for your line "as long as you're fine" perhaps you should relate that to people who do stand, do block others view and who do break the law as it stands at this time.
but as long as they are fine.
100% for it as it seems to work very well at Dortmund and Celtic. Re getting groups of friends to stand together, how does that work, as my understanding is that you're still allocated a "seat"? Presumably the club would take requests initially to try and get people together? Good to see that the club is receptive to the idea.
I think standing with your mates is far more likely to encourage people to sing. It certainly works when groups of mates go to away games.Making the SS safe standing won't change the atmospere. A large section of fans who already stand there don't sing. They won't sing in a new safe standing section either.
What's needed is the NS to be expanded, and for the botton tier of the new NS to be made into safe standing. Then fans who want to stand and *sing* will be grouped together. A fresh start.
Obviously that leaves the issue of relocating the family stand to another part of the stadum. I'm not for one minute implying this will happen. It's just a suggestion.
But nnless City make some difficult decisions about improving the atmosphere, that will upset a section of our fan base, the atmosphere at the Etihad will never change.(bar the big games)
The delay with this is due to the higher ups, government etc. being shit scared to make the decision. Who is going to put his neck on the line knowing that at the first hint of any problems, or worse some piss head seriously hurting himself through his own fault, the world and his dog will descend upon the decision makers and tear them a new arsehole. Aint gonna happen any time soon.
The standing needs to be near the away fans, to help generate a decent atmosphere. The atmosphere at City is generated largely by being next to the away fans. It was the same in the old Kippax when the away fans had the corner and Platt Lane and then in the new Kippax when the away fans went in the North Stand, that end of the Kippax and the North Stand, with the away fans in between generated the atmosphere.
If it was up to me, the 3rd tier of the South Stand would be for standing, so the noise can echo off the roof and down onto the pitch. When we played Everton in the league cup semi final last season and they had the top tier, the noise that came from the South Stand was mega and reminded me of the olden days. I was sat in the North Stand and it sounded very loud.
The same with the old Kippax, the noise used to be amazing because of the roof. When we did the Allianz Arena tour in the summer, they also said the roof was designed to reflect the noise.
The delay with this is due to the higher ups, government etc. being shit scared to make the decision. Who is going to put his neck on the line knowing that at the first hint of any problems, or worse some piss head seriously hurting himself through his own fault, the world and his dog will descend upon the decision makers and tear them a new arsehole. Aint gonna happen any time soon.
The standing needs to be near the away fans, to help generate a decent atmosphere. The atmosphere at City is generated largely by being next to the away fans. It was the same in the old Kippax when the away fans had the corner and Platt Lane and then in the new Kippax when the away fans went in the North Stand, that end of the Kippax and the North Stand, with the away fans in between generated the atmosphere.
If it was up to me, the 3rd tier of the South Stand would be for standing, so the noise can echo off the roof and down onto the pitch. When we played Everton in the league cup semi final last season and they had the top tier, the noise that came from the South Stand was mega and reminded me of the olden days. I was sat in the North Stand and it sounded very loud.
The same with the old Kippax, the noise used to be amazing because of the roof. When we did the Allianz Arena tour in the summer, they also said the roof was designed to reflect the noise.