M18CTID
Well-Known Member
Re your first paragraph - times have changed. As already pointed out on here - Manchester Arena families might disagree with you.
I’d rather a little inconvenience than lose my family.
I doubt anyone on this forum has any issues with the increased security checks so I'm not sure what you're going on about there. I also hardly think someone going back to their seat when the stadium is emptying to retrieve something they've left constitutes a serious security risk because 1) If it was, why would the head steward overrule the steward and allow @paulchapo to go back to his seat?, and 2) Why would any potential terrorist wait until a ground is virtually empty to carry out an attack when they've had all match to do it?
This also brings me onto the Arena attack - although these new security checks when entering the stadium are welcome and a sign that the club is doing something, let's not lose sight of the fact that the Arena bomber didn't even have to gain access to the Arena to do what he did. You can have all the security checks in the world upon entering the stadium but what's stopping someone carrying out an Arena-style attack on Ashton Old Road when everyone's piling out of the ground at the end? And the answer to that is nothing whatsoever.