Queues

[jrb]

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There are still people who think you can walk in two mins before kick off? It's not City v Swindon, and it ain't the early 60s!

Funnily enough Dave, I can.

Look at my picture. See entrance M2. It's always like that. I can walk in anytime. No queues. No problem. Now look at the queue for entrance M1.(out of shot) You tell me what's going wrong?

As for my partner and daughter, they always get to the ground early so they can get to their seats in time. They take the queues into consideration. On Saturday we left a little later and got stuck in traffic going to the match.

Yes, people would just like to turn up and go straight in, just like they've always done, bar the odd derby game, etc, instead of queuing for 20 minutes or more, with the game about to begin or started. If everyone turned up at the same time 20 minutes before kick off, can you imagine the queues outside the stadium. The thing is Dave, it's always the f***ing fans fault! How inconsiderate of us. Let's plan our lives around getting into the ground. F*** everything else! Perhaps the club should take some of the blame, no? How long has this shambles been going on for now? Yet, things don't seem to be getting better. And the searches are getting more and more random in their nature. Typical City!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I generally get to the Academy stadium around the same amount of time before kick off as it seems thousands will do tomorrow night. And there is a queue at NE entrance. NW entrance isn't open 'cos nobody is allowed in the West Stand generally. The queue invariably moves about a millimetre per minute, AND I GET PISSED OFF. There's one guy searching bags who holds the entire queue up including those without bags. And I get pissed off with it! I am beginning to understand!

 

[remember arthur mann]

I usually arrive at the stadium 15/20 mins before kick off via Sir Joe Mercer Way, having two options of entry on the lower East Stand, turnstiles B or K. Whilst queues at tunstiles B can be large I can normally stroll into K.

 

[CC1]

Queues seem somewhat unimportant now. Security MUST be increased. I don't want to be blown up by these bastards so if it means I have to arrive much earlier then so be it. Agree that the security folk need to look AND be more professional and I for one will make this point to the club but if this means delays in getting in the ground it's a necessity.

 

[BringBackSwales]

I think we know why they have been doing the searches now

 

[kippaxkid74]

^ yes but there is also the point that anyone ticketless can wander up to a queue of people before the match, or maybe the queues around the trams after the match, that is where anyone would do something - if you were a mindless suicide twat then i dont think you'd expect to get inside the ground anyway, it is the queue or the pre/post amtch crowds that are a target.

 

[mancityvstoke]

yep....outside the ground is the danger point

 

[Blue Llama]

Last night's attack was exactly that. He didn't need a ticket just waited for the crowds to come out of the exit.

 

[kippaxkid74]

Last night's attack was exactly that. He didn't need a ticket just waited for the crowds to come out of the exit.

Yes we know, that is exactly why we were saying it in reply to someone saying they don't mind huge queues to keep us safe at the stadium. Just pointing out the flaw in his post..

 

[jrb]

A bomber won't get into the stadium with a rucksack.

A bomber would have detonated the bomb long before trying that.

Creating queues 100's long is a perfect opportunity for a bomber to strike, especially in a fenced off area like the one opposite the SS.

The club need to rethink the whole security checks for next season.

They need an outer cordon where fans with no visible bags are allowed to walk straight into the area outside the entrances. Then they can be scanned and checked at the turnstiles. Fans with visible bags should be stopped and searched. If that will do any good with a bomber intent on exploding a bomb.

The club and stewards have to use some common sense. If I'm wearing a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, no cap, and I'm not carrying anything, do I or other fans like me need searching? No.

If I'm wearing a coat, yes. If I've got a cap on, no. You can't strap a bomb to your head. A pistol, maybe? You can't strap a bomb to your legs under your jeans. You can hide a bomb under your coat.

If checks are going to continue, there has to be some common sense, specific guide lines, and training given. As it is it's been a steward free for all, with the majority doing there own thing, and in many cases creating queues 100's long, which is exactly what a bomber is looking for.

RIP to those people who lost their lives last night.