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[Captain_Slackbladder]

Think you’ve misunderstood. Generally there’s no pressure to open 13 cos the ground ain’t full as a whole so they can have over the top segregation cos why not?

"Hopefully talks can be had"? You are talking about allowing seats to be purchased for a football match officer, not trying to broker the Northern Ireland peace process in the late 90s

 

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[Ashdown]

29000 is enough fans,to create an atmosphere.who cares about one empty block

Those people who can’t get a ticket

 

[Calista]

I'm in block 11 Sunday. Pointing both ways going to be singing "who the fucking hell are you" followed by "we want thirteen out, 'said we want thirteen out"

Just jab a finger into your own chest and chant "Who are ya?"

 

[pusbccfc]

Think you’ve misunderstood. Generally there’s no pressure to open 13 cos the ground ain’t full as a whole so they can have over the top segregation cos why not?

But there's been overcrowding for years there. So why make the area smaller?

 

[SkyblueDad]

"Hopefully talks can be had.

I’m sure there will be, but to expect a solution to suit everything and everybody in two or three days was never going to happen.
Lessons will be learnt.

 

[pusbccfc]

Hope block 11/12 will be an extension of the corner and not sat down all game!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Hope block 11/12 will be an extension of the corner and not sat down all game!

They will

 

[pusbccfc]

They will

Fingers crossed.

Would absolutely love it to be standing around the ground.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Fingers crossed.

Would absolutely love it to be standing around the ground.

Some can’t but everyone else yep

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Fingers crossed.

Would absolutely love it to be standing around the ground.

If by that you mean the whole ground standing I'll have to get me son and grandson to come round from block 31 and get me on my feet.

 

[theferret]

Hope block 11/12 will be an extension of the corner and not sat down all game!

Have a nagging feeling the atmosphere might be a little flat compared to last couple of games. Early kick off, nothing decided on the day, a lot of tension, and the sense the makeup of the crowd will be a lot different to the Blues game (anecdotally there seem to be a lot more elderly fans and children going - not knocking that, but it can impact on atmosphere). Hope I'm wrong.

 

[quinn1971]

Probably too late but worth a try, after 1 ticket for tomorrow if anyone knows of any, much appreciated

 

[CovInEssex]

Have a nagging feeling the atmosphere might be a little flat compared to last couple of games. Early kick off, nothing decided on the day, a lot of tension, and the sense the makeup of the crowd will be a lot different to the Blues game (anecdotally there seem to be a lot more elderly fans and children going - not knocking that, but it can impact on atmosphere). Hope I'm wrong.

I think it'll be absolutely electric.

I can't wait.

 

[Mild-Mannered Janitor]

Have a nagging feeling the atmosphere might be a little flat compared to last couple of games. Early kick off, nothing decided on the day, a lot of tension, and the sense the makeup of the crowd will be a lot different to the Blues game (anecdotally there seem to be a lot more elderly fans and children going - not knocking that, but it can impact on atmosphere). Hope I'm wrong.

Early goal at Blues game made that atmosphere, if we can do the same tomorrow then it will be electric, anything else then it could be quieter but still think it will be ok.

 

[David O'Day]

WMP on twitter are embarrassing themselves this afternoon. Genuinely sounds like a bloke has had a beer and is tweeting on his work phone.



Acknowledges the corner is popular and then goes on to say...



The corner is the only area of the ground fully sold out and the demand is very high but according to WMP we don't need block 13 on normal matchdays!

there's loads of empty seats as they won't normally sell all the tickets

 

[skybluelee]

Probably too late but worth a try, after 1 ticket for tomorrow if anyone knows of any, much appreciated

I have a spare concession (over 60) ticket if you’re interested mate. Message me if so.

 

[Adge]

Can we just look forward to the game now?

Good shout! People who have got their tickets moaning about a few empty seats!

 

[pusbccfc]

Have a nagging feeling the atmosphere might be a little flat compared to last couple of games. Early kick off, nothing decided on the day, a lot of tension, and the sense the makeup of the crowd will be a lot different to the Blues game (anecdotally there seem to be a lot more elderly fans and children going - not knocking that, but it can impact on atmosphere). Hope I'm wrong.

Depends on the rest of the ground for me. Corner will be up for it but let's hope the North Stand actually join in for once.

 

[quinn1971]

I have a spare concession (over 60) ticket if you’re interested mate. Message me if so.

Sent you a message, cheers

 

[MalcSB]

Depends on the rest of the ground for me. Corner will be up for it but let's hope the North Stand actually join in for once.

They joined in against Birmingham.

 

[Captain_Slackbladder]

Hope block 11/12 will be an extension of the corner and not sat down all game!

I'm in there, don't intend to put bum on seat!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

They joined in against Birmingham.

Twist and shout

 

[theferret]

I think it'll be absolutely electric.

I can't wait.

Hope you're right, will be doing my bit for sure

 

[robbiethemole]

cheeky feckers!!!! some of us in the North were the lads you didn't mess with back in the West End, just because we don't jump up and down (dodgy hips for me), doesn't mean we don't sing anymore. if you want some, come and get it !!!!hahahah

 

[Evo1883]

There probably would be if Utd and Liverpool fans were treated and policed like ours in the stadium.

Are you suggesting the segregation creates anger ? And not drugs and booze

 

[SBT]

It’s easy to argue that Liverpool and Man Utd would never do the same segregation as us, because they don’t have the option of blocking off thousands of seats in their stadium like we do. If that was an option for them, who’s to say they wouldn’t prefer to do that?

 

[shmmeee]

Are you suggesting the segregation creates anger ? And not drugs and booze

No I’m suggesting the policing at the CBS is so poor as to effectively not be there. The Derby incident the guys walked past several stewards and police.

 

[Evo1883]

No I’m suggesting the policing at the CBS is so poor as to effectively not be there. The Derby incident the guys walked past several stewards and police.

I can't argue against that

 

[bigfatronssba]

"Hopefully talks can be had"? You are talking about allowing seats to be purchased for a football match officer, not trying to broker the Northern Ireland peace process in the late 90s

Sums up the modern police force for me.

Ready to poke their nose into everything except crime.

 

[bigfatronssba]

I'm wondering if the issue is that there is sufficient concourse capacity for the number of seats if the entire South Stand is taken into account and there is no segregation on the concourse.

With Boro having around 2k in a 3k capacity area, they have excess capacity on the concourse, but due to shutters etc. that can't be utilised for the extra 300 in Block 13.

Would explain why it has been open for large away followings and games like the women where there was no segregation.

Still piss-poor design.

There is a solid brick wall in the concourse between 13 & 12.
For concourse purposes block 13 is in the East Stand.

There are only two concourses in the whole ground. The West, North, and East is all joined up.

The South Stand is completely separate due to the lay of the land. There is a massive slope on the land which the ground is built on. The South stand is on land about 20ft lower than the rest of the ground. As such the concourse is at a different level

 

[chiefdave]

No I’m suggesting the policing at the CBS is so poor as to effectively not be there. The Derby incident the guys walked past several stewards and police.

This is the point that should be getting hammered. The arrest stats don't show our fans to be worse than any other club so that leaves two options.

1) the police & stewards are incompetent and don't actually manage to catch anyone despite there being way more trouble at our games than any other club

2) the police & stewards are incompetent and can't manage crowd behaviour that isn't an issue at every other ground in the country

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

This is the point that should be getting hammered. The arrest stats don't show our fans to be worse than any other club so that leaves two options.

1) the police & stewards are incompetent and don't actually manage to catch anyone despite there being way more trouble at our games than any other club

2) the police & stewards are incompetent and can't manage crowd behaviour that isn't an issue at every other ground in the country

Less judgement on the stewards than on the police for me

 

[pusbccfc]

Haha just been sent this. Look at the state of it. Why didn't they just use the black strip and fence? Why have they covered the bottom part with segregation? Are they stopping people jumping over a 20 foot gap?

That block behind the goal is also mental. Look at the size of it. 1200 seats directly behind the goal

 

[SBT]

I don’t think the goal is going to be that close to the touch line tomorrow….

 

[bigfatronssba]

This is the point that should be getting hammered. The arrest stats don't show our fans to be worse than any other club so that leaves two options.

1) the police & stewards are incompetent and don't actually manage to catch anyone despite there being way more trouble at our games than any other club

2) the police & stewards are incompetent and can't manage crowd behaviour that isn't an issue at every other ground in the country

I’d like a proper answer as to why the Police don’t restrain/chase pitch invaders.

The WMP Cov twitter account said they leave it to the stewards (without explanation why).
Yet the display on the scoreboard says that entering the pitch is a criminal offence.
So we have the Police witnessing a criminal offence whilst doing nothing to stop it.