West Stand ManAndy M Peurile? You started it!!
What makes you say the potential risk is huge?
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Read my post in its entirety and the risk is explained. If you are ahving difficulty picking it out let me clarify.
The risk is political. Few, if any, politicians will take a decision that might put them at such a risk.
The risk is that one incident is blamed on standing fans in a stadium that was allowing standing due to the politician changing the law, and that incident results in injuries or death. It won't matter if that incident actually was due to the standing areas; that politician will be dead in the water. Find me one who will open themselves to that potential risk and I'll be surprised.
You raise a very good point but I don't see the point in trying to shoot this campaign (or Andy) down in flames just because it doesn't match your views or because you question it's chance of success.
I too stand at any exciting moments in the game but only the other day, during the Darlington game, it appeared these 'exciting' moments are now to be taken only after we score. In the East stand (and Y25) a fan had moved over to try a new seat (they were a ST holder in the west stand) and was sat behind me.
I stood up to watch a corner taken from the NE corner (which from the lower area of Y25, is hard to see) and got asked to sit down. Why? Because in his own words 'there's no reason to stand up'. It used to be that fans got excited before, during and after a goal. Now it seems that people can only muster enough excitement to stand once the ball is in the goal and that damn tune is played. It's scripted, predictable and feels 'sanitised' although I have a comparison. I would be interested to hear what a young fan would say who has no comparison for atmosphere.
If you would like to stand for the whole game or not, that's your choice but I don't understand why you object or post on this thread when you're against it. If an area of the stadium was ever designated for standing fans (and although I like the idea, I too think it's remote but will still support it), it wouldn't affect your seated area at all.
Carry on Andy, you have my respect for continuing this campaign for so long.