25 Jun 2017 05:55:42
Hey ED001.
With all the noise going around on safe standing, what is your view on the issue?
Should standing be brought back? Or is it too much of a risk still?

{Ed001's Note - it should never come back, there is no such thing as safe standing and you only have to ask paramedics about the amount of crush injuries they have to treat at events where crowds stand, rather than sit. People see it as the answer to all the issues of lack of atmosphere, even though it is not. Until stadiums stop being full of people who are too busy watching the game through a screen, or texting their mates etc instead of just getting involved in singing and shouting, the atmosphere will continue to be crap. It would have a far stronger effect on atmosphere if it was impossible to get wifi and mobile phone signals inside!}

1.) 25 Jun 2017
25 Jun 2017 06:09:18
which means itll never happen ey ed? i don't see that changing for some time really, it is the internet age after all.

{Ed001's Note - exactly. Sadly people would rather watch someone else living a life on a screen, rather than actually going outside and experiencing it for themselves.}

2.) 25 Jun 2017
25 Jun 2017 07:16:32
The worst one of the lot is people filming games, I just don't understand it. Never been able to see the logic behind it.

{Ed001's Note - nor me mate. They are actively watching the screen, rather than it live. What on earth is that all about? People are so desperate to ensure other people know what they have been up to, they forget to actually enjoy the moment while they are there.}

3.) 25 Jun 2017
25 Jun 2017 08:53:16
People going to any live event and filming it are morons and missing the point of actually being there, which is being there in the moment, not being able to relive it somewhere else later.

4.) 25 Jun 2017
25 Jun 2017 09:51:47
Some of the best atmospheres I've been in have been at all-seaters.

5.) 25 Jun 2017
25 Jun 2017 10:37:48
BVB's yellow wall is a massive all-standing spion kop stand and I never hear any bad things about it?

{Ed001's Note - just because you don't hear them, doesn't mean a thing.}

6.) 25 Jun 2017
25 Jun 2017 10:47:03
And yes, all-standing can indeed partly solve the atmosphere problem. You get a better atmosphere when groups of mates are all together, something much more possible with safe standing as you're not allocated specific spots to stand in.

{Ed007's Note - You are still giving a specific seat number and spot to stand, it's not just a free for all where people just stand where they want. You get allocated a seat number just like anywhere else in the ground and unless your mates get season tickets next to you you're relying on the generosity of others to swap positions to let you all stand together.}

7.) 25 Jun 2017
25 Jun 2017 10:47:38
Me too Ron. Remember a panto of Peter Pan, starring Vanilla Ice as Captain Hook, as a personal favourite!