mike84 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Wasn't the north stand built when God was a lad, surely if it was a safety risk they would have realised sooner then 6 months ago. Sounds like someone trying to justify their job. I was thinking the same thing! The north stand has been virtually the same for 50 years. Hosted World Cup games, European championship matches, cup semi finals and finals.... Yet all of a sudden there's fire escape issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted member Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 A new rule, found out from the Steering Group Meeting, is that we're now not allowed to sell the full North Stand due to ''fire exit safety''. A risk that was seemingly discovered vs Arsenal, the concourses aren't spacious enough or something for a full North Stand and people can't leave quickly enough. Opening half of the final block was a compromise sending SYP right to the edge of what they'd let us have. We dictated that we wanted the lower half rather than the upper half of the block. Isn't the idea of the Steering Group representatives that you guys feed back to the rest of us? Given the recent interest in our capacity, did it not occur to anybody to feed this back? It's the first I've heard of it What an absolutely crazy situation. As I understand it, we actually lowered the capacity of the North when we switched from wooden to plastic seats too. To allow for fatter fans, and wider gangways? There were plenty of empty seats in W1 block on the Kop yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbo48 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Wasn't the north stand built when God was a lad, surely if it was a safety risk they would have realised sooner then 6 months ago. Sounds like someone trying to justify their job. When God was a lad? Steady on son. Some of us were going before it was built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigthinrob Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Safety Advisory Group Reps. Surveying their handiwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichSheffWeds Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 The paranoia surrounding Hillsborough is a total shambles. What happened to those Liverpool fans was a horrendous tragedy but we now have a safety/SYP policy of being so risk averse that it defies any logic or common sense. Its the reaction of organisations running scared of any more adverse publicity - and with SYP facing years of further publicity for all the wrong reasons, the situation is not going to improve any time soon. Can you imagine if we get promoted? They will be having kittens. The only way forward is to develop Leppings Lane end into a modern, flexible area that can safely accommodate home and away fans without paranoia ruling the decision making process and policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Isn't the idea of the Steering Group representatives that you guys feed back to the rest of us? Given the recent interest in our capacity, did it not occur to anybody to feed this back? It's the first I've heard of it What an absolutely crazy situation. As I understand it, we actually lowered the capacity of the North when we switched from wooden to plastic seats too. To allow for fatter fans, and wider gangways? There were plenty of empty seats in W1 block on the Kop yesterday I've 100% mentioned this before since the last meeting, on here. Impossible for me to make sure that everyone is up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike84 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I've 100% mentioned this before since the last meeting, on here. Impossible for me to make sure that everyone is up to date. Maybe admin should pin a feedback post from you for a week or so after. That might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Owl Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Isn't the idea of the Steering Group representatives that you guys feed back to the rest of us? Given the recent interest in our capacity, did it not occur to anybody to feed this back? It's the first I've heard of it What an absolutely crazy situation. As I understand it, we actually lowered the capacity of the North when we switched from wooden to plastic seats too. To allow for fatter fans, and wider gangways? There were plenty of empty seats in W1 block on the Kop yesterday Steering group stuff should be put in the programme to be fair to FO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowl Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Another reason why we need a new stadium? a new SYP would be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelknievel Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Was watching Sunday supplement this morning and they were saying they were amazed that whole stand hadn't been knocked down and rebuilt. Tbh they gave the west stand a bit of a bashing saying that it was always dangerous and that the actual 1989 incident was the end of a long line of near misses in previous years. I think DC should seriously give it some thought to knocking it down regardless of premier league status, just purely to get the negativity of the whole thing away from the club. With the judgement this week, it's likely they'll be a least a few more years were the disaster is hanging over SWFC head due to the fallout and SYP et all are only going to get more risk adverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 If Liverpool stump up the cash then we'll knock it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrey_Owl Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Steering group stuff should be put in the programme to be fair to FO... Yes. Or a pinned thread with a summary of the latest steering group meeting could help everyone on here keep up to date. Or maybe a steering group facebook page or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horny owl Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 If Liverpool stump up the cash then we'll knock it down.But that would mean accepting some responsibility Never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelknievel Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Did think it was a little ironic that a sky sports programme was saying we should knock it down, when the reason we haven't invested in hillsborough in the last 16 years is due to falling out and subsequently trying to get back the sky financed premier league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted member Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Steering group stuff should be put in the programme to be fair to FO... It should be on here ideally, given that FO was chosen to represent Owlstalk She's not the only Owlstalk representative though is she? I'd have thought any mention would be in the regular threads. I'm sorry if I've missed it previously although I do try to read the informative threads Tk be fair the guy who writes up the meeting on Owlsonline does a very good job and I don't think I've seen him mention it either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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