SMC Update - East Stand

Laughable. Or it would be if it wasn't so pathetic. Hull gives the impression it is city with a small town attitude where the police and others can't handle things dealt with easily elsewhere.

 

On 19:04 we should all call the away fans ****ers for a minute.

 

It's really mental this. My membership is in E3 so I can't take a mate with me until they sort it out. I've got a mate who buys tickets now and again but now he can't unless he goes somewhere else on his own, so he just won't.

It's such a classic Allam, small-time thinking approach to a problem.

Hopefully once the takeover is sorted the grown-ups will find a proper solution.

 

Have longstanding supporters really stopped attending since August because they no longer feel safe, or do I smell a large stench of Ehab bullshit?

 

Makes me wonder if they are really so close to going (or gone but don't want to announce it) why bother?

 

Unfortunately even after the Allams are gone the SAG and the incompetents at Humberside Police will still be involved. Have they ever been to other grounds? The MKM is a haven of tranquility, less fans stood up than elsewhere, more segregation between fans...Recently there have been cases of people ejected for being in the home ends, a breach of ground regulations. We were told to respect people who were in home areas and had fans defending them saying they had paid their money so were entitled to be there. Meanwhile our fans are ejected for giving a sideways glance at someone 50 yards away separated by rows of empty seats and lines of stewards and police. One lad was given a banning order because the police said "he was generally having a lot off". Never seen that one on the statute book.

 

When actually was this 'violence'?

 

Did they ever clean the bird $hit off the seats.?

 

I think it was mainly the Sheff United game that's prompted it all. When they scored their 2nd goal it went a bit daft, few people tried to run towards them, one guy got through and started swinging punches on his own, few people chucked bottles both ways.

 

While most of that may or may not be true, this is the SMC.

 

Sledgehammer to smash a nut comes to mind ……the response seems a bit OTT.

You would think riots occurred every game after reading that ****e!!!

 

True. But we all know what the SAG and Humberside Police are like and they will still have an influence.

 

Far worse happens at other grounds without the reactions, or rather overreaction, there are when a minor scuffle happens at the MKM.

 

I witnessed more rowdiness in the ticket collection zone at the home game v Birmingham than goes on inside the Stadium.

That was 3 pissed up Brummies collecting tickets making a nuisance of themselves...Security said nothing,I told em to get to **** out my road as I was in a hurry,I'm traumatised and may not be back

 

This is a total overreaction, which to a large extent can just fuel animosity towards stewards etc, which could make matters worse. As SW3 ChelseaTiger said a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

 

Exactly this - so at a match 3 months ago, one guy got through (yes one) - but 'an increased stewarding presence, with more bag and ticket checks' remains in place.

 

It's the classic football thing isn't it. Rather than focus on dealing with the problem with the individuals involved, just treat all the fans like criminals and introduce blanket measures. Wouldn't happen if it wasn't football.

 

The SAG said the West Upper is so steep and high that just standing up there is dangerous so away fans couldn't be located there as they stand up, that could result in a surge, people toppling over the edge and carnage. The police objected as well. Maybe our Ferenbahce supporting new owner will tell them not to be so silly. Their ground is like a cauldron an hour before kick off and more raucous during the warm up than anything we ever see.