Disco Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 People would be throwing spears at the Metro if it rocked up in Prudhoe mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 50 minutes ago, Disco said: People would be throwing spears at the Metro if it rocked up in Prudhoe mind. *puts on best Kenneth Clark accent* ‘It was in that epoch of Metro expansion that the tribe from Prudda, known as the Pruddaese, were so taken against the mechanised carriages - which represented a sensibility with which the simple architecture of their tribal buildings would clash - that they would unleash spears, javelins, and let loose arrows at these great symbols of a modern age when they would invade their atavistic homesteads’ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Fortress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Disco said: Fortress Feels like it with the queues to get in. How hard is it for people to open an app on their phone and hold it near something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellis80 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I had two tickets on my phone today. First one worked straight away, did exactly the same for the second and it didn’t. I’ve seen some people not doing it correctly but the system also seems pretty average. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieT Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 They’ve created a new turnstile in the East Stand ‘42a’, made negligible difference. Just chaos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrymac1966 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Must be nice to be able to go...just be grateful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 That Liverpool loss is the dark spot on an otherwise perfect clean record at SJP this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 14 hours ago, GeordieT said: They’ve created a new turnstile in the East Stand ‘42a’, made negligible difference. Just chaos. Used it as was hardly a queue there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 For some reason where we go in (L7) there's 4 turnstiles, 2 by 2 facing each other, there's always massive queues at 3 and about a dozen people at the other, not always the same one. I ask people in the queue what turnstiles are on their ticket and its always the 4 turnstiles. I can't understand why 1 is always a much shorter queue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) The whole thing around getting people into the ground is terrible. There's no flow control in the Gallowgate so you have people queueing for the strawberry turnstiles while people are also need to get past for the main gallowgate stand turnstiles and it almost went into a crush yesterday. The issue with the new tickets is it's slower to register the ticket to the turnstile, so let's say 2-3 seconds slower x 52k and you can see why the queues are bad. Edited October 22, 2023 by El Prontonise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 11 minutes ago, El Prontonise said: The whole thing around getting people into the ground is terrible. There's no flow control in the Gallowgate so you have people queueing for the strawberry turnstiles while people are also need to get past for the main gallowgate stand turnstiles and it almost went into a crush yesterday. The issue with the new tickets is it's slower to register the ticket to the turnstile, so let's say 2-3 seconds slower x 52k and you can see why the queues are bad. It’s potentially dangerous, either through the crush it creates or people losing their rag and kicking off Its also stifling the atmosphere in the ground before the game, most people are waiting a minimum of 10-15 mins to get in so pre-match enthusiasm is tempered by everyone having to stand around in a crush moaning about how shit the entry system is The massive queues are the same all the way down the East Stand and round the Gallowgate Corner and it’s not improved since the start of season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieT Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Slim said: Used it as was hardly a queue there. What time was that? Probably took me 15 minutes from c. 2.40. Smaller than others but that’s faint praise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) Part (not all obviously) of the problem is most people still turn up in last half hour before ko. I totally get that people might not want to be in the ground prior to that. The concourses aren’t particularly welcoming, the beer’s a bit shit, and a whole other load of perfectly acceptable reasons. But the fact is if you look at the PSG, where everybody made sure they turned up early, there seemed to be far, far less issues with queuing. We can moan on and say, they shouldn’t have changed what worked previously or whatever, but they have, and they won’t be going back, so we’ve just got to get on with it. PSG showed if everybody (where possible) gets there a bit early, it becomes much less of an issue. Edited October 22, 2023 by SteV Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infatuation Junkie Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 I can’t think of a single reason to turn up pre kickoff. mother than worflags and hey ho let’s go. Everything else is absolutely paint dry shite. The food is a perfect example of overpriced shite. Drinks are overpriced piss. It is pre match horror. Half time is a disgrace as well mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 15 minutes ago, Infatuation Junkie said: I can’t think of a single reason to turn up pre kickoff. mother than worflags and hey ho let’s go. Everything else is absolutely paint dry shite. The food is a perfect example of overpriced shite. Drinks are overpriced piss. It is pre match horror. Half time is a disgrace as well mind. To not have to stand in a massive queue to get in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infatuation Junkie Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 6 minutes ago, SteV said: To not have to stand in a massive queue to get in? Got in quarter to yesterday. Scanned three tickets. All green ticks and in. Not a pick of bother Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, Infatuation Junkie said: Got in quarter to yesterday. Scanned three tickets. All green ticks and in. Not a pick of bother Good to hear. What part of the ground? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infatuation Junkie Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 8 minutes ago, SteV said: Good to hear. What part of the ground? LWC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Infatuation Junkie said: Got in quarter to yesterday. Scanned three tickets. All green ticks and in. Not a pick of bother Compared to the East Stand & Gallowgate about 30 mins before kick off when thousands of frustrated people are crushed together taking ages to get through turnstiles Edited October 22, 2023 by bobbydazzla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Not entirely sure but outside of L7 and corporate you possibly can use any turnstile to get into the ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Sima said: Not entirely sure but outside of L7 and corporate you possibly can use any turnstile to get into the ground. I’ve often wondered about this. I’ve heard people say it, but never actually tried it. My ticket says 17-18 and 31-32, which I’ve always found a bit random. Nearly always use 17-18 but used 31-32 yesterday and there was zero queue at about 2:20pm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 https://x.com/msidouglas/status/1719608414765007069?s=46 Douglas saying we’ve been in contact with Spurs stadium developers re SJP expansion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 The MD of Populous, the company who designed Spurs stadium amongst others: You would end up with some really interesting bowls and I think that’s the bit where you could start to get really nuanced and create something with genuine authenticity because it’s driven by those constraints rather than the whims of an architect. “We haven’t done the analysis yet but you could definitely expand. It’s a really interesting challenge. The East Stand is the obvious expansion, it’s where you’d want to expand as well. But you may well end up with a situation like we did at the Aviva where there’s a tiny North Stand because it was the only way we could get the rights to light for the stands to the north. “Even with those constraints you could comfortably go above 60,000, which is something you’d want to do because there is clearly demand for it.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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