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True, and when the two came together he showed how good he can be. People are slamming him because he tore his hamstring! If he can get back to those kind of performances at the start of next season, he is 100% someone I'd want in the squad.

Blimey, you'd think the management team would have a word with him about that.

I think that originated from a TV advert for eggs? 'E for B [= eggs for breakfast] and Georgie Best'. Best featured in the ad, but the saying made no sense really, and even less when changing it to John O'Rourke! I dare say fans up and down the country adapted it to their own players.

Think we basically built the 'Sky Blue Connexion' with the money we got for Ian Wallace. Who owns it now, presumably just a private leisure chain?

Again I'm sure that's true (to the extent that the SAG allow it). Of course in Earlsdon's picture he's hardly moved the Away lot at all, and actually brought City fans closer to them (with physical separation between Home standing and Away seated). It might not be possible, and if people don't...

Fair play DoD, if that's where people like to be it's a bit surprising but I've no problem with it at all. I'm too old for it anyway :ROFLMAO:

Yeah people say that Hamer would be wasted playing at AM, but in the absence of Palmer, Allen and O'Hare it's worth giving him a go at it. He's more of a goal threat than any of those tbh, can play people in and has boundless energy. Sheaf and Eccles is a fine combination to play behind him and...

For my part, there’s really no need to take offence, as none was ever intended (you’ve responded to two people at once, so I can’t speak for anyone else). I made clear previously I wasn’t being confrontational, just startled that your calculations involved so many rows of seats being removed...

Yeah, for me there was never anything inherently unsafe about standing and watching football. It’s only an issue if you (tragically and unforgivably) let far too many people into a standing enclosure. The answer is … er … not to let too many people in.

Kind of backs up my earlier comment about not being physically up to it :ROFLMAO:

Somewhat charismatic, but probably not physically up to the demands of the top flight in England. Seem to recall him scoring an absolutely crucial winning goal in one of our relegation-haunted seasons. Away at Wimbledon?

Yes if PBE is right about the 5 rows (and I'm happy to bow to his judgement on that), the number of seats lost can still be minimised in various ways as you describe. But for me the total capacity is a red herring anyway, it's more about giving City fans better options.

I haven't got hard numbers, and of course the touchline isn't fixed in position anyway, it's just a painted line which might be moved. Here's a shot of the other end of the ground, where it looks like at least 12 yards from touchline to first row (i.e. same as from penalty spot to goal line)...

The touchline at the CBS is surely much further away than the pictorial example in the drawing?

I'm sure the equation is right, but have you put in the actual numbers for the CBS?

The 'McDire' comment is grossly unfair as well as unfunny. He did OK, not as energetic as Allen (who is?) but some decent attacking play. Not had much football, so bound to be a little rusty at this stage. Remains to be seen if he can do enough to get a contract.

Safe standing naturally involves some physical separation measures from the surrounding seating. Therefore if planned and executed well, it shouldn’t be beyond the wit of man to enable standing CCFC fans to be in the South Stand, even if moving the away fans isn’t practical. CCFC standing in the...

Fair enough, and from your vocabulary (reprofiling, risers and rakes :cool:) you clearly have technical knowledge in this area. I agree that there probably wouldn't be demand for 7500 standing. But I'm curious about your conclusions, because it seems to me that when I go from a seated position...

I'm not sure that a 'safe standing area' is a shallow terrace. Think it's more like seating with rails to facilitate standing, so the incline would not change?

Maybe we should call that Swingers Corner to encourage friendly intermingling of home and away fans?