Safe Standing - Fan led consultation - online link - post #43

[danno]

Alan Green is probably obligated to that stance, just by being a Liverpool supporter.

Coming over for no other reason than to say he's against it, is however a 100% Green-ism.
The self importance he affords himself is as comical as it is grating.

"Alan I don't care! just describe what's happening you fat idiot."
Is a phrase I've shouted at my radio heaps of times, when he's bleating on about the
referee or something in the crowd he doesn't approve of.

He didn't come over. He was asked to see it as he walked past, said what he did then turned his back as I was talking to him.

My mistake. Its certainly not difficult to picture him walking over just to sneer at it.

Hope it went well for Amfy and the volounteers today.

[Legion]

[amfy]

Thanks Legion!
It went well, but was very different to the other days. It was a very early start, and for the first couple of hours it seemed to be all corporates and tourists. I seemed to have an uncanny knack of approaching people who didn't speak English. I knew it would be harder today - it is always hard to stop people on the move anyway.
I think that from 12.30 to 2.30 we worked really hard to limited effect, picking up the odd few surveys here and there, but from 2.30 it started to pick up, and the last hour was pretty non-stop. At one point we had a queue for clipboards!
Suddenly, it was 3.45, and we still had people coming up asking to fill the survey in and try out the safe standing rig.
At 1.30 people were walking away from us saying they didn't have time, and at ten to kick off we couldn't get rid of people!
The best thing today was the police approaching us, looking at it and liking it, and tweeting their support. (in fact - tweeting that people should get over to us and do the survey - and then that it was well worth a trial) That was brilliant!
Paul Faulkner popped down a couple of times during the afternoon, and I'll be meeting him in the next couple of weeks to see if we need to do anymore, and what is next.
The other good thing was missing the worst of the weather - a virtual rainstorm as I ran down Witton Lane to The Holte just in time for kick off, but nothing that bad for the 4 hours before that.
Thanks again to FMWMU who has been brilliant!

[dave.woodhall]

For  the avoidance of doubt, that's amfy in the middle.

[eastie]

I take it thats you with paul Faulkner Amfy , but who is the chap in the villa tracksuit top?

[amfy]

That is frankmosswasmyuncle - so now you can all put a face to the name.

[eastie]

That is frankmosswasmyuncle - so now you can all put a face to the name.

THanks Amfy , and what a fine looking specimen he is

[bones.]

Alan Green is probably obligated to that stance, just by being a Liverpool supporter.

Coming over for no other reason than to say he's against it, is however a 100% Green-ism.
The self importance he affords himself is as comical as it is grating.

"Alan I don't care! just describe what's happening you fat idiot."
Is a phrase I've shouted at my radio heaps of times, when he's bleating on about the
referee or something in the crowd he doesn't approve of.

He didn't come over. He was asked to see it as he walked past, said what he did then turned his back as I was talking to him. 

I think I would consider seeing the back of Alan Green one of the highlights of my day.

[UK Redsox]

It was very interesting to chat with Amfy on Sunday and to see the "Safe Standing" being demonstrated.

[eastie]

Even when the holte end was standing I was still a trinity road man as I prefer to sit level with the halfway line , I had a cracking seat until the  trinity was rebuilt and had to relocate a bit wider - I would not stand by choice but I believe that choice should be available for those who prefer to stand.

[richardhubbard]

Great effort Amfy

[Clampy]

Glad to hear it went well Amfy and a massive well done. I was running late otherwise I've have had a walk over. It's also good to hear Paul Faulkner took time out to support it when he probably had a million and one things to do.

Oh and Frankmosswasmyuncle looks just like I thought he would.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Wonderful effort amfy. I really hope something comes of it.

[Simon Ward]

Brilliant work all round!

[villa `cross the mersey]

Well done Amfy - Good luck with the campaign.
VCTM jnr and I went to Bremen to watch the lads last year and the arrangement of terracing/seating worked well,l as did the stewarding of each block by regular guys dressed  in tee shirts rather than hi-vis jackets.
However the guys on the turnstyles did look like a cross between a stormtrooper and robocop !