RE: [LU] Crewe

[Nick Allen]

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I want to know how come we now have 4 different and distinct "types" or ranks of security - there's the stewards in their little glow in the dark macs; there's the "blackshirt" geezers who do concert security and stuff; there's the plod; and then there's this new lot on Saturday all in green blazers - looked like snooker referees. How much do we shed out for this lot?   saturday was rubbish against a dreadful team that nearly succeeded in bringing us down to their level   Kelly is my player of the year too, simply for consistency, for doing his job and being reliable - he's also been one of our most effective attacking ploys as well - irrespective of how much he gets paid (which is a bit of an odd argument really)   Thought that both Derry and Miller looked like a good midfield pair against Reading and Crewe - finally some stability   Don't buy that Bakke was "good" in either game - he was good at breaking up opposition play but a bloody liability when it came to our passing and moving - his control is rank - still would much prefered him to have been in the middle all season rather than Douglas...who we thought had one of his better games on Saturday...   Play-offs - who can tell - they're all pretty shit at the moment - Palace are probably best set-up to deal with life in the Premiership but hey anything can happen   Interesting that there's a lot of media puff about Lennon being a wild card for the WCup.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Emmott Sent: 24 April 2006 16:33 To: Mike Alcock; leedslist@list.zetnet.co.uk Subject: Re: [LU] Crewe As for the stewarding - wtf is it all about? I only manage half a dozen home matches a season, and Crewe was my first one in the Kop this year - every five minutes the bloody stewards were flapping about telling you to sit down and all this carry on. A right pain the lot of em. I tell you what if I'd wanted to be treated like a child for the afternoon I'd have gone shopping with my missus.   Absolutely ridiculous.   To be fair to the stewards ( and I do agree, it's a pain in the arse), they're only doing what they have been told to do. Persistent standing is against the licence that the club have been granted to have crowds at ER, so they have to be seen to be trying to do something about it. It is, of course, very dangerous to stand (!) because if there is a surge and people fall over the seats someone could be seriously hurt. Apparently it's fine though to stand when people get excited because it looks as if a goal might be scored because that's human nature and to be expected. When do surges take place? After a goal is scored, so we'd all be standing up then anyway!! The whole logic of this not being allowed to stand is so stupid it defies belief. It also amuses me that the stewards spend all the first half annoying us by going on about it and then seem to get fed up and disappear after half time. It's bizarre.