And that's a good thing?
Well no, it's something I probably wouldn't do again, and correct it probably wasn't the best of things to bring up in this particular thread- so I apologise for that, but I was honest and my point is that people moving around happens everywhere, even on a seated occasion or whether a Euro home or away game where some move to stand with their mates- how do we go about making sure people are in the right areas when standing is possible at home? The loophole exists and thus must be explored in order to be closed right?
I think it's harder than it sounds to enforce, and easier than you think for people to move away from their allocated stand position. Now of course it's a matter of all of us having a responsibility, but you must be prepared for all potential movements- which is why I said safety must be a key feature- how can it be policed, enforced without sacrificing safety? I was fortunate enough to find a gap between seats that night against Barcelona, but one of the things about seating is that generally, when everyone is made to sit down, it becomes a lot easier to weed out the areas where there is over crowding, as they simply don't have a seat to sit on. Standing is a little more difficult to work out as you have to judge based on how many you believe to be standing in a particular area, or if there is more than there should be.
And put it this way, everyone knows on a big European night, the Kop is over capacity due to the method I used a few years previous. So personal responsibility does come into it, but with all safety oriented debate, surely comes the analysis of human nature, and one person thinking it's not a problem to move as he is the only one, escalates more when several do, and more when it reaches hundreds and then it becomes a big problem with bunches, which can prevent movement. Knowing that this is likely to happen, allows to prepare for the eventuality of it happening.
Now my point is no matter what we want, or no matter how much each of us would be willing to stay in a particular area if it meant standing coming back (I would be)- some are going to be willing to move from their designated area to elsewhere, as it is a facet of human nature I think this element needs more thought- be it making it easier to get tickets near friends/family when booking - or having a solid system for weeding out people who have moved and giving them a final warning to go to their original and designated space- quite how I'm not sure, but it remains a possibility.
Essentially I'm just being honest, as I've been and seen, and done things at games and have experience of them so am just raising the points here. I've moved from the front of the Kop, to stand right at the back with my mate on European nights- it's not really for me any more but when I first started going at 17/18 I did move around. I'm just saying essentially, we would be naive to think this doesn't go on, and would need to consider it carefully when pushing forward for safe standing.