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Indeed but you have to ask what he was doing there
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- Thread starter davewebbsbrain
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Indeed but you have to ask what he was doing there
Blues 'n twos
Manager
The guy had a strong smell of alcohol around him, but its difficult to assess when they are unconscious as to what is causing it. Another concern to the club is what happens if the Health and Safety brigade become involved.
McNasty
Member
Agreed --- please don't let it be known he slipped on some onions that fell out of a burger.
Blues 'n twos
Manager
Not allowed to divulge to much but can say he is in a serious condition, and all joking apart I hope he makes a full recovery, because it makes no difference on whether he should, or should not have been where he was to a Health and Safety jobsworth.
FD Shrimper
Schoolboy
dont often post but I've got to agree with OBL here
united we stand
Life President⭐🦐
I think you are being a bit economical with the truth here, your post actually states that you assume he was drunk
I understand your view part, especially the bit on A'&E wards, but personally I think what you are saying is very harsh. I understand that someone who smokes and gets cancer may be 'to blame' , but I still have sympathy for them
No of course you can't because you are always so quick to judge me. I've stated all along that drink is a problem in the poor judgement of many. I stand by that here...IF the guy was drunk then his judgement was impaired and that may well be a factor to the incident which took place.
Pubey
Guest
You changed your tone a bit from your original post.
As others have said, we've all done silly things after a few pints - normally we laugh things off the next day and everything is fine. However if that was your son who had fallen off that wall I'm sure you'd be mortified to see sanctimonious and unnecessarily harsh comments like yours. Whatever might have been a cause behind what happened, it's still a horrible event and they have my best wishes that they'll fully recover.
How? I respect Lee's best intentions, but this is what I said first off
I stand by my comments there and since. No-one should be that drunk at 5 o'clock or thereabouts that their judgement is that impaired. I expressed sympathy for the family, but still am more inclined to feel for those that do a fantastic job in clearing up after such incidents.
Why do you reckon that my viewpoint has changed? I've been consistent throughout. Drink is evil. If you can't handle it, don't drink it. That is beside the point that what he was doing was WRONG. It's like defending the people that broke into Tony Martin's house, if they weren't there doing wrong they wouldn't have been shot would they?
Is that AM or PM ?
I guess a.m. you could say it's been a damned good night, but the sun is not really over the yard arm at 5 p.m!
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And expensive one?
Cockle43
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It's quite probable that it had little to do with drink.
If the casualty was one of the guys who stand at the top of the grass bank in the SE corner at most games then I'm not surprised he fell. That area looks to be about the last remaining bit of the old South Bank just below the old Roots Hall Avenue turnstiles and was part of the original bank that wasn't part of the terracing. My FIL told me of how the South Bank was so slippery during the first season at Roots Hall that at the slightest drop of rain people would slide down it and that was one of the driving forces behind the supporters' working parties building the concrete terracing the following summer, he was one of their number so I had no reason to doubt what he said; in fact my MIL backed up his story by saying he used to come home covered in so much mud she thought he'd been playing, not watching!
If the bank was that slippery back in the day then I'm sure that after the recent steady rain it must have been like a ski slope yesterday and I wouldn't be surprised if he just slid down it and over the wall with the subsequent drop.
Anyway, all conjecture, would just like to say that regardless of cause I would like to wish a fellow follower of the Blues a full recovery.
If the casualty was one of the guys who stand at the top of the grass bank in the SE corner at most games then I'm not surprised he fell. That area looks to be about the last remaining bit of the old South Bank just below the old Roots Hall Avenue turnstiles and was part of the original bank that wasn't part of the terracing. My FIL told me of how the South Bank was so slippery during the first season at Roots Hall that at the slightest drop of rain people would slide down it and that was one of the driving forces behind the supporters' working parties building the concrete terracing the following summer, he was one of their number so I had no reason to doubt what he said; in fact my MIL backed up his story by saying he used to come home covered in so much mud she thought he'd been playing, not watching!
If the bank was that slippery back in the day then I'm sure that after the recent steady rain it must have been like a ski slope yesterday and I wouldn't be surprised if he just slid down it and over the wall with the subsequent drop.
Anyway, all conjecture, would just like to say that regardless of cause I would like to wish a fellow follower of the Blues a full recovery.
Rover John
Youth Team
I would say as far as the health and safety are concerned, they will take the stand that the club should have already taken measures to make it impossible for anybody to get into such places (drunk or sobber) and will therefor I fear throw the book at SUFC.
GNH
Fish House Ultras⭐
Unfortunately I think this will prove to be the case. In my line of work I report things to the HSE on a regular basis. With a serious incident like this i'm sure they will be on it like a ton of bricks. It won't matter whether the person was drunk or not to the HSE it will be all about what risk assesments the club had in place and what control measures were taken to reduce the risk of this happening.
The H&S law is the only law in the land where you are deemed guilty until you can prove your innocence!
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