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No (and have you?) but I've spent many happy hours leaning on one of the barriers on the terraces, which gives me pretty expert knowledge of what standing leaning on a rail in a safe standing area would feel like.

What, like a pub with no roof open to the rain, with Sky Sports, but crappier and more expensive beer?

And they might hurt themselves. Or others. That's why safe standing will introduce a system whereby there is a decent rail that people can hold on to. The only valid (?) argument clubs might have against it is the cost (which, TBH, in PL finance terms is just a bit of pissing in the wind). There...

Well, you carry on your own sweet way. If you think a shin high barrier with nothing to grab on to and an uncertain landing place on the next level down is the safest thing to have in place when people are standing that's up to you. Other people are likely to think different...

There was no significant record of cages being at all dangerous before Hillsborough. There were no concerns about wooden stands being dangerous until Valley Parade. The idea of people accidentally banging their head on the barrier they're standing behind is, frankly, just silly.

Oh the memories of happy days of youth - days when I only went to the bogs at the Goldstone because my feet were freezing!

Rubbish - pure whataboutery! It is indeed fortunate that there are apparantly no recorded casualties caused by people tripping over the back of the seat in front of them - though that in itself is a minor miracle. In the days of terracing, it was very common to latch on to one of the crash...

Of course. No valid excuse for doing anything less!

To the atmosphere? Not a lot - but to safety, 100%. Because of age and a crumbling spine I am a sitter now, but if it is necessary at some point to stand because everybidy in front of me has jumped to their feet. I'm accutely aware that if there is some kind of surge, or pressure from behind...