Festival management has seen some changes this year. This is a fact. This obviously has had an effect.
Crowd numbers started increasing again around 2009 if I recall correctly. These threads became common again around then.
Pinch points have always been potentially dangerous: need to be policed better.
Thursday night acts need spreading over site. This solves one issue.
Arcadia needs it's own field which is a destination in its own right.
More deliberate clashes on opposite sides of festival are needed.
I just have a feeling more kids were on site this year than normal (not moaning - mine were too). Think the three years delay has meant that three years worth of kids are now old enough for their parents to bring them, so we see more buggies etc, taking space.
Some good "time out" venues i.e the organic wine bar have disappeared, so it's harder to find a bit of peace when in the middle of it, and this probably colours peoples' perception.
People should write the festival/mendip Council if have real concerns. I'm sure those running things try their best, and it's impossible to please all the peeps all the time.
Like clockwork come ticket day, somebody will post a thread suggesting capacity needs increasing as they've missed out on a brief....