| I'm neither a royalist or republican. 12:23 - Sep 9 with 2256 views | OriginalMarkyP |
But the decision has been made to postpone this weekend's matches and there is nothing to do but to respect it and move on.
I think the powers that be would've been damned if they did, damned if they didn't.
And let's face it, a round of applause for the 96th minute is hardly going to work, is it? [Post edited 9 Sep 2022 12:23]
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:25 - Sep 9 with 1853 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
I think it would have been a more profound show of respect to see the minutes silence at each ground. That opportunity is now lost as it will be less powerful a week or so down the line. |  |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:27 - Sep 9 with 1812 views | FrimleyBlue |
How would they be damned if they didn't? Those who wanted to mourn could still mourn. Those that don't carry on...
They were always gonna be more damned if they did. And they have done. |  |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:28 - Sep 9 with 1801 views | FrimleyBlue |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:25 - Sep 9 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think it would have been a more profound show of respect to see the minutes silence at each ground. That opportunity is now lost as it will be less powerful a week or so down the line. |
If the funeral is next Saturday... surely that will be another weekend of no football? | |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:28 - Sep 9 with 1771 views | bluelagos |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:28 - Sep 9 by FrimleyBlue |
If the funeral is next Saturday... surely that will be another weekend of no football? |
Reckon it'll be Sunday. |  |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:30 - Sep 9 with 1756 views | vilanovablue |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:25 - Sep 9 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think it would have been a more profound show of respect to see the minutes silence at each ground. That opportunity is now lost as it will be less powerful a week or so down the line. |
I don't disagree but think there may have been concerns over how much respect was shown. I suspect this is the football authorities taking a no risk approach. Imagine how it would look if a few idiots didn't show respect. |  | | |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:31 - Sep 9 with 1726 views | BloomBlue |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:28 - Sep 9 by FrimleyBlue |
If the funeral is next Saturday... surely that will be another weekend of no football? |
The funeral is on the Monday I think |  | | |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:33 - Sep 9 with 1698 views | ElderGrizzly |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:28 - Sep 9 by bluelagos |
Reckon it'll be Sunday. |
State funerals don't take place on Sunday.
Saturday is probably too early due to her dying in Scotland. Monday at the earliest i'd assume |  | | |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:35 - Sep 9 with 1689 views | bluefunk |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:28 - Sep 9 by FrimleyBlue |
If the funeral is next Saturday... surely that will be another weekend of no football? |
It’s highly unlikely that the funeral will be next weekend given the circumstances - her body hasn’t been moved to St Giles cathedral, where it will remain for 24 hours, then moved to London where there will be the lying in state, which is a minimum of 4 days, so given all that, and that those periods are minimums, the funeral is going to be Monday 19th at the very earliest |  | | |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 with 1649 views | Radlett_blue |
And the decision to cancel grass roots football seems even more foolish. |  |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 with 1648 views | Garv |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:33 - Sep 9 by ElderGrizzly |
State funerals don't take place on Sunday.
Saturday is probably too early due to her dying in Scotland. Monday at the earliest i'd assume |
Why is that?
Funerals not taking place on Sundays, I mean. [Post edited 9 Sep 2022 12:38]
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 with 1643 views | OriginalMarkyP |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:27 - Sep 9 by FrimleyBlue |
How would they be damned if they didn't? Those who wanted to mourn could still mourn. Those that don't carry on...
They were always gonna be more damned if they did. And they have done. |
I'm not saying they'd be damned by fans if they didn't cancel, I mean they'd have been damned by the wider public and establishment.
People usually can't wait to put the boot in to football and not cancelling would have given them an opportunity.
Also 1 person out of all the fans attending games if they had gone ahead booing or not respecting the minute's silence would have seen the whole game criticised.
I'm not saying it's the decision I wanted, or that I agree with it but can understand why they've done it. That's all. | |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:43 - Sep 9 with 1586 views | giant_stow |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 by Radlett_blue |
And the decision to cancel grass roots football seems even more foolish. |
grassroots too?! oh gawd, just when it looked like i might have a chance of playing up front. |  |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:45 - Sep 9 with 1563 views | vilanovablue |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 by OriginalMarkyP |
I'm not saying they'd be damned by fans if they didn't cancel, I mean they'd have been damned by the wider public and establishment.
People usually can't wait to put the boot in to football and not cancelling would have given them an opportunity.
Also 1 person out of all the fans attending games if they had gone ahead booing or not respecting the minute's silence would have seen the whole game criticised.
I'm not saying it's the decision I wanted, or that I agree with it but can understand why they've done it. That's all. |
These are almost exactly my thoughts, it is the risk free choice. | | | |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:46 - Sep 9 with 1549 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 by Radlett_blue |
And the decision to cancel grass roots football seems even more foolish. |
I doubt the Queen would have wanted kids football to be cancelled. | |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:47 - Sep 9 with 1536 views | Mookamoo |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 by Garv |
Why is that?
Funerals not taking place on Sundays, I mean. [Post edited 9 Sep 2022 12:38]
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The church should already be busy with people churching on a Sunday. |  | | |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:47 - Sep 9 with 1531 views | BigCommon |
I'm gob smacked that people are having a moan about this.. |  | | |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:53 - Sep 9 with 1489 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 by OriginalMarkyP |
I'm not saying they'd be damned by fans if they didn't cancel, I mean they'd have been damned by the wider public and establishment.
People usually can't wait to put the boot in to football and not cancelling would have given them an opportunity.
Also 1 person out of all the fans attending games if they had gone ahead booing or not respecting the minute's silence would have seen the whole game criticised.
I'm not saying it's the decision I wanted, or that I agree with it but can understand why they've done it. That's all. |
One or a few people disrupting a minute of silence would not see the whole game criticised. It would simply leave the rest of us grumbling about their behaviour and, hopefully, shaming them into better behaviour next time. |  |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:58 - Sep 9 with 1447 views | Skip_Intro |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 by OriginalMarkyP |
I'm not saying they'd be damned by fans if they didn't cancel, I mean they'd have been damned by the wider public and establishment.
People usually can't wait to put the boot in to football and not cancelling would have given them an opportunity.
Also 1 person out of all the fans attending games if they had gone ahead booing or not respecting the minute's silence would have seen the whole game criticised.
I'm not saying it's the decision I wanted, or that I agree with it but can understand why they've done it. That's all. |
Rugby, cricket and even The Queen's favourite sport of horse racing are carrying on...nobody would have put the boot into football...the EFL and PL just failed to read the room and bottled their decision... |  | | |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 13:02 - Sep 9 with 1403 views | Ftnfwest |
I do agree, plus you can't postpone the Liverpool and Celtic games but no-one else's. One out all out I'm afraid. |  | | |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 13:03 - Sep 9 with 1395 views | SaigonTractor |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:30 - Sep 9 by vilanovablue |
I don't disagree but think there may have been concerns over how much respect was shown. I suspect this is the football authorities taking a no risk approach. Imagine how it would look if a few idiots didn't show respect. |
This is going to happen regardless, given there will certainly be a minutes silence at the next game.
Heck if anything it might be louder now the weekend games have been cancelled. |  | | |
| I'm a TWTDist (or should that be TWTDian?) (n/t) on 13:05 - Sep 9 with 1363 views | Swansea_Blue |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 14:11 - Sep 9 with 1134 views | Garv |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:37 - Sep 9 by OriginalMarkyP |
I'm not saying they'd be damned by fans if they didn't cancel, I mean they'd have been damned by the wider public and establishment.
People usually can't wait to put the boot in to football and not cancelling would have given them an opportunity.
Also 1 person out of all the fans attending games if they had gone ahead booing or not respecting the minute's silence would have seen the whole game criticised.
I'm not saying it's the decision I wanted, or that I agree with it but can understand why they've done it. That's all. |
Also 1 person out of all the fans attending games if they had gone ahead booing or not respecting the minute's silence would have seen the whole game criticised.
You're right there, sadly. | |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 14:33 - Sep 9 with 1048 views | Radlett_blue |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:58 - Sep 9 by Skip_Intro |
Rugby, cricket and even The Queen's favourite sport of horse racing are carrying on...nobody would have put the boot into football...the EFL and PL just failed to read the room and bottled their decision... |
Yes, the football chiefs' thinking was along the lines of "might we be more criticised if we carry on than if we postpone all the games this weekend" and unsurprisingly, the answer was "yes" so hence the decision.
The Football League had come in for a lot of criticism for being unpatriotic and playing the 1914-15 season during World War I & as a result, a large number of public schools switched from Association to Rugby Football. | |
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| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 14:36 - Sep 9 with 1030 views | Sarge |
Why should we respect a completely nonsensical decision? Will the EFL be reimbursing the cost of wasted travel tickets, hotels, etc? They can get fcked quite frankly. |  | | |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 14:49 - Sep 9 with 964 views | Stewart27 |
| I'm neither a royalist or republican. on 12:25 - Sep 9 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think it would have been a more profound show of respect to see the minutes silence at each ground. That opportunity is now lost as it will be less powerful a week or so down the line. |
I guess in a strange kind of way, there is now a 96 minute silence. | | | |
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