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S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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8 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

Why is it a big news event though? The whole thing is mad!

And anyway, if people want to mourn then that's fine, but why force it on the rest of us?

Jeez.

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ally_uk

ally_uk

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Me personally I couldn't give a damm about the Royal family. Queen, Charles both were best buds with the likes of Jimmy Savile..... even knighted the man... 

And people look up to these people as heroes.... I'm out..... 

 

Is the game on? 

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Tamesaint

Tamesaint

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It says so much about her that she did her constitutional duty with 2 prime minister's just a matter of hours before she died.

On a lighter note,in my fridge I have a bottle of milk that has seen 2 Prime ministers and 2 monarchs!!

 

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Give it to Ron

Give it to Ron

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1 hour ago, hippo said:

Weird take on the death of a 96 year old woman born into greater privilege and standing than any of us could ever imagine. Sorry if I want to get on with my life and enjoy it - I’m not sure what cancelling entertainment and sport does for anyone. 

It’s not just any old 96 year old is it?

Because you don’t understand respect doesn’t mean others do.

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Ex Lion Tamer

Ex Lion Tamer

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6 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

It’s not just any old 96 year old is it?

Because you don’t understand respect doesn’t mean others do.

There are plenty of people who work tirelessly all their lives to serve others and we don't cancel everything for them. 

All this is is that she was the queen and people want to force us to respect something that doesn't actually mean anything. It's basically another religion except this one gets imposed on us way more than any other

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HedgeEnder

HedgeEnder

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37 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

Glad to see some people speaking sense on this thread. I find it utterly baffling that the fun police want to force us to put our lives on hold because a 96 year old woman died. And I'm not even a republican

WTF?

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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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Prince William allegedly in favour of the games going ahead (from one of these clickbait FB pages so I wouldn't take that as gospel) but can't help but feel like we might benefit from not playing until October. We have two winnable games coming up and Lavia has been one of our best players (possibly even our best) this season. The less games he misses the better.

beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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8 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

There are plenty of people who work tirelessly all their lives to serve others and we don't cancel everything for them. 

All this is is that she was the queen and people want to force us to respect something that doesn't actually mean anything. It's basically another religion except this one gets imposed on us way more than any other

Are you completely stupid or have you been practicing?

This is not unique to the U.K. Whenever a leading figure be it monarchy or presidential etc pass away IN ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD there is a period of mourning. Everything gets cancelled as a mark of respect. In the more religious countries (India as an example) they go to lengths that will outstrip anything we see in the coming days.

Wether you like, approve, support  the Monarchy or not The Queen served this country for 70 years……70 years !!!

To put you out by cancelling a bloody football match which, if we didn’t win no doubt you would moan about for days, is small beer compared with the enormity of the event.

FFS.

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SambaMaverick

SambaMaverick

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Trains / tickets / accomodation booked, small businesses will have done their orders, workers will be banking on the hours - can't stress enough what a poor and out of touch decision it would be to cancel games.

And that's before we get into the whole mourning debate.

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FboroSaint21

FboroSaint21

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1 minute ago, Bad Wolf said:

Source? 

Not fully confirmed at PL are meeting at 11am to discuss but just had some breaking news through on my phone to say the government have said that games can go ahead.

FboroSaint21

FboroSaint21

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1 minute ago, FboroSaint21 said:

Not fully confirmed at PL are meeting at 11am to discuss but just had some breaking news through on my phone to say the government have said that games can go ahead.

Ah fuck ignore me for now - the news came from the Daily Fail.

Give it to Ron

Give it to Ron

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1 minute ago, SambaMaverick said:

Trains / tickets / accomodation booked, small businesses will have done their orders, workers will be banking on the hours - can't stress enough what a poor and out of touch decision it would be to cancel games.

And that's before we get into the whole mourning debate.

Because no game has ever been cancelled or moved before. 
FWIW I am torn between 2 I am in favour of 1 min silence, black armbands and GSTQ and play games shows respect and unity.

However I do get that those that work at events and at clubs want the chance to mourn and show their respect too.

SambaMaverick

SambaMaverick

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1 minute ago, Give it to Ron said:

Because no game has ever been cancelled or moved before. 
FWIW I am torn between 2 I am in favour of 1 min silence, black armbands and GSTQ and play games shows respect and unity.

However I do get that those that work at events and at clubs want the chance to mourn and show their respect too.

Surely you can see the difference between one or two games being cancelled as opposed to every game across the pyramid?

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Bad Wolf

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If it's true that William is trying to get the games to go ahead, the cynic in me can't help but feel that he wants the games to go ahead because Villa have Leicester who are in a horrific run of form and he, as a (in fairness quite genuine and committed) Villa fan wants to capitalise on that. I'm sure that's not the only reason but I bet that's in the back of his mind...😂

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revolution saint

revolution saint

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5 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Because no game has ever been cancelled or moved before. 
FWIW I am torn between 2 I am in favour of 1 min silence, black armbands and GSTQ and play games shows respect and unity.

However I do get that those that work at events and at clubs want the chance to mourn and show their respect too.

None of us are getting any time off to mourn so, in that respect, sport will be no different to the rest of the country.

LiberalCommunist

LiberalCommunist

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Any chance on some clarity so I can make adjustments to the next 8 days.

Its sad, but she's dead. She had some damn good inings. 

I didn't get her last bank holiday off, and I don't get her funeral off either. But for her to stick the knife in a screw up my beer plans takes the piss. 

My advice Charlie, draw a blue line and move on. Works for me........

eurosaint

eurosaint

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I was due to be at Wentworth today but it was cancelled (and refunded) at the last minute !

Im staying with family so no cost implications but that’s not the case for many…

Players coming from around the world too so I’m really quite surprised that it’s happened !

Whatever happens within the sporting world, I’ll live with, but inevitably some people will have suffered financially as well as short term inconvenience !!

Ex Lion Tamer

Ex Lion Tamer

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23 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

Are you completely stupid or have you been practicing?

This is not unique to the U.K. Whenever a leading figure be it monarchy or presidential etc pass away IN ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD there is a period of mourning. Everything gets cancelled as a mark of respect. In the more religious countries (India as an example) they go to lengths that will outstrip anything we see in the coming days.

Wether you like, approve, support  the Monarchy or not The Queen served this country for 70 years……70 years !!!

To put you out by cancelling a bloody football match which, if we didn’t win no doubt you would moan about for days, is small beer compared with the enormity of the event.

FFS.

Why though? Just saying "that's what people do" isn't an argument for doing it.

Anyway, looks like hopefully sense is going to prevail and football is going ahead

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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I'm definitely in the 'hoping they don't cancel games' camp on this. I don't know how or why people would interpret that as a mark of respect, especially for a woman who was the very embodiment of carrying on with a stiff upper lip.

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Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

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1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

I'm definitely in the 'hoping they don't cancel games' camp on this. I don't know how or why people would interpret that as a mark of respect, especially for a woman who was the very embodiment of carrying on with a stiff upper lip.

And who loved her sport. 

Suhari

Suhari

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1 hour ago, Tamesaint said:

It says so much about her that she did her constitutional duty with 2 prime minister's just a matter of hours before she died.

On a lighter note,in my fridge I have a bottle of milk that has seen 2 Prime ministers and 2 monarchs!!

 

I wonder how Gordon Stachan's yogurt is these days?

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Giggidy.
Danbert

Danbert

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The government has told the Premier League and other sports that this weekend’s action can go ahead but has left the final decision up to them.

It is expected that cricket and golf will be back tomorrow, with England’s third Test against South Africa resuming along with the PGA Championship at Wentworth. It also looks increasingly likely Sunday’s Great North Run will take place.

There is also an expectation that after the publication of official guidance, rugby league at all levels will also go ahead this weekend – including the Super League playoff on Saturday.

However it is unclear what football’s position will be, with the Premier League clubs meeting at 11am BST to discuss what to do.

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/sep/09/sport-football-weekend-fixtures-queen-government

I reckon it'll go ahead

 

Monk

Monk

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49 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

If it's true that William is trying to get the games to go ahead, the cynic in me can't help but feel that he wants the games to go ahead because Villa have Leicester who are in a horrific run of form and he, as a (in fairness quite genuine and committed) Villa fan wants to capitalise on that. I'm sure that's not the only reason but I bet that's in the back of his mind...😂

Can support a future King with that kind of decision making. 

Piran

Piran

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1 minute ago, SambaMaverick said:

Absolute rubbish. Even North Korea is laughing at us.

Source?

Anyway, we've been laughing at them for years, so fair enough...

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Mattster

Mattster

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So annoying. Whenever these games are postponed, they always seem to come back as mid-weekers which, from a selfish perspective, are far worse for me and the kids since we drive a fair way to them - often we have to miss them because of school nights etc. Silly decision IMO.

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Fitzhugh Fella

Fitzhugh Fella

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The British love nothing better than a good “mourn”. Stupid decision which will inconvenience many not to mention put a lot out of pocket. And what good will it do? Not surprised however the PL not one to put there head above the parapet and take on the likes of the Daily Mail. 
It never happened in 1952 so why now? 
 

The Queen did a fantastic job and I salute her service to the country but I just don’t see why a game of football can’t be played. The crowd could have paid their respects in public by having a minutes silence which would have been impeccably observed I reckon. 

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beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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1 minute ago, Fitzhugh Fella said:

The British love nothing better than a good “mourn”. Stupid decision which will inconvenience many not to mention put a lot out of pocket. And what good will it do? Not surprised however the PL not one to put there head above the parapet and take on the likes of the Daily Mail. 
It never happened in 1952 so why now? 
 

The Queen did a fantastic job and I salute her service to the country but I just don’t see why a game of football can’t be played. The crowd could have paid their respects in public by having a minutes silence which would have been impeccably observed I reckon. 

To be fair even the horse racing, which was her sport, have cancelled Saturday although they are starting up again on Sunday.  Maybe the Premier League could have kept the four games scheduled Sunday and Monday on the cards but I suppose the “big” clubs playing Saturday would have created about unfair fixture congestion which others haven’t got !!

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Pretty annoying, I was looking forward to going to that. Still, let’s look at it as being a bit more time for Fandab to train with the squad and JWP and Lavia to get fit for what is definitely a winnable game.

The Cat

The Cat

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9 minutes ago, aintforever said:

Bit over the top. How long is anything fun banned for?

They've even called off local kids games which is just bizarre.

On the other hand, live music is still going ahead so get yourself down Heartbreakers tomorrow night for the Japanese Television gig.

suewhistle

suewhistle

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All football down to tier 7 and grassroots. I presume we'll be allowed to go for a run in the local park... Will it apply to next weekend too? The thing about low level football is you can't reschedule midweek as pitches and players just aren't available.

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