WHY Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, Zatman said: I dont remember games being called off for Captain Tom who probably gave more of his life for his country Guessing the PL think differently to you. You will have to deal with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grobs Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, duke313 said: There is football during the international break though, that's what the break is for. International friendlies yipeee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Depends when the funeral is. Might be Monday 19th September so would seem bizarre to postpone Friday evening games a couple of hundred miles away. Think only games in danger of being postponed next weekend are obviously the London ones with security/police needed elsewhere. It's fine having a period to remember wonderful figurehead of country but sporting fixtures shouldn't really be cancelled for weeks on end, just use this weekend to properly reflect and then get on with it again. Regardless of what we believe the reason for postponement, the official reason issued by the PL is that it is as a mark of respect and the government has stated that games do not need to be postponed. If it is deemed respectful to postpone games now, I can see how they may want to postpone games in or around the time of the funeral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, grobs said: International friendlies yipeee Couldn't be any worse than watching our dire football under Gerrard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 So just when we might have momentum and they are winless the game is moved. Typical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peter Griffin Posted September 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) I don't agree with the postponement of games but I fully understand the decision. It is surprising that some people don't understand why the games are postponed as a result of the death of the Queen who has reigned for over 70 years. I am not a royalist and being Irish I would have quite a few gripes with some of the decisions by the Royal family over the centuries but I can see that Queen Elizabeth II was a good person and gave an awful lot to her country and I respect that. Some of the comments on here are a little cheap. RIP Edited September 9, 2022 by Peter Griffin Fixed a typo 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, grobs said: No games for a month with the international break. Basically only thing that gets me through the week is the football. So grim Yeah but if we don't play we don't lose! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted September 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2022 sounds like next weekend likely to be off too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Meh I would have thought having thousands of people gather together, singing the God Save the Queen, showing respect with minutes of silence and then singing God Save the King was a more fitting and respectful way to remember than cancelling everything so that thousands of people are instead going along the pub/ playing playstation/ gardening/ being dragged to IKEA etc. Also, if this game is cancelled then surely the Southampton game which is on the weekend of her funeral will also be cancelled. And if not, what is the point in cancelling this one? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 With the WC, this season may be extended into June. Teams in European football already have an average of 2 games a week before the WC break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzzle Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 **** joke of a decision imo! They'd better not cancel next weeks game against Southampton as that is the first game of the season I am actually able to attend!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, picicata said: Meh I would have thought having thousands of people gather together, singing the God Save the Queen, showing respect with minutes of silence and then singing God Save the King was a more fitting and respectful way to remember than cancelling everything so that thousands of people are instead going along the pub/ playing playstation/ gardening/ being dragged to IKEA etc. Also, if this game is cancelled then surely the Southampton game which is on the weekend of her funeral will also be cancelled. And if not, what is the point in cancelling this one? I have heard of a couple of fanbases(2 are in Liverpool) that were preparing to boo the national anthem idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero7 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Will there be postponed or cancelled. Intrigued to know our next fixture will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I remember vividly the street party outside my nursery on the day of the Queen's coronation and the happiness that surrounded me. I was three and a half at the time and it's one of my earliest memories. 70 years have past during which Queen Elizabeth was a reassuring figure constantly in the back ground of my life. She was almost like a distant relative to those of us who grew up in a time of austerity, before increasing wealth replaced neighbourliness with "me, me, me" and introduced us to the isolating effect of media and screens. Yesterday's announcement left me stunned and in tears, because I foolishly believed that she would go on for ever. It's the end of an era. Final closure on a time that began with unlocked doors and real community. I fully understand that people have very different views to mine which are fashioned by age and life's up's and down's, but in my opinion the respect being shown nationally and worldwide is reassuring. Football is an ever present in my life as well, but I can wait a couple of weeks while I adjust to the fact that life has just changed irrevocably for me. The monarchy will never be the same and that is probably for the best as we move on in a different era. The decision to cancel this weekend matches is the least we can do to mark the passing of a true icon. We will never see her like again. RIP your Majesty. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 F the queen I want football. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villabromsgrove Posted September 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Philosopher said: F the queen I want football. I find your comment extremely offensive. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zero7 said: Will there be postponed or cancelled. Intrigued to know our next fixture will be They can't cancel, it will be postponed. But when it is postponed to is the 64k$ question. They will, or at least should, want to have all teams having played about the same number of games. Having 3 or 4 games in hand is not good as we saw during Covid. To keep the teams having played the same amount of games and if the Saints game is postponed too, I can see these being replayed in 2023. The schedule is already packed for the teams competing in Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Philosopher Posted September 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 minute ago, villabromsgrove said: I remember vividly the street party outside my nursery on the day of the Queen's coronation and the happiness that surrounded me. I was three and a half at the time and it's one of my earliest memories. 70 years have past during which Queen Elizabeth was a reassuring figure constantly in the back ground of my life. She was almost like a distant relative to those of us who grew up in a time of austerity, before increasing wealth replaced neighbourliness with "me, me, me" and introduced us to the isolating effect of media and screens. Yesterday's announcement left me stunned and in tears, because I foolishly believed that she would go on for ever. It's the end of an era. Final closure on a time that began with unlocked doors and real community. I fully understand that people have very different views to mine which are fashioned by age and life's up's and down's, but in my opinion the respect being shown nationally and worldwide is reassuring. Football is an ever present in my life as well, but I can wait a couple of weeks while I adjust to the fact that life has just changed irrevocably for me. The monarchy will never be the same and that is probably for the best as we move on in a different era. The decision to cancel this weekend matches is the least we can do to mark the passing of a true icon. We will never see her like again. RIP your Majesty. Wow! I really don't understand how she could have touched you in such a manner. It seem weird to me. But I respect you opinion. The Queen was born into a position of being the most important person in the country, she appoints a dismisses prime ministers. Her power was real, not simply ceremonial. The Royal family voluntarily stay out of politics. If they wished they could seize full control. This disgusts me! She lived a life of luxury while we deemed her subject in law, have to live normal lives, though poverty, austerity and minorities end up dealing with worse. The reality is she is a royal because her ancestors had the biggest stick in the country. So while respect how you feel, in my eyes you're buying into the drivel the media and establishment tries to indoctrinate all of into believing. I never knew her, I have never felt any benefit from her actions, so I'm not going spout false affection. She had a fine life, has a lovely family (whom my sympathies are with). But she has nothing to do with me, and what she represents is abhorrent to me. Give me football, not fake mourning! 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ferguson1 Posted September 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2022 In every day life you see, hear and unfortunately meet some really disgusting people. No different on here. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Peter Griffin said: They can't cancel, it will be postponed. But when it is postponed to is the 64k$ question. They will, or at least should, want to have all teams having played about the same number of games. Having 3 or 4 games in hand is not good as we saw during Covid. To keep the teams having played the same amount of games and if the Saints game is postponed too, I can see these being replayed in 2023. The schedule is already packed for the teams competing in Europe Just play them on a european night, shouldn't be too difficult as Lyon played a fixture on Tuesday which was played at same time as two CL games. Don't really want postponed games being withheld until next year like the Burnley home game from last December was taking 5 months to be replayed. Seems there are fixture in other sports going ahead this weekend so don't see why next weekend's programme has to be cancelled aswell bar the fixtures around London which will need to be shifted for the funeral. Edited September 9, 2022 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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