ExiledGeordie Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Alberto2005 said: Royal's reckon we'll win comfortably. ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Happinesstan said: I personally think that we should leave it up to the royal family, as to whether life goes on. Just because the queen has died doesn't mean the hereditary wisdom died with her. The Royal Family do what the Gvt tells them tbf. These lot will milk the fuck out of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Haven't had a chance to catch up on this thread, when do we find out this has been called off? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSelecta Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Rocker said: Haven't had a chance to catch up on this thread, when do we find out this has been called off? Announcement from the Prem this morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I doubt they will go ahead, the cockerney hammers will be bereft, she was a hammers fan etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Prophet said: If Masters has anything to do with it then all games involving the ESL scabs will be scrapped and them given the points while the rest have to play their matches behind closed doors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Classic diffusion of responsibility from the Government. I've come to expect nothing less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 let the people decide how and how long they mourn for. 9 days? wtf?? this is not north korea ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Cancelling games on the day of the funeral is, at best, fair enough. No other games should be cancelled. Especially as there is no historical precedent for it. It's up to people how, or whether at all they mourn. Nobody is forced to attend a football match and if they don't feel up to it because the Queen died then they don't need to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 There certainly is historical precedent for cancelling sporting events due to the death of Royal Family members. The only reason I can see for this weekend not being cancelled is if they are aware of when the funeral will be. So if the funeral will be due next weekend and therefore those games next weekend would have to be cancelled then they may possibly think its best to continue this weekend and just cancel next week's fixture instead. Otherwise you get to a point where an already compressed fixture scheduled gets even more stacked up if you cancel 2 weekends of fixtures in a row. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Conte's gonna explode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Ensuring thousands of people are being inconvenienced and further out of pocket in favour archaic pageantry is absolutely on brand for this country and I’d genuinely surprised if anything went ahead. Too easy just to let people make their own minds up and not go if they feel it’s disrespectful or whatever. PR is all anyone cares about from the league to the govt and the risk of bad PR if they let games happen is something you can easily mitigate by cancellation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Will it not also be a policing issue? Thousands of people will head to London this weekend to pay their respects, they won’t be able to police that and all the games as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosstef Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Both Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City have Champions League midweek home games during next week. Will they also be cancelled if the domestic fixtures are cancelled this weekend and next weekend? That will compress these clubs schedule even further. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSelecta Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Go ahead this weekend and push next weekend to a Monday night special. There’s all the mid week European games to consider as well. Cancelling everything would be a farce imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said: Cancelling games on the day of the funeral is, at best, fair enough. No other games should be cancelled. Especially as there is no historical precedent for it. It's up to people how, or whether at all they mourn. Nobody is forced to attend a football match and if they don't feel up to it because the Queen died then they don't need to. Call it London Bridge or Unicorn. Its already written. Funeral a week tomoz. We won't be playing Bournemouth As for what happens in between that'll be down to the Gvt and the media. Individual bodies will be told its up to them but the frenzy of handwringing will dictate there'll be no outriders. Cancel 9 days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 can we wait to see if Bruno and ASM are fit? If so go ahead. If not.......cancel, let us mourn FFS! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: Will it not also be a policing issue? Thousands of people will head to London this weekend to pay their respects, they won’t be able to police that and all the games as well. More scope for the ICF to be pwopa nawtee if the aw’ biw are busy elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Football fans are a funny lot. I reckon the majority are either neutral on the issue or in favour of abolishing the monarchy yet if the games go ahead at the weekend it will be full on partisan celebration through renditions of the national anthem. Let the games go ahead, celebrate her life and passing then pull next weeks fixtures (if for nothing else there won't be the policing available in London). It's not a difficult decision Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 The happy hammers are saying the world is in mourning FFS! 75% of the world couldn't give a fuck, in fact 75% of the UK couldn't give a fuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said: More scope for the ICF to be pwopa nawtee if the aw’ biw are busy elsewhere. Gawd bless the Queen Muvva’s daw-a. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said: Call it London Bridge or Unicorn. Its already written. Funeral a week tomoz. We won't be playing Bournemouth As for what happens in between that'll be down to the Gvt and the media. Individual bodies will be told its up to them but the frenzy of handwringing will dictate there'll be no outriders. Cancel 9 days. So what’s every fucker doing on their 9 days off to mourn? Far to long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 The thing is if the Premier League go ahead and the EFL doesn’t, the Premier League look like bad guys. The EFL have already started their way on their path by postponing tonight’s games. Team who are due to play tonight would be upset if tomorrows games are allowed to go ahead. At that point you then have to question if tonight’s games should be played over the weekend. In reality the first domino has already fell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I genuinely cannot believe they are looking to cancel this weekend's games man. I'm so confused I mean ... is everything else going to be closed down too? Or every other public event? Shopping as well? Why specifically sporting events? I mean, the funeral isn't even this weekend. Anyone understand the thinking behind it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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