minutes silence

[Ric]

Because today was ?

Fucking hell mate, give it a rest. You’re not really doing yourself any favours here.

 

[cleavers]

Of course I see that. The point is we never used to, so lots of people today were saying "I thought it was next week?" Given that, the behaviour of the fans was absolutely impeccable and beyond criticism.

I've been going a long time, and I can't remember a season we didn't do it, and we as fans have always been beyond criticism on the day, so I'm struggling to understand why you're now criticising the club for doing it today, on the nearest date we can as club, and on a day most other clubs at home seem to have also done it ?

 

[Ohrodneyrodney]

Fucking hell mate, give it a rest. You’re not really doing yourself any favours here.

Roughly translated "yeah you've got a point"

 

[Ohrodneyrodney]

I've been going a long time, and I can't remember a season we didn't do it, and we as fans have always been beyond criticism on the day, so I'm struggling to understand why you're now criticising the club for doing it today, on the nearest date we can as club, and on a day most other clubs at home seem to have also done it ?

Where have I criticised the club for doing it ?

 

[Ric]

Roughly translated "yeah you've got a point"

No, I’m genuinely struggling to understand what point you’re trying to (clumsily) make.

 

[Ohrodneyrodney]

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No, I’m genuinely struggling to understand what point you’re trying to (clumsily) make.

Haha. Well your inability to understand simple English is not my problem Ric. Goodnight :)

 

[cleavers]

Where have I criticised the club for doing it ?

You asked why we did it today ? I've answered that, its quite simple, unless you want to create an argument. Anyway I'm finished, if you don't get why then there isn't much hope.

 

[Ric]

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Haha. Well your inability to understand simple English is not my problem Ric. Goodnight :)

Which bit of simple English have I failed to understand?!

 

[Ohrodneyrodney]

You asked why we did it today ? I've answered that, its quite simple, unless you want to create an argument. Anyway I'm finished, if you don't get why then there isn't much hope.

Yeah its pretty obvious youre not looking for an argument !!

 

[Rammy Blue]

Wow, what a weird argument.

@gavvo the simplest question for you to answer for us is, “At which home game do you think City should have made their tribute, the tribute we make EVERY year?”

 

[citymad]

Wow, what a weird argument.

@gavvo the simplest question for you to answer for us is, “At which home game do you think City should have made their tribute, the tribute we make EVERY year?”

This should be interesting....

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Manchester City..... ruining one minute silences since 2008....

 

[AliBobbyJ]

You asked why we did it today ? I've answered that, its quite simple, unless you want to create an argument. Anyway I'm finished, if you don't get why then there isn't much hope.

Getting like the famous Monty Python sketch "Is this the right room for an argument?"

 

[mikemcfc]

From my point of view I thought our tribute today was spot on, I didn't know we had a team of service veterans who supported City, and a bunch of lads who (judging from their ages) must have been involved in some the most grim conflicts since the second world war. I thought the guy playing last post was brilliant, it must be very difficult to play that, and in front of more than 50000 people it takes some balls, as a bugle must be the easiest instrument to get wrong, I thought the whole thing was very moving personally, and we got it spot on.

"...you should hear me play piano." ;)

 

[manchester blue]

No I'm not an idiot but thanks for asking. People criticising the fans behaviour today (which I thought was good by the way) miss the point that loads were asking (like me) "I thought it was next week". Its not that complicated.

Literally nobody near me mentioned it. Must be an odd lot near you if they don’t understand. I guess near me they just accepted that today was the nearest date for City to formally recognise the fallen, in common with most clubs.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Mind, wasn't there an article last week about a bunch of civil servants who weren't sure how long the Second WW lasted?

To be fair, there's still plenty of debate about the key dates for WWII. 1939 is the year we declared war on Germany but they are within the same continent. We declared war on Japan in 1941 but they had already formed the axis with Germany the year before, so, for us, the start date of a world war is a matter of opinion.

 

[Indaparkside]

I'm not on about remememberence sunday in this quote or the brave men and women who have died during conflicts involving our country i always buy a poppy and go to the cenotaph to pay my respects.

My personel issue is we have a minutes silence for everything now. Joe bloggs he played in 1926 or the tea ladys cat died last week etc etc. WE SHOULD hold and observe a minutes silence for remembeance sunday, tragedies like emiliano sala" etc, otherwise it loses what it's supposed to be about, my personal opinion but every week there seems something we need to observe

 

[quiet_riot]

Hopefully gavvo wakes up with a sore head today. I assume he'd had a few to drink?

 

[East Level 2]

Yeah, we had a similar announcement in the North Stand and think it helped to some extent. Bigger problem is the late arrivers though. Do think the stewards on the concourse could be more proactive. Not that it’s a major problem or owt, but feels like it could be easily solved. Don’t think anyone actually wants to disrespect that particular minute’s silence.

100% correct. Silences are often disrupted because fans don't know they are taking place. I remember we played at Wolves a couple of days after the Queen Mam died and stewards were telling everybody who went from the concourse to the seating area.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Well do it at the away game then ?

We're not all there at the away game. There's fans coming from Shanghai and Singapore, spending a day in the tourist hotspots of Dipperdom, having bagged the last tickets for the price of an ST.