Chelsea-Liverpool, United-Leeds, Brighton-Palace all off, rest of the games on (pg 128)

[danielwood5]

I know it's never their fault, but on this occasion I don't think it is their fault.

I think it would have played some part in their thinking but probably not the complete reason.

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

Its not about the actual football itself that I'm concerned about. Its the thousands and thousands of already struggling small businesses who rely on a match day to bring in much needed income where my sympathies lie.
That's the crux of it and that's why in a modern world the outdated notion that the man on the street should suffer because a country is coming to a standstill to mourn doesn't sit right with me.

It’s been postponed not cancelled. So they will get the income on the day when the game is rescheduled.

 

[west didsblue]

I’m convinced some are doing this deliberately now.

Should have said as a mark of respect it will be pissing down tomorrow.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

I'm going to make this my last post on the topic because I'm becoming too impassioned, but what's fucking me off more than anything is every media outlet, braindead celebrity, figure of authority, every disingenuous politician, telling us that the whole nation is bereaved. That the whole nation is mournfully reflecting. No, they don't get to speak for everyone, and they certainly don't get to speak for me. I'm not affected in anyway.

The Queen was a one off; the rest of that family are repugnant, and it's high time this anachronistic charade was abolished.

@Octavian and @Kaz are coming for you now.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

It's a monumental period in our history. I think it's right there's no football this weekend, it's such a pivotal moment.

I understand those, who don't have an affinity for the royals, (I don't either) but it's the right thing to do. It's about priorities for a lot of people.

Football will carry on.

 

[SebastianBlue]

 

[Centurions]

The FA and Premier League have been made to look like absolute mugs here.

I mean, the decision to call the games off tomorrow actually benefits me because I'm moving house and a few walls need painting. The Spurs game being called off means I can dedicate the day to that task instead. But forcing people to mourn something while the rest of the sporting world just carries on is fucking bonkers.

And now this decision by the ECB makes it all look much, much worse.

I think you'll find that no one is "forcing you" to do anything. I wasn't aware the Queen was reigning monarch of the sporting world BTW?

Isn't the ECB calling off the test?

 

[shemnel]

It's a monumental period in our history. I think it's right there's no football this weekend, it's such a pivotal moment.

I understand those, who don't have an affinity for the royals, (I don't either) but it's the right thing to do. It's about priorities for a lot of people.

Football will carry on.

i think i've asked quite a few people this now, and i dont want to exclude you: are you angry/miffed that other sports are going ahead? other facets of life like pubs, meals out and so on? why football in particular?

 

[youngbob]

It's a monumental period in our history. I think it's right there's no football this weekend, it's such a pivotal moment.

I understand those, who don't have an affinity for the royals, (I don't either) but it's the right thing to do. It's about priorities for a lot of people.

Football will carry on.

But what purpose does it actually serve to postpone the games? Beyond some vague nonsense about 'respect' and it being 'the right thing to do', what's the actual practical, real-world purpose of postponing the games? I'm genuinely curious.

 

[JASR]

Its wildly out of control now.

It’s not as OTT as when Diana died…. So far.

The acres of flowers left was one thing that stood out as wrong (to me) - could have donated the buying flowers money to her charities?

The collective grief was overpowering and any dissent to the collective grief was treated (by media) as the worst thing ever, unpatriotic, unbritish etc.

Grieve in your own way , for whatever reason, fine, but imposing that view and attacking others without that same view…
Or even worse, as with the football, kowtowing to a perceived potential backlash from a fenzied media (social or otherwise), and blithely stopping stuff happening.

Heyho.