abu13
Well-Known Member
In hindsight we didn't really play this well at all. Not that I am blaming the club or anything like that but we should have made a big deal of this before the game.
Everyone knew what was coming as it was all over the internet and the fact the dippers and the police made no attempt to stop it from happening was disgraceful.
In my opinion there is no way we could have refused to play and nor should we have, however we should have got to the ground and said to Uefa that the players were shaken and as such would not be fit to play at the scheduled time. We should have said that we would not go onto the pitch until 8:45 and then watched the shit storm ensue. Not only would it have forced Uefa's hand due to TV schedules but it would have also caused major issues with policing and transport.
More importantly it would have done a lot to diffuse the situation within the stadium with their fans, they had built themselves up into a frenzy for the kick off and the wind would have been taken out of their sails to have to sit in the ground waiting for an extra hour.
Also BT would have had to fill an hour of the time slot trying to avoid discussing the reason for the delay, I cant believe how little was made of this.
Everyone knew what was coming as it was all over the internet and the fact the dippers and the police made no attempt to stop it from happening was disgraceful.
In my opinion there is no way we could have refused to play and nor should we have, however we should have got to the ground and said to Uefa that the players were shaken and as such would not be fit to play at the scheduled time. We should have said that we would not go onto the pitch until 8:45 and then watched the shit storm ensue. Not only would it have forced Uefa's hand due to TV schedules but it would have also caused major issues with policing and transport.
More importantly it would have done a lot to diffuse the situation within the stadium with their fans, they had built themselves up into a frenzy for the kick off and the wind would have been taken out of their sails to have to sit in the ground waiting for an extra hour.
Also BT would have had to fill an hour of the time slot trying to avoid discussing the reason for the delay, I cant believe how little was made of this.