Postponment of Premier League fixtures due to the death of Her Majesty the Queen.

[chicoazul]

Someone bite the bullet and do a poll

Sure thing buddy.

Gestures for the the Queen before West Ham game

Just wanted to gauge fan sentiment ahead of the planned gestures this Sunday. From the Premier League website. Players and match officials will wear black armbands as a mark of respect and, together with managers, will gather at the centre circle before kick-off. Fans will be asked to join...

www.grandoldteam.com

 

[catcherintherye]

It's only football, mate.. it's of absolutely no importance whatsoever. Get over it.

Yes probably, but so is the monarchy.

To people who watch football, football is more important.

 

[davids]

Just on TV a young woman (employee of a TV company) queued for nine hours overnight to walk past a box covered in a flag that may or may not be occupied. Apparently it was a spiritual experience, always wondered how people could be sold the Brooklyn Bridge.

The problem with this preposterous spectacle is that people in the middle - people like me who are republican by nature but who would not disrespect any minute's silence - are being prodded into open revolt against the ludicrousness now enveloping them. I would quietly observe any minute's silence. I don't have to respect the monarchy, but I respect the feelings of those who do. However, it seems that some of those people want to enforce their will on the rest of society. That's not going to end well.

It's starting to come over a bit... North Korea.

 

[davids]

Actually, I think people's lives are important, so we clearly have a difference of opinion on that.

It's just the idea that some lives have more importance than others that's odd.

 

[davids]

True, like Frank and Alan Ball.

Wot,Tory Pete is a republican?

 

[chicoazul]

There’s a school of thought I’ve seen banded around that by going along with signs of monarchal dominance pre game on scouse soil that were acting like serfs but I truly believe it should every day person to their own. Some people take comfort in the royal family so I respect their wishes and won’t ruin a poignant moment for them.

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

Wot,Tory Pete is a republican?

No...I was just pointing out two tory bootlickers who we like.

 

[cjuk87]

I think a nice banner ' Everton remembers' would go along way.

I wish I could forget most memories of Everton.

 

[windymiller]

Actually, I think people's lives are important, so we clearly have a difference of opinion on that.

We should have 10 days of mourning and shut down our economy every time a geriatric dies then. Or would that be an insane amount of overkill?

 

[davids]

We should have 10 days of mourning and shut down our economy every time a geriatric dies then. Or would that be an insane amount of overkill?

Mournathons could become very popular.

 

[windymiller]

Mournathons could become very popular.

Good God, I hope not! This past week has been utterly tedious.

Grievewatch on Twitter is very funny if you want evidence of how bizarre this whole thing has become.

 

[davids]

Good God, I hope not! This past week has been utterly tedious.

Grievewatch on Twitter is very funny if you want evidence of how bizarre this whole thing has become.

The BBC viewing figures almost guarantee it'll become an annual event (at least) seems it's not only sex that sells. It's going to be black Xmas,our first without her.?

 

[efcfanwirral]

The problem with this preposterous spectacle is that people in the middle - people like me who are republican by nature but who would not disrespect any minute's silence - are being prodded into open revolt against the ludicrousness now enveloping them. I would quietly observe any minute's silence. I don't have to respect the monarchy, but I respect the feelings of those who do. However, it seems that some of those people want to enforce their will on the rest of society. That's not going to end well.

I'm just going to have to have a beer down in the concourse for the bit at the start - I can't bring myself to even witness it.

I expect to be down in a deserted concourse though...

 

[windymiller]

The BBC viewing figures almost guarantee it'll become an annual event (at least) seems it's not only sex that sells. It's going to be black Xmas,our first without her.?

Yeah, you're probably right. It'll take at least 5 years until this is properly in the rear view.

 

[kev101]

It's just the idea that some lives have more importance than others that's odd.

I don't think it's like that, just some people are far more widely known, so there are that many people to feel that loss to some degree.
I bow my head when a hearse drives past,. I don't know the deceased or their family, but I have respect for their loss. Many people are feeling some loss right now, so I'm not going to do cartwheels across their mourning.
I'm not a tory or a royalist btw, it's not about that.