Ormond Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Has anyone else seen the absolutely vile huge poppies plastered all over our fighter jets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 4 hours ago, goodguy said: Can't wait for the outrage when GSTQ gets its usual reception. They'll spin that as disrespecting armistice day as well. I'll be booing out it whilst wearing a poppy. Only ever wear it on the 11th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 36 minutes ago, Ormond said: Has anyone else seen the absolutely vile huge poppies plastered all over our fighter jets? Aye. What mutant thought up that idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 57 minutes ago, DoonTheSlope said: I've got to laugh at some of the hypocrites on here and on Facebook who say that FIFA have made the correct decision and that politics has no place in football(whether it's classed as politics is another argument entirely). These are the same folk who were waving YES paraphanalia in the Westfalen(sp?), Craven Cottage and other game leading up to the the referendum and have been talking about "sticking Brexit up yer arse" etc Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanmartin Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 59 minutes ago, Ormond said: Has anyone else seen the absolutely vile huge poppies plastered all over our fighter jets? Probably the poor sods in whatever part of the middle east we're presently carpet bombing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodguy Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 2 hours ago, dan cake said: dont boo then I probably won't be booing but we all know it's going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 In better news, loads of Rangers fans on my facebook have started taking an interest in the national team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 15 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: In better news, loads of Rangers fans on my facebook have started taking an interest in the national team. You have Huns on your Facebook? Can you decipher Orcish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toepoke Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 4 hours ago, Hertsscot said: Have we ever worn poppies on our shirt before? Where we being disrespectful if we didn't? Not sure if we have, it's unusual to be playing internationals on Remembrance weekend though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 When did all this creep into the game? Fairly recently I think. Certainly wasn't the fake outpouring 20 years ago. Get poppies to off shirts. Let fans wear them if they wish but keep this circus away from the pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariokempes56 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 7 minutes ago, macy37 said: When did all this creep into the game? Fairly recently I think. Certainly wasn't the fake outpouring 20 years ago. Get poppies to off shirts. Let fans wear them if they wish but keep this circus away from the pitch. Correct. football strips should be that znd only that . poppy wearing or not is 100percent a personal choice. End. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 13 minutes ago, macy37 said: When did all this creep into the game? Fairly recently I think. Certainly wasn't the fake outpouring 20 years ago. Get poppies to off shirts. Let fans wear them if they wish but keep this circus away from the pitch. I read a couple of years ago around this time when similar comments are made , that the first time poppies were worn on Leicester city shirts vs Blackburn in 2003. Referenced in http://m.leicestermercury.co.uk/leicester-city-beats-year-s-fund-raising-effort/story-20248101-detail/story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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giblet Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 incredible how political the wearing of a poppy has become. facebook rife with folk getting hard ons thinking the whole population should be wearing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 That's the trouble with society these days, people just cannae keep their fkin noses out of other people's business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in5omniac Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 22 hours ago, Hertsscot said: Have we ever worn poppies on our shirt before? Where we being disrespectful if we didn't? We were allowed to wear poppies on armbands in a 2-1 win in Cyprus in 2011: The players got rid of the armbands at half time though because the velcro wouldn't stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 I see that our beloved PM is coming out with a nice Thatcher-esque comment on the matter: "Before they start telling us what to do, they jolly well ought to sort their own house out," said Mrs May. "Our football players want to recognise and respect those who have given their lives for our safety and security - I think it is absolutely right they should be able to do so." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37848413 This is the 2nd time in 2 days that I've seen/heard the line that the 'players want' to wear the poppies. I've not seen or heard any players saying anything of the sort. What I have seen is representatives of each FA, politicians and media figures getting worked up and speaking emotively about the subject with obvious outrage at the decision. The BBC Reporting Scotland piece last night also said that the 'players wanted' to wear them. The remembrance is at 11am. Why don't each of the respective squads have an event at their hotel. Media presence to capture their moment of remembrance and they can quietly have their moment. Any of the fans that want to do likewise can go to an appropriate ceremony anywhere in the country for 11am and wear the poppy for the day/evening/game/week - whatever they see fit and appropriate. All of the outrage on this is an absolute nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotunited Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Would not be surprised if one of the football boot companies - produce a boot for the occasion. As players wear different brands and have all sorts of logos / on them, would it be a player fine and not a FA fine ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) Sort of reminds me of a recent story in India where some guy sitting in the front row of the cinema did not stand up when they played the national anthem. Guy behind gave him a light skelp round the side of the head saying stand up. Turns out he was disabled and had turned up early to take his seat and have his chair stowed. Where does this sense of outrage come from people which increases it seems the more removed they are form the actual suffering. I grew up when WWI & II veterans were alive in larger numbers and this bullying sentimentality was unseen as far as I can recall. Seems a newish thing. Edited November 2, 2016 by thplinth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Just left work and noticed a full-blown Poppy Scotland merchandise stall on Princes St has appeared since last yesterday. They seem to have a better range than the SFA manage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 On 11/1/2016 at 0:43 PM, Ally Bongo said: Remembrance should be a personal thing however it was hijacked by the Tories for political means some years ago A small point of order. It was actually Tony Blair's Labour government that deliberately and cynically turned the poppy from a symbol of remembrance into a symbol of patriotism. All to silence criticism of the Iraq war. It was at that point the poppy became political. Ever since then, it's been hijacked by each government for their own political ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 It wouldn't be rememberance without #poppygate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 More to the point, did Theresa May actually use the words ' jolly well' ? Who the fook speaks like that these days ? Has she just jumped off the page of an Enid Blyton book? Fifa must be shittin themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblet Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Whole thing has the touch of the Princess Diana hysteria surrounding our game that was scheduled for the same day as her funeral. People with no interest in football having their say etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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