Shame on Liverpool and Man Utd...

... for refusing to have the poppy on their shirts for today.... Call me a sceptic but I bet some kinda commercial negative was factored into that conclusion.

Hang your heads in shame.

 

Yep, thats disgusting

 

I was wondering if we would have one on

Then I thoguht how would it show up on a red shirt anyway

 

Depends if they make it a different shade of red.

 

well thats true, it was somat i wa thinking about watching MOTD this morning

 

Looking at the highlights on SKY Sports News, not many Championship clubs had them.

 

Perhaps its because the majority of players are not British

Although I noticed Man City were wearing them yesterday. Thought re Tevez who is Argentinian where
conflict with his Homeland caused a lot of lives. The same thoughts could also effect Ballack today.

I do however understand the thought is for all lives lost in conflict, regardless of Nationality
but I stand to be corrected.

 

Personally i think that fecking stinks

Coming from 2 clubs that have a minutes silence every year for Hillsbrough & Munich

 

There is the argument though as to why should you force people to wear a poppy. Doesn't it detract somewhat if there is an edict that everyone should wear them? Does it trivialise it when you see every single person on the BBC wearing them?
I buy one every year and wear it, they sell them at work but I wouldn't like my company to be saying to me that I had to wear one. The sacrifice was made so that people had freedom of choice as to whether to wear an emblem, don't forget that the Nazi's forced people to wear emblems.

 

Maybe on a white circle background

(dunno)

 

I wonder if each club that wears 'em. . .

. . . . makes a sizable donation the RBL? Isn't that the point?

 

Good on them standing up to the bullys

Poppys are optional</p>

 

RE: I wonder if each club that wears 'em. . .

The shirts are autographed and auctioned, with proceeds to the Royal British Legion and Help For Heroes.

 

Must be a fear of upsetting foreign players. Are they not willing to follow our respects and tradition?. Who cares, so long as we care. I for one respect what those brave soldiers did for this once proud nation. LET US NEVER FORGET!

 

good point eaststander.

If we don't wear one, does that mean we are being dis-respectful?
and does it mean teams were all dis-respectful last season and the season before that?

Have all teams been dis-respectful the last 60 years by not wearing one?

Perhaps we should get vivian westwood to design one on the shirt?
Perhaps there should be one on all council workers' overalls and police uniforms and nurses uniforms etc etc etc etc...?

Aren't we in danger of turning this into a circus?

- just buy a normal poppy, remember the dead. lets keep it simple.

 

nowt like jumping to conclusions

 

it's a very good point you make there

to be fair though, you were due

 

well

throw enough **** at the wall and eventually some will stick!

 

They will have a poppy on the lapel of their club suits when they arrive at the grounds.

 

RE: well

That's the philosophy I use when I post on here