To all those who nearly combusted when Giggs didn't sing the anthem

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  1. ark

    ark104 (v2) Well-Known Member

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    What are your views on Wiggins/team time trialists/todays rowers etc.

    Or hasn't the Daily Mail formed an opinion yet?
     
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    I couldn't give a chuff who sings it tbh. Not sure I would sing it if I was a sportsman. For a start it is a ***** song, very royalist rather than celebrating our country. Also much confusion about who it actually represents because England use it, which I have always wondered why. When it comes to sport it should be England, Scotland and Wales, no GB, even at the Olympics.
     
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    If I got the opportunity I would sing but I would sing the words to Jerusalem instead. It would be like my own one man protest. And did those feet...
     
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    John Terry belts out a good national anthem. Why should a sportsperson be obliged to sing immediately before they compete? Stupid when you think about it. Does the queen do keep-it-uppys before she goes on a royal engagement? She might, but it shouldn't be compulsory.
     
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    The ones I saw were too busy crying to sing it. Tears galore.
     
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