Topic: Still not worthy of a thread

[Klaus]

Just thought, people in the crowd are going to be throwing poppies onto the pitch arent they

[Interpolic]

They could all change their surnames by deed poll to Poppy so it appears on their shirts.

[Stifleaay]

Hope England get beat, f***ing break up our season for their shitness, f*** off man.

[54]

Hope England get beat, f***ing break up our season for their shitness, f*** off man.

Don't worry, Ritchie's on the case.

[joeyt]

Someone will probably put him out for the season

[Nobody]

Someone will probably put him out for the season

Not too worried, Aarons should be back soon

[mrmojorisin75]

Worth revisiting Squires at this time of year:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/cartoon/2014/nov/13/david-squires-footballers-wearing-poppies

https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2015/nov/10/david-squires-on-football-and-remembrance-day

He'll probably do another one next week.

so good, "like and share if you're for comparing unrelated things"

[Darth Crooks]

Hadn't seen the trenches one

[themanupstairs]

Sensationalism: #1 British export

[Ryan]

From F365 Mediawatch

Ladies and gentlemen, Danny Mills has solved the poppy poppycock problem. Here he is, speaking to BBC Sport:

“If the players are that insistent on wearing poppies, they should get a temporary tattoo, stick it on the back of their hand and, when the national anthems are played, put your hand on your heart and it’s there for everybody to see.

“Fifa cannot stop that. It’s no different than having a normal tattoo.”

 

Absolute moron.

[Tomato Deuce]

can imagine him being like this, astonished nobody else has come up with such a cunning plan:

[Tomato Deuce]

Could the poppies feasibly leave the atmosphere and be hologram'd onto the players from space using a satellite tracking system?

[neesy111]

New Stadium for 2018 World Cup has a wobbly pitch.

[cookidge]

If the England team really gave a s*** they'd refuse to play unless they could wear them. But of course they don't care enough.

I thought international football was supposed to be apolitical anyway. Meh.

[neesy111]

Glad Fifa have banned it tbh, the poppy has become a political symbol.

[Heron]

Glad Fifa have banned it tbh, the poppy has become a political symbol.

I somewhat disagree. It's a symbol of remembrance. However, the remembrance is for those who have fought and died for our nation which is obviously political.

Soldiers don't make wars they fight them. They deserve our respect and laws should be in place to protect them from fighting unjust wars.

[Wullie]

FIFA are utter c***s. I'll tell you who else is as well - every footballer who played a game in early November, in or for England between 1921 and 2009 without a poppy on their shirt. Disrespectful w*****s.

[Tomato Deuce]

FIFA are utter c***s. I'll tell you who else is as well - every footballer who played a game in early November, in or for England between 1921 and 2009 without a poppy on their shirt. Disrespectful w*****s.

Sounds like soldiers are due somebody's wages.

[Nobody]

FIFA are utter c***s. I'll tell you who else is as well - every footballer who played a game in early November, in or for England between 1921 and 2009 without a poppy on their shirt. Disrespectful w*****s.

Why not since 2009? I'm sure it's blatantly obvious and I'm just thick as f*** for not knowing

[Wullie]

FIFA are utter c***s. I'll tell you who else is as well - every footballer who played a game in early November, in or for England between 1921 and 2009 without a poppy on their shirt. Disrespectful w*****s.

Why not since 2009? I'm sure it's blatantly obvious and I'm just thick as f*** for not knowing

I'm being facetious, 2009 was the first time poppies appeared on Premier League, and subsequently England shirts. Now it's making its way into the f***ing House of Commons, how much of a disgrace it is that they can't have one on the shirt for a particular game. Never seemed to bother anyone in the 88 years they went without but of course that wasn't in an era when we must all show extremely publicly how deeply sad we are about something, as much and as obviously as possible. Surprised an 11th minute applause hasn't been mooted yet.

[BlueStar]

Applause seems crass. Should be a minute's silence in the 11th minute. Get the players on player cam to make sure they're not whispering "man on" or kicking the ball loudly.

[Tiresias]

This article sums up my position completely (seems free from their pay wall atm)

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa-forced-to-prove-their-grief-or-else-by-poppy-hysteria-ks3kth7gg?shareToken=dd92b9b951782cd545e17a9372025121

[Si]

This article sums up my position completely (seems free from their pay wall atm)

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa-forced-to-prove-their-grief-or-else-by-poppy-hysteria-ks3kth7gg?shareToken=dd92b9b951782cd545e17a9372025121

Aye bang on.

[astraguy]

Messi won ballon d'or football is still fixed

[firetotheworks]

Applause seems crass. Should be a minute's silence in the 11th minute. Get the players on player cam to make sure they're not whispering "man on" or kicking the ball loudly.

It absolutely is, it's blatantly because mongs can't keep quiet for a minute.