General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

pathetic that the games are off this weekend. performative grief.

Though at least we won;t have to hear commentators speak rubbish about how difficult it must be for the players to be playing after hearing such horrible news.

The games should have been played.

People are still expected to go to work. Pubs are still open. Retaurants are still open. Cinemas are still open. But sporting events? Can't be having them! FFS.

Are the PL going to refund fans for costs incurred, because they simply decided to postpone the games when they absolutely could have gone ahead?

even Mondays game is off , is the rest of Britain closing down or is it just sport ?

The poster who said that lived in the UK for 10 years so he knows full well about the monarchy over there.

By the way none of my UK friends are happy that these games and other things are off and I bet a lot of UK people feel the same. So don't be painting all British people as some royalist hive mind.

Also if it was so obvious and everyone knew what was going to happen why did it take organisations so long to give an answer.

So retail, pubs and the rest will be open - while Football closes indefintly. Surely it would have been more appropriate to mark her passing with a minute silence/applaud and armbands and remember her life , than 1 week to 2 week suspension of all football.

and football is an absolute religion in England, they live for it.

I think this stupid decision is just reflecting what Britain (Mostly England) has become.

When the previous monarch died football carried on.

However since then, and particularly in the last last 20 years, England has become more nationalistic. George's Cross replaced Union Jack at international games.

The Premier League has been coaxed by this mentality to enshrining Remembrance Sunday into a whole football weekend resulting in poppy ceremonies at football stadiums carried out by uniformed soldiers whilst players , we all know who, whom are uncomfortable with it are chastised and abused for making a choice, which I always thought the war was fought far. Offering people freedom of choice.

Now they have buckled again and made a stupid over the top decision regardless what impact it has on people who had travel plans from all over the world and also regardless of what impact it has on the rest of the season.

Why the 'BS' comment? I've no idea if the thought of some fans causing disruptions would be part of the decision making, but games being fine last night isn't really a sign of anything either way. It had literally only just happened, so a reaction from those at games last night would have been unlikely. Logically, if there were to be a reaction of some kind at some stage, it would likely come after there was a little time to plan something, or even just time to process it.

I do think it's probably more likely that the games are cancelled because of football's weird and ever-escalating jingoistic nationalistic tie-ins though.

Agreed. I would also much prefer the football went ahead.But a lot of wealthy individuals have taken a drastic, sledgehammer approach in order to protect the image of their billion dollar investment.