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

The games were called off because fans were not trusted to respect the minutes silence and it would have reflected badly when being shown on TV abroad. Police resources were another reason.

The minutes silence at Tynecastle the other day was appalling (yes, I am aware it is Scotland), West Ham had to go for a minutes applause instead of silence.

The reason there is no football this weekend is because of football fans. Nobody else.

If they’re worried about a minutes silence, not going well, they could just not have one?

Generally a minutes silence, is a lovely display of respect given, rather than a respect forced.

But ok, football fans are to blame for hypothetically (and without any evidence that it would even actually happen) not sharing the same sentiments that they’re being told to. Lots of people die without a minutes silence being held across the country and that’s fine.

No I agree like. But this is the problem. Not football fans not feeling/respecting the people that they’re told to. Some day in this country also, people who are unpopular with large sections of the working classes (Varadkar and Bertie Ahern probably the first examples that come to my mind) are also going to die.

Surely the appropriate thing to do when this happens is to allow the people who want to grieve/respect do so, and not create forced displays that will only antagonise. If they try do tributes to John Delaney in Irish football stadiums, are you seriously going to try blame the people who react, the way we know they’re going to react?

The GAA won't like you saying that.

Anyone who attended 1 game in his/her life gets a mention during the championship.

Not sure how it's misleading - it was in direct reply to someone saying "England playing SA cricket test match today yet no football ffs, farcical." And the single rugby league play-off has also been held up as an example. Most racecards have been lost and even what's going ahead at Doncaster is reduced (2 days racing 15 races have been condensed to 9 races). The handful of county cricket matches scheduled for today were also postponed by the way.

I just think 'there's a cricket match on, why can't we have 60 football matches?' is a clearly flawed comparison. But again I emphasise that I think football made the wrong call, but the Eng v SA cricket match doesn't prove the point.

What I can't understand is why people are so surprised about this.

If an Irish president died in office I'd fully expect all GAA games be they inter-county or club to be postponed on the weekend.

The death of a sitting head of state is a big deal, in any state.

The death of the president of France, the king of Spain, the president of the United States etc, would all mean things like the main sports showing respect by postponing games.

It's not the Brits just overreacting as many here like to think it is.

Resent examples are non existent I think.

Last Irish president to die in office was Erskine Childers in the early 1970s.

I'd have to research what happened then.

The last US president to die in office was Kennedy and the NFL played a few days later, something that they have regretted ever since.

Does anyone actually know what the reaction of the British people has been to this ?

The people who really understand the monarchy and what it means to the country.

I’m using this time as a chance to reacquaint myself with La liga and serie A. Extended the now tv sports for €10 a month. Premier league will be back soon enough. It’s the fans who had flights, hotels etc booked to attend games that I feel sorry for.

I was in Old Trafford on Thursday when the news of her death was released. The fans were glued to the news coverage but there was no obvious outpouring of grief or anything. The place was a bit subdued but only for the fact it was all over the screens I wouldn't have known she had died (I only found out from seeing it on one of the screens).

I got there quite early as it was my first time and I wanted to watch the pre-match warm up, etc. We got chatting to some of the stewards and security staff and the general consensus was that there was no way they wanted any matches cancelled this weekend but it was inevitable. Any of the fans I spoke to or I heard talking about it were hoping nothing would be cancelled at all. Anyone who travelled a bit of distance (like myself) were very relieved it wasn't cancelled. We were glad UEFA insisted it went ahead (security told us that the Man Utd officials did ask about a cancellation and UEFA said absolutely not as fans were already on the way to the ground and it was too close to kick off).

The minutes silence was adhered to impeccably and the Real Sociedad fans were excellently behaved inside and outside the stadium.

Any particular reason you hate it? A mark of respect is a mark of respect.

Maybe after a week of mourning, they will realise a week is more than eneogh . She was 96 , lived a long and privelleged life, perspective.