[Football] Premier League games this weekend - POSTPONED

[Psychobilly freakout]

I’m not the one cancelling everything.

Yeah but Yeah, your perpetuating the myth we should all be super sad, pay no heed my friend, it’s been a long day
X

 

[jcdenton08]

Yeah but Yeah, your perpetuating the myth we should all be super sad, pay no heed my friend, it’s been a long day
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Some people are “super sad”.

Not everyone thinks and feels the same, a lot of people are affected emotionally by this - myself included.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

It was eventually going to happen at least now it gives us more time to find a suitable replacement.

 

[super-seagulls]

I thought everyone got 2 weeks off work. Or is that just one of those things said in hearsay and down the pub

Seriously. How would that work. Everybody not working??

You work on Saturdays?

Another one?
If people didn’t work on Saturdays (and hold on to your seat Sundays too!) You wouldn’t be able to go to the football, the pub, a supermarket, your Garden Centres. Not to mention public transport, hospitals etc….

A very disrespectful question!

 

[Icy Gull]

Seriously. How would that work. Everybody not working??



Another one?
If people didn’t work on Saturdays (and hold on to your seat Sundays too!) You wouldn’t be able to go to the football, the pub, a supermarket, your Garden Centres. Not to mention public transport, hospitals etc….

A very disrespectful question!

It was a joke and Lamie knows that

 

[W3 BHA]

It was eventually going to happen at least now it gives us more time to find a suitable replacement.

I don't think we have a lot of choice......I think we get Charles, like it or not.......oh!

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Has a 10 day pause been confirmed?

The reports of the London Bridge plan say parliament would be suspended for 10 days - so MPs would get 2 weeks off to recover bless em.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Friday AM … the news sites are saying that the Premier League expects this weekend fixtures to be postponed… So let’s await confirmation.

I certainly hope so. As I see it the club is in no state to take on a league fixture. A break of a week or two will make all the difference. Frankly, it is quite fortuitous for the old lady to pop her clogs just now …
I have sympathy for the family who have lost a Mother/grandmother but I feel nothing toward her myself. I am sure public sympathy will soon wane if this enforced mourning lasts too long.

 

[super-seagulls]

I thought everyone got 2 weeks off work. Or is that just one of those things said in hearsay and down the pub

It was a joke and Lamie knows that

In which case. Whoosh.

 

[BrightonCottager]

I hope the EPL isn't cancelled- this was Fulham's best chance of beating Chelscum for years and it would also have cheered up my Albion chums.

 

[southstandandy]

Sounds like 10 days from the radio this morning. At least we'll hopefully get a manager in before our next game at Anfield.

Even my gig at Chalk tonight has been postponed.

 

[Official Old Man]

Train drivers no longer on strike. Palace game back on?

 

[southstandandy]

Train drivers no longer on strike. Palace game back on?

Not if it is 10 days. Yet to be confirmed though.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

My Nan died this year also aged 96. It was obviously very sad but it wasn't tragic. She died peacefully, having lived a good and full life and in succession. Funerals are never fun but it was more a celebration of her life as much as anything. 96 was a fantastic knock.

Fast forward to yesterday's events and it appears we are going to stop the world for 10 days. Wall to wall royal coverage on every main channel (I recorded an NFL programme on sky last night, guess what I got?), a competition to find the saddest of sad songs on the radio and probably a witch hunt being conducted by the Mail and Express to find people like me who aren't balling their eyes out. Isn't it all a bit over the top? Whilst a postponement tomorrow couldn't be better timed, it's unfair on people who have booked travel and made plans. They've even cancelled the racing today. Her Majesty definitely wouldn't have liked that.

 

[dazzer6666]

Friday AM … the news sites are saying that the Premier League expects this weekend fixtures to be postponed… So let’s await confirmation.

I certainly hope so. As I see it the club is in no state to take on a league fixture. A break of a week or two will make all the difference. Frankly, it is quite fortuitous for the old lady to pop her clogs just now …
I have sympathy for the family who have lost a Mother/grandmother but I feel nothing toward her myself. I am sure public sympathy will soon wane if this enforced mourning lasts too long.

With the palace game already off, it’s looking like a full 3 weeks+ before our next game. New team will be comfortably in place by then I reckon.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Premier League games this weekend.

My Nan died this year also aged 96. It was obviously very sad but it wasn't tragic. She died peacefully, having lived a good and full life and in succession. Funerals are never fun but it was more a celebration of her life as much as anything. 96 was a fantastic knock.

Fast forward to yesterday's events and it appears we are going to stop the world for 10 days. Wall to wall royal coverage on every main channel (I recorded an NFL programme on sky last night, guess what I got?), a competition to find the saddest of sad songs on the radio and probably a witch hunt being conducted by the Mail and Express to find people like me who aren't balling their eyes out. Isn't it all a bit over the top? Whilst a postponement tomorrow couldn't be better timed, it's unfair on people who have booked travel and made plans. They've even cancelled the racing today. Her Majesty definitely wouldn't have liked that.

This.

I keep hearing this 10 day thing. 10 days of what exactly?! What are supposed to be doing in that time?

I’ll admit I’m anti monarchy and her passing has no effect on me personally but I appreciate it is a sad time for a few people so I’m careful what I say around others and I’ll stay off that thread for example. It is sad her family have lost a mother, grand mother etc same as when any family loses someone.

I really don’t understand why the football matches have to be called off though. Surely getting thousands of people together to pay their respects and celebrate her life, which living to 96 is what you should be doing, is more appropriate? Kids and grassroots games are carrying on as normal.

 

[Peter Grummit]

I should preface this by saying that despite being a republican, I have the utmost respect for the Queen as a person and the remarkably steadfast job she has done in difficult times. It is completely right that those who wish to mourn and pay their respects will have full opportunity to do so, with the expected Bank Holiday if the funeral is on the 19th, and the chance to file past the coffin in Westminster Hall in the days leading up to it.

The broader royal family and the establishment has been rightly preparing meticulously for this day. There is an awful lot to sort out at a practical and protocol level. They also know that this is a pivotal moment for the institution. At this unique moment, they hold the whip hand in determining what happens for the next 10 days. This is the opportunity to reinforce the incumbent hierarchy and deference for the establishment and give Charles the best opportunity to maintain the status quo in the longer term.

So, whilst the football and other sporting authorities will be keen to maintain fixtures, as the alternative gives them a big headache, I will be amazed if they are permitted to do so.

 

[herecomesaregular]

No offence to her but I do hope it's not 10 days. It would be frankly ridiculous imho. And why so long to announce it, her failing health hasn't been a surprise? Are they trying to judge the mood of the.... media? Imo there should be tributes and games this weekend and none next weekend (if policing is an issue near to the funeral) or vice versa.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

I am sure the Palace game will be back on......I've just cancelled the hotel booking!!

 

[Mellotron]

I think the 10 days may happen as much as anything because no company/event/brand/media outlet will want to be the first to be seen "having fun" and get cancelled en masse.