mejonaNO12 aka riskit
Well-known member
Were the players talking during the minute?
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Saudi Players Ignore minutes silence
- Thread starter Hillian1
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Yoda
English & European
With all this shit going on in the World, I''m building up quite an ignore list. Welcome to it.
Extremely unlikely. Both teams would have been told in advance and would have known why there was a silence.
- Oct 17, 2008
- 14,420
The problem is it just cements a nasty image problem, perception is everything. Every time the Saudi's act out, it distances them more from the West.
Yoda
English & European
You would hope so at least.
brightn'ove
cringe
I meant that the minutes silence was in honour of the Australians that died, not the game. But I can see how that is unclear.
If not I would expect the Saudis to issue a statement explaining that they weren't told what was happening. I'm not holding my breath.
I thought it was pretty clear what you meant.
Baker lite
Banned
More likely to issue a statement saying that they don't give a **** and can do what they like.
Although they actually give so few ****s that in reality they'll probably say **** all.
The *****.
B.W.
New member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 13,666
So why say that you thought they may not know what was going on!? Of course they knew, and the disrespectful ****ers chose to 'ignore' the minutes silence..
sydney
tinky ****in winky
i'm sorry mate , but you have completely missed my sardonic angle there......the only reason they didn't observe the minutes silence is because they are pig shit ignorant....!
sydney
tinky ****in winky
yes ...ironic sarcasm mate...sorry....
I think most of us got your point mate.
Be nice! Some people's worlds fell apart last June, and they're unlikely to ever get over it.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
Not sure they completely ignored it. They didn't line up and link arms, but mostly appeared to stand in silence. On here, starts around 18:00.
https://youtu.be/C_dKK4wYnZM
https://youtu.be/C_dKK4wYnZM
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,763
Might as well make every match start +1 minute these days. Constant mourning for this that and the other being pushed upon us because we must 'show' grief, it doesn't happen otherwise. You can't simply be trusted to reflect yourself, no you have to demonstrate or it hasn't happened / doesn't exist / can't be shared on social media with the other narcissists. And god forbid anyone who says hang on a sec, we didn't used to do this every week...? Perhaps the Saudi football team didn't KNOW any of the victims? Come to think of it, neither did I. Nor any of the Manchester ones. Or the Paris. Or Paris 2. Or Tunisia. Or Bali. Or Mumbai. Or Baghdad. Or Kabul. Or... But I do read the news and think 'poor buggers, that's horrific, RIP etc' everytime but this doesn't count until I attend a football match and pay my respects demonstrably with thousands of others. In the old days we used to do this at a place called Church, which younger fans won't be familiar with I know. But it's quite ironic really.
Reagulls
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- Jul 22, 2013
- 774
Insel affe
HellBilly
I understand your not making excuses for them just stating what their custom is regarding this matter, it seems to me that they are in another country that does and should oblige and be respectful. This makes it seem at first glance they do not respect other beliefs and despise us the west that they don't even care if they offend us by not taking part.
I can well imagine the hate if the roles were reversed, half of Australia would have a fatwa for death issued against it by now.
Double standards and just another reason why, we will never see eye to eye.
Horrible country