U turn on poppy

[beorhthelm]

This story just goes to show what a bunch of twats the FA are. They knew the FIFA rules and walked straight into this mess, they could have pre-empted this by offering the armband solution in the first place - it was common sense. Now a sizeable minority of England fans think the FA is weak because they didn't play with the poppy on the shirt.

I turn on the news and see Cameron and Prince William have got involved, what a waste of everybody's time. I mean what IS the problem with the armband solution?

this. what a waste of air time and column inches and why the f*** was Cameron sticking his oar in? cheap popularist bandwagon jumping, when plenty of more important issues need attention.

what other special exceptions to the rules should we have? maybe a bye in the event of penalties?