I am stunned that no one else seems to be bothered that the pre match tribute was so half arsed. We managed a better pre match tribute to Bobby Robson!I have been at many pre match applause hWhere fans have started applauding during the announcement but I haven’t see one before where they’ve decided that this counts as the applauses and just got ready to kick off right after the announcer finished saying ‘will start and end on the referees whistle’.
Quote from: amfy on December 08, 2019, 06:42:29 PMI am stunned that no one else seems to be bothered that the pre match tribute was so half arsed. We managed a better pre match tribute to Bobby Robson!I have been at many pre match applause hWhere fans have started applauding during the announcement but I haven’t see one before where they’ve decided that this counts as the applauses and just got ready to kick off right after the announcer finished saying ‘will start and end on the referees whistle’.That's not at all what I experienced. Everyone including the Leicester supporters to their credit carried on clapping until the ball was in play and shortly after.Of all the things to criticize today.
Quote from: AsTallAsLions on December 08, 2019, 06:45:11 PMQuote from: amfy on December 08, 2019, 06:42:29 PMI am stunned that no one else seems to be bothered that the pre match tribute was so half arsed. We managed a better pre match tribute to Bobby Robson!I have been at many pre match applause hWhere fans have started applauding during the announcement but I haven’t see one before where they’ve decided that this counts as the applauses and just got ready to kick off right after the announcer finished saying ‘will start and end on the referees whistle’.That's not at all what I experienced. Everyone including the Leicester supporters to their credit carried on clapping until the ball was in play and shortly after.Of all the things to criticize today.If I wanted to criticise anything else I’d do it on the post match thread. As it is - the worst pre-match tribute to anyone I have ever seen, to the greatest Villa manager in living memory deserves to be criticised. Personally I found it really upsetting that we could balls this up.
Surely we'll give a more proper tribute at the Norwich game given he managed both clubs and there's probably some Norwich players who played for him that are still alive that could be invited to the game, special programme being produced which is one thing the club certainly couldn't at short notice and also interview some of the 82 boys on the pitch before the game to relive some memories.When Gary Speed died Newcastle United had a home game straight after when they had the standard Minute's silence/applause and then two weeks later their home game v Swansea was designated as the official tribute matchAgain Holte End holding up placards/banner saying Don't bet against us would be brilliant sight, another thing the club couldn't do at short notice.
To hear (and I can't confirm the facts of this) that John Terry sat through the whole thing talking would make me very unhappy. I hope it's just a nasty rumour.
Quote from: CT on December 08, 2019, 07:33:20 PMTo hear (and I can't confirm the facts of this) that John Terry sat through the whole thing talking would make me very unhappy. I hope it's just a nasty rumour. That's what it looked like on the television, in fact the whole Villa bench and coaching staff looked totally disengaged from any tribute that may (or as it looked may not) have been taking place.