Leicester City vs Aston Villa off

[Percy McCarthy]

For what it’s worth I think it’s the correct decision

Football got it right rugby got it wrong

Shit, now there's two of us. I may have a spare tin hat .......

Out of interest, do you think it would be right to call off the next round of fixtures (i.e. Southampton at home for us)?

I think a case can be made for calling off the games this weekend because it's such a recent event. Not so sure about the next round of games.

She’s only just died
We’re in a period of national mourning which should certainly be longer than 1 day

I think rugby will live to regret it As Will all the posh lads sports
They all bang on about how circumspect and respectful their fans are and they’re going to be kicking around shouting and bawling when the Monarch of 70 years it’s still warm, Fucking disgraceful in my view

She deserves more than a couple of minutes silence and the national anthem and then just let’s carry on chaps
Anyway traditionally football is the working man’s game and again it shows The working classes have more respect and dignity than the up their own arse middle-class twats

That may be true(working class dignity etc) but who cancelled the football? Aren’t they all middle class/posh at the FA? In which case you should be giving them credit.

I won’t be because I think it should be on, and I don’t agree with the working class game being singled out from all the other leisure pursuits.

[Percy McCarthy]

this will upset the momentum we took from the city performance. Gerrard is still under pressure from some sections of the fan base. He needs results to come quick. couple of wins then the discontent might have dispersed before the international break. Now Saints becomes must win/ dare not lose.

Since he was hired Gerrard seems to me to be cursed. Everything he's done or tried to do has gone wrong.
He said in his first interview how important the cups were, then got drawn away at old trafford twice, the bissuma saga, Couthinio signing (bloke looks shot), the long injury to Carlos, the public spat with Mings, McGinns captincy and form, Beale jumping, Critchley and the passport debacle, the draw in the league cup and now a winnable game being postponed. Things just haven't clicked into place at all and not just results.  Just seems inevitable whats going to happen

Not all luck though is it really?

[Drummond]

Exactly. This is all about the removal of choice. People who want to make grieving compulsory inflicting their views on others.

People who think their right to watch a game is more important than the constitutional set up of the country. The sport expects people to sing to her before major fixtures.

[cdbearsfan]

People attending football matches has no effect on the constitutional set up of the country.

If I can go to work, Ads can go to the football.

[Percy McCarthy]

People attending football matches has no effect on the constitutional set up of the country.

Neither does the Queen dying. Exactly the same constitutional set-up, different personnel.

[john e]

People attending football matches has no effect on the constitutional set up of the country.

If I can go to work, Ads can go to the football.

Errr well yes he can go to the football, But if he goes tomorrow they won’t let him in

[Drummond]

Personally I think either it all stays on or all gets cancelled.

This way smacks of football trying to do the right thing. I'm not that fussed and find it a bit surprising that people are so het up about it. Maybe it's because I wasn't due to attend mind.

[Richard E]

People attending football matches has no effect on the constitutional set up of the country.

If I can go to work, Ads can go to the football.

Errr well yes he can go to the football, But if he goes tomorrow they won’t let him in

Actually I think his Football Banning Order has expired now.

[cdbearsfan]

FFS, just when I thought it was safe.

[Skerra]

Sky were scheduled to show German football match tonight and BT were to show a match from the French league. Neither of them were shown as far as I could see. Is there a total ban on showing this evil game of football??!!

[cdbearsfan]

The German game was on, saw a bit of it.

[ROBBO]

If the games were to continue it would have given millions of attendees the opportunity to pay their respect through the minutes silence.

[RamboandBruno]

So people can go to watch rugby union, golf, horse racing, the Great North Run, rugby league or cricket but not football? Why is the national sport the only one where going to a match wouldn't be respectful?

Working class sport at heart. Despite all the

[RamboandBruno]

Think I'll bow out now, I don't want to offend anyone. But while seemingly the entire country is praying for one person, I will not be praying but wishing, for another Enlightenment.

Im with you Rory

[Lastfootstamper]

I genuinely thought it would be ghost towns for days after her death.

Really?

What on earth made you think it would be like that?

It was like that the afternoon Phillip died when I went for a walk around the same places I did today (can't for life for me remember what stage of lockdown we were in April 2021).

I just assumed mourning period would include kids getting the day off school to watch all the endless tribute programmes and nation just grind to a halt for a day or two so it would have bank holiday feel but miles off that!

We were, quite famously, in the "sit alone at your spouse's funeral" stage. Pubs and all nonessential retail were still shut when he died.