Removing Israeli teams from UEFA competitions/Boycotting the Maccabi TA game

[Brazilian Villain]

I'm on page 7. Does that make me a loser?

No, it makes you normal and not a social deviant.

[tomd2103]

What were those vans on Trinity Road before the game with digital "Block Israel" signs all about?  Had they got the wrong game?

[Rory]

I'm on page 7. Does that make me a loser?

No, it makes you normal and not a social deviant.

Phew!

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

What were those vans on Trinity Road before the game with digital "Block Israel" signs all about?  Had they got the wrong game?

I mean, they're just getting their point across early as it is starting to get media attention. One of the sky sports blokes was at Villa Park yesterday talking about the situation. It's just applying pressure (that won't change anything).

[tomd2103]

What were those vans on Trinity Road before the game with digital "Block Israel" signs all about?  Had they got the wrong game?

I mean, they're just getting their point across early as it is starting to get media attention. One of the sky sports blokes was at Villa Park yesterday talking about the situation. It's just applying pressure (that won't change anything).

Applying pressure to who?  Supporters from English and Italian teams who are there to watch a game of football?

Next home game in Europe is that game though, so presume they were maybe testing out whatever it is they have got planned.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Just in general. I'm not sure what there is to understand. They knew there would be cameras there and they want it to be seen, and it's about this competition and our ground. What more is there to it? I don't see the point in it but it what is it is.

[cdbearsfan]

Sponsor 'expects' team to drop 'Israel' from name - https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/articles/c20ekjx8yp4o

[algy]

That’s the maddest thing I’ve ever seen posted on here. And I was here for the bloke that always had breakfast pudding, but didn’t know why he was fat.

Hold on .. breakfast pudding?  Like a bowl of cereals, or a proper pudding?

When I go to a Premier Inn, I'll always have a 3 course breakfast (marmalade croissant for starters, cooked breakfast main, bowl of granola with a sprinkling of coco pops for "pudding") ... but that's the exception, I only do that cos it means I don't really need to bother with a middle-of-the-day meal.

[LeeB]

That’s the maddest thing I’ve ever seen posted on here. And I was here for the bloke that always had breakfast pudding, but didn’t know why he was fat.

Hold on .. breakfast pudding?  Like a bowl of cereals, or a proper pudding?

When I go to a Premier Inn, I'll always have a 3 course breakfast (marmalade croissant for starters, cooked breakfast main, bowl of granola with a sprinkling of coco pops for "pudding") ... but that's the exception, I only do that cos it means I don't really need to bother with a middle-of-the-day meal.

Back in the day when I was a high flying executive/ field engineer I had a Premier Inn card, and would always book the smaller, out of the city centre ones as they'd have a proper, made-for-you breakfast rather than the shitty buffets, and I'd do much the same but it would be bacon and poached eggs with brown toast, then granola, yoghurt and fruit compote which would see me through lunch till I got home.

[Dave]

That’s the maddest thing I’ve ever seen posted on here. And I was here for the bloke that always had breakfast pudding, but didn’t know why he was fat.

I've had a terrible day.

2 Sausage and bacon sandwiches.
a tube of pringles
5 jam doughnuts
1 large fish from the chippy
1 pie
1 sausage
1 savaloy
2 spring rolls
1 large chips
2 large curry sauces
3 dairy milks
a mcchiken sandwich meal with a milksahe
1 family size bag of revals
1 muller lite.

Its a bit late for calorie counting!

The thread itself has been lost like tears in rain, but other reminiscing here

[algy]

As for this whole affair.

Clearly what's going on in Gaza is very, very wrong.  Surely there's some kind of official UN declaration / nation status where you can say, at that point that nation should not be allowed to join in our games?  I mean, if any country is going round committing (say) acts of genocide, why should we be oblidged to play sports with them or let them join in our singing competitions (Eurovision)?

Absolutely nothing against jewish folk, nothing against Israel as a nation, but when you go round breaking international law then I don't think it's unreasonable for there to be consequences to that.

[django]

In an ideal world FIFA or UEFA would be making a decision on this consistent with the ban they gave to Russia.

As that seems unlikely to happen I would expect WM police to weigh it up and ask for
Away fans to be banned or the game to be played behind closed doors. If not I can see things getting pretty ugly.

As much as I would personally be behind the club forfeiting the game they will never do that and shouldn’t have to be out in that position.

[Hookeysmith]

God, I hate it when politics gets dragged into sport. Enough of this shit. Roll on kick off.

You'll hate it when the IDF deliberately targets and murders players from the Palestine national team, then, yes?

My understanding - the people that currently run Palestine (suggested to be Hamas) want all the jews dead - not just the football team?

This part of the world is dominated by religious bollocks - maybe it should just be turned into a car park and people start to live their lives accordingly.

In this media driven world we live in you would not bet against some stupid twat to try and make a name for themselves and cause an issue in the ground - on that basis if i were the Police i would insist on it being played behind closed doors with both clubs being compensated by UEFA

[Drummond]

God, I hate it when politics gets dragged into sport. Enough of this shit. Roll on kick off.

You'll hate it when the IDF deliberately targets and murders players from the Palestine national team, then, yes?

My understanding - the people that currently run Palestine (suggested to be Hamas) want all the jews dead - not just the football team?

This part of the world is dominated by religious bollocks - maybe it should just be turned into a car park and people start to live their lives accordingly.

In this media driven world we live in you would not bet against some stupid twat to try and make a name for themselves and cause an issue in the ground - on that basis if i were the Police i would insist on it being played behind closed doors with both clubs being compensated by UEFA

When you say 'this part of the world' do you mean Gaza? Israel? The Middle East?

[olaftab]

My understanding - the people that currently run Palestine (suggested to be Hamas) want all the jews dead - not just the football team?

With respect, you really need to read more for better understanding.
Hamas has never "run" Palestine. Hamas were in charge of Gaza until they pushed the self destruct button. Hamas is not running anything anywhere now. Most of the Palestinians live in Israeli occupied West Bank and try to go about their business  peacefully that is until they are randomly attacked by Israeli terrorists known as Settlers. Their government called the Palestinian National Authority has no such agenda as "want all the jews dead".