The combined Maccabi thread - now with are you going? poll

[tomd2103]

I DON'T THINK IT'S A SHAMEFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS. CHRIS HAS MADE A PERSONAL DECISION. THERE WILL BE A PROTEST  AROUND THE GROUND AS IT SHOULD BE BUT IT WILL BE FINE. NO WORRIES.

(just looked up to see cap lock but honestly I am not shouting just too lazy to correct it)

I wasn't saying that it was a shameful state of affairs that Chris has made that decision.  It's a shameful state of affairs that Villa fans feel that they can't go to a game at Villa Park that many have already paid money for. 

[olaftab]

Everyone perceives situations differently and that’s ok, so say it’s shameful overall is irrational IMHO.

[olaftab]

Birmingham City Council saying it has no idea of how many schools are shutting early sums up them being a complete shower of shit.

Why? These things are left to the Head teacher make a decision based on prevailing local conditions.

[tomd2103]

Everyone perceives situations differently and that’s ok, so say it’s shameful overall is irrational IMHO.

How would you describe a situation where Villa fans, many of who have paid for a ticket for the match, feel they can't go to a game at Villa Park because of concerns for their own safety?

[Chap]

Birmingham City Council saying it has no idea of how many schools are shutting early sums up them being a complete shower of shit.

Why? These things are left to the Head teacher make a decision based on prevailing local conditions.

Is it not the case that if they come under local authority control they would have to inform them anymore?

[kippaxvilla2]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c781xdjn0qwo

[markeeeebeeee2005]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c781xdjn0qwo

The chief executive of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv says it is "incredibly sad" away fans have been banned from his side's Europa League match at Aston Villa.

"It’s really just not fair that we didn’t accept our allocation of tickets for our treasured and violent  fans, to follow our Middle Eastern football team, in representing a genocidal state to sports wash in European competition a multi decade apartheid.” Jack Angelides told BBC Sport.

Oh do f*ck off Jack.

[andyh]

Someone tells me this morning there is footage of trouble in town last night with people, fireworks and police struggling to deal with it ?
I don’t use X anymore so has anyone else seen this and is it any way related to tonight or dickheads who don’t know how to enjoy a national event (bonfire night) without being ****** ?

[Somniloquism]

Birmingham City Council saying it has no idea of how many schools are shutting early sums up them being a complete shower of shit.

Not really. It is the schools making the decision, not the council and not all schools making them are council run.

[PeterWithesShin]

Someone tells me this morning there is footage of trouble in town last night with people, fireworks and police struggling to deal with it ?
I don’t use X anymore so has anyone else seen this and is it any way related to tonight or dickheads who don’t know how to enjoy a national event (bonfire night) without being ****** ?

Four teenagers have been arrested after police and members of the public were attacked with fireworks in Birmingham.

The arrests - on suspicion of violent disorder - were made in the Dale End area on Wednesday evening, West Midlands Police said.

The force seized weapons and fireworks as it deployed Section 60 powers to stop and search people.

It said disorder involving young people saw fireworks released in a dangerous manner, but nobody had been seriously hurt.

On Wednesday, police said the Section 60 provision would remain in place until 06:00 GMT on Thursday, allowing officers during the period to stop and search people without the need to have reasonable grounds to do so.

This power was "exercised to safeguard the community from this dangerous behaviour", the force added.

Insp Matthew Minton said of operations on Wednesday: "We had robust plans in place [on 5 November] to respond to any Bonfire Night disorder.

"Behaviour like what we have seen this evening simply won't be tolerated."

[Somniloquism]

Someone tells me this morning there is footage of trouble in town last night with people, fireworks and police struggling to deal with it ?
I don’t use X anymore so has anyone else seen this and is it any way related to tonight or dickheads who don’t know how to enjoy a national event (bonfire night) without being ****** ?

Don't think it is anything specifically linked to this but just that it is the time of the year when twats get fireworks. The other week a professional display multi-rocket thing was set-up to fire at a bus stopped at lights, and this week the appeal on information when kids dropped one into a house which killed someone has been launched.

[PeterWithesShin]

I won't link to the vids but there's plenty on Twitter etc if you search "Birmingham fireworks".

[Somniloquism]

However the timing of easy access to fireworks is probably another reason behind the Police decision that no-one in power is mentioning.

[TheToffnar]

It's all just a massive shit show. My dad rang me last night and could tell he was quite worried about going. Told him we'd just taxi it to the closest 'barrier' and get into the ground as early as he wants. Stubborn bugger is still going to drive in and park up near Barton Arms. Doesn't help himself.

Rain looks unlikely for this evening, though it'd have to be pretty torrential to have any sort of effect I'd imagine. Think it will be relatively calm in and around the ground though.

[Clampy]

Its always been a bit ropey down the Dale End area, especially after school closes. Fucking idiots.