shepp 2,285 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Britain changed when Diana died. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Britain changed when Diana died. WTF You wanna stay of the drink son pmsl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,602 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Britain changed when Diana died. Couldnt agree more as regards the codes of emotional conduct at football which many fans class as " ad " ( after Diana ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Ffs I totally disagree. So there lol lol It changed after Hillsborough Edited December 22, 2014 by TUFFTY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,182 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Some of the chants are howling but to me they are sacred, it's one if the last bastions of good old british gallows humour and long may it last...... Altogether now........"Always look on the run way for ice....dada.....dadadadada......" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,602 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Ffs I totally disagree. So there lol lol It changed after Hillsborough Nearly 100 English football fans getting killed in an English football ground cant be compared to 1 random foreign footballer getting cancer,or 1 random teenager getting stabbed. Its not just football that have these " Diana Moments " that fans are expected to observe either......good article this. http://blogs.hud.ac.uk/academics/blog/2014/12/05/the-death-of-phillip-hughes-crickets-diana-moment/ Edited December 22, 2014 by gnasher16 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Ffs I totally disagree. So there lol lol It changed after Hillsborough Nearly 100 English football fans getting killed in an English football ground cant be compared to 1 random foreign footballer getting cancer,or 1 random teenager getting stabbed. Its not just football that have these " Diana Moments " that fans are expected to observe either......good article this. http://blogs.hud.ac.uk/academics/blog/2014/12/05/the-death-of-phillip-hughes-crickets-diana-moment/ Was definitely definitely categorically not comparing. I was saying after that tragic day . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,602 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) It wasnt though mate.....look at the high profile deaths in the game in the early/mid 90,s.....Sir Matt Busby,Bob Paisley,Billy Wright.........God himself Bobby Moore.....there was no obligatory public over emotional minutes applause every week at 6 minutes for Bobby ....or any of the others.....................it was the Lady Di street applause that set the standard for obssessive public grieving. Edited December 23, 2014 by gnasher16 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 It wasnt though mate.....look at the high profile deaths in the game in the early/mid 90,s.....Sir Matt Busby,Bob Paisley,Billy Wright.........God himself Bobby Moore.....there was no obligatory public over emotional minutes applause every week at 6 minutes for Bobby ....or any of the others.....................it was the Lady Di street applause that set the standard for obssessive public grieving. Your probably right, it just seems like that to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bracken boy 584 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Calling shearer a wanker in my view is pathetic and childish and if thats what makes him happy well... Shearer was a great prem goalscorer and would take the insult as a complement... Julio who???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brigzy 1,298 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 It wasnt though mate.....look at the high profile deaths in the game in the early/mid 90,s.....Sir Matt Busby,Bob Paisley,Billy Wright.........God himself Bobby Moore.....there was no obligatory public over emotional minutes applause every week at 6 minutes for Bobby ....or any of the others.....................it was the Lady Di street applause that set the standard for obssessive public grieving.[/quot I've had a good think about this, Gnash, and come to the conclusion you are right! I did appreciate the Liverpool and Sundeland supporters at recent Newcastle games I attended, showing solidarity with us in remembering the murdered supporters, but I got thinking, what if I got shot down in a plane, would all the poachers, lampers, coursers, shooters, ferreters, et al, stop what they were doing and have a minutes silence/applaud for me.......maybe not !! LOL !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,602 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Shearer is famous its easy to judge famous people...............its not so easy to judge a person nobody has ever heard of.....hence its always best to stick to the principal of judging famous people for what they are famous for in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brigzy 1,298 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Shearer gave away his testimonial money to charity, he has a disabled centre in newcastle that he funded and continues to fund, he sponsors many charities through golf tounaments and public appearances, yes he comes over as boring, but he was certainly single minded in his job, whatever team he played for. I wish over paid shite like Ben Arfur were as professional. Shearer could have played for just about any big team in the world, he turned down Manchester United twice. He chose to play for Newcastle, in my mind, because he knew he would have far more say there, than in any other team. Was this selfish or just looking after his own career ? Who knows, but to call a man a "wanker" sounds like childish jealousy . 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MickC 1,825 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Shearer was a cracking player but certainly single minded. He had far too much pull at Newcastle. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,602 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Max theres plenty of ex pros who enjoy a kick about with the locals thats nothing unusual......even ive played against Teddy Sherringham,Johnny Moncur,Martin Allen a few times in jumpers for goalposts games over Lloyds Park as we knew a few of the same people.....ok they wasnt up to my standard but we gave them a kick now and again ......obviously your not going to get big name players like|Shearer turning out for their local pub sides they would be swamped,doesnt mean they wouldnt want to though. Edited December 23, 2014 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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