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[Koh Samui Blade]

I understood what GS said and I was listening to it on radio sheff

If your on the Kop,you can't understand anything anybody says because the speaker system is terrible.

 

[The Crab]

If your on the Kop,you can't understand anything anybody says because the speaker system is terrible.

Yeah fair enough on that one. I wasn’t there so don’t know if the screen was used or not. If it wasn’t, maybe it should have been

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

I'm interested to see who writes the actual last post on this Last Post thread.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

I'm interested to see who writes the actual last post on this Last Post thread.

Last!

 

[dexter101]

first.

 

[LBA_Blade]

For me personally with it not being a 11:05am kick off with the last post being played at 11:00am it could quite have easily had the silence on the referees whistle. The traditional use of the last post was the camp/garrison is secure and everyone is in for the night, it was adopted for use at funerals and moments of silence hundreds of years later more recently associated with WW1 and remembrance

 

[Keen Blade]

Not sure if there is an etiquette to this but could the minute’s silence come first followed by the Last Post? That way, there’s no chance for applause as happened today.

Good idea

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

If your on the Kop,you can't understand anything anybody says because the speaker system is terrible.

We must have got all your decibels on the SS as it's deafening in there matchdays - you can't hear yourself think

 

[FinchleyBlade]

You're surprised that many football fans are braindead? Have you been to games before? The reputation football fans have is well deserved, lets be honest.

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

I think the whole moments silence went a bit sideways.

Firstly some idiot oinker shouted "Come on Wednesday" when it went silent, to which hundreds shushed and muttered rather than keeping schtum.

The bugler played (pressure job that is), and unfortunately hit a bum note near the end (bless him - tough gig), as he finished, the clapping started, and I couldn't work out if this was in support of the bugler or just a reflection on the Remembrance. I hesitated, then clapped too as I thought that was what we were supposed to be doing.

I then thought the clapping would stop and we would have the minutes silence, but the military picked up the wreaths and marched off, and it was over. Never heard the refs whistle to officially end it.

All a bit confusing. Prior to, and during the last post the silence was observed beautifully.

The bit I didn't like was the military flag waving prior to the ceremony as they were waving Utd flags. I thought this was inappropriate as it should have been Union Jacks IMO.

 

[coaxingstar71]

I've had a throat infection which meant I was silent all game.

Do I win a prize?

 

[coaxingstar71]

I think the whole moments silence went a bit sideways.

Firstly some idiot oinker shouted "Come on Wednesday" when it went silent, to which hundreds shushed and muttered rather than keeping schtum.

The bugler played (pressure job that is), and unfortunately hit a bum note near the end (bless him - tough gig), as he finished, the clapping started, and I couldn't work out if this was in support of the bugler or just a reflection on the Remembrance. I hesitated, then clapped too as I thought that was what we were supposed to be doing.

I then thought the clapping would stop and we would have the minutes silence, but the military picked up the wreaths and marched off, and it was over. Never heard the refs whistle to officially end it.

All a bit confusing. Prior to, and during the last post the silence was observed beautifully.

The bit I didn't like was the military flag waving prior to the ceremony as they were waving Utd flags. I thought this was inappropriate as it should have been Union Jacks IMO.

Spot on mate.

I don't think there was any intentional disrespect shown.

 

[beatific blade]

As soon “a moment’s silence” is requested, you can’t be surprised about what happens next.

Not blaming Gary, but “a moment” is so stupidly ambiguous it can be interpreted as two seconds, five seconds, twelve seconds- you name it. Thirty seconds? Fifty seconds?

Any excuse for numpties to mindlessly clap at anything will be taken.

I never remember problems when it was “one minute’s silence starting and ending with the referee’s whistle”.

The one or two minutes of silence is poignant because it takes discipline for 30,000 people to do it as one.

Stop the applause nonsense and make it clear what the silence is. Give clear instructions and make sure there are very obvious signals of when it starts and ends.

Can’t believe how many words I’ve spent making such an obvious fucking point.

It’s like the world is managed by idiots, for idiots, these days.

(Not discounting myself as a fucking idiot, btw )

 

[Paul1963]

The silence on rememberance Sunday used to be a profound moment of reflection when the whole nation stopped . I think every organisation having their own weakens it. Every televised game for over a week has started with an act of remembrance. Yesterday we had the the silence in the fan zone followed by again pre match. A minuet (or two) has also been introduced on the 11th. I’ve just walked past greggs with a poster in the window asking me to “join them for two minutes silence at 11 o’clock today”

The two minute silence on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month hasn’t been added on,it’s been done every year since 1919

 

[184blade]

The two minute silence on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month hasn’t been added on,it’s been done every year since 1919to be corrected, Althou

The two minute silence on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month hasn’t been added on,it’s been done every year since 1919

You are of course correct and I’m happy to be corrected. The point I was was trying to make( rather clumsily) is in the past it was it used to be a moment for personal reflection where as now we are given multiple opportunities including nipping into Greg’s.

 

[Snowflake]

I thought they were very confusing instructions for most of a crowd that were probably 7 or 8 pints in.

or struggling to make out what was said amongst the noise around the stadium.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

If your on the Kop,you can't understand anything anybody says because the speaker system is terrible.

Heard GS's instructions loud and clear on the Kop (back of gangway G). It'd be much simpler to observe the silence first.

 

[wizadry]

Nobody meant disrespect other than the cunt that shouted come on Wednesday just before it all started like some twat out of the undatables. Absolute cunt waited until it was deftly silent too.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Learn your bugle calls Blades. The Last Post doesn't end the silence, it always calls it. But most football supporters obviously never see or attend a Remembrance event. Keep it as simple as possible, when you have so many sockets in the ground.

 

[The Crab]

I've had a throat infection which meant I was silent all game.

Do I win a prize?

Yes, a packet of Lockets…

 

[CarlMcBlade]

The clapping epidemic is a covid hangover from when we did the clap for carers thing. People clapping hearses as they go by instead of standing in solemn silence now. It’s well intentioned but it looks utterly ridiculous. It’s like people have simply forgotten why silence is appropriate for such things.

This applause bollocks has become a thing because imbeciles can’t be trusted to stand in a solemn respectful silence for one whole minute.

 

[WhiteHawk]

It pisses me off every year that we've got a section of fans that are incapable of following a simple request. Last Post then a minutes silence till the ref blows his whistle, how hard is that to understand? Every single year though, we fuck it up.

Gary Sinclair pretty much had to beg the crowd to stay silent for the minutes silence for George Baldock too.

 

[YES Blade]

Firstly some idiot oinker shouted "Come on Wednesday" when it went silent, to which hundreds shushed and muttered rather than keeping schtum.

Really annoys me that, obviously the bloke that shouted out is a cunt, but how is booing and shouting shut up the best thing to do during a minute silence?

It was the same at the Stoke match and the Baldock silence, it seemed like a few late comers made some noise and then the idiots make it worse by booing! Fucking brain dead!

 

[Bartleby]

I think the whole moments silence went a bit sideways.

Firstly some idiot oinker shouted "Come on Wednesday" when it went silent, to which hundreds shushed and muttered rather than keeping schtum.

The bugler played (pressure job that is), and unfortunately hit a bum note near the end (bless him - tough gig), as he finished, the clapping started, and I couldn't work out if this was in support of the bugler or just a reflection on the Remembrance. I hesitated, then clapped too as I thought that was what we were supposed to be doing.

I then thought the clapping would stop and we would have the minutes silence, but the military picked up the wreaths and marched off, and it was over. Never heard the refs whistle to officially end it.

All a bit confusing. Prior to, and during the last post the silence was observed beautifully.

The bit I didn't like was the military flag waving prior to the ceremony as they were waving Utd flags. I thought this was inappropriate as it should have been Union Jacks IMO.

It's nowt new, has happened every year as far back as I can recall.

Might as well either change it so that the silence is before the bugle as some have said, or just go with the minute's applause, which would seem to be the pragmatic way to go in these sad times where it seems a minute silence is not really achievable.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

I can just about accept a minutes applause for a well loved entertainer (like Brucie) who’s had a long and interestingly life. But for young people will their whole life ahead of them, as well as young brave soldiers slaughtered in battle, there’s is only on way to mourn their passing…It ain’t bloody clapping.

 

[Shadota]

I'm more inclined to blame the puppets responsible for putting our most highly charged game of the season on this weekend.

Whoever we had been scheduled to play, we would have had a minute's silence. So maybe, it would have been worthwhile to schedule a match that we, in the grand scheme of things, didn't give a shit about?

I'm not saying that the behaviour exhibited during/after The Last Post, but surely if all games to expect that sort of behaviour, it's that one? Whereas if we'd been playing someone like Oxford for example, the likelihood of disruption is far lower.