Minutes Silence

[Hillian1]

Thanks for the dig. Once the applause stopped it was immaculately observed but was not for the traditional minute.

I agree with others that it wasn't done to be deliberately disrepectful.

But you had to start a thread about it.

Nobody who applauded were trying to do anything other than show respect.

You however have have tried to be better than they are.

 

[horshamite]

Wasn't the minute's silence before the last post?

 

[BensGrandad]

Impeccably observed by Hunemier, a German, I wonder if James McLean did the same at the WBA game.

 

[drew]

But you had to start a thread about it.

Nobody who applauded were trying to do anything other than show respect.

You however have have tried to be better than they are.

My very own stalker, how weird.

 

[Hillian1]

My very own stalker, how weird.

Never even noticed you before. But carry on.

 

[drew]

Never even noticed you before. But carry on.

If only.

 

[Hillian1]

If only.

Hold on a minute. You start a thread criticising other Brighton fans for not knowing what Last Post and Reville is.
I pull you up on it
I'm stalking you.

Pathetic.

 

[8ace]

The announcement was confusing, bit of a shambles really.

 

[Triggaaar]

What happened? Thought there was going to be a minute's silence after the sounding of the last post but some numpties decided to applause and a load more copied them. Personally, think it was a poor show.

It wasn't a poor show, people just got confused, it wasn't a lack of respect.

 

[BensGrandad]

Perhaps as is usually done the ref should have blown the whistle at the end of The Last Post and again to start reveille but would that be right.

The announcement was confusing, bit of a shambles really.

The refs whistle would have avoided any confusion, we are used to that as a signal.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Impeccably observed by Hunemier, a German, I wonder if James McLean did the same at the WBA game.

I don't think the two players' positions are comparable

And increasingly representatives from the enemy countries are being involved in remembrance events.
Firstly, plenty of Germans in my experience and of my vintage (early 60s so much older than Uwe) have seem to have carried a collective guilt about world war 2.
Secondly, plenty of Germans died in the war, too.

 

[sully]

The announcement was confusing, bit of a shambles really.

What was confusing?

RR said there would be The Last Post, followed by a period of silence and that would end when the buglers played Reveille.

So when did the period of silence happen that people thought meant we'd already had Reveille?

On a final point, I didn't think the MK fans started the clapping, but they were certainly the last to stop.

It disappoints me that people don't know the basics of Remembrance, to be honest. Nobody should need to be told how it works.

 

[8ace]

The refs whistle would have avoided any confusion, we are used to that as a signal.

Exactly mate, it's not a hard thing to get right - they've been doing it for years. Over complicating things for no reason.

 

[drew]

Hold on a minute. You start a thread criticising other Brighton fans for not knowing what Last Post and Reville is.
I pull you up on it
I'm stalking you.

Pathetic.

To be honest, you don't really need to know what the music is. The announcement was that there would be a piece of music followed by a period of silence (traditionally a minute) then a further piece of music. I'm not criticizing people because they didn't know The Last Post and Reveille. Nobody was being disrespectful.

 

[jakarta]

Can't believe people need instruction as to how to observe a Minutes Silence?

 

[Rogero]

No harm was meant by anyone. Some people just want to moan. Get a life.

 

[BensGrandad]

Is it not time you two agreed to differ and call a truce?

 

[drew]

Exactly mate, it's not a hard thing to get right - they've been doing it for years. Over complicating things for no reason.

Agree. Think the club have done a good job with the wreaths and inviting veterans representing both teams etc but might need a little tweak for next year.

 

[jakarta]

plenty of Germans died in the war, too.

And since many of them would have been Nazis a bloody good thing too?

 

[8ace]

What was confusing?

RR said there would be The Last Post, followed by a period of silence and that would end when the buglers played Reveille.

So when did the period of silence happen that people thought meant we'd already had Reveille?

On a final point, I didn't think the MK fans started the clapping, but they were certainly the last to stop.

It disappoints me that people don't know the basics of Remembrance, to be honest. Nobody should need to be told how it works.

If you want 20,000 people do what someone says you have to make it simple.