Re: Fifa tells referee to call off England game if players wear poppies
 

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16106626

so once again cameron can look like a super hero :rolleyes:.It reminds of a Yes Minister episode where Jim Hacker is trying to build up his public opinion so takes on a challenge with the Common Market over sausages ,something equally as meaningless

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It does seem that a Swiss person has to do the Neutral thing:erm:

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Well give me some credit because that's not what I'm saying..The choice is yours and everyone else's not to wear one.My beef is in being told that I can't wear one or that others who want to wear one can't and the excuse given that it's political.It's only political if you make it so.

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So why do you support forcing the England players to wear one if it's a matter of choice?

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No, I never said you said that, nor did I mean to imply it. It's absolutely fine by if it's on a voluntary basis, but in reality it isn't always. I also think that, to the extent that it's a measure of support for our troops (as said, it means different things to different people), it is a political symbol, and FIFA are right in the ban (until they approved this new mealy-mouthed compromise).

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To be honest if it was permitted and certain players didn't wear it, that player would be vilified for the rest of his career. Not worth it.

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This is it. It's such a mixed symbol of respect for the fallen and support for troops, that people get villified for not showing the first and end up doing the second when they may have misgivings about it.

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That is true ,but having the poppy embroiderd or transfered onto the shirt is forcing the player to wear a poppy thus removing the freedom a poppy is suppose to represent to some

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ALL players should wear the famous poppy, my only gripe with the England squad is that when the anthem is playing - how players will be singing it - not very many.

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Anyway I reckon that if they got a cut of the Poppy Appeal funds Fifa would fall over backwards to allow the wearing of poppies..

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The fallen fought for the right to choose, not the right to be made to wear something - get real, Arthur.

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Too right.....

Re: Fifa tells referee to call off England game if players wear poppies
 

Indeed :tu: