Poppy's

stg · Post by **stg** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:57 pm

Can anybody tell me if man u had poppy's on thier shirts?

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:00 pm

No, they didn't..

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:05 pm

franksav63 wrote:No, they didn't..

No Liverpool. But Villa playing in Claret did!

SCREAM AIM FIRE · Post by **SCREAM AIM FIRE** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:10 pm

manure should of had them on there black strip on their shirt, having redshirts is no excuse.

like high scool drop outs.
no class

MentalQuartz · Post by **MentalQuartz** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:01 pm

Eats, Shoots and Leaves!

hanny73 · Post by **hanny73** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:13 pm

No they didn't - they made a consensus decision not to as they hadn't done it before.

Just shows their lack of class and respect.

CraigPollard · Post by **CraigPollard** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:19 pm

Ref shirt is no excuse. We had them embroidered on last year playing at home (sure it was the game we done the Mancs 2-1) and we were in red (obviously)

Utd = Class A Crunts!

Post by **REB** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:23 pm

tbf here , most of britain dont wear poppys either so i feel you lot are getting your knickers in a twist over feck all.

hanny73 · Post by **hanny73** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:40 pm

REBEL GOONER wrote:tbf here , most of britain dont wear poppys either so i feel you lot are getting your knickers in a twist over feck all.

I'm not sure that paying respect to those that have died in the last 100 years in various different wars is as you put 'feck all'.

Perhaps you should have some respect yourself.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:42 pm

How can you say that, Reb?!

Okay it isn't a crime but to say it's not worth bothering over is a real shame.
A big common misconception is that the both the Poppy appeal and Remembrance day is because of WWII. It's not.
Both are to remember any person who has either sadly fallen fighting for the British Armed Forces and/or severally injured in battle.
This doesn't just includes Brits but anyone who fought as part of the Allied forces in WWII

As far as I'm concerned anyone living in the UK should be proudly remembering those and by wearing a poppy you support that cause.

hanny73 · Post by **hanny73** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:54 pm

Boomer wrote:How can you say that, Reb?!

Okay it isn't a crime but to say it's not worth bothering over is a real shame.
A big common misconception is that the both the Poppy appeal and Remembrance day is because of WWII. It's not.
Both are to remember any person who has either sadly fallen fighting for the British Armed Forces and/or severally injured in battle.
This doesn't just includes Brits but anyone who fought as part of the Allied forces in WWII

As far as I'm concerned anyone living in the UK should be proudly remembering those and by wearing a poppy you support that cause.

Just to add.....

The poppy's significance to Remembrance Day is a result of Canadian military physician John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy emblem was chosen because of the poppies that bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I.

Post by **REB** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:20 pm

hanny73 wrote:
REBEL GOONER wrote:tbf here , most of britain dont wear poppys either so i feel you lot are getting your knickers in a twist over feck all.
I'm not sure that paying respect to those that have died in the last 100 years in various different wars is as you put 'feck all'.

Perhaps you should have some respect yourself.

you missed the point, i have nothing against showing respect and i wish more would do so, so dont be havin a go at me.
point i made was people are having a sly dig at man u when plenty of other teams and well over 3/4 population of britain didnt or dont wear a poppy.

olgitgooner · Post by **olgitgooner** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:56 pm

Never mind the percentage of UK people who don't buy, or wear, the Poppy.

Anyone in the public eye wears one. People on the telly wear one. Most of the prem teams wear it on the shirt. It's a praiseworthy mark of respect.

The fact that Manure won't do it is quite sad.

Lost_Gooner · Post by **Lost_Gooner** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:36 pm

olgitgooner wrote:Never mind the percentage of UK people who don't buy, or wear, the Poppy.

Anyone in the public eye wears one. People on the telly wear one. Most of the prem teams wear it on the shirt. It's a praiseworthy mark of respect.

The fact that Manure won't do it is quite sad.

Spot on

Magic Hat · Post by **Magic Hat** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:22 pm

I don't see what Man U did wrong there. The poppy football-shirt tradition is only in what, it's second or third season and at first nearly nobody wore it. If Man U decide to support armed forces charities by ways they feel is more constructive then fair enough, better that and not wear a shirt rather then wearing a shirt and doing nothing rest of the year.

I think the poppy tradition is a great one but that is getting abused of late by people wanting to show they care the most or people simply wearing it to avoid a backlash.