Tiny Flags for Man Utd game

Walton · Post by **Walton** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 3:27 pm

Each seat will have a tiny flag attached to it on Sunday, for us to wave as the teams come out.

This has the potential to look really rubbish.

http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com//new ... te=desktop

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 3:32 pm

I know we all chastise Leicester for all their flag waving and drum banging, but at least they get proper size flags!

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 3:35 pm

Walton wrote:Each seat will have a tiny flag attached to it on Sunday, for us to wave as the teams come out.

This has the potential to look really rubbish.

http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com//new ... te=desktop

It will be

HatfieldClaret · Post by **HatfieldClaret** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 3:35 pm

Yer miserable toads, wear dark glasses and a hat to avoid being recognised then.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 3:41 pm

HatfieldClaret wrote:Yer miserable toads, wear dark glasses and a hat to avoid being recognised then.

I'm going on at 2.20 to miss it !

Midmoorclaret · Post by **Midmoorclaret** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 3:49 pm

You're being asked to show your support for BFC in the Community and it's a poor do if you can't do this and also donate to BFC in the Community and Pendleside Hospice in the bucket collection. You're not being asked to wave your flag to support the team during the match so for Christ sake show support for how it's meant.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:03 pm

Midmoorclaret wrote:You're being asked to show your support for BFC in the Community and it's a poor do if you can't do this and also donate to BFC in the Community and Pendleside Hospice in the bucket collection. You're not being asked to wave your flag to support the team during the match so for Christ sake show support for how it's meant.

I ain't waving no tiny paper flag for no one mate...end of.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:10 pm

The attitude of some 'fans' every time the Club try to do something different but positive is a joy to behold

Walton · Post by **Walton** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:25 pm

Is it not enough that we can put our hands in our pockets and give generously to a charity many of us will already contribute a good amount to?

Why do we have to wave a tiny flag? What relevance does a tiny flag have to providing palliative care?

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:26 pm

I'll be waving my flag no problem.

Every tiny teeny bit of support on Sunday will be needed..

Well...are you proper, Burnley bona fide, 'real deal' card-carrying Burnley fans or not?

Longside4evr · Post by **Longside4evr** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:32 pm

Steve1956 wrote:I ain't waving no tiny paper flag for no one mate...end of.

Unbelievable coment it's not about matchoisim it's about supporting the community and supporting charity for a good cause you don't have to be ten men to do that your coment is so immature it's un true get a grip man

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:39 pm

I will be waving mine, no problem at all, unlike all you manly, macho cavemen.
For goodness sake, swallow your pride and support two very good and worthwhile
causes.

You never know, one day you may very well need them and be ashamed
that you were too "tough" to wave a flag in support of them at some point in
your neanderthal past.

beddie · Post by **beddie** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:42 pm

Walton. Stop being a miserable sod, we could have had "Happy Clappers" instead.

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:43 pm

Are we having dry ice too ?

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:44 pm

I'd rather they try something similar to the coloured cards held in the JMc stand before the Chelsea game the other year. That was really effective and would look terrific across all the stands.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:44 pm

Oh dear - well at least it's not the happy clappers.

Walton · Post by **Walton** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:46 pm

Beddie, these tiny flags will just be the gateway. Happy Clappers come soon after, before we go full Leicester and have our very own lookalike of Andre Gray becoming a celebrity.

Walton · Post by **Walton** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:47 pm

jlup1980 wrote:I'd rather they try something similar to the coloured cards held in the JMc stand before the Chelsea game the other year. That was really effective and would look terrific across all the stands.

See, they were really good. These flags are pathetic.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:00 pm

Walton wrote:Beddie, these tiny flags will just be the gateway. Happy Clappers come soon after, before we go full Leicester and have our very own lookalike of Andre Gray becoming a celebrity.

We were close to getting those happy clappers earlier in the season. Thankfully someone saw sense.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:09 pm

I'll donate ten pounds if we can have a 'respectful PA welcome to both teams' day. Failing that I think all tiny flags should be used as darts until he gets the message.

ksrclaret · Post by **ksrclaret** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:13 pm

The white recycling bag is housed adjacent to the opposition dugout, I'm told, so could everyone please throw their flags in the direction of a Mr J Mourinho who will oversee their appropriate disposal.

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:49 pm

Is " matchoism " being macho on the match ?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:54 pm

Longside4evr wrote:Unbelievable coment it's not about matchoisim it's about supporting the community and supporting charity for a good cause you don't have to be ten men to do that your coment is so immature it's un true get a grip man

it's so easy.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:21 pm

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At least the phone line charge us being put to good use!

Barry_Chuckle · Post by **Barry_Chuckle** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:48 pm

Haa Haaa Haaa, when I read the words "Tiny Flag" I didn't expect them to be that tiny...... would the club not have been better donating the money it's cost to produce these directly to the 2 charities in question?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:38 pm

Bob Lorders should play darts with Moanrinhio

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:50 pm

I'm not sure whether the flags are really small or Bertie Bee is really big. I've only ever seen him from a distance.

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:14 pm

Well you could make them into to paper planes and see how far they get onto the pitch , maybe orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr think of the poor people who had to put them out on every seat .

lakesclaret · Post by **lakesclaret** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:05 pm

Say it ain't so? What has it come to when Burnley are doing this sort of nonsense... It's the sort of thing you expect at Brighton or Leicester or other such giddy plastic grounds and fans.

While most fans are v supportive to BFC in the community ,quite why we're being engineered into waving the sort of things youd find in a nursery to show our support is surely the brainchild of some Brent like marketing ponce

ten bellies · Post by **ten bellies** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:28 pm

lakesclaret wrote:Say it ain't so? What has it come to when Burnley are doing this sort of nonsense... It's the sort of thing you expect at Brighton or Leicester or other such giddy plastic grounds and fans.

While most fans are v supportive to BFC in the community ,quite why we're being engineered into waving the sort of things youd find in a nursery to show our support is surely the brainchild of some Brent like marketing ponce

Couldn't have put it better myself.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:35 pm

Jesus. Its drawing attention to two very worthy causes. Evidence by this thread alone.

If you dont want to do it thats your decision. But if it raises awareness, money and anything else for a great cause whats the issue?

Who cares what you look like? People are so conscious about image these days. Think about what the people look like who we are raising money for. Sick. Frail. Etc.

Utc
Well done Burnley fc.

kindonesque · Post by **kindonesque** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:28 pm

Take your own flags and make em as big as you like....

Walton · Post by **Walton** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:49 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Jesus. Its drawing attention to two very worthy causes. Evidence by this thread alone.

If you dont want to do it thats your decision. But if it raises awareness, money and anything else for a great cause whats the issue?

Who cares what you look like? People are so conscious about image these days. Think about what the people look like who we are raising money for. Sick. Frail. Etc.

Utc
Well done Burnley fc.

A lot of people were well aware that this fixture had been selected as the community day, and our fans will be donating as we always do for these events.

But why the tiny, tiny flags?

nil_desperandum · Post by **nil_desperandum** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:56 pm

Walton wrote:A lot of people were well aware that this fixture had been selected as the community day, and our fans will be donating as we always do for these events.

But why the tiny, tiny flags?

This - exactly.
And to add to this, there will be many at Turf Moor on Sunday who donate to the Hospice on a regular basis, (not just once a season). We don't need to wave flags to boast about it or raise awareness.

Juan Tanamera · Post by **Juan Tanamera** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:30 am

Tiny flags, but slightly bigger than the atmosphere inside Turf Moor thanks largely to what appears to be a fair proportion of miserable b***ers on here.
It seems that anything no matter what, is frowned upon that might just make us all look like 'happy clappers'
A quick show of hands: Near silence (not uncommon at Turf Moor) or 'Happy Clappers?'

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:31 am

The danger with bigger flags is that if someone waves it behind their head, as one might do instinctively, it can poke the eye out of the person behind. It nearly happened to me at Wembley in the play-off final. This just looks like fan emasculation to me. Dortmund got coloured bin bags to wear (god knows what might happened they caught fire). It's using of the fans as numpties, in my view.

I won't wave mine.

Garnerssoap · Post by **Garnerssoap** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:48 am

Walked 26 miles over the hills above settle till my toe nails fell off for one of those charities.
Not waving a flag though. Quid in a bucket after 8 pints of man ure abuse lubrication is where my Sunday's at

ThinLizzy · Post by **ThinLizzy** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 6:59 am

If the club are going to do this. You'd have thought they'd put a bit more thought into it. We're playing, arguably; one of the biggest clubs in world football and they're giving everyone those little flags.
They could have took advantage of the increased media coverage, plugged it more and gone to the expense of larger flags at least. Got the Man Utd fans involved in it too. It could have been a nice showcase event to share our community friendly side of things and the club in a good light to a worldwide audience.
It just seems like a token gesture and looks a bit amateurish in my opinion.
Or maybe some sort of commemorative flag where the club donates half the flag sales to charity and fans get a flag to hang in their pub or whatever. It's not like the club can't stretch to the cost of printing flags. I just think the club's missed a trick with this.

Den_Perry · Post by **Den_Perry** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:11 am

I really really like to clap when the players come out so how do I wave the flags at the same time? Such a conundrum.....

EASY! I'll be supergluing the tiny flags to the back of my hands so I can clap like a seal AND support BFC in the a community throughout the game. I suggest you all do the same and stop the bloody moaning!

Dom · Post by **Dom** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:12 am

Amateur is right, it'll look crap, whatever money they spent on the flags would have been better spent donating directly to both charities. Looks proper half arsed. I've already donated online but the flag waving is a no from me.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:46 pm

All charities do this. The first £500 you give, goes to paying the person in the street doing the canvasing. I've donated to charities before and thenh they send you bits of rubbish in the post. It's a business. The actually have religous folkgetting charity status and lottery money, it's a scam.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:48 pm

It's also dangerous, litter creating and it is probably made by plastic dragon country as part of a trade deal to keep folk in the third world busy.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:09 pm

By employing people, you do realise that a charity will generate more money than being entirely voluntary and donation funded?

Burnleyareback2 · Post by **Burnleyareback2** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:13 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:Bob Lorders should play darts with Moanrinhio

Pie darts

Burnleyareback2 · Post by **Burnleyareback2** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:15 pm

Bloody hell lads, it's a flag for charity. Wave it or don't wave it but don't let it bother you.