Matic will not wear poppy

[martin_p]

*childish giggling*

Damn you spell check!!!!

[RocketLawnChair]

I cannot understand why they stitch poppies to football shirts in the first place.

[ClaretAndJew]

I cannot understand why they stitch poppies to football shirts in the first place.

For the money

[Spike]

There's a very strong anti-UK, anti-US, anti-NATO, anti-EU sentiment in Serbia. I'm not surprised.

if he hates the UK then simple solution . First plane back to Serbia

The FA should not allow players to wear different kits, however slight, its stupid

[cricketfieldclarets]

if he hates the UK then simple solution . First plane back to Serbia

The FA should not allow players to wear different kits, however slight, its stupid

Excellent point.

Wood, Barnes, Vydra and Vokes should all wear number 10 with Payton on the back.

Come to think of it...

[Tall Paul]

if he hates the UK then simple solution . First plane back to Serbia

The FA should not allow players to wear different kits, however slight, its stupid

So they should all have the same name and number on the back?

[quoonbeatz]

udinese played a game in 11 different shirts last season.

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[CnBtruntru]

Don't care if he wears one or not, just a criticism that he decided to come to England to earn his money, just seems a bit two faced to me.

[NottsClaret]

Don't care if he wears one or not, just a criticism that he decided to come to England to earn his money, just seems a bit two faced to me.

I'm against whaling, but I'd take a £100k a week job in Tokyo.

[CnBtruntru]

I'm against whaling, but I'd take a £100k a week job in Tokyo.

There is a lot of whaling goes on on this board, especially every time we lose

[Falcon]

Is whaling on a messageboard a bit like fishing but even more so. In which case this thread is probably a prime example!

[RocketLawnChair]

For the money

If English football and its clubs feel that strongly about the Casualties of War they can afford to donate the money to the charities whenever they want they don't have to wait until November every year in some sort of half arsed publicity stunt that continuously backfires because the game in this country now attracts a worldwide participation of players coaches and owners from different backgrounds and cultures.

In summary football in this country has nothing to do with Remembrance,Politics or War and hasn't since the days of national service and it should steer well bloody clear.

[Billy Balfour]

Is whaling on a message board a bit like fishing but even more so. In which case this thread is probably a prime example!

Some of the whales on this message board appear to be a protected species.

[AfloatinClaret]

No one actually knows why World War One started

For exactly the same reason as every other war throughout the entire history of mankind: For a chosen few, there was a profit to be made; in the case of WW1 that 'chosen few' where perhaps a bit more half-arsed than usual in providing a clear excuse - ethnic/religious/territorial/national pride/some good looking Greek tart - to the masses as to why they should go out and die for their profit, but they got away with it once more.

[thelaughingclaret]

From what I can gather Matic is basically saying that on reflection he is now pro ethnic cleansing. That’s a very bold statement to make.
Serbians seem like really awful ‘people’.

[Dejavu]

I won't be wearing one either.

The whole poppy thing has been hijacked by the far right / Tommy Robinson / EDL types and until the British Legion come out against theses facist imbeciles I'll be giving it a wide berth.

Once they condemn Robinson and the like I'll happily start supporting the cause again.

[thatdberight]

Serbians seem like really awful ‘people’.

Perhaps they are awful. You know; the sort who would tar everyone in a country with the same brush and consider them some sort of subhuman, so much so that they would put inverted commas round "people" when referring to them.

Was it that sort of awful person you were thinking of?

[Ashingtonclaret46]

I won't be wearing one either.

The whole poppy thing has been hijacked by the far right / Tommy Robinson / EDL types and until the British Legion come out against theses facist imbeciles I'll be giving it a wide berth.

Once they condemn Robinson and the like I'll happily start supporting the cause again.

It is not the purpose of The Royal British Legion to become embroiled in politics because the Legion’s original purpose was straightforward: to care for those who had suffered as a result of service in the Armed Forces during the war, whether through their own service or through that of a husband, father or son.
They have to adapt to today’s existing activities which is what the Poppy Appeal helps them to do. “The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin -ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten.”

They have no political agenda and consequently, I would suggest, will not wish to get involved in condemning those who seem to be trying to hijack the poppy symbol.
It is completely a matter of personal choice as to whether or not an individual wears a poppy and long may that continue, however, I don't expect that TRBL will get involved in the political aspects.