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Post by swampySCFC on Apr 19, 2015 20:41:55 GMT
To be honest none of us knew what it was about. We thought it was the Jackie Trent thing at the wrong time. Im sure we could clap for 90 minutes to recognise every Stoke fan that has died at some time. To be honest I think its becoming a bit cheap
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 23:02:16 GMT
there are some truly horrible people on this forum. What the fuck is wrong with applauding in remembrance of a loyal fan?? Is it really that much of a hindrance?? It was actually mentioned on this very forum last week. Some will just act cuntish for trolling's sake these days. Like its a massive kick or ego boost. I wouldnt want to be friends with about 95% of this forum. Sad thing is were all supposed to be Stoke City Supporters.
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Post by slpmarc on Apr 20, 2015 10:53:47 GMT
I agree it all getting stupid now, and I take some blame to the increasing theme of clapping someone that's died. I started with the Mabel tribute as one of our admins was personal friends with her family and Mabel unlike some of the recent tribute was a stoke fan known by all in some capacity. As a page we get at least 1 or 2 people asking us to promote a tribute for some dearest, though it's is a very upsetting time for the relatives and they see them as the biggest Stokie ever, when it comes that only 1% of the stadium know who they are it's beggars the belief why it's done. As a page now we won't push any unless they are widely known or the sentinel have done an article about the said person the sentinel did do an article on john sidley !!!! I know, we posted the article
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Post by capto on Apr 20, 2015 11:08:36 GMT
Clap or don't clap, it's up to you. But think of the family left behind - if it was one of your nearest and dearest, gone forever, would you say some of the things on here? Can we not make a heartfelt gesture without it being criticised? How low do we have to go?
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Post by pretzel on Apr 20, 2015 12:26:48 GMT
My two pennorth, if I'm allowed a view without someone wanting to slap me This is obviously an emotive subject but I'm also one of those who thinks there's a time and place for paying your respects to a departed friend and while it might be the place (if the departed is one of our own), I'm not so sure that the time is during a game. My personal feelings are that if it's done for certain people, it's almost disrespectful to those who haven't been honoured in this way and as stated earlier, it could get out of hand if there were multiple minutes applause, with nobody knowing what they were applauding. I lost my own mother a couple of seasons ago, a lifelong Stoke supporter and her name and photo were shown on the big screen. I know for sure she would have loved this but I can also guarantee if I'd asked her while she was alive if she'd have wanted a minutes applause during a game, she'd have been a bit nonplussed. The only thing I wished, is that the club would have handled the big screen tribute a little better. My first experience of one of these tributes was at Man City the season before and it was done so much better and was very moving. When my mother's name came up on the screen, they were blasting out Take That's 'Shine' over our dreadful PA system. Perhaps as well I couldn't have heard the lyrics properly as I later discovered the first couple of lines were... You, you're such a big star to me, You're everything I wanna be But you're stuck in a hole and I want you to get out
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Post by boskampsflaps on Apr 20, 2015 12:33:19 GMT
Clap or don't clap, it's up to you. But think of the family left behind - if it was one of your nearest and dearest, gone forever, would you say some of the things on here? Can we not make a heartfelt gesture without it being criticised? How low do we have to go? Yes, I still wouldn't want anyone clapping for them, we make the heartfelt gesture every new year.
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Post by wembley4372 on Apr 20, 2015 13:54:07 GMT
What we need is an improved version of the end of year effort the club make when more fans are there to see and appreciate it.
Something like leaving it until the players have come out and have them on the centre circle joining in a minutes applause or as long as it takes before the kickoff.
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Post by pretzel on Apr 20, 2015 14:03:57 GMT
What we need is an improved version of the end of year effort the club make when more fans are there to see and appreciate it. Something like leaving it until the players have come out and have them on the centre circle joining in a minutes applause or as long as it takes before the kickoff. That's spot on actually
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 14:10:48 GMT
it was for big john sidley who passed away aged 58 (not 55) the bloke was a massive stokie and a good man,if id heard you make that comment yesterday i woulda slapped you. ok ? Slap away - but it is getting a bit daft. I and everyone around me ended up clapping for a minute. But we had no idea what (or who) we were clapping. That's not a proper way to pay tribute to someone by getting 20,000 people to clap for something they know nothing about. I'm not against doing this sort of thing providing that the club can be persuaded to flash the reason on the screen. If they don't do that then it all gets a bit silly. 100% agree with you there. In my humble opinion they should have a tribute at half time , or before kick off, on the last home game of the season of all the fans that have sadly passed, either names or pics, and with the consent of the families, that way everyone knows what is going on and a well orchestrated tribute can be made.
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Post by mrred on Apr 20, 2015 14:23:29 GMT
What we need is an improved version of the end of year effort the club make when more fans are there to see and appreciate it. Something like leaving it until the players have come out and have them on the centre circle joining in a minutes applause or as long as it takes before the kickoff. As it is, it's a nice gesture for respective members of the families. However it's done at half time when most people go for a fag/ drink/ wazz, so a lot of people miss it, and so in my view at least, comes off a bit half arsed. Doing it and having the players on the pitch also is a great idea, instead of all the pre-match formalities they have now that (that no players take on board as soon as a ball is kicked.
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Apr 20, 2015 14:30:48 GMT
What if we've had a lot of 'life long Stoke fan' deaths one year & the video lasts for 5, 6, 10 minutes. Have the players got to stand around & clap for that long or do we just speed up the names/photos so it only lasts a minute? What do the opposition do through all this, do they wait in the dressing room, or kick the ball about in their own half, or have they got to join in too? What if we're only playing Hull but a few of the people who died that year also had a soft spot for Liverpool, do we cancel having it against Hull & have it against Liverpool instead so their players can clap?
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Apr 20, 2015 15:10:49 GMT
Slap away - but it is getting a bit daft. I and everyone around me ended up clapping for a minute. But we had no idea what (or who) we were clapping. That's not a proper way to pay tribute to someone by getting 20,000 people to clap for something they know nothing about. I'm not against doing this sort of thing providing that the club can be persuaded to flash the reason on the screen. If they don't do that then it all gets a bit silly. 100% agree with you there. In my humble opinion they should have a tribute at half time , or before kick off, on the last home game of the season of all the fans that have sadly passed, either names or pics, and with the consent of the families, that way everyone knows what is going on and a well orchestrated tribute can be made. They do have a tribute on screen for fans who have died during the year. It is held on either the last home game of the year or the first home game of the following year depending on which is closest to 31 December. Obviously they only commemorate those fans whose friends and family have advised the club. It is quite moving and quite sufficient I think, other than in exceptional circumstances. Consider this as my official request to get my name on the screen at the end of the year in which I shuffle off this mortal coil!
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Post by mrred on Apr 20, 2015 15:18:23 GMT
Didn't we have a minutes applause for that lad that fell through that skylight at a school in Newcastle a few years ago? Only to find out he was a massive scrote with a group of scrotes that had broken in and vandalised the place?
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Post by Gods on Apr 20, 2015 15:22:42 GMT
Didn't we have a minutes applause for that lad that fell through that skylight at a school in Newcastle a few years ago? Only to find out he was a massive scrote with a group of scrotes that had broken in and vandalised the place? In fairness if that was the worst thing he ever did you could still give him a 3 finger ripple of applause, I mean it hardly makes him Jihadi John does it
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