Bad news for attention seeking fans, sorry, no sobfest.

[seahawk10]

TOTP!

[Negative_Jeff]

The OP does have a point but the fulminating style does not lend itself to the politically correct HobNob. In fact only Warnock or Thatcher could possibly be in the frame for that type of treatment on this forum.
Incidentally another heart attack victim brought great amusement this week..... Alex in the Daily Telegraph.

[Eaststandman]

The OP does have a point but the fulminating style does not lend itself to the politically correct HobNob. In fact only Warnock or Thatcher could possibly be in the frame for that type of treatment on this forum.
Incidentally another heart attack victim brought great amusement this week..... Alex in the Daily Telegraph.

Good shout NJ

I thought some of the responses to an admittedly ill judged and ambigious OP by the 'politically correct nobber's' were self righteous and hypocritical in the extreme!

Whom on here has never been guilty of misjudgement or clumsy in the meanings of their own submissions?

[Tails]

Its a problem with today's world in my opinion, we care too much about other things and other people - its not an admirable quality to have.


Much prefer the days when racist ideals and a homophobic stance was not only accepted but actively encouraged.




Good oLOLd days, good oLOL biscuit.

[Rex]

The OP does have a point but the fulminating style does not lend itself to the politically correct HobNob. In fact only Warnock or Thatcher could possibly be in the frame for that type of treatment on this forum.
Incidentally another heart attack victim brought great amusement this week..... Alex in the Daily Telegraph.

Good shout NJ

I thought some of the responses to an admittedly ill judged and ambigious OP by the 'politically correct nobber's' were self righteous and hypocritical in the extreme!

[Avon Royal]

The OP does have a point but the fulminating style does not lend itself to the politically correct HobNob. In fact only Warnock or Thatcher could possibly be in the frame for that type of treatment on this forum.
Incidentally another heart attack victim brought great amusement this week..... Alex in the Daily Telegraph.

Good shout NJ

I thought some of the responses to an admittedly ill judged and ambigious OP by the 'politically correct nobber's' were self righteous and hypocritical in the extreme!

Whom on here has never been guilty of misjudgement or clumsy in the meanings of their own submissions?

The responses have absolutely nothing to do with political correctness and everything to do with the OP being a total bellend.

[GSY-Royal]

I'm all for showing a mark of respect - but players wearing "pray for Muamba" t shirts and fans up and down the country singing his name isn't showing respect, it's about a self-glorification of trying to be seen to be doing the right thing. Almost a competition of grieving.

Surely as a role model for children and young players all over the world you should do the right thing regardless of whether or not it is self-glorification?

[moo]

My dad got thrown out the ground during a minutes silence a few years ago for doing a fart.

It was a loud fart!!!

[SLAMMED]

Thank goodness Fabrice Muamba, a man with absolutely no connection to reading Football Club looks like he is going to pull through. Probably won't play again and no doubt a visit from the careers officer is imminent.
More importantly, this saturdays planned sobfest is cancelled and we haven't got to suffer another of those 'minutes silence' that seem to bring out the attention seeking qualities in some fans, the 'look at me i'm mourning' or 'i must look so adult mourning like this' or even ' i love this American style shit of public mourning and when this minute is up i'm going to shout YESSSSS!' or the worst one ' i never ever met this person, they had no relevance to my life but i am going to shed a tear and hope the camera catches me crying'. These same people that were blogging glowing tributes to Tommy burns, the biggest charlaton to ever (dis)grace this club.
However, for all those that need to seen to be saddened and dutifully mourning, Rolf Harris in well into his seventies and lives in Berkshire, You never know!

Fuck off newbie

[MmmMonsterMunch]

I have to say I do agree with the general sentiment of this thread albeit it might be worded a bit harshly. This Muamba thing has just taken on a life of its own. Relentless media coverage with a SSN reporter permanently outside the hospital. Ridiculous & way OTT in my opinion.

LOL @ West Ham players wearing "Pray for Muamba" T-shirts & then thinking sh1t we better have "Pray for Abidal" on the reverse. That's odd as you didn't give a flying fcuk about Abidal in the previous game vs Leeds & his liver transplant was announced a while back!

All this look how supportive we are crap is getting on my wick frankly. I also saw some chav who'd written pray for Muamba on the back of a walkers crisps box or something just to get his face on Sky. Pathetic.

When I read the OP it did make me smile. Maybe I am going to hell now for being so damn uncaring.

[Snowball]

It's the Facebook era. Let's all be "terribly" sad, Tsunami today, Earthquake next week, Muamba.


That doesn't mean I don't think it's a tragedy to see a young man's life change in an instant.
Of course it is. It just happens that this man's life changed in front of the cameras, and the OP
was partly right in highlighting what a BS world we live in.

Of course we should be polite and respectful when there is a horrible injury, or in this case
a heart-attack, but as the linked article says, why do we congratulate ourselves for having
basic decency?

But beyond "basic decency" the public hand-wringing is mostly false.

[redscot]

If I die, I do not want one minute silence. I want a party!

[old woman]

Rolf Harris is in his eighties. I keep an eye on people who are older than me

[paultheroyal]

Thank goodness Fabrice Muamba, a man with absolutely no connection to reading Football Club looks like he is going to pull through. Probably won't play again and no doubt a visit from the careers officer is imminent.
More importantly, this saturdays planned sobfest is cancelled and we haven't got to suffer another of those 'minutes silence' that seem to bring out the attention seeking qualities in some fans, the 'look at me i'm mourning' or 'i must look so adult mourning like this' or even ' i love this American style shit of public mourning and when this minute is up i'm going to shout YESSSSS!' or the worst one ' i never ever met this person, they had no relevance to my life but i am going to shed a tear and hope the camera catches me crying'. These same people that were blogging glowing tributes to Tommy burns, the biggest charlaton to ever (dis)grace this club.
However, for all those that need to seen to be saddened and dutifully mourning, Rolf Harris in well into his seventies and lives in Berkshire, You never know!

[SpaceCruiser]

I remember the Plymouth v Reading game way back in the Championship winning season when there was this minutes clapping for a Northern Irish wife-beating alcoholic. I refused to participate in this meaningless clapping as he had absolutely nothing to do with Plymouth or Reading.

[peterroyal76]

Thank goodness Fabrice Muamba, a man with absolutely no connection to reading Football Club looks like he is going to pull through. Probably won't play again and no doubt a visit from the careers officer is imminent.
More importantly, this saturdays planned sobfest is cancelled and we haven't got to suffer another of those 'minutes silence' that seem to bring out the attention seeking qualities in some fans, the 'look at me i'm mourning' or 'i must look so adult mourning like this' or even ' i love this American style shit of public mourning and when this minute is up i'm going to shout YESSSSS!' or the worst one ' i never ever met this person, they had no relevance to my life but i am going to shed a tear and hope the camera catches me crying'. These same people that were blogging glowing tributes to Tommy burns, the biggest charlaton to ever (dis)grace this club.
However, for all those that need to seen to be saddened and dutifully mourning, Rolf Harris in well into his seventies and lives in Berkshire, You never know!

+1

[John Peel]

I think everyone has a right to an opinion, even the person who started this thread. I think some of the reaction on here has at times been as aggressive as the original post. I don't happen to agree with what he says as I don't share those same seniments. But I can understand the guy's anger at what he perceives to be insincere outpourings of emotion from everyone. This, and the wearing of t-shirts, ended up becoming viral.

Only the people doing these actions will know if they are being insincere but to label them all this is wrong in my opinion. I saw it as just compassion for another man's life and it's bloody great that he has pulled through. And the reaction of both sets of fans at the game was spine-chilling with the entire stadium chanting his name - all because they genuinely wanted him to be ok. I thought it was amazing; others don't. Simple as that.

[Y21]

It's all the praying from a largely atheist population that I don't understand. Who exactly are they praying to?

Also, something else that annoys me, are the idiots who claim his recovery is 'a miracle'. No it isn't. It is down to the prompt responses of the medical staff and the subsequent treatment on the way to and in the hospital. Ain't no miracles there. Just good, well trained professionals doing their jobs to a very high standard and all the praise should go to them, and not writing their hard work off as 'a miracle'.

[Rex]

Spot on with that Y21.

[southstand67]

If I die, I do not want one minute silence. I want a party!

I hate to break it to you redscot, but there is no doubt that one day you will die. No ifs about it