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La Marseillaise to be played before Premier League games

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  1. originallambrettaman

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    The French national anthem - La Marseillaise - will be played before this weekend's Premier League matches.

    A choral version will be played after the coin toss, with players from both teams coming together with match officials in the centre circle.

    Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore described it as an act of "solidarity and remembrance" after the Paris attacks in which 129 people died.

    La Marseillaise was sung before England's win over France on Tuesday.

    There are 72 French players currently in the Premier League.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34872166

    This seems slightly over the top to me.
     
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    originallambrettaman, Nov 19, 2015
  2. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

    Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC Well-Known Member

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    Well, at least it's passionate...
     
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  3. spesupersydera

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    Only slightly?
     
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    spesupersydera, Nov 19, 2015
  4. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    OTT for me too. But i suppose its seen round the world so...
     
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    Chazz Rheinhold, Nov 19, 2015
  5. ElTigre

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    There's a fine line between sympathy and mawkishness and I think the Premier League have just crossed it.
     
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    ElTigre, Nov 19, 2015
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    Yes, everyone knows we hate the French, but this tells the world we like them significantly more than them dirty cowardly c***s
     
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    FER ARK, Nov 19, 2015
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  7. Walter Sobchak

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    This is complete bollocks to me.
     
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    Walter Sobchak, Nov 19, 2015
  8. Carmine Galante.

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    Way over the top.

    Maybe the ref's should wear a stripey jumper, a beret and have a string of onions dangling around their necks as well?

    What happened in Paris was shocking but this is cringeworthy.

    IMO.
     
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  9. hullcitykid

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    The question youve got to ask would they do that for us? I Think the answer would be No..
     
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    I think it's OTT, potentially inflammatory and I hope it doesn't come back and bite our arses.
     
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    I think the chances of God Save The Queen or Deutschland Uber Alles being sung before French football matches following a similar event in this country of Germany are somewhat remote.
     
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    Barchullona, Nov 19, 2015
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    I could see all the usual suspects having a fit if our anthem mentioned slaughtering your enemies and filling furrows with blood and demanding something more gentle and inclusive.
     
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    Barchullona, Nov 19, 2015
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    That's not very revolutionary of you, Casimodo!
     
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    I'm fine with this. As it says in the article, there are 72 French nationals playing in the premier league and I think they deserve their chance to show they are as saddened and defiant as the players who played England on Tuesday. I'm thinking this will also be a chance for fans of all the clubs to show how they feel about what those ****s did in Paris.

    These games are shown all over the world, football fans are the general public and we should send a message.
     
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    Kempton, Nov 19, 2015
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    Ours mentioned crushing the Scots, until we dropped that verse.
     
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    I know. Soft-hearted bunch aren't we? Actually it still does, doesn't it? We just don't get that far along it nowadays. Only part of the French anthem is sung and more contentious parts of DeutschlandUber Alles don't get an airing nowadays.
     
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  17. Carmine Galante.

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    Like Plummers has mentioned it could go tits up.

    There are **** wits who don't even respect a minute silence for the war dead of this country.
     
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    Didn't they try and bomb a football game - so isn't it more about football coming together?

    And **** off to the guy who said about it coming back around...
     
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  19. hullcitykid

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    I think its great what we did at Wembley , but that should be it now , the French was happy with the respect we showed , its done , no need to carry it on
     
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    hullcitykid, Nov 19, 2015
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    Our French striker was in Paris on Friday night - fortunately he was at home with his family
    Steve Cotterill will assess his state of mind before the game
     
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    smhbcfc, Nov 19, 2015
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