Bolton Vs Chelsea

[hisroyalgingerness]

Here's the thing.

Mrs's Mum's 60th.

Bugger.

[$huttgun]

I too am not a fan of this minutes applause business. We have been known to applaud when we concede a corner or when a mascot stacks it in the warm up. show your respect and shut up. you need the silence to be able to think.

[General Mannerheim]

Were there any minutes of silence or applause before Sundays games at all??

[BWFC_Wyles]

I think it'll be silence. Especially with it being on Sky, it's always much more dignified and respectful

[$huttgun]

Were there any minutes of silence or applause before Sundays games at all??

apparently they wanted to wait for us to do it first. i'm not sure if this is the routine though.

[Raven]

Wish me luck am now coming and maybe driving up in rickety old Fiesta (hopefully my car will be back), can you still park in the retail place? Don't care about costs for that.. Do any get together before hand, if so where about?

I'll be the short balding miserable faced ugly git

[Lofthouse Lower]

Jack Dearden?

[Raven]

Who? Name rings a bell

Fecking hope its my car as it has sat nav, I get lost leaving my bedroom for the loo

[thebish]

Who? Name rings a bell

Fecking hope its my car as it has sat nav, I get lost leaving my bedroom for the loo

radio manc sports guy - he's short and bald and (some might say) ugly...

[Raven]

Not bald...balding and not Clare either

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Who? Name rings a bell

Fecking hope its my car as it has sat nav, I get lost leaving my bedroom for the loo

radio manc sports guy - he's short and bald and (some might say) ugly...

I heard that when he was born, the doctor lifted him up by the legs and slapped his mum..

[scotty]

The minute applause is very disrespectful, if you ask me.

Prefer the silence. Much more dignified.

As far as I am concerned it depends on the situation. I could easily see a minute applause being very respectful of Sir Nat. He lived a good long life, and a minutes applause celebrates that fact. If someone dies prematurely or tragically then a moments silence is certainly more respectful and appropriate. I feel that for Sir Nat we should be celebrating the joy he brought to the Bolton Wanderers and the town of Bolton as he gave us many great moments of happiness over the course of his life.

I also understand that most of you will disagree with me, but to each his own.

I think the Lofthouse family should decide which would be more appropriate

[truewhite15]

I'm absolutely gutted that this is the one home game this season that I absolutely cannot get to. I'll be there in spirit, as will Nat himself. Do it for him, lads.

[Prufrock]

Minute's applause introduced to stop folk booing right? You won't hear any of that on Mon. I'd prefer silence, though as stated, it should be up to the family.

With this 'let Bolton do it first thing', I appreciate the sentiment, but it's not really going to work with us playing on the Monday is it?

As for the game. If ever there is a time for an SKD masterclass, this is it.

[Lord Kangana]

I've always prefered a minutes applause for sports stars. Don't ever remember silence accompanying significant moments in a football ground, its a more fitting tribute and in a manner more befitting to the role they performed. For me.

[thebish]

I've always prefered a minutes applause for sports stars. Don't ever remember silence accompanying significant moments in a football ground,

really?? I thought it was commonplace until recent times???

[Lord Kangana]

Significant moments as in goals. As in what they do in a football ground.

[Tombwfc]

While I think gratitude is certainly a more fitting emotion than sadness, a minutes silence just seems more traditional.

That said, does it matter? The sincerity will be there either way.

[Salford Trotter]

any word on Holden? It looked as though his thigh was playing up again at Stoke, god help us if he's out on Monday

[Prufrock]

I've always prefered a minutes applause for sports stars. Don't ever remember silence accompanying significant moments in a football ground, its a more fitting tribute and in a manner more befitting to the role they performed. For me.

I can see both sides. I get where you are coming from, but personally I feel a bit odd clapping 'at' the death of someone. I went to a tribute game for a young lad who passed away recently and his dad asked for a minute's applause before that. In the end, of course, if that is what means the most to the family then that is what counts, but it felt 'odd'.