Thought the Bugler today

Was excellent.
After the silence, I was also thinking that we had got a referee with common sense when he didn't follow the script. At Burton, the script read out was as follows: buglar, followed by refs whistle, followed by silence but as the re blew his whistle, the crowd erupted and no silence ensued.

Today, same script, but ref didn't blow his whistle until after the silence and it worked a treat. Ooh a common sense ref I thought but that didn't last long.

 

I noticed that too regarding the referee. He got that spot on because the planned routine is a little illogical and ended in a few grounds around the country erupting with noise last weekend prematurely.

 

The ref did as we asked. He followed our script. The bugler was superb. John is a Red and was so proud to do it. Thank you to the supporters who were great all day.

 

Did the announcer read it wrong then? He definitely said that the bugler would play, then the ref would blow for a minute's silence.

 

As I say, everything went as planned. Felt very proud.

 

The ref did not follow what was announced would happen. To his credit.

 

Except haif of the ponty cudn`t tell a feckin word that came over the tannoy once again. Although today was worse than usual. God help if we need to evacuate the stadium haif of us wud be wondering what was goin on. Thought we had appointed a safety officer.

 

I thought it was lovely to have a bugler at a game but I could have done without the photographer walking round near the centre circle and snapping the players during the tribute.

 

The ref did as asked. And it went brilliantly I felt. Glad you enjoyed it.

 

Glad you agree that the ref did not follow what the announcer said would happen.

And it went wonderfully.

 

The bugler was very good, and I can't remember us having a bugler before in my 48 years of watching Barnsley. But I can't help but find a certain irony in ramping up the commemorations in the same year that we have decided to loosen our ties with the rest of Europe. Ties which were, after all presumably designed at least in part to help prevent the disastrous conflicts which occurred in the last century.

 

Being ex Army I am very familiar with hearing a bugle and I thought he was excellent today. The last post is very poignant and he did a great job.

 

You do not know how to let a democratic vote that you don't like go, do you?

 

You know very well that that is not the whole story, but I'm not here to rehearse all those arguments again.

 

Fair enough. But using the bugler today as an excuse to bemoan the brexit vote is a bit beyond the pale. In my opinion.

 

He was my MOTM today.

 

You can't close your eyes to a lot of worrying trends (not just brexit). I actually think that events in Italy and France may well make the brexit vote fairly academic. And let's not even get started on Trump and Putin.

 

I suppose it depends on your perception of "worrying trend".

There have been many trends being followed for years that have seemed worrying to some. The recent changes are a reaction to those, as much as anything else.

But none of them affect the need to remember what the bugler commemorated.

 

It was planned that the announcer would say the wrong thing? Thought the bugler was great though.

 

That wasnt the script was it? The announcer said the ref was to bow his whistle and the ref was looking around confused for a few seconds trying to decide whether to blow or not. Thankfully he ignored the script read out by the announcer and all worked out well