Ethel The Tree Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I haven't read all the comments on this thread but I'm sure someone would've mentioned the viewing figures for the youtube clip Currently standing at around 836k which is an astonishing number to be fair And of those viewers some 83 saw fit to give it the thumbs down Who are these people? Pigs - who don't want to see Wednesday portrayed in a favourable light? Wednesday fans who feel genuinely surrealed out enough to make a point? People in general who don't like Thais - maybe had a bad takeaway? Still, why watch the clip? Either way it's fair to say Wednesday as a club and those in attendance last Saturday have made a positive impression, and that can't be bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, Holmes said: Hopefully she will die (bless her) at the end of the season so we don't have one. I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunities to have one else where. If its in the season I guess I will just have to go along with it. Why is it predominately sporting events which do the minutes silence why not at the cinema, night clubs, shopping malls, the work place etc? Why do we have them at all? I'm sure they won't have one for me, in fact I'd rather anyone who knows me has a pint in my name then either curses me or praises me as they feel fit. But I won't care do you want to know why? Because I'll be dead thats why. Sorry got carried away. I remember in my younger days that buses would stop traffic would stop shops would stop serving on armistice day at 11o'clock for the minutes silence. Edited October 27, 2016 by darra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 6 minutes ago, darra said: I remember in my younger days that buses would stop traffic would stop shops would stop serving on armistice day at 11o'clock for the minutes silence. So do I.... And many people carried on with what ever they were doing as well. Think thats one of the reasons why they stopped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 10 minutes ago, Ethel The Tree said: I haven't read all the comments on this thread but I'm sure someone would've mentioned the viewing figures for the youtube clip Currently standing at around 836k which is an astonishing number to be fair And of those viewers some 83 saw fit to give it the thumbs down Who are these people? Pigs - who don't want to see Wednesday portrayed in a favourable light? Wednesday fans who feel genuinely surrealed out enough to make a point? People in general who don't like Thais - maybe had a bad takeaway? Still, why watch the clip? Either way it's fair to say Wednesday as a club and those in attendance last Saturday have made a positive impression, and that can't be bad if we did it to be portrayed in a favourable light or create a positive impression then i think we shouldnt have done it at all ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 4 minutes ago, torryowl said: if we did it to be portrayed in a favourable light or create a positive impression then i think we shouldnt have done it at all ..... That just sounds disrespectful to those who paid their respects I don't think there was any motive behind a simple show of decency, that's what I think anyroad The 'favourable light' thing is just a positive bi-product, again that's my opinion Besides, it's my first day on Owlstalk, I'm not going to get myself tangled up in someone else's argument Thanks for the invitation though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 4 minutes ago, Ethel The Tree said: That just sounds disrespectful to those who paid their respects I don't think there was any motive behind a simple show of decency, that's what I think anyroad The 'favourable light' thing is just a positive bi-product, again that's my opinion Besides, it's my first day on Owlstalk, I'm not going to get myself tangled up in someone else's argument Thanks for the invitation though good idea ...cut and run is a sensible policy on here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningaround Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 56 minutes ago, torryowl said: if we did it to be portrayed in a favourable light or create a positive impression then i think we shouldnt have done it at all ..... And we are above and beyond other people's grief are we because we are from the UK? Even to play devils advocate, if it was a perverse way of gaining recognition or credence back in Thailand for exposure/marketing then I cannot see how that hurts the clubs global image. Either way, you are entitled to your view as we all are but I think its wrong for the reasons outlined above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wonk Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I can remember games in the past 15+ years where 90 minute silences were the norm! Now the team is class, one minute of respect is nowt to fret about. Btw thought the Wednesday and qpr fans showed class by showing respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debram Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 a person has died, pay respect if its our chairmans or anyones wishes, life is precious, simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 hours ago, runningaround said: And we are above and beyond other people's grief are we because we are from the UK? Even to play devils advocate, if it was a perverse way of gaining recognition or credence back in Thailand for exposure/marketing then I cannot see how that hurts the clubs global image. Either way, you are entitled to your view as we all are but I think its wrong for the reasons outlined above. not sure what your saying here .......are we doing it because we are showing respect for somebody we've never heard of , or are we doing it because its good for the clubs " global image"............i'll play devils advocate as well, would we have a 2 minute silence and a bit of a picture show and song if the king of say albania snuffed it so we could show respect for his subjects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 We did it in part to preserve the reputation of our owner in his home country. As ive said earlier different countries have different ways of honouring the dead and this is Thailands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzamk2 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Apologies if this has been said before....BUT this has had - as of now - 842,061 views on Youtube. 842,061 views. 842,061 people watching Sheffield Wednesday fans pay their respects to the passing of the Thai King. If that's not a positive influence for SWFC I don't know what is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted member Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) To be fair, 830,000 of those views have been Wednesday fans constantly checking how many views its had Edited October 28, 2016 by Deleted member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzamk2 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Grandad said: To be fair, 830,000 of those views have been Wednesday fans constantly checking how many views its had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 It's great publicity for us. My fiancée is Thai and lives here, she's had numerous people (about twelve) in Bangkok, who generally have no interest in football at all, asking her about the video and what happened as they've seen it publicised there. There's also been lots of publicity about it on news and media websites. All this will hopefully play into our hands if we can get promoted. If we have a pre - season tour there next summer a lot of people will remember this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twaddle Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Joking aside re those 830,000 views from Wednesday fans lol. I can concur with Orlando. Whilst what we did was mainly due to us showing respect for a request from Dejphon Chansiri. This video has been shown far and wide across Thailand. We have gained much respect for our classy showing. Maybe we can have more Worldwide WAWAW from this. This is the girl singing the song by the way. Play the post from 14 October https://www.facebook.com/JEEB.Bangkok/videos/900257366771518 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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