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The good thing about the minute's applause is that you can visibly and respectfully reject it by just not joining in. It's a fairly easy compromise. This entire charade is taking place in order to be seen. It's not a mark of respect or an opportunity to grieve, it's purely to be seen to be doing something. In that regard, I find it utterly disrespectful. I'd love to see the sadness-cams on sportscene panning across a whole stand of Dons and Hibs fans just not joining in with an enforced measure. I hope every Dons fan going that doesn't feel the grief makes sure that they are in the ground and politely not taking part. I'd love it even more if the tannoy announcer said something along the lines of: "we're about to hold a minute's applause for the death of the Queen. If you don't wish to join in, there is certainly no obligation, but we do ask you to please be respectful of those that wish to.". It'd just be nice to think that people aren't just joining in because they feel obliged to, that it's a completely acceptable thing to just stand in silence (or chatting, whatever suits). The objective of the entire thing is to show a single view of Britishness. A "national mourning". The media in this country are shaping a narrative rather than reporting on it and they want football fans to be a part of their show. Any viewer of British media in the last week would assume a nation in hysterics, without exception and that really isn't the case. The people standing in 24 hour queues to view a corpse-box aren't normal and they aren't representative of Britain as whole, less so Scotland. I think it's important that football shows that whilst being respectful of those that feel differently - which in Scotland is the minority. In my opinion, booing the dead monarch would be crass, however booing that seamless switch to new king via gstk would be a completely different proposition. I don't believe Dons or Hibs fans will have that shite forced upon them today though.

I can't help but wonder how this forced mourning will go down with the fans across the fixtures. The huns are going full minutes silence then national anthem and I really can't see the jutes respecting that 2bh. Can't say I blame them either, I wouldn't personally interrupt a minutes silence but as an atheist republican I would boo the shit out of the national anthem.

Maybe not as servile after all. United statement post game Is very much a fuck you as well. https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/7499/CLUB-STATEMENT.html

Or Big Ash

Craig Brown "An excellent first half team performance that you couldn't fault" What the actual fuck, game was he watching as it certainly wasn't the one I was watching

I'm kind of thinking that if Coulson was capable of playing more than a game and a half without being injured, then he would be nowhere near Aberdeen.

Ill have to keep an open till i see the replay. From my view very back row of upper tier it looked a dons free kick

Got away with one there. Looked clear handball to me

Ridiculous finish, great header. Belted cross.

1-0 Duk

All requests for beer should be referred directly to management and she will make me go and buy it.