That was my impression as well. There were also some issue with the start of the silence too - The stadium announcement said it would start with the ref, who didn’t appear to have got the memo.
The biggest issue with situations like this is that when people make noise, the instinct others have is to pile in and tell them to shut up. But all that sounds like is more noise. So more people pile in to tell them to shut up, and it’s suddenly out of control.
A minutes applause is much better than silence. Then accidental or intended disruption gets drowned out.
Would be interesting to see how well it is observed at Chelsea v Palace and Villa v Newcastle…
Wow, that is a massive gesture from the Chelsea players.
Pretty sure some of their lads used to play with him. Seems to remember Pedro Neto in particular being very affected by Jotas passing
An unexpectedly generous and touching gesture from the Chelsea players. There were certainly friendships with Diogo and Andre. While our club generously cares for Diogo’s family, now something is officially going to Andre’s as well. Very well done.
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I get former teammates donating, but there are also many in the squad that would have not known Diogo bar playing against him in the Premier League, so for the whole squad to back the donating of part of their winnings is a big thing.
It’s also a lot of money and I hope the families agree that most/all of it goes to Andre’s family; Diogos family have two years of his wages (perhaps 10-15m pounds) plus ‘a fund for his kids education’ and should financially be very able to manage.
Absolutely, wasn’t at all diminishing the gesture
“Liverpool arranged a charter flight to take a group of players to Portugal the next day for the funeral. Milner was determined to be there even if it meant a five-hour drive from England’s south coast after training. In his attempt to make it to Merseyside, he ended up snarled in traffic on the M25, so he flew out from Luton instead. He is hugely grateful to Brighton, as well as to Liverpool, for allowing him to pay his respects.”
Absolute class of a human being and a football player, and my respect for Brighton just keeps growing.
I wonder why they put the new guys next to Diogo’s locker? Maybe to keep the old teammates from feeling too sad?
No, it’s very simple, it was based on numbers in the dressing room. They changed it a bit this season and put Hugo next to his French companion I guess.
