Grant and the Yom Kippur absence [POLL]

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Avram Grant & Tal Ben Haim: should they be granted permission to miss the Stoke game?

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Post by Charle Hammer »

I see a clip of Grant being interviewed on Sky Sports, I think it was after the Chelsea game, it was before it was offiially announced on the OS. Grant was being asked about whether or not he will be at the Stoke game due to Yom Kippur and I'm positive he said he was NOT a religeous man, I can not find this anywhere.
Did anyone else see this?
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Post by Dieter Eckstein »

I think a lot of people here are treating this as if Grant's pulling a sickie. Like he's using this as an excuse to miss the game. The bottom line is that Yom Kippur clearly means a lot to him. Otherwise he'd be at the game.

The way I look at it, Yom Kippur is so important to him that he is prepared to miss the Stoke game. Simple as that.

A lot of people here seem to be interprating this as West Ham is so unimportant to him that he's taking a cheeky
day off.

Considering the number of times I turned up at an away game up and didn't see Di Canio or Kanoute on the team sheet for appartnely no reason at all, I think I'll let AG have this one.
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Dieter Eckstein wrote: Considering the number of times I turned up at an away game up and didn't see Di Canio or Kanoute on the team sheet for appartnely no reason at all, I think I'll let AG have this one.
Exactly. How many players on much higher wages have fancied a day indoors on the PS3, watching the Complete Police Academy boxset or waiting for a new settee to be delivered and have "tweaked" a Hammy on Friday morning?
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Interview on Sky Sports just now.

No new update. Basically he isn't going to turn on 1000's of years of tradition to attend the game and the owners understand.
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Post by The Old Man of Storr »

Will Grant be taking a training session with Ben Haim on Christmas Day ?
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The Old Man of Storr wrote:Will Grant be taking a training session with Ben Haim on Christmas Day ?
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The Old Man of Storr wrote:Will Grant be taking a training session with Ben Haim on Christmas Day ?
Doubt they'll make him do that to be honest. Maybe they'll just make the two of them make up the hours on their timesheet by staying late after work a couple of times next week.
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Post by bonehead »

we're going to lose 3-0 or 3-1 whether he's there or not, so it doesn't really matter :?
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Post by Hampshire Hammer »

The Old Man of Storr wrote:Will Grant be taking a training session with Ben Haim on Christmas Day ?
Dieter Eckstein wrote: Doubt they'll make him do that to be honest. Maybe they'll just make the two of them make up the hours on their timesheet by staying late after work a couple of times next week.
I believe most clubs either have light training or travel on Christmas Day, due to playing on Boxing Day. I know of several committed Christian players who have been given time to attend church on Christmas Day BTW if you want to rant about that. :wink:
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So then, how often have we had a coach sitting in the stands mic'd up to the man in charge on the touch line? Just a coincidence or was Uncle Avi doing a sneaky, thus keeping his jewish reputation intact and also fulfilling his managerial obligations.

Just seemed a little fishy to me.
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Post by AussieHammered »

Avram did say he wasnt religious. He was doing this out of respect for his father who diesd last year whom was in the nazi war camps and buried his own parents with his bare hands. He observed so he was doing it out of respect.

You cant knock that one bit.
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If that's the case then we have to accept it.
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So am i to presume that given the result and performance, those who thought Grant should be at the match now think he should be absent for more matches? :-) lol
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I know it's a bit late now but I think it was understandable to allow them the time off. I don't work on Christmas or Easter and would expect my employer to respect my religious beliefs (even if they did not agree with them). However, I would also be happy for both holidays to be taken out of my annual leave and would not expect it to be added onto my holiday time. This is where most jobs differ from that of a football manager.
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Post by irving boleyn »

I think we missed The Boss...

There were some glaring substitutions called for in the second half.
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I really feel for Grant over this whole Yom Kippur business. I mean, he must have been starving.
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Post by il_martello_di_genovesi »

I wouldn't want to work on Christmas, and I'm not religious. So they should've been granted permission absolutely 100%!
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