Well then Whairdhugo, whilst you sat down to watch the football the point appears to have flown over your head.
You've informed us that you've gone sick out of a (misguided) protest against Emirates management. Do you realise that these managers won't even know you've taken this action? They genuinely couldn't care less.
As mentioned above, all you've really achieved is demonstrating to us that you lack professionalism and respect. Funny that, you expect respect from your employees but then show none to your colleagues.
You should hope that the pilot who was called off standby was Portuguese and you've saved him from watching that game.
The rest of us should hope that you change your attitude and this 'press 2' mentality can stop spreading.
Harry
Ps. Fart master please explain how this could possibly 'help pressure be brought to bear'? Especially at a time when there's countless pilots on standby, especially First Officers.