Why I hate Manchester United fans
Thursday, 22 May 08, 02:01 AM
I don’t really despise any of United’s players these days. Roy ‘thug’ Keane has moved into management at Sunderland, for example, and Eric ‘thug’ Cantona has disappeared up his own arse - one of the few destinations less appealing than Sunderland.
The current players aren’t particularly irritating. Ronaldo may be a stepover queen but he is admittedly talented and not especially malicious.
The manager remains pompous and petulant but the fawning from the media and the favouritism from referees is no less sickening than that received by Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal.
No, the most annoying thing about United remains their fans and there is no better example of that than the one provided by Pete Boyle, of Red Issue, in a recent issue of the Observer. Griping about Blackburn, who had the temerity to give United a game, Boyle whined:
“I didn’t mind how Boro played us, they have a real go at everyone, but Rovers rolled over at Liverpool then played like that.”
How magnanimous of you not to “mind” how Boro played. As if “minding” another team’s performance has anything to do with it. Rovers, eh? They’ve got a nerve. Having a bad game against Liverpool and then playing well against United. It’s so unfair! They probably did it deliberately, just to annoy you.
This then is the crux of the United fans’ arrogance: it’s all about them. The Premier league’s other 16 clubs are, according to those of the United heartlands - Essex, Cornwall and the Home Counties - just there to make up numbers. They’re not supposed to try.
The implication that Blackburn are good enough to decide when to give a top team a tough game is particularly funny. How far into paranoia have United supporters sunk?
Memo to United fans: try taking a season out from the Disneyland experience you call being a fan and have a go at being a proper football supporter. You might learn a little humility.
*This post is republished from shanerichmond.net
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If you say so Tom. What part of Manchester are you from?
Really good in-depth look at why every United fan in the world is a twat. If only somebody had told me when I started supporting them that they were actually quite a good side, what a joke our "Disneyland experience" is, leaving us unable to comment on football, as we clearly have no idea how it works. (cheers tom kuhr for undermining me before I'd even written this). I think maybe the implication of the article was that all the other teams SHOULD try, just as hard against other teams as against united. But you couldn't be twisting the meaning of the article could you?
Ok, i think the point of this really is that ALL football fans have the potential to be twats when talking about there own team. I have to hold up my hand and say that occasionally i am a dick when talking about Arsenal and do get a lot of things wrong. Every other football fan should do the same and admit that it is extremely hard to talk impartially about something you care about so much..
Anyway Ralph from personal experience you are a bit of a twat!
A well worded and nice article mr blog owner! I think Manchester United fans have lost touch with the reality compared to "normal football fans". They really believe they can win all competitions they enter and thus get frustrated over minor things that upset their vision. Any Man Utd fans on here travelled the length of the country for a mid week fixture i.e a home game ;) or complained the latest match live on Sky clashes with Eastenders???
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Fans always believe certain teams are up for playing them and lay down to others. It’s part and parcel of the game and no big deal.
Hey! I resemble that.
It's not easy supporting the best club in Europe, you know.