bluetonium
Well-Known Member
My favourite analogy was of two brothers, I think I saw it on here so credit to whoever first posted it.It’s genuinely funny looking at some of the cry-arsing on Red Cafe. They loved it when their financial power allowed them to dominate the league for nigh on 20 years, but can’t handle it when someone surpasses them. Suddenly the conditions that favoured them are now seemingly unfair. Like the worst school bully who eventually gets knocked out by a new kid. Fuck them.
For years older brother beats on younger brother, chinese burns, stealing their stuff, pushing them down the stairs and hitting on their girlfriends. Then they go their separate ways, one staying at home and ruling the roost, the other goes off travelling.
A few years later they meet up. Big brother goes for the noogie, then stops dead in his tracks as he notices little bro has grown, got buff, chiseled jawline, stylish suit, and is a good half a foot taller than his sibling now.
Suddenly the idea of beatdowns and competing for attention is childish and uninteresting. Younger bro having the best clothes now and a stunner on his arm means nothing compared to high school prom night back in '99. However little bro got that money, it's obviously underhand and taints anything he'll do for the rest of his life.
Morale of the story, treat well those those who you pass on the way up, as no doubt you'll pass them again on the way back down.
United rested on their laurels, did not consolidate a position of power, and assumed they would always be top dogs. They had no plans for the long term, a crumbling training ground and stadium, and a system of leadership that takes more than it gives.
As you so eloquently say, fuck them :) They brought this on themselves through arrogance, ineptitude and greed.
