Europa League Final

[Ric]

I'm not saying the game should be postponed or anything, and I realise that life has to carry on. I just find it hard to care too much about the outcome.

 

[Indaparkside]

I'm not saying the game should be postponed or anything, and I realise that life has to carry on. I just find it hard to care too much about the outcome.

Trouble is ric everyone's devastated, but if we postpone games change our everyday activities the terrorists win

 

[SilverFox2]

I'm not saying the game should be postponed or anything, and I realise that life has to carry on. I just find it hard to care too much about the outcome.

Yes its a difficult one whether we demonstrate that life goes on normally or admit that we are still in a mood of total sympathy for everyone affected.

 

[Ric]

Trouble is ric everyone's devastated, but if we postpone games change our everyday activities the terrorists win

Like I said above, I don't think the game should be postponed.

 

[Indaparkside]

Like I said above, I don't think the game should be postponed.

Well while we agree on that, let's hope Ajax smash the feckers:-)

 

[blueinsa]

I was born in 71 so im a bit of a Pup but can remember stories in my family of the time of the Munich disaster and how it affected everybody at the time with everyone pulling for Utd to be successful. It was a footballing tragedy and rightly so, a football community rallied.

Monday nights atrocity had nothing to do with football, nothing and at no point should anyone try and link it that way, blue or red.

Tonights game is just another game and as a Blue i will be cheering Ajax on because thats what Blues do.

 

[Indaparkside]

I was born in 71 so im a bit of a Pup but can remember stories in my family of the time of the Munich disaster and how it affected everybody at the time with everyone pulling for Utd to be successful. It was a footballing tragedy and rightly so, a football community rallied.

Monday nights atrocity had nothing to do with football, nothing and at no point should anyone try and link it that way, blue or red.

Tonights game is just another game and as a Blue i will be cheering Ajax on because thats what Blues do.

Correct well put

 

[Akiva]

Honestly, football is nothing, after what happened it is genuinely difficult to get enthused. That said, plenty of rags will be galvanised and uplifted by football and the escapism it can provide tonight.

Regardless, I've always maintained there's only one club in Manchester. The tragedy is national, but it's our tragedy first and foremost. They can share in our grief and loss, but cannot expect our support in return. Tonight, I'll be indulging in a more traditional form of escapism for Blues as I cheer on the team that's playing United. Whoever wins, terrorism will lose.

 

[MarsLlama]

Under normal circumstances an Ajax win would have me laughing my arse off for a few hours. Tonight it'll at least raise a smile.

 

[CTID1988]

I was in 2 minds when I woke up this morning about how I wanted this result to go. I was thinking what we need now is unity and togetherness, and what better way to show that than shaking a rags hand today and wishing them luck. A better thing though would be to carry on as normal, hope they get stuffed and take the piss relentlessly for the next few months. Because that's what we are supposed to do!

 

[YaYa's Left Peg]

I was born in 71 so im a bit of a Pup but can remember stories in my family of the time of the Munich disaster and how it affected everybody at the time with everyone pulling for Utd to be successful. It was a footballing tragedy and rightly so, a football community rallied.

Monday nights atrocity had nothing to do with football, nothing and at no point should anyone try and link it that way, blue or red.

Tonights game is just another game and as a Blue i will be cheering Ajax on because thats what Blues do.

Totally agree.

But I can just imagine the completely sickening bollocks that the BT commentary team are going to come out with tonight, where the rags will become inexorably linked with the tragedy and become forever the ambassadors for Manchester. The pre-match, the minutes silence, the continued reference throughout the game, and the inevitable acclamation at the final whistle.

 

[blueinsa]

Totally agree.

But I can just imagine the completely sickening bollocks that the BT commentary team are going to come out with tonight, where the rags will become inexorably linked with the tragedy and become forever the ambassadors for Manchester. The pre-match, the minutes silence, the continued reference throughout the game, and the inevitable acclamation at the final whistle.

Its nauseating, i agree but we have no control over what the media will do tonight or what Utd may do going forwards.

We can only control this forum and we cant stoop so low as to make this into a footballing tragedy and we only ask posters on here to be respectful of that request.

Its a game of football, nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Have never watched a Europa league final and won't be changing that habit tonight.

 

[cibaman]

Shed a few tears today reading various accounts about last nights events. Some horrific, some heartwarming. At no point did I ever stop and think that a utd victory would make me feel any better about the whole thing. Hope Ajax Turn them over.

If City were playing tonight I would want us to win, but undoutedly any celebrations would be muted. If we lost I would shrug off the defeat quicker than in normal circumstances. If City were playing tonight I wouldn't expect United fans to be supporting us, I wouldnt feel any hostility towards them for supporting the opposition. I would expect it, hope that they would.

 

[willipp]

Correct well put

There is no correct answer really when stuff like this happens. Each to their own way

 

[Indaparkside]

There is no correct answer really when stuff like this happens. Each to their own way

I understand that but if I remember right the London attacks recently, wasn't England playing Germany that night but the game went on.Unfortunately not for those directly involved but for everyone else life goes on

 

[Blue Til Death]

The rags are seriously underestimating Ajax, for that reason and the fact that the rags are shit, I can see them losing this and scraping into the Thursday night cup by virtue of their scraping the LC win..

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

I share the same grief as those connected with Manchester, especially those of us who were raised or have family and friends there, irrespective of whether they are a red or blue.

I wish everybody in Sweden a safe trip.

I wish for an Ajax victory.

Don't know a single Utd supporting mate of mine who'd want it any other way.

Come on Ajax

 

[Marvin]

The rags are seriously underestimating Ajax, for that reason and the fact that the rags are shit, I can see them losing this and scraping into the Thursday night cup by virtue of their scraping the LC win..

It's a one-off game with huge pressure on Utd as everyone expects them to win. The way Mourinho teams play, Ajax have a chance as I think Utd will be very cautious.

 

[ell]

Come on Ajax, cant decide what i'd prefer an absolute tonking or a last minute winner (offside)