KdB Interview in the Guardian

[Saddleworth2]

I liked the sound of a mustard sandwich; never tried on in all my years but defintiely going to try that. I do sometimes cut thin slices of cheddar and put mustard on them.

You should try one. It’s er mustard.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Excellent article

I don't understand how people can let one tiny paragraph on our owners ruin the rest of the piece. It was a very mild question, and the article moved on quickly after de Bruyne's answer

We have fans who trawl the entire media every day looking for slights, real or imagined, and taking them out of proportion. It makes me cringe sometimes - it’s a manifestation of what I’ve always called Likkle City Syndrome: it’s insecurity and an inner fear of being an imposter, maybe caused by decades of living in United’s shadow.

That article is a total “puff piece”.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

A bit like another guy who was blond, and also played midfield.

Paul Bosvelt?

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I liked the sound of a mustard sandwich; never tried on in all my years but defintiely going to try that. I do sometimes cut thin slices of cheddar and put mustard on them.

I may have to venture this........

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Unassuming but wants to be the best in the world.

Kev is intelligent and straight-forward. He knows he is good and doesn't shy away from that fact with false modesty but also does not give it the big I am.

Like any really top athlete, he's never completely satisfied with his game. Because those guys don't compare themselves to others. They compare themselves to an inner version — the ideal player. Senna was that sort. So is Federer. So was Gretzky.

 

[Gesario]

I liked the sound of a mustard sandwich; never tried on in all my years but defintiely going to try that. I do sometimes cut thin slices of cheddar and put mustard on them.

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[dadnlad]

A perfect example of fans being far too sensitive about things.

It happens everywhere in football nowadays for all clubs.

Ask a question with a slightly negative context and the clamour is on to cancel that media organisation.

A pundit says something slightly critical and they need binning too.

Heaven forbid a referee make a controversial decision. A dossier of decisions he’s made against their club will be produced containing all decisions against their team since 2000.

At some point in the past 20 years, football fans lost the ability to be objective about anything surrounding their own clubs. It wasn’t great before that, but nowadays any form of criticism cannot be taken.

AHT do you not think it all changed when the bully made football personal he ridiculed city and poked fun which then went to the pub the work place and them lot took every word as gospel.

 

[leithblue]

I may have to venture this........

Cheese, ham and mustard toasties are ace.

 

[mexico1970]

Mustard, mayonnaise, and ketchup the holy trilogy of continental fast food.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

AHT do you not think it all changed when the bully made football personal he ridiculed city and poked fun which then went to the pub the work place and them lot took every word as gospel.

I think there are loads of reasons as to where we are today, that being one part of why we City fans hate him and his club.

Another part is FFP and its reporting that has made most City fans at least armchair accountants.

In general, it’s the reporting and narratives set by the media and bigger fan channels that control how fans look at football these days.

An example of that would be the empty seats jibe that has gone on for years, but isn’t and hasn’t been really relevant for quite a while.

Everyone is naturally defensive of their club. It’s tribal, but it seems absolutely everywhere 24/7, whereas in the past, it was confined to matchdays and in the playground, office etc.

Whataboutery is king too. If we get a favourable refereeing decision, we have 25 examples as to why it was our turn to have one, just like every other fanbase!