Right everyone, the stage is almost set. It looks like we’re going to be the only team to stop them if we make it through tomorrow’s semi final (fingers crossed), but even if we don’t, the league is massive this year.
Over the last decade or so we’ve had some absolutely huge challenges and difficult rivalries and we’ve always ended up on top. Thinking back to our Top 4 fights with Spurs, the first FA Cup win, the Tevez signing, toppling Fergie’s United, QPR, the Centurions, the Gerrard slip, winning a ridiculous number of games in a row to beat the scousers by one point, the domestic treble. All of these moments make you feel blessed to be a city fan. We have so many iconic, almost scripted moments as a club.
So I see this as an opportunity really. Let’s get through tomorrow’s semi final so we have the chance to make another memory. I mean, the Aguero winner was so euphoric it made me question if I could ever get that level of joy again from football (not to say I wouldn’t massively enjoy our football, more that it was such a unique moment it couldn’t be eclipsed). Reminds me of what I thought winning the league would feel like - “ok now what?” But the truth is, there’s always something you can aim for. And if we somehow pulled this off and beat the scousers to the bragging rights (hopefully on both fronts), that would be potentially the finest moment in my supporting of this club.
It can be hard to enjoy when you’re in the race. And I imagine tomorrow will be extremely nervy, but let’s try to enjoy it whilst we’re still in it, take things a step at a time, and not get disheartened by a bunch of scousers. Whatever happens, we’ve got next season and we’ll come out on top in this rivalry in the end, just like we eventually did with Spurs, United and Brendan’s Liverpool side.
