A fucking great post. I get to Pep it's just another game, he says he gets the importance of the derby and to a point I believe he does, but he's an ultra professional looking at the bigger picture, he's not a fan. We are.
We had to eat shit for 35 years of mainly mediocrity while those fuckers won trophy after trophy. Due to the tenure of Mr Swales we went from equals, actually probably a bit ahead of them, to being light years behind. The nailed on champions league money, which was huge in comparison to the premier league share out back then, meant every year they pulled further and further away. We had to suffer what seemed like 24/7 coverage of them rammed down our throats everytime we turned on the TV or opened a newspaper. All with their tongue firmly up the rag and Ferguson's arse. We had to endure the taunts, the snide comments and mockery wherever we went and I mean wherever. From the pub to the kebab shop and transport on the way home if anything alerted the moron's you were a Blue you got it. Think that fat twat Howson and multiply him tenfold, with booze thrown in and that was the sort of wankers that got into your face. Like all rag cowards you were usually outnumbered but a few still got a slap. We suffered, we really suffered for supporting our club. In the derby though we knew that on the whole the manager and players got just what it meant to us and we achieved the odd great victory against all the odds.
We as fan's just ask for 100% commitment from the players chose to represent us. That is for every game. For the derby I expect them to play and fight like their lives depend on it and realise they play for the honour of every blue past, present and no longer with us. Take it seriously, itsy not just another game, that's a cliche used for the team and manager who loses it. Make sure it's not us.
