M18CTID
Well-Known Member
Wait, what? This can't be true. Don't you know about the story told by plenty of blues who claim we were top at Christmas that season but ended up getting relegated?!!
Spot on about some of those posting on that Red Cafe thread by the way mate. Don't get me wrong, I get that they're pissed off with watching such turgid football and when you consider the resources they have there really is no excuse for them serving up such shite week after week but they need a reality check if they're downing tools and not even tuning in to games. Some of that might be down to what their habits are when watching United. For example, it can't be any fun if you're sat at home on your own watching it but if you're down the pub with your mates then you can have a good moan/laugh about it all. However, I don't get the actual match-goers on that thread who say they're not going to go again until Mourinho goes. For you and me, attending football matches has never just been about the game itself - it's about the whole day and catching up with your mates, getting pissed, etc. Sure, the football itself is an important part of that day** but when the football itself is so shit - as it has been with us on many occasions down the years - at least you have the fall back option of saying that you had a good day out despite what happened on the pitch. If one is going to centre their football supporting habits wholly on what happens out on the pitch and basking in the reflected glory of a team's success then that makes them the worst type of football fan in my eyes and it stands to reason that they're going to give up on following their team so easily when it starts going to shit.
** - This doesn't apply to the P*ul B*vans of this world of course, with him being someone who has probably missed more minutes of City away games than any other fan I know down the years by virtue of bailing out of the ground at half-time on so many occasions so he can go back on the piss. The daft fucker even missed out on witnessing our one and only win at Anfield since 1981 in 2003 because he fucked off back to The Abbey at half-time to go drinking with a load of Liverpool fans who hadn't gone to the game!