United Thread 2015/16

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Rooney never has been nor ever will be a contender for Ballon D'Or. That's how world class he is.

 

[The blue phantom]

Rooney never has been nor ever will be a contender for Ballon D'Or. That's how world class he is.

Tbf he was decent a fair few years ago, when the deal was as good as done to us i wouldnt have complained.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Tbf he was decent a fair few years ago, when the deal was as good as done to us i wouldnt have complained.

He was top quality a decade or so ago. I would go as far as saying world class, or thereabouts. That attacking three of him, Tevez and Ronaldo was as good as anything this country has ever seen.


Yet.

 

[Helmet Cole]

That was the stand out thing for me from the recent sycophantic bbc documentary - just how good he was at eighteen/twenty. Makes it even sweeter that he's now washed up and signed up for £300k a week (that's every week you lurking cunts) for another four years. Lol.

 

[crazyg]

Rooney never has been nor ever will be a contender for Ballon D'Or. That's how world class he is.

More likely the Balloon Door!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I reckon most of them simply don't understand or aren't used to the sheer tribalism that fans in and around Manchester will have experienced. They probably exist in an environment where they're given no stick or possibly even admired for being rags.

What's funny is the way the handful of local rags play along, pretending that City are of no consequence to them. It's an incredible exercise in doublethink, as anyone who lives or works locally will attest to, if they're being honest. To suggest that City supporters are nothing but a minor distraction to local rags is an utter lie. If you work and live in the same city as supporters from another club, and you are both frequently competing for the title, and you care about your club, how can it be any other way? If it doesn't meanigfully bother you, then I reckon you can't be that arsed about your club in the first place.

It's hugely different to united supporters from elsewhere, I completely get that; especially places where united are dominant and City are largely ignored in terms of support, particularly if those places are on other continents. Here, once again, logic suggests that their attitude and disposition towards our club will be hugely different and much less intense, as they don't have to deal with all the stuff that arises from sharing a city with another club and its supporters. Maybe their attitude to City and its 'rag hating' supporters could be described as one of baffled amusement. Certainly not the same emotions they feel towards Liverpoool or Arsenal, or even close, quite possibly.

For local supporters, however, the looming presence of each respective rival is perennial. If you work on the broadly accurate basis that Manchester is roughly split 50/50, any suggestion to the contrary is absurd and suggests a need on behalf of united fans to perpetuate a narrative (as frequently advanced by Ferguson) of City's utter irrelevance as a stick to beat us with.

Given our current place in the footballing firmament, where we've come from, and how we got there, as well as its total unexpectedness, to suggest that City are an irrelevance to united fans who live and work in the same city simply does not bear any logical scrutiny to anyone who properly applies their mind to it.

You can't change human nature and the tribalism that courses through it.

Anyone who disagrees should spend five minutes in the company of me and my dad.


The fucking rag cnut.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

What's funny is the way the handful of local rags play along, pretending that City are of no consequence to them. It's an incredible exercise in doublethink, as anyone who lives or works locally will attest to, if they're being honest. To suggest that City supporters are nothing but a minor distraction to local rags is an utter lie. If you work and live in the same city as supporters from another club, and you are both frequently competing for the title, and you care about your club, how can it be any other way? If it doesn't meanigfully bother you, then I reckon you can't be that arsed about your club in the first place.

It's hugely different to united supporters from elsewhere, I completely get that; especially places where united are dominant and City are largely ignored in terms of support, particularly if those places are on other continents. Here, once again, logic suggests that their attitude and disposition towards our club will be hugely different and much less intense, as they don't have to deal with all the stuff that arises from sharing a city with another club and its supporters. Maybe their attitude to City and its 'rag hating' supporters could be described as one of baffled amusement. Certainly not the same emotions they feel towards Liverpoool or Arsenal, or even close, quite possibly.

For local supporters, however, the looming presence of each respective rival is perennial. If you work on the broadly accurate basis that Manchester is roughly split 50/50, any suggestion to the contrary is absurd and suggests a need on behalf of united fans to perpetuate a narrative (as frequently advanced by Ferguson) of City's utter irrelevance as a stick to beat us with.

Given our current place in the footballing firmament, where we've come from, and how we got there, as well as its total unexpectedness, to suggest that City are an irrelevance to united fans who live and work in the same city simply does not bear any logical scrutiny to anyone who properly applies their mind to it.

You can't change human nature and the tribalism that courses through it.

Anyone who disagrees should spend five minutes in the company of me and my dad.


The fucking rag cnut.

Did your Dad write that?


It's actually a good read.

 

[mat]

More likely the Balloon Door!

Banging Edna Dore....

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Did your Dad write that?


It's actually a good read.

I wouldnt be remotely surprised if he'd ghost-written Taggart's latest revisionist work of fiction.

He was utterly unbearable after the game yesterday, as per fucking usual.

A combination of Clattenburg, as well as our negative tactics and monumental good luck as conspired to rob united of a fully deserved victory. I remember him blaming the 6-1 on Clattenburg too. If I hadn't had to endure 40 years of it, I'd probably find it amusing rather than utterly fucking tragic ;-)

 

[avoidconfusion]

More likely the Cellar Door!