As a football fan I’m easily susceptible to goading from fans of other clubs. I do it all the time with good success. Goad other fans in to defending their useless teams that is.
Supporting Man United means you’re more likely to hear hate toward your team than any other English team. Fortunately, the only team that has managed as much success or acclaim as United has failed to win even a single league title in the Premier league era.
That makes it easy to dish out “abuse” to the lesser clubs. Arsenal, Chelsea and now Manchester City have had dominant spells in the league but none have enjoyed the type of absolute dominance United did. Indeed, as I type this the last team to win back-to-back league titles remains Manchester United.
Man United have won more league titles than any other English team, while they have the second most FA cup and Champions league trophies in the rainy kingdom.
And so back to the goading. Lately I have come across much belittling of the most successful English team (and certainly biggest by way of stature) in the professional era. Liverpool and Arsenal fans have all offered their expert opinions on the fortunes of United in the future.
Liverpool fans seem to understand the six points their team has amassed after two games to be akin to a league championship, while Arsenal who sit fourth from bottom continue to be boisterous in spite of an indifferent start to the league under a new regime.
The goading from fans of these clubs has been relentless and if I didn’t support a club with an honours roll the type mine does, I might be holed up in a corner wondering why I support this club.
What’s most annoying though is the football pundits and their views. Some scribes have taken to writing proverbial obituaries of Jose Mourinho’s career as well as Man United’s future. This is all after two games. Some journalists have become experts on body language, and facial expressions.
Mourinho, it is said, walks around with a scowl on his face and doesn’t get along with Paul Pogba. Column inches are filled with this narrative and it is not likely to stop until Mourinho loses his job or United go on a run that makes them serious title contenders. Whichever comes first.
And so back to being goaded… The thing about defending your clubs honour is you have to attack the other clubs lack thereof. Attack is the best form of defense in this case, as in the Champions League final.
I was told once that Man United fans are the most obnoxious. I am not so sure they are. Football fanatics are all pretty obnoxious. The thing is, you’re only as obnoxious as your team allows you to be. United fans were allowed to be obnoxious for a long time, all you need to do is think back to Arsenals invincible season, and how obnoxious those guys were… So, in closing I wish the fans of the lesser clubs success similar to that of mine…
As a football fan I’m easily susceptible to goading from fans of other clubs. I do it all the time with good success. Goad other fans in to defending their useless teams that is.
Supporting Man United means you’re more likely to hear hate toward your team than any other English team. Fortunately, the only team that has managed as much success or acclaim as United has failed to win even a single league title in the Premier league era.
That makes it easy to dish out “abuse” to the lesser clubs. Arsenal, Chelsea and now Manchester City have had dominant spells in the league but none have enjoyed the type of absolute dominance United did. Indeed, as I type this the last team to win back-to-back league titles remains Manchester United.
Man United have won more league titles than any other English team, while they have the second most FA cup and Champions league trophies in the rainy kingdom.
And so back to the goading. Lately I have come across much belittling of the most successful English team (and certainly biggest by way of stature) in the professional era. Liverpool and Arsenal fans have all offered their expert opinions on the fortunes of United in the future.
Liverpool fans seem to understand the six points their team has amassed after two games to be akin to a league championship, while Arsenal who sit fourth from bottom continue to be boisterous in spite of an indifferent start to the league under a new regime.
The goading from fans of these clubs has been relentless and if I didn’t support a club with an honours roll the type mine does, I might be holed up in a corner wondering why I support this club.
What’s most annoying though is the football pundits and their views. Some scribes have taken to writing proverbial obituaries of Jose Mourinho’s career as well as Man United’s future. This is all after two games. Some journalists have become experts on body language, and facial expressions.
Mourinho, it is said, walks around with a scowl on his face and doesn’t get along with Paul Pogba. Column inches are filled with this narrative and it is not likely to stop until Mourinho loses his job or United go on a run that makes them serious title contenders. Whichever comes first.
And so back to being goaded… The thing about defending your clubs honour is you have to attack the other clubs lack thereof. Attack is the best form of defense in this case, as in the Champions League final.
I was told once that Man United fans are the most obnoxious. I am not so sure they are. Football fanatics are all pretty obnoxious. The thing is, you’re only as obnoxious as your team allows you to be. United fans were allowed to be obnoxious for a long time, all you need to do is think back to Arsenals invincible season, and how obnoxious those guys were… So, in closing I wish the fans of the lesser clubs success similar to that of mine…
