In the aftermath of our glorious victory, I have been surprised how poorly our friends across the city have taken it.
Most Unitedites were aware that they would come for a draw, as they have done for the last three derbies. Fair enough, we are better than them, they set up deep, kicked us up in the air, slowed everything down, disrupted, pressed hard and hoped for a break. Just as we would have done had the positions been reversed. They didn’t really trouble us but stopped us playing. A special Hames/O’Hare/Campbell moment gave us a narrow but deserved win.
Back in the day, prior to the internet, the strategy would have been to shut the fuck up and wait for your revenge but they seem to have gone full on entitled and it’s embarrassing. A 1-0 defeat is being celebrated as a victory, our “millions” in parachute payments, our diving, our shithousery, Bananas horror challenge was never a red, obvious penalty claims, our silent fans, ours and Wilders post match celebrations. There’s more but I’ve forgotten now.
So I’m begging, if the unthinkable happens in the return, can we have some self respect and decorum please? Their manager is astute and their players are not as shit as I thought they were (who would have predicted Lowes performance?),
Most Unitedites were aware that they would come for a draw, as they have done for the last three derbies. Fair enough, we are better than them, they set up deep, kicked us up in the air, slowed everything down, disrupted, pressed hard and hoped for a break. Just as we would have done had the positions been reversed. They didn’t really trouble us but stopped us playing. A special Hames/O’Hare/Campbell moment gave us a narrow but deserved win.
Back in the day, prior to the internet, the strategy would have been to shut the fuck up and wait for your revenge but they seem to have gone full on entitled and it’s embarrassing. A 1-0 defeat is being celebrated as a victory, our “millions” in parachute payments, our diving, our shithousery, Bananas horror challenge was never a red, obvious penalty claims, our silent fans, ours and Wilders post match celebrations. There’s more but I’ve forgotten now.
So I’m begging, if the unthinkable happens in the return, can we have some self respect and decorum please? Their manager is astute and their players are not as shit as I thought they were (who would have predicted Lowes performance?),