Boy did I get it wrong? Although we've yet to have an apology from Fergie or Scholes!
Will write again soon...
Saturday 16 February 2008
Sunday 10 February 2008
The Day of Our Humiliation has Arrived...
Well Derby day has finally arrived in Manchester, and after constant niggling, whining and moaning within the media the day that City fans humiliate themselves and their club in the glare of the worlds press is upon us.
And the reason for this? The reason we will be pillored in the eyes of the non sports following public?
A minutes silence in rememberence of the victims of the Munich Air Disaster.
Now I don't really want to go into the ins and outs of Munich and what it means to me and a lot of other City fans, what has really got to me this year is the constant media speculation of how City fans are going to shout abuse and insults and generally spoil the minutes silence.
Now don't get me wrong, the people who would do this sort of thing, are clearly idiots, and no matter what your views on something may or may not be, it isn't hard to keep quiet for a minute and show a bit of respect.
A case in point for myself was the minutes silence held at a City/ Liverpool game forced upon us by the FA when George Best died. Now I think George Best was a good footballer and a bit of a "Rock & Roll" legend - but to hold a minutes silence for the guy was misguided at best and pretty stupid at worst. It lasted about 30 seconds before the referee stopped it due to the abuse being hurled by the City and Liverpool fans. In my opinion the minutes silence wasn't needed, but either way I sat quietly for a minute, it wasn't really asking much.
The only problem is certain sections of society are unable to keep quiet and will insist on shouting / singing / hurling abuse. (As happened during the minutes silence at the England game earlier in the week)
The easy way around this? Well as has become more common over the past couple of years they could have a minutes applause. CIty and the City supporters Association have both asked for this and United have rejected it.
Considering United had a service and minutes silence on the 6th February at Old trafford, why are they insisting on another minutes silence on the sunday? (After they guilted the FA into having one before the England game which hadn't been planned)
It is said that by having the minutes applause you are giving in to the morons, and that they have won.
Hhhmmm. The options being - Have a minutes applause which the majority of the City and United fans can take part in, drowning out any potential trouble causers, or have a minutes silence ruined by a couple of idiots.
Now call me paranoid, but it appears that we (City) are being set up for a fall here, because as soon as anyone spoils the minutes silence, it will quickly snowball into "ALL CITY FANS DANCED ON THE GRAVES OF THE MUNICH DEAD".
The whole situation is being exasperatted by the daily pleas and messages for the City fans to be quiet - and the given expectation that we will not be... the latest being from Paul Scholes - and I quote -
"There is always that few who might cause problems. It would reflect badly on their club but that's not stopped them over the years."
Can you even begin to image United playing Liverpool on the aniversary of Hillsborough and them having a minutes silence?
That doesn't make it right, but maybe people will begin to realise that United and their fans are not whiter than white.
If all the city fans do keep quiet and the minutes silence is upheld will Man United and all the media hacks apologise for what they have said and implied about City and their fans? No I didn't think so.
The solution to all this? I don't think there is one, but lets just hope that the only humiliation for City is off the pitch.
p.s. I'll try and be funny in my next blog - honest!
And the reason for this? The reason we will be pillored in the eyes of the non sports following public?
A minutes silence in rememberence of the victims of the Munich Air Disaster.
Now I don't really want to go into the ins and outs of Munich and what it means to me and a lot of other City fans, what has really got to me this year is the constant media speculation of how City fans are going to shout abuse and insults and generally spoil the minutes silence.
Now don't get me wrong, the people who would do this sort of thing, are clearly idiots, and no matter what your views on something may or may not be, it isn't hard to keep quiet for a minute and show a bit of respect.
A case in point for myself was the minutes silence held at a City/ Liverpool game forced upon us by the FA when George Best died. Now I think George Best was a good footballer and a bit of a "Rock & Roll" legend - but to hold a minutes silence for the guy was misguided at best and pretty stupid at worst. It lasted about 30 seconds before the referee stopped it due to the abuse being hurled by the City and Liverpool fans. In my opinion the minutes silence wasn't needed, but either way I sat quietly for a minute, it wasn't really asking much.
The only problem is certain sections of society are unable to keep quiet and will insist on shouting / singing / hurling abuse. (As happened during the minutes silence at the England game earlier in the week)
The easy way around this? Well as has become more common over the past couple of years they could have a minutes applause. CIty and the City supporters Association have both asked for this and United have rejected it.
Considering United had a service and minutes silence on the 6th February at Old trafford, why are they insisting on another minutes silence on the sunday? (After they guilted the FA into having one before the England game which hadn't been planned)
It is said that by having the minutes applause you are giving in to the morons, and that they have won.
Hhhmmm. The options being - Have a minutes applause which the majority of the City and United fans can take part in, drowning out any potential trouble causers, or have a minutes silence ruined by a couple of idiots.
Now call me paranoid, but it appears that we (City) are being set up for a fall here, because as soon as anyone spoils the minutes silence, it will quickly snowball into "ALL CITY FANS DANCED ON THE GRAVES OF THE MUNICH DEAD".
The whole situation is being exasperatted by the daily pleas and messages for the City fans to be quiet - and the given expectation that we will not be... the latest being from Paul Scholes - and I quote -
"There is always that few who might cause problems. It would reflect badly on their club but that's not stopped them over the years."
Can you even begin to image United playing Liverpool on the aniversary of Hillsborough and them having a minutes silence?
That doesn't make it right, but maybe people will begin to realise that United and their fans are not whiter than white.
If all the city fans do keep quiet and the minutes silence is upheld will Man United and all the media hacks apologise for what they have said and implied about City and their fans? No I didn't think so.
The solution to all this? I don't think there is one, but lets just hope that the only humiliation for City is off the pitch.
p.s. I'll try and be funny in my next blog - honest!
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