“CHA – – – – – -“
Shhhhh! Don’t say it, not yet! They are listening. Don’t dare! Shhhhh! Not even in the quietest of whispers. Shhhhh! Those mysterious, unseen entities that have the power. Shhhhh! Those God’s of football that know every thought, every emotion, every dream. Shhhhh! The ones who crept into your minds every night this week, inserting fear and doubt into your slumber. Shhhhh! Those wretched, controllers of football that have ramped up the speed of your heartbeat and wrenched your guts. Shhhhh! Please!!! Don’t disturb or annoy them, for it is they that ordain and confer the title “CHA – – – – – -“. Shhhhh!
MANCHESTER CITY VERSUS QUEENS PARK RANGERS
THE ETIHAD STADIUM,
MANCHESTER.
SUNDAY 13th MAY 2012
KICK OFF 15:00Hrs
THE LAST HURDLE
THE RIDE OF YOUR LIVES
On Sunday 13th May, at around 2.50pm, Manchester City FC will emerge from the players’ tunnel at the Etihad Stadium, for what will be the most significant game in 44 years. Mancini will have selected his players, discussed tactics, the players will be tuned to just the right amount of tension and their minds will be focussed….I repeat, their minds will be focussed…But where will yours be? Will you be capable of thought or will you be reduced to a quivering, jellified, emotional wreck?
You are about to board the highest, longest, most sensationally thrilling and frightening emotional ride of your Manchester City life. I know, because 44 years ago, I rode that same ride at Newcastle. This circus has taken a long time to come back round to the City side of town and for the City fanatical thrill seekers, it will be the first chance most will have had to step on it. It will take you higher than the upper bounds of the Universe and I pray it will not drop you down, because down will be beyond hell. A football abyss that will run right to the depths of your blue soul.
ENJOY THE RIDE…BUT WILL YOUR BLUE HEART SURVIVE?
This game is not about Manchester City versus Queens Park Rangers, it is not about Mancini, nor Hart, Yaya, Kompany. This game is about far, far more than that. This game is about your soul, about your fears, doubts, nightmares and dashed promises. Your hopes, your aspirations, your dreams. The final closing of the door on “Typical City”, it is about the future being unleashed, here, now, in the present.
Wherever you may be. in the ground? Behind a chair? Not daring to look? In Australia, the USA, Switzerland, France, Italy, Kuwait, Holland or Japan? It will not matter. You will be joined by your blue soul to the Blue Universe. You will be linked by that invisible Blue umbilical cord to the Etihad Stadium. For this game is not about Manchester City versus Queens Park Rangers, it is about YOU.
You are MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB. Every stride, every pass, every shot, every kick and tackle. You will live and die a thousand times before the final whistle. You will cry a thousand tears. Happiness or devastation? Only, as that final whistle blows, will you know…and if joy, prepare yourselves for the earthquake that will begin deep down, ignited by the pain of years and set free by the will of the Gods of football. An earthquake that rises through every vein and rents your heart asunder as you can finally stand taller than you have ever stood before and scream out………”CHA – – – – – -“…..but not yet, only then…..Shhhhh!
IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, MANCHESTER CITY WILL BE…..
”CHA – – – – – -“
…..SHHHHH!
1936 – 1937
1967 – 1968
2011 – 2012?
SHHHHHH!
A MASSIVE thanks to John68 for his HAT-TRICK of title challenging previews