Blue Since 76 wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:
Robbie Savage is equally worried. And also about the rags. He gave them the kind of impassioned slaughtering only a true fan could.
That rant on MOTD was hilarious, graphically displayed by long forward pass after long forward pass. Each one aimed at Fellaini's head but landing in their goalkeeper's hands.
I'm particularly looking forward to Van Gal's next PowerPoint presentation where he shows Savage why he was wrong. His full radio interview basically said "the rags were better at every stat you can think of, but football cheats us by choosing to use goals to decide a winner". At some point, I'm expecting him to remove the scarf, unzip his head and Davy Moyles step out laughing at them.
I've just been & borrowed a copy of the Telegraph to find another hurting rag/Sky 4 sympathiser, Jim White: 'In a wretched parody of Matt Busby & Alex Ferguson's attacking ideas,
United's support was obliged to watch long balls lumped up to Marouane Fellaini, an emergency centre-forward who brings new meaning to the phrase false number nine'.
And re RVP: ' " We thought you were dead," mocked the Swansea fans in reference to an incident a couple of seasons ago when Alex Ferguson complained a Williams tackle " could have killed " him. Frankly, on this showing, they were not wrong: he looked as if he had expired long before he went off injured'.
Finally: 'And increasingly history - albeit gifted to their opponents - is all Manchester Utd have to offer'.
The responses from people like this are not those of sports journos discussing the problem; they are fans, upset at the way their club is being run. They will tell everone they follow Doncaster Rovers or Barry Town, but even if they do, they are still rag lovers with a genuine pain for their team & supporters.