It was suggested on Match of the Day 2 that the game was played against a 'Mother's Day atmosphere' and it's true the place was quiet. This was by no means United's biggest game of the season so we weren't going to get a repeat of the explosion of noise that we heard during the Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester City back in January. But apart from the two ends behind the goal, there seems to be too few people that are prepared to make an effort.
The people to my left barely said a word for the whole game and one bloke behind us told us to sit down at a time when it looked like United were about to score. And I never heard him sing at any point either. I sung, so did my mates and a smattering of people around us with everyone else just looking round at the noisy minority like there was something wrong with them. What do people like this get out of going to football games?
Symbol of defiance or just a fashion accessory?
It's not just that they don't sing but it's their impatience that really grinds. Dimitar Berbatov and Nani have been hugely frustrating (in Nani's case just awful) at times in their Old Trafford careers but they were two of the better players on show on Sunday. Yet whenever either of them made the slightest mistake the amount of groans heard was off the scale. In fact the only time the bloke to my left said anything was when he grunted 'Get him off' when Nani for once didn't put in a threatening ball. Maybe we have been spoiled in the last few years but the amount of people around us that didn't appreciate what was in front them was staggering. I suggest sending these people to Grimsby to remind them just how good they've got it.
Finally, it's on to the green and gold scarves. The Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) have undoubtedly come up with a brilliant marketing scheme that has done wonders for their publicity but some who have bought them have clearly missed the point. They're supposed to be a symbol of defiance against the hated Glazer family that have dragged the club into seemingly insurmountable debt. They represent the colours of United's predecessors, Newton Heath and have become the primary colour inside the ground these days rather than red.
I'm not sure the foreign visitors to Old Trafford have any clue what they represent so they're probably just going with the flow there. More annoying are the fans who wear them over their red replica shirts which defeats the point in wearing them. But the real idiots are the ones that chant 'Love United Hate Glazer' while whirling their scarves above their heads but then charge down to the concourse a few minutes before half time and line the parasites' pockets further by buying overpriced pies, coffees and 'beer' (Budweiser, ugh!). Worse still are the hundreds of people I saw after the game either in or queuing up for the Megastore whilst wearing them, thus helping a regime they're supposed to be against. They've become the must-have item now and like other fashion statements (e.g. Che Guevara T-shirts) they're unfortunately often worn by people who have no idea what's it really about.
Finally, it's on to the green and gold scarves. The Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) have undoubtedly come up with a brilliant marketing scheme that has done wonders for their publicity but some who have bought them have clearly missed the point. They're supposed to be a symbol of defiance against the hated Glazer family that have dragged the club into seemingly insurmountable debt. They represent the colours of United's predecessors, Newton Heath and have become the primary colour inside the ground these days rather than red.
I'm not sure the foreign visitors to Old Trafford have any clue what they represent so they're probably just going with the flow there. More annoying are the fans who wear them over their red replica shirts which defeats the point in wearing them. But the real idiots are the ones that chant 'Love United Hate Glazer' while whirling their scarves above their heads but then charge down to the concourse a few minutes before half time and line the parasites' pockets further by buying overpriced pies, coffees and 'beer' (Budweiser, ugh!). Worse still are the hundreds of people I saw after the game either in or queuing up for the Megastore whilst wearing them, thus helping a regime they're supposed to be against. They've become the must-have item now and like other fashion statements (e.g. Che Guevara T-shirts) they're unfortunately often worn by people who have no idea what's it really about.
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