The quality of away fans we have at Old Trafford is usually pretty poor, with them usually all falling some way short of the impressive support United take with them on the road.
Our Old Trafford fans could sing for half an hour non-stop, but the moment a song finishes, the unimaginative away support, who will have been silent so far, boom out, “Shall we sing a song for you?” We usually get a few rounds of “I support my local team,” too, you know, because everyone inside Old Trafford is actually from Surrey.
Today though, with a few thousand more tickets available with it being a cup game, the away end was more lively than usual. For the opening minutes, we had a few rounds of the unoriginal “When the Spurs go marching in” and “Yid army!”. At 1-0, the Spurs fans, who crushed Arsenal in the Carling Cup this week, compounded our misery, by insulting us with a “Are you Arsenal in disguise?” At this point, what had already been a magical week for Tottenham was looking as though it could become heavenly.
However, with 20 minutes remaining, United went 2-1 up, courtesy of a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty, leaving the cocky Spurs fans with egg on their face. “Are you Arsenal in disguise?” we roared in return to their earlier songs. As the clock ticked down and United added a third, “One nil, and you fucked it up, one nil, and you fucked it up…” was thrown in the faces of the demoralised Spurs fans.
Nothing amazing, but it was rather enjoyable having more original banter between us and the away fans, particularly at the expense of Arsenal!
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The atmosphere was really good today,even on tv you could hear the chants and everything.I really hope the level of noise could be kept throughout from now on.
Spurs were unlucky today though!. Jenas was clear thru and should have scored twice, and Berbatov hit the post!. Until Ronnie got our third, it was a jittery last 15 minutes, when spurs went all commando on us, and attacked with menace. Brown is so lackadaisical and sloppy when he is in the middle of defence. Hurry up back Vid!!!!!!!!!!! I enjoyed the banter though, and long may our Manchester wit reign against all comers.
Overly critical of Wesley there, he did not look sloppy at all, looked nothing like Vidic granted, but how many defenders are anything like Vidic! The two Jenas moments came from Hargo having an off moment or two (Hargreaves by the way had me going throughout, roughing up the spurs midfield and making a nuisance of himself- really think we’ve got that steel in midfield thanks to him!). Wesley put some crucial blocks in and deflected that Malbranque cross onto the post- having a top season is Wesley, and it’s looking likely that he’ll end up signing the new contract…
I’d agree with the KingOfZamunda. I thought Wes did quite well today (obviously he is not as good as Vidic but is good enough cover). Hargreaves provided excellent cover in front of the defence from the 2nd half.
The crowd chants were good, and the Spurs fans were setting themselves up to be mocked singing at 1-0, but they probably knew it and when, ever, can you sing “Are you Arsenal in disguise?” to United fans. And likewise, it was impossible not to sing it back to them later on
I didn’t take too well to hearing the Spurs fans chant there’s only one Keano after Robbie Keane put them in front but it was all the sweeter when we went ahead and were able to fire that one back at them too!