The Premier League, in their wisdom, organised Manchester United to face Manchester City on the day closest to the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.
MCFC of course shat themselves, all too familiar with the chants of Munich heard every derby day. Instead of a minute’s silence, they requested a minute of applause. At least that way, if City fans were to resume their usual behaviour and sing about Munich, it would be drowned out by the clapping.
“We plead with United to change the proposed minute’s silence to applause,” said City supporters’ club secretary. “In this way, any idiot who does not share these views of respect will be drowned out rather than highlighted.”
The City supporters didn’t spoil the day and were very proud that they were able to stay quiet for a whole minute and not mock the dead. They even sang a song for Frank Swift, something I’ve never heard in all my years of attending derby days. Who is he? The City legend who was with them for 16 years, winning the League title and FA Cup. After retiring from the game he became the president of their Supporters’ Club, so dedicated was he to the club. He was also a journalist then and travelled with the United team to Belgrade to report on our European Cup quarter-final against Red Star. He was on the plane that crashed in Munich and he died on his way to hospital, becoming one of the 23 people who lost their life to the crash.
Swift’s family were at the Munich memorial game, which might have helped jog the City fans’ memory. After the match, City fans were actually praised by the media for respecting the minute’s silence. It’s a shame that the press hasn’t bothered to mention that on every occasion since then, the Munich songs and aeroplane impressions have re-appeared and the memory of Swift is long forgotten.
The City fans at my local are a decent sort and I’m not ignorant enough to believe they’re the only ones. I’d like to think they don’t go to Wastelands and sing about Munich and they certainly do the ‘those sort are a disgrace to City fans’ spiel when they’re around us, but who knows. Regardless, ‘Munichs’ is a well-used name for United fans. In fact, back in 2000, City’s official match day programme referred to us as ‘Munichs’. The article was written by lifelong bluenose David Chidlow and appeared in the programme for the Boxing Day game against Derby County.
“It was a mistake and we are sorry for any offence caused,” said City’s chairman David Bernstein. “Among other things, we will never forget that Frank Swift was killed in the disaster.”
The latest desecration of the memory of the Busby Babes (and of Frank Swift) is City’s chant for Carlos Tevez. He’s a blue and he hates Munichs, which was first sung upon his arrival to Wastelands, but was out in force at the weekend against Blackburn.
They’ll be on their best behaviour when the eyes of the world are watching because of the anniversary, they’ll pat themselves on the back and ask for praise when they don’t show themselves up when all the cameras are on them, but every other day of the week it’s business as usual.
Well anyway, apart from being totally out of order, their latest chant is factually flawed, considering Tevez loves United fans, something he has repeatedly claimed since signing on the dotted line for City.
“The fact that I am not staying at United is not because of the fans, it is because Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill did not do enough to keep me there. If it was down to the fans, I would still be there,” Tevez said on July 14th.
“I am sad to leave United,” said Tevez on July 16th.
“I respect United fans because they supported me from day one and I think they will understand my decision,” said Tevez on July 25th.
“My relationship with the United fans was always excellent. They were very supportive of me, and they will always be close to my heart. I hope I will get a good reception, because I am very fond of them and we had a good understanding,” Tevez said on July 25th.
So, quite clearly he doesn’t hate us, quite the opposite in fact, but well done for insulting the memory of one of your legends. I’m sure Swift’s family are well proud.
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“City’s going down like a Russian submarine” was charming then was it.
Not condoning Munich chants they are dreadful but let him without sin cast the first stone,hypocrites.A lot more people died on the Kursk than at Munich,the minutes silence was observed impeccibly at OT.
Utd really are the new bitters,tick tock tick tock.
I’m a blue and i have to say that i have never sang (and never will sing) any song about anyone that has died, whether it be in 1958 or 1989! But I think you’re all getting a bit insecure with this ‘Tevez still loves us’ nonesense. He’s a professional footballer, not a fan. I’m sure Owen still ‘loves’ Liverpool and Rooney still ‘loves’ Everton, but they are professionals and play for the clubs that pay them good money.
“City’s going down like a Russian submarine” is definatly not acceptable…. you’ve never been high enough to go down really. pat on the back for your silence. tick tock tick tock? countin down the hours till u still win fuck all eh? anyway the kursk were russians not RED MANCS.
There are idiots at every football club.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/aug/19/hillsborough-shirt-apology-sports-direct
Seems we sit next to some of them
Oh come on, this is being addressed by City fan sites, the word Munich isn’t even allowed and is blanked automatically, the threads are also jumping on anyone who gets to sing this chant and is asking people to shout the word “Fergie” instead of Munichs, so please don’t tar us all with the same brush…And we won’t tar you with the same brush regarding one of your lads new shirt printing with 96 “Not enough” on the back.
Some balance please.
‘munichs’ is bad, but ‘wastelands’ is okay? at least the area around EASTLANDS is actually in Manchester, unlike that half derelict, concrete retail-park in …. where is it again? …. oh i remember, Trafford … pot calling kettle black
Isn’t there a significant minority of United fans who sing songs about the Hillsbrough disaster? In fact, very recently one of your lads got YSB (You Scouse Bastards) 96 not enough” printed on a shirt at Sports Direct. Would it be fair if I were to say that the rags do the ‘spiel’ of saying that’s a disgrace but in private ‘who knows?’ Every club has idiots, including United, so get down from your high horse. Those in glass houses . . .
Typical chant. Exemplifies what they are all about. Ferdinand is out for up to a month i hear. We need Vida now.
The departed should always be remembered with respect whatever their colour.
costas and everyone else
good morning
i dont want to talk about shitty.they are so big we dont have the right to talk about them.their cabinet is filled with shit while our is filled with silverware.
costas where did u hear dis rio new?this sucks.vida has no match fitness and we saw on wednesday that evan and wes are not most comfortable with each other.hell miss some big games where we will need experience.
Hypocrites mate, thats what the new bitters are! Wheres your article about the moron who had “96 Not Enough, you scouse bastards” on his shirt thats been in the press this week? Or don’t you like highlighting the idiots that follow your team?
All teams have a vocal idiot element. Highlighting those within other teams whilst ignoring those within your own shows you up as the blinkered hyprocrite you seem to be. Like you’ve never heard “Russian submarine” or Hillsborough songs.
The game against the Arsenal should be a cracker. Can’t wait.
They are on a high, we are missing some important players and confidence.
This is how it feels to be City
This is how it feels to be Manc
This is how it feels when your clubs not owned by the bank
a bad quote on my behalf noqnoq48, “going down like a russian submarine” just basically refers to something “going down” on a huge note(like the hopes of evey shitty supporter). definatly not the lives lost.
@Salford Blue
all clubs have a few disrespectful shit supporters and we cant do anything about it.even we hate that fan who did that .but most of us are well mannered and respectful of other clubs.we dont make chants on unforunate incidents of others clubs or make cheap posters displaying them on the streets.
anyways we dont have a proud and illustrious history like you to boast about.
Factually flawed?
So every song Utd fans sing is factually correct is it?
No matter how hard all Football Clubs and Fans try, unfortuantely I feel we will never rid our Clubs of extreme hatred towards certain opponents.
I detest any Munich chants along with the vast majority of City Supporters, as I am sure the vast majority of United fans detest the actions of thier fans who mock the Hillsborough Disaster. In my early teenage years I admit to singing Munich chants, simply because I didn’t know any better.
Thankfully I was well educated and learnt how wrong it was to sing these chants. Unfortuantely in today’s world, hatred knows no limits, be it in Religion, Racism, Nationalism or Football. Whilst right minded City fans would love the day to come where no referecne is made to Munich, I struggle to see when that day will arrive.
Unfortunately I feel your article here will just make the hatred shown by this minority of City fans even more hardened, because of instead of looking into ways of solving this problem, you appear to mock City and thier Fans.
As Supporters, I feel we all have to look the whole hatred thing. In the 1970′s there were Rascist chants at certain Clubs, thankfully City and United were not tarnished with that brush. On the whole, Racist chanting in England has stopped, very rarely does it raise its ugly head and when it does, it is usually one individual highlighted who then gets a ban from grounds in the UK.
If all Clubs entered into consultation with thier Supporters about hatred issues, then maybe, just maybe, we all might see the day that these disgusting chants stop.
Good morning everyone…..I hope GHTT will be back today…
Anyway back on topic
Its not as if I’m suprised they forget about Frank Swift everytime they sing about Munich. What the fuck else do you expect from City fans?And as for Tevez I don’t really care about him anymore so I won’t be the one that boos him when he plays us , he’s just another player who playes city for me..
Morning AIG and Corea.
AIG it’s all over the news. I think SAF gave an update today. Vidic will start against Wigan. Not much we can do now. Brown always has problems on his first game back. Lets hope that Vida doesn’t. At a ground where last May we had to dig really deep to win remember.
I always find it a little bit bizzare reading about other teams insulting munich, its a dangerous game, every club has idiots, we have some who sing about hillsbrough (whether they’re fans is open for debate).
Most normal decent fans do not, as in life there are always idiots. And to take the chants so literally is also pointless one of our songs suggests park eats dogs….im sure he doesnt.
costas.who can forget dat night carricks beauty sent me into a frezy.dat was the title..so here is the team for tmmrw.foster brown vida evans evra valencia fletcher scholes nani berbatov rooney.
The Bitters were quiet on the 50th anniversary because they were threatened with a life long ban if they spouted their bile. Simple.
Read Jim White’s book on United- He tells of the bitter doing an aeroplane impression walking back to the bus minutes after the game and being applauded by the pond life in it. So, their silence lasted until 20 minutes after the game.
By the way, the Russian Submarine song doesn’t directly mock the dead.
Also, what is all this new bitters stuff, we are English and World champions, why would we be bitter?
lol Mark,I was just rereading the book and I was about to say the same thing.
mocking a sinking submarine is not even close to the inhumanity – perceived or real, of mocking the Munich disaster.
I have to admit I love this tick tock business from the bitters, mark my words in 5 years time when they have still won nothing, we can throw it right back in their faces…
tick tock indeed.
I’ve heard united fans at Old Trafford singing “where’s your famous 23?” to City fans in the away end.
It’s already been mentioned about chants about the Russian Submarine and Hillsborough by united fans. And i’ve seen the bridge over the M62 with 96 was not enough.
Look at your own fans before having a go at City. No right minded City fans will condone the munich chants and the actual Tevez chant should end with
“…. and he hates Fergie” not munichs.
@AIG: I will never forget that goal either. But Evans and Vida had a nightmare that day! I hope there’s no repeat. Wigan are a weird team to play against. They beat Villa away, but lost to Wolves at home!
Here’s my line up: Foster-O’Shea,Vidic,Evans,Evra-Valencia,Carrick,Fletcher,Park-Rooney,Berbatov.
I don’t think Fergie will rotate the whole of the midfield yet again. And i give the nod to O’Shea over Brown because he is more prepared for the test.
Why are we even bothering to talk about city…. are we turning into them and Liverpool, where we can only talk about other teams! But in defence of United fans; I attended every game in the seasons following the Hillsbrough disaster and the only slightly derogatory chant I heard from United fans was “Where’s your famous Munich song” It took a disaster of such magnitude to finally stop the mass chanting and inflatable airoplanes coming from the Liverpool fans! Of course we all have the displeasure of harbouring imposters in our fan base, and yes, United fans have been spotted wearing moronic sloganed shirts etc, but never on such mass and with such venom have we as a crowd resorted to this behaviour.
None of us have to sit a test before we are allowed to become fans of our club.
City has its fair share of idiots as do we. It is the sort of disrespect that we all join in with when we are too young and immature to know any better.
As we grow out of it we are replaced by the next generation of idiots.
Anyone who is old enough to know better should no longer be joining in but until kids are mature and sensible instead of young and stupid there will always be at least one in any minutes silence who cant keep his mouth shut.
So it always was, so it will always be.
We do have to take into account “mental” age and due to the fact that a lot of City fans are inbred they are mentally diminished and whilst they may look like an adult they probably are mentally juvenile and should be pitied rather than punished. Some City fans think Tevez is a Matador and the bad guy from Aladdin has bought their club.
Its a shame really but that is what happens when you “experiment” with your own sister.
Look at the Gallagher brothers and tell me it isnt so.
People dont choose to support City. They are born that way.
Sanctimonious tossers, I must have imgined hearing ‘where’s your famous 23′ from the some of K stand at the derby earlier this year!
Just like I must have mis-heard the ‘Fergie, Ferfie, sign him up’ chants!
george kane, a muppet like the rest of your ilk. Do you not realise that the ticking you hear is the countdown to when the arabs walk away? This includes sponsors and all (seeing that they are all part of the dubai royal family). At that point shiteh will have to survive on their own turnover which at this point is less than half of their players’ wages. Sad to see a club of no real history go out of business but the clock ticks. Tick, tock, tick, tock indeed! lol
@READ CAREFULLY WHAT I : Very well said mate!
costas.the pitch too wasnt da best dat nite.it was raining heavily. and causing problems for both sides.o shea has played at full back for last 2 games.must be a little tired.nani bcoz he is in good form and since fletch is there scholes or crrick anyone can play and go forward.
Mark, try telling the families of all the 118 who died on the kursk that you weren’t directly mocking the dead, what about murderers everyweek what about the Leeds lads that got stabbed that’s before I mention Hillsborough you idiot !!!… We will always have fans who will sing Munich as you will always have fans who sing the above.
Cookie
You definately must have mis-heard the “Sign him up” chant…..don’t think we’ve ever refered to our gaffer as “Ferfie”!! Besides….how is asking to sign a player disrespectful?!
Mocking the afflicted – or the departed – is cheap, nasty and repugnant. Agreed.
But I think this slightly mawkish article would have had considerably more credibility if you had gone the extra mile and admitted that manyoo fans are hardly saints either. Fortunately, City have never had a catastrophe for you to mock, but Liverpool’s “Munich” (Hillsborough) and the death of some of their greats (most notably Shankly’s death back in the early 80s) were exploited to the hilt. If you look hard enough, you’ll still find some “MUFC Shankly 81” graffiti on the odd wall in Manchester and Stretford.
Anyway, I like you would be very happy if this kind of thing would disappear. You’ll have to agree that it’s far less prominent than it used to be. As our star continues to rise, I believe the sour loser mentality that informs this kind of bile will whither away. And you’ll be able to tear down your nice “33 years” banner.
aig alex , why do you type like a twat? Is it becos I is black?
You fuckin muppet red bastards just can’t stop talking about litte old city can you,give it a fuckin rest and concentrate on your own team that has just about managed to scrape 3 points from two of the promoted teams.
Micheal owen????? fuckin mint!!!
@Costas – Cheers
@ GHTT – If you are reading this mate then I have this to say – FUCK EM
Get back on here and tells us what you and Emily think whenever you feel like it. Most of us are decent people but then there are always some nasty little fuckers who feel very brave when they are anonimous and protected by technology. We are all entitled to our opinions on here but if our opinion is the sort of thing a nasty little twat would say then I guess that is what they are.
So ghtt dont let the fucker get to you and come back soon as you have had a breather.
Mike Kelly, not surprise to see you’ve declined to comment on the relevant part.
I agree – the Russian submarine chant was in bad taste, but:
Firstly – it’s not a chant directly involving the history of your club designed deliberately to revel in the loss of players, fans, journalists, even one of your own;
Secondly, United fans changed the chant to ‘with a Russian on the wing’ after Kanchelskis signed, accepting that it was in poor taste. Can we expect the same from you lot? Somehow I doubt it.
We’re not hypocrites (OK, some amongst us are), but we know damn well not to go singing chants like ‘the submarine one’ in Red Square in Moscow when we were there. THAT’S bad taste.
Cookie
I don’t think anything you have to say is relevant.
cookie.what i type is understood by the people whom it is meant for.it is twats like u who dont understand it..please call saf fergie.if u heard ferfie u shud get ur ears checked .
@READ CAREFULLY WHAT I :
Don’t mention it. I am sitting here laughing and seeing them prove your theory! Look at their level.
@Cookie
We would really appreciate it if City and all their fans in the “real “Manchester would stop talking as though you have actually won something. You still havent won a single thing (at all).
Nothing.
Nada.
Rien.
Nichts.
Mate, it has been almost 34years. 34 years !
Yes you have been bought by a very Rich Arab. Yes you have bought Carlos Tevez. Yes you have bought Adebayor.
No you have not bought Kaka. No you have not bought Messi. No you have not bought anyone that is unquestionably the best in the world at a specific position.
Yes you put a poster up in Manchester saying “welcome to Manchester”
Still won nothing.
Yes you have beaten Barcelona in a friendly.
Still won nothing.
Yes you are richer than anyone else.
Still won nothing.
Yes you have got off to a good start(again)
Still won nothing.
I entered a Raffle at work and decided that I would donate the prize to your club.
Still won nothing.
to all manc blues,
you will flatter to decieve as usual this year.. there is only one reason why a club like yours is attracting players £££££££££££££…………
this is unsustainable and ye will be back where ye belong… only money grabbers are playing for ye and couldnt give a fuck about your club…
as fernando torres said “who dreams of playing for man cit-eh!”..
answer; greedy players
I just want to say one thing.. Despite all the crap Tevez has come out with, for sure he will not be comfortable with chants like that. Actually I saw that he did not celebrate with their away fans after Ireland scored that goal at Blackburn (I know I know its just a matter of time before he scores and kisses the badge etc etc..)
@AIG: Don’t pay attention mate. They aren’t worth it. I guess we will see on the line up. I think Fergie will go for his best XI. I don’t know if this is the right game for Scholesy.
@ read carefully what i said
great post mate
we all seem to be forgetting 34 yrs F**K ALL
what will they do when the oil runs out?
I love Giggs and Scholes…Legends the pair of them, but I think playing both in the same team this season is a no no….leaves our midfield too exposed, even with Fletch playing in there!
Read carefully…….can I suggest you do just that. My comments relate to the holier than thou santimonious shit that you lot come out with regarding the singing of ‘offensive’ songs. Liverpool, Leeds. City etc. have a number of vocal fans who continue to sing songs that mention the word munich – I accept that. United on the other hand, have sung about Istanbul, Heysel, Foe and Russian Submarines. I have no particular issue other than the double standards and perverse justifications you all seem to have.
Just sayin’ like.
@WHO – coming from the World Health Organisation I am flattered by your compliments.lol.
@ READ CAREFULLY WHAT I SAID
firstly, can I call you RCWIS?
secondly, I am a massive fan of pretty much everything you post on these boards mate… the Gallagher brothers… hahahaha.
To all you bitters who complain about ROM talking about city or whatever, it’s our blog, it’s the republik of Mancunia, not the Sharia Law of Wastelands so we can talk about whatever the fuck we want. I don’t expect you to understand the irony of you coming to our blog and lambasting us for talking about your sad excuse for a football club.
brilliant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opQ0t-7AXDQ&feature=related
Actually at this moment Scholesy would be the first name on my team sheet, and next would be Fletcher. Without Scholes in the midfield there is no creativity whatsoever.
@CEAD CAREFULLY WHAT I SAID.classic comments both of them. @costas.you are right no point paying attention to ruch classless cunts.as for the team tmmrw we wil wait and see.just hope we win tmmrw.
@ Cookie
Shouldnt you be entertaing your brothers and sisters during the school holidays? What kind of a Father are you? If you dont pull your weight around your(council)house your sister will end up asking you for a divorce.
You are quite right about us having double standards at United.
That is the minimum we expect.
We cannot do the treble every year can we.
@ Tony Starks
I agree, Scholes is the most creative midfielder at the club (which is why we need another) but playing him AND Giggs leaves us lacking at times.
@Read Carefully WHAT I SAID
Apologies for typing your name wrong.You are in flying form today mate.your comments are a class apart
I don’t think that club allegience should play any part in this kind of thing. I remember as a child the Hillborough and Heysel events and even though I’m not a Liverpool fan I was still deeply saddened. Obviously if you have allegiences to a club it is even more poignant but respect should be paid no matter what your allegience. For fuck sake it’s only a game.
I think Fletcher played very very well against the Blues, and he has obviously added a passing range to his game that has not been there previously. Scholesy is creative and has than inane ability to spot a pass 5 moves early, but I think against Wigan we need legs… the tempo could be a bit much… that being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if he started. I would like to see Nani back in action very soon to proove himself.
@ all
Thanks lads.
I ll keep the red flag flying here !
Gotta go out now so I will catch up with you all later.
Just throwing this out there. As he appears surpless to requirements at Wastelands, does anyone think Petrov might be able to do a job on the left if Nani fails to establish himself?
I rate Petrov, but I think we should wait till the January window before we make any drastic moves.
Coming from a family of Reds I must have been dropped on my head and ended up following City. I have nothing against United and would have loved both Manchester sides to have won their European competitions last year. Partly for glory and partly to piss off the rest of the world.
We have won anything for years and most fans have got used to it and aren’t arsed. We turn up, get fleeced and leave. No different from an extra stealth tax that the government sneaked in with.
United are the biggest games in our season, maybe for United it’s the Scouse scum, Chelski or the Foreign Legion from north London. This shouldn’t stop the healthy banter between our two sides but I agree that going as low as mentioning past disasters is pure idiocy.
As for our prospects for the season. Don’t worry, the oil could run out and will probably go out the League Cup to Palace but that what we do best. As long as we beat someone of notoriety will do me but if we do win something in the future City fans will be signing and swinging from lamp posts in the City. Please don’t begrudge us that.
can’t wait till the day that the world is run on solar power, biofuel, geothermal energy and windmills, coz City will be bankrupt, …..again!
@read carefully what i said
it just gets better with you
agree with the comments mikekelly, playing scholes and giggs together is not the right option, we played that against boro last year and did well but still think fletcher has to play the majority of games, i taught giggs was one of the better players on wednesday but wouldnt expect him to play twice in four days. o shea will start i think too, he is the best of whats available at the min.
have to get a win tomorrow with the arsenal game coming up, cant afford to get five/six behind at this early stage.
@Cookie; if ur not a United fan, why are you even on these boards, surly all the news of United winning trophy after trophy, year after year is painful enough as it is on the news, but why subject yourself to more of it here?
btw: i agree with your sentiment of their being ignorant idiots at every club, in every country, all over the world, but i honestly feel that when it comes to United, most clubs don’t even try to temper down the vitriol, because the action on the pitch is usually too depressing…
in fairness, I think thats why the Arabs bought City – to diversify their investments for the inevitable. Once the oil runs out, the Sheik will have a legion of City supporters to call on for his travelling freak show – £5 entry.
@WHO:: your right, the midfield combination is the most important, without fletcher, we look pedestrian, don’t seem to have enough energy, and the game seems to slow down too much. I think this early into the season, Sir Alex is forced into giving everyone some game time,as they aren’t fit enough to play twice in 4 days, maybe stacking the midfield with 3 ( carrick, anderson, fletcher) and only having 1 winger,operating on either side as he wishes, might win us more games, as we have to combat against the 4-5-1/ 5-4-1 defensive formations.
Looking at Scott’s earlier thread….if we manage to beat Wigan, which c’mon, shouldn’t be as difficult as we’re making out; it will be our best start since 1995!!
every club/country has idiots – i remember when we ( Croatia) played at Wembley (that famous win ), then prior to the match, there was an article in Daily Star I think how every england fan should find a picture of a war criminal , the famous balkanian buthcer Ratko Mladic, and wear it on their chests or make a mask of it and wear it on their faces, in order to disturb us..I mean WTF ??? All that coming from a journalist – no matter what team you support and what nationality you are when you’re a journalist, a proffesional you must keep it civil! you must be a human first, a fan second. For those who don’t know Ratko Mladic was responsible for one of the greatest slaughters in Europe since the WW2 in Srebrenica ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) killing thousands an thousands innocent muslims – women,kids,men – it didn’t matter – just if you were a muslim you were dead
Your right Salford Blue, Oil is needed for all these items and industries, but the question isn’t, until the world no longer needs these city and the arabs will be fine, it should be, when the arabs no longer need city? Having lived in the UAE I know how quickly these guys get bored of their toys and move onto new projects. But hey, good luck If we had the money we’d be happy too but we’d probably show a little more class.
@Salford, true true, so much is made fro crude oil, but the world is moving towards a greener future, where non-biodegradableplastics are being shunned, and more renenwable resources are being sought after, and without doubt.
BTW: when i mean fuel, do u not think i’m talkingabout all fuels, did i ever say…”standard, 98% octane” NO, i said fuel, including diesel, aviation fuel, etc etc, so u quoting me a list of things that are made from crude oil seems kinda pointless, and if u think that the bulk of the Arabian profits were not made from a booming international petrol market, due to the increased demand attributed to the population explosion in china and india, and their related commercialisation and medernisation, ur kidding yourself.
Somehow, i don’t see the owners of City staying in it for the long haul, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak isn’t an idiot, and neither are the ruling family from Abu Dhabi will want to see areturn on their investment pretty soon. He might be preaching patience and saying the right things to the press, but in 2-3years, if your not challenging for the title, the Champions League and winning trophies every year, what to say the family get sick of bankrolling this team? Will they not think they could do better elsewhere?
Wait and watch….
@Read carefully: Bad guy from Alladin is brilliant
My brother used to date a girl related to ‘Swifty’, and let it be known, his familly disowned City many years ago.
Let them sing about our tragedy, they have nothing else to sing about. Our Russian submarine chant isnt even in refference to the Kursk.
Now, lets sing something more apt.
30 more years (fuck all)
30 more years (fuck all)
30 more years (fuck all)
30 more years (fuck all)
@ Read carefully – Great posts man! Giggling like a school girl @ my desk..
@ Vishnu – That day is not too far around the corner.. when the war/weapons businesses are shut down, it will happen naturally
- citeh fans, watch Zeitgeist if you don’t believe…
@ Blindly optimistic Blues – Go fuck your sket sisters! and build your own blogs ya miserable sad bastards! Coming here telling us to concentrate on our own club… Now that’s a Hypocrite!
fair play to you Scott for highlighting Tevez’ view on United fans – the way the article started I thought – “oh no,…not again pointless tevez slating article – totally unneccessary” – i was just beginning to think that you’ve become obsessed with him mate
Yeah, City’s singing about Munich is disgraceful but we have no room to talk. Every team has its shithead fans so the #1 way for a football fan to make them self look silly is to act indignant about stuff like this.
And I’m tired of hearing about Tevez. He’s a mediocre player and City ain’t shit so let’s just move on.
I’ve heard united fans at Old Trafford singing “where’s your famous 23?” to City fans in the away end.
It’s already been mentioned about chants about the Russian Submarine and Hillsborough by united fans and just recently the infamous t-shirt. And i’ve seen the bridge over the M62 with 96 was not enough.
No right minded City fans will condone the munich chants and the actual Tevez chant should end with
“…. and he hates Fergie” not munichs.
Look at your own fans before having a go at City. Too many united fans like to get on their high horse and look down on every other team’s fans. You make yourselves look like two faced hypocrites!
I ask of you my fellow man utd fans if someday in the future man city will suffer something horrible as the munich disaster, please dont sink as low as some of the cit fans..
ok we hate city vankers and they hate us…
But seriously respect for the dead and theyre families is much more important
I wanted to see city lose on the oppening day so i started watching the game.
I immediatly was amused when i heard “carlos tevez is a blue” but when i heard he hates munichs.
I said,he doesn’t hate united??
He hates the staff.
IDIOTS
Small time club, small time attitude. Munich chants very grown up must have taken a tip from the dippers.
tevez is a wanker in my eye and the eyes of most untd fans, him and city are well suited.
Both think they are better than they are
As usual the author showing his bitterness and his holier then thou attitude… All united fans are saints.. of course they are!!! The author gets on his high horse and writes an article about some senseless fools which all clubs have, these fans should be ignored. These type of articles are just inciting hatred and the author uses his position to push his bile on his flock!!
One final point, So Carlos Tevez loves Utd fans? but isn’t Carlos Tevez a liar??? http://therepublikofmancunia.com/carlos-tevez-is-a-liar/
double standards again… He’s a lair, but talks complete truth when its suits… Hypocrite anyone? Quality not quantity…..
carry on sheep.
baa baa bleat bleat.
Where is the fun if everyone just loves each other? There would hardly be anything to talk about then…
You get morons chanting shit for Man United, Man City and Liverpool. But remember Liverpool and City fans were chanting vile munich chants way before hillsborough etc. I.e. Mocking newspaper articles about Munich with haha pasted all over it. It is not exactly nice when it gets done back to you. I condone anyone who mocks the dead. Especially the hypocrites city fans. Like Fergie says small club with a small mentality, so you won’t exactly expect anything better from them.
BlueAnt Said- The author is saying Tevez own words and has not made anything up. He went to your beloved club just for the money after saying he would not join united rivals. I tell you one thing mate I do not understand why you have 3 stars above your badge on the shirt. Why don’t you just change that badge to a pound sign so every player who has joined you club can kiss that. They ain’t playing for the blue shirt but for the every pound that hits their bank. Hypocrites are your own fans who had one of their own die in munich and then lack the braincells by forgetting it.
I agree Tony starks, but there is a big difference from loving each other and inciting hatred! We (well all the people in Manchester) have city or utd family/friends. so it should be kept to friendly rivalry.
Busby is a Legend Said, – Why don’t you just change that badge to a pound sign so every player who has joined you club can kiss that.
Tell that to Ireland, Richards, Onuoha, Weiss, Logan, SWP, Etuhu! do they just play for money? easy to critise when you don’t use your head.
BlueAnt- SWP went off to Chelsea for money didn’t he. If you read it carefully I said any players who ‘joins’ you. I doubt any of them youngsters you name will be at your club in a few years anyway. You mentioned 7 youth players and only 3 are guaranteed first team football at present. That is the reason I respected your club because you have the reputation of bringing through good youngsters. Ireland, Sturridge SWP, Etuhu and Richards to name a few at present. But they would not have the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Busby, i did note your “joins” but why change the shirt for you’re pound sign when we have many playing in the squad who are obviously not there for that reason? And i’m sure more will come thru and be a success. And who can replace Ireland! he is doing the business!
BlueAnt
Can you honestly say you will be having a youth policy in the next 5 years. I very much doubt it. Chelsea is a prime example the only player from their youth academy is John Terry and he arrived 10 years ago. If Kaka ‘did’ arrive where would Ireland fit in then since both play in a similiar kind of role.
They were even taking the piss out of Citeh on Soccer am this morning!!!!
if they are good enough they will keep coming thruogh and being given a chance.. why not? An example of that is letting Hart go out on loan and not selling him. And the best players always find ways to fit into a side.
BlueAnt
Hart went to gain more experience. Shay Given is a quality keeper and I believe he would be goalkeeping up until his late 30s. Do you really think Joe Hart would want to wait 5 years to gain first team experience by always going out on loan or sitting on the bench at city. He has the opportunity of becoming England number 1 why would he want to jeapodise that.
I suggest followers of the arab club have a minute’s silence in memory of previous generations of City supporters on the next anniversary of their selling out their grandfathers’ club and heritage to an arab government.
And remember, if you followers of the arab club meet your benefactor, do not shake his left hand. It’s considered bad form to shake the bare left hand he uses to wipe.
Why is this coming up on my post match threads?? I’ts not interesting and has no relevance to football and the real people who support it. You know, reading some of the forums on the web (not just uniteds) you would think that we all sit with our ‘own’ fans in our ‘own’ pubs and talk of nothing else but how to stick it up the ‘enemy’..those that actually live like this are the mindless scum that actually sing this rubbish – i hope they aren’t also the ones that run the forums – very scary. I can honestly say i have never sung a ‘munich’ song nor will i ever do so and i can’t think of any blue i know who would (or i wouldn’t know them!) I also (get this!) have loads of great mates who are die hard reds…who would have thought it, and not one of them would sing the old ‘too many lived and not enough died’ song that was so wonderfully coined after Hillsborough or the old ‘Shankly ’81′ fave beacause they are not uneducated trash. Every club has them, this we know – unfortunately we as the real supporters of our clubs just have to turn away and blank them out, and not hightlight it as if it’s the carefully considered work of an an entire club. I was personally chuffed to bits at the minutes silence at Old Trafford – it was moving and wonderful. It’s great to point to the TEVEZ on the back of my shirt when a mate drives past and get a lovely pair of fingers thrown back at me – it’s a bit a laugh – but it doesn’t go any further (not once one of them comes back at me with a list of recent honours from yourselves anyway!). To spend your time genuinely Hating and Loathing others because for 2 hours a week they go to ‘another football ground’ highlights only how unbalanced they are as a human. It’d be nice if non of this propoganda rubbish went around as it just winds the weak minded up…it’s just a game of football. Who would have thought Owen would have ever got a round of applause at United before this season? The sport carries on regardless and we have to do the same – leave those that can’t handle it to sitting with their own in their little boozers. See you at OT – we will win 14-0 (c’mon i’m a blue!)
Where were you when you where shitt Mr George Kaine? and you still are and you will always be coz sometimes you are born shitt as your history says and you can do nothing about it !