After talking to the fella from popular Leeds blog, The Scratching Shed, they have given their best effort to wind me up too.
Read RoM’s interview with TSS.
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Scott your determination and ability to counter questions from your rivals is admirable and worth a mention.
Great interview though….. did he really think he was gonna wind you up ?
@scott the red. You put asmile on my face, i realy liked the way you answer his questions. KEEP IT UP SCOTT.
Will the leeds match be shown here in india?
Great reaction Scott! Great interview. I worship you
(not as much as I worship United, of course)
I was lil puzzeld when the scum twat said he did not execept them to lose. I know its normal for anyone to defend his/her team and i would do it any day but to have that kind of “courage” when travelling to grounds like old trafford really is “admirable”.
PS i would love to see the post-match interview on monday.
I think a lot of United fans think this is a foregone conclusion. Make no mistake the Leeds scum will be well up for this game. Just hope our lads “turn up”. The likes of Scholes and Nev will start as they know what this game is all about. Fergie said to the lads yesterday that they will NEVER experience an atmosphere at OT like they will on Sunday. Cannot fucking wait.
awesome that scott lad, fuckin hope its embarrassin tho a little bit of me wants a reply as i will be goin, can i just say that i was at barnsley, united fans fucked about, but they make it sound like we forced them in to the cupboard alot of fans were queuing for a good 5 mins after they took the tills and locked them selves away, we didn’t really no where they had gone, then yes some fans helped them selves to coke etc, but i gaurentee no one robbed a till, them workers were young and prob on shit money, its the perfect crime, blame a load of united fans and no one would be any the wiser. don’t get me wrong am not saying the behaviour was imacculate, they were out of order.
on another note i get spare’s for aways sometimes, west ham i had one unused, if your intrested i can give you a number or 2 to sort something out on away trips
off topic – I see Mancini has put a shite team out. Benjani up front. Thought he wasn’t bothered about United and the FA cup meant more? Bowing to fans demands already?
vidic – I was at Oakwell as well mate and it has been well blown out of proportion.
benjani haha, can’t wait for wednesday, funny if they lose both and we seal it at ot to make it 34 years
I see the bitters are still singing the Mancini song stolen from United fans about Vida!
definatley king eric, it was harmless fun, tho still theft, i’d ague that £5 quid for the most disgusting burger in the car park was even worse tho lol
@ vidic will get ya 15
can you tone down a lil bit i didn’t get anything from your post mate
Interesting debate about fans living outside the area and have no chance of going to the games. It’s ironic that some Leeds fans would bring it up since they do have a fan club over here and have a pretty good fan base all over the world. I guess they don’t consider them as their own.
Very good interview overall.
dickheads with no imagination, sing benjani chant odpted from our vida/forlan chant good to see fergies prgramme notes on wednesday complimenting our fans at fulham, our fans were amazing 3 nil down, whole stand chantin this is how it feels to be city for half an hour, was fuckin freezin down there to,
Mancini has played I think 8 first team regulars. But he is resting the likes of Tevez, Barry and Bellamy.
costas if you love united you love uinted, people say its only a game i say maybe so but united is my religion.
Hi Costas
According to Mancini Tevez is the saviour of Citeh!
obertan fold em – ?
sorry obertan lad, will do
king eric.
honestly??? i no he should be for £47 million, not sure on the stats but i no of his 10 goals 2 against west ham 2 against bolton, a couple in the carlin cup is nothing to shout about really, am sure scot will not the stats
@SCOTT:cheers mate!instead of him winding you up,you wound him up.i dont know what to make of the ” glory hunters” coz those of us who live outside England(Kenya) & dont have strong local teams from our vicinity to support end up “belonging” to either one of the big four PL teams. Infact the popularity of the PL is homongous in Kenya just like in other African states & the rest of the world.So,as much as United’s popularity is by far the greatest in Kenya( media statistics), those of us who support United are sincere & not glory hunters!As a matter of fact there exists a huge rivalry between fans supporting TheArse & United fans. The rivalry is so huge -almost to the level you experience with Leeds scums.Infact the rivalry is so feisty that when WE raped them during the CL semi last year at the Emirates,one of the committed Suicide!Down in Africa it’s United that rules; just like over there in England.And after geting acquinted with the United-Leeds rivalry,we All hate them dirty scumbugs; but not more than we loathe TheArse.Ar you said Scott,roll on Sunday!I’m in the mood & this article did it for me: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/leagueone/leeds/6921747/Henry-Winter-Leeds-prepare-to-renew-hostilities-with-Manchester-United.html
@vidic will get ya 15:
Exactly. I know that sometimes it’s a debate that goes on in England about people living in London, Birmingham or Liverpool and supporting Man United and I don’t want to get too much into that. But I think it’s something that happens. People from Rome will support Juventus, people from Salonica will support AEK Athens etc etc. I think footy banter can revolve around better things.
King Eric
Really? He said that about Tevez? Well he better be after all the money they spend for him!
I find this glory hunting accusations very annoying i mean if any body who dosen’t live in manchester and supports united is accused of been a glory hunter what about those millions of passionate reds across the globe
??
We may not have had the chance to live in places like salford ,cheshire and stretford to name a few but nobody can and never will question the red devil in us …….UNITED WE STAND !
its basically a wind up, it’s a jelousy thing, if a leeds fan live in watford or an arsenal fan lived in scarborough, no one would say nothing . everywhere we go united get opposition fans chantin we support our local team, to that we respond you suport a load of shit
The Judas warming up already. Boro all over Citeh. That’s good then. He won’t be fully rested for Tuesday. Hope Vida fucking murders him.
Costas – Yeah the smug cunt has been praising him this morning, saying he is outstanding.
Whats your take on burnleys graham alexander ? Out of 76 penalties he has now converted 71.
@costas
fans are either genuine supporters or glory hunter supporters no matter where you live. there are devout muslims all over the world who have yet to journey to mecca, doesn’t make them any less genuine in their belief. some muslims grow up in the vicinity of mecca, some live in the philippines, but they worship just the same. also, there’s plenty of catholics who’ve never been to rome or had an audience with the pope yet they still remain devout. if someone views their love of united as a religion and sees old trafford as mecca, let the telly be their shrine or place of worship each match and one day maybe they can make the pilgrimage to manchester.
manchester united are a global phenomenon, and are loved by the world, nothing wrong with that. could do without the whinging glory hunters though!
King Eric
Yeah fron what I see, they are giving them some problems and maybe the cunt will have to get his feet wet. Don’t know if Vidic will start on Wednesday though. Not that he will have an easier evening with Wes. He looks to be quite sharp at the moment.
It seems that even CARRICK can’t breath.One thing I’m sure of is that GARY NEVILLE will be racing down the right back tackling anything & everything ahead of him.I’ts people like NEVILLE & SCHOLES0 who wfrere meant to PLAY in GAMES like these coz THEY HATE DIRTY LEEDS SCUMS.i wouldn’t bet against Scholesy breaking a bastards leg & getting a red! Of course he’ll be applauded of the pitch by the entire Strettford End.Wait a minute,arent I getting ahead of myself? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/facup/6916521/Manchester-Uniteds-Michael-Carrick-eager-to-experience-FA-Cup-clash-against-Leeds.html
rooninho
I agree with your post. Although as vidic will get ya says, it’s also a local subject. I think deep down, every club is proud that they have fan bases all over the world.
I agee about glory hunting, but I honestly don’t know how that can happen. I think it’s natural that someone growing up now could start supporting United. So if in 5-10 years time the team is on the down side, they will support another club? Once you love United, you can’t “unlove” them after that. At least for me. It’s such a big part of your life…
Lol, Benjani exists and scores? I thought he only scored against us!
fucking benjani. i hate city more and more each day. fucking new manager has himself covered with brand new city gear now. why doesn’t he tattoo that stupid eagle on his forehead while he’s at it?
@Costa and obertan fold em
guys you’re both absolutely spot on. this glory hunting issue is frankly ridiculous and we shouldn’t worry ourselves about it too much cos we know we’re RED DEVILS!
hey guys my ideal starting line up against the leeds scum would be
Kuscszak
Red Nev Brown Vida Evra
Valencia Scholes Anderson Obertan
Berba Owen
what do you guys think?
oh btw can anyone tell when is cleverley is coming back?
@rooninho-16:38~ i agree with your post though the last sentence is very unfortunate.
I think the FA have given City a great platform to use their first team against us because their next league game is 5 days later on Monday. We go to Birmingham on Saturday. How long has it been since we have played on a Monday?
@HARGREAVES’ CURLY HAIR:
I think your line up is very close, but I think that Fergie will be tempted to use the likes of Fletcher and Rooney for this one. Because they know what this game is all about. Rooney hasn’t played in one before, but he knows the feeling.
I know that Leeds are 2 divisions below, but it’s amazing how much teams elevate their games against us. I remember in 2004 Exeter got a draw at Old Trafford!
Great interview really..i’m glad to read your blog everyday, it’s the best at my opinion because you share with passion with us through it Scott. Great work.
anyhow I’m not English, not even Britain and i don’t consider myself as a glory hunter, as well for some man utd fans that i know. I didn’t give a fuck about Manchester United before the coming of RvN because i really liked the player but anyhow than i started following the team everyday and became fan.
I was mad when we lost the title to chelsea and arsenal, i was furious when we lost to city 4 1, to Boro, to liverpool last year. I was proud when we got back our crown and kept, won the Champions League. So maybe i never went to Manchester but i think we still deserve more respect than treated like “glory hunters” at least those who aren’t.
Anyway it is the only point of the interview that i wanted to comment, the rest was perfect
Costas, just looked up that fateful 0-0 draw with Exeter. Look at this line-up:
Howard
P. Neville, Brown, Pique, Spector
Eagles (Ronaldo 63), Djemba-Djemba, Jones, Miller (Scholes 63), Richardson
Bellion (Smith 76).
Subs Not Used: Heinze, Ricardo.
Absolutely shocking! Were we really playing 4-5-1 as well? WTF?
the ruud to liverpool rumor is something I hope does not happen…lots of activity in the papers today especially about real madrid going after rooney. rooney would never leave OT. but I really do hope ruud does not go to our enemy. I dont think I can stand seeing him with their shirt on…
United George, I don’t want to see him at Liverpool either, but let’s not be hypocrites – who is our current number 7 again?
@Big Bad Wesley Brown:
Yeah, it was 4-5-1 just like you wrote it. Good thing we won the replay, lol. Fegie was saving some of his big guns for the Carling Cup semi at Chelsea. There are some similarities from that time, although I am pretty sure that our second string is much stronger than the one we had in 04-05.
Ruud to Liverpool would be a bit disturbing, but he is free to do what he wants. Besides, I don’t know how that will work out unless Torres is injured. I can’t see how they will click together.
@brio
the whinging bit was just my complaint about people no matter where they are from- whether they live directly under the sir matt statue at old trafford or they live in sri lanka- who complain and whine about everything that goes wrong with united. every time united drop points or even after some wins- all sorts of people come on here or other message boards, and rip the lads to shreds. it’s horrible. not to say that some of the performances don’t warrant complaining, but it’s almost on a minute by minute basis. one minute the same supporter could be saying,”come on united!” then the next they’re saying “fuck rooney!” “valencia is crap!” “we can’t win with the glazers!” “sir alex needs to get rid of this lot and buy new players!” i can’t stand it. spoiled whinging is the worst. united earn their glory, they are not entitled to it like some folks seem to feel.
anyone just see tevez last miss? ball ended up in the last row!
no major upsets today in the FA cup….boro should have scored on one of their set pieces. City did not impress with their win. Every item of mancini’s clothing had the city logo on it, I wonder if the owners forced him to tattoo it on his arse as well…
@rooninho: i couldn’t agree more.i cant stand the fucking bastards who slay our players.A real fan should support the team & criticize constructively when necessary.indeed they are glory hunters.one shouldn’t abuse & slay his FAMILY irrespective of the performance coz UNITED is our FAMILY.
I don’t really give a shit about the glory hunter issue. It’s nothing new, just another bit of ammunition to try and detract from all of our successes.
If you’re a fan, you know it. I don’t need to justify myself to any jumped up twat, be they United or non-United fans.
The glory hunters, the detractors.. it’s all part of the process.
scott i took a step back reading one of your answers but maybe i just picked it up wrong
do you think fans from outside manchester and not 100% or as i say did i pick it up wrong
-James
@ brio the kenyan red
that reminds me of the fella whom i cant remember the name, after rooney gave away the ball at hull on the comments section he was quick to slag him with words such as “fuck you rooney” “useless wayne”.
And after the game he was quick to point how wayne is vital to us and how he’s got the guts bla bla bla…..
I mean i didn’t believe it that one misfortune against hull of all teams is enough to question his ability not even looking he was trying to do so for the good of the team.
Don’t forget that in football this things happen how many times has wazza benefitted from those kind of blunders ? Against everton, chelsea……Lets not be too criticizers and learn to appriciate those whom we’ve got.
GHTT – I said fans that don’t support their local team won’t feel the same connection with a club that locals feel towards their local team. That doesn’t determine how much of a “fan” someone is. There are United fans in Manchester who don’t really show any dedication to the team and don’t really follow them, so I’m not saying if you’re from Manchester you’re a “better” fan. Rather, a dedicated fan from Manchester is going to feel a great connection with United than a dedicated fan from any other city.
Scott your a fuckin legend mate fair play to you.
I hate leeds but i’d rather play them than no marks like wigan and stoke
ps all my time hate list dippers the blue banana boys, the gonners , west “aren;t we cockeny arrd bastards” ham and then dirty leeds
on this glory hunter issue? like I said before it is just timing of when you support the team. Glory hunter is when a fan jumps from club to club or that fan stops supporting the club when the bad times are ahead. so lets say someone was from scotland was a fan of QPR so that does not make them a true fan.
- So ryan giggs is not a true red because he is from wales total rubbish. I thought the UK and europe was about freedom of choice and support who you like. liverpool fans who say they supported the club for 24 years they are glory hunters arent they? because football started with them in the 70s like they say with united fans in the 90s.
on this glory hunter issue? like I said before it is just timing of when you support the team. Glory hunter is when a fan jumps from club to club or that fan stops supporting the club when the bad times are ahead. so lets say someone was from scotland was a fan of QPR so that does not make them a true fan.
- So ryan giggs is not a true red because he is from wales total rubbish. I thought the UK and europe was about freedom of choice and support who you like. liverpool fans who say they supported the club for 24 years they are glory hunters arent they? because football started with them in the 70s like they say with united fans in the 90s.
how the fuck did my post twice sorry about that ppl
Well done Scott, good interview.
got ya scott
I have a much much stronger connection to Manchester United than I ever would for Shamrock Rovers and I go watch them just because of my love of football. Maybe its down to my connection between football and my father but I could never get fully behind my local team.
I get where you’re coming from Scott, but
i’m as passionate about United as any local red. Any big team has got thier fair share of non local fans, but to me a true fan supports their team through thick and thin (and believe me, supporting United since 1964, i’ve seen the lean times), anything else is a glory hunter! Anyway this accusation thrown at United fans is one thing and one thing only, jealously. By the way i got into United through my Irish father and his love of the great George Best.
@ GHTT
Found Scott’s comment about foreign supporters quite puzzling too, as an irish fan who attends more matches than most i was a bit disappointed , aw well ! Last time i was at a match a fella came up to me and asked was i irish and told me how we were the real supporters because were willing to travel and pay the money that we do to see a match , love that man !
evras left boot
i have just clicked off a site that i paid 306 euro for a place to stay in manchester from the 12th-115th of march for me trigger and emily
now for the flights to be paid at the best price of 149.94 euro
then theres the match tickets , also i read people,mostly kids. need to eat
but when i get my daughter in to old trafford to sing the white pele chant(Im only saying that one cause emily is singing that now as i type) its all worth the money.
on a related emily singing chants thing last night my daughter did her first united>england thing
watching the last few seconds of the last ever gavin and stacy there is a guy singing engerland engerland engerland and emily said thats not right its ,and emily started singing Glory glory man united . and emilys mam turned and said shes your daughter alright and i said its not that its just that shes a wanna be manc
ghtt – Who is trigger?
Barca being held at home. injury time. Seems when Messi doesn’t play, they struggle.
king eric
i only copped that i typed trigger
its emilys mammy and shes not the brightest bulb in the lamp shop but shes a gem, Im also looking at the Barca game and its like real and maybe the way spain look at chelsea and United
sometimes this season you look at them and think they are gonna be a touch team to beat if we meet them anywhere
other times you think “walk over”
BRING ON THE LEEDS SCUM
after showing off their 6 trophies to the home fans, Barca get a draw at home:) Puyol is all over the ref as usual. he really ought to stop playing and join the heavy metal band Anvil. Great start to 2010 world champions:)
Barca were poor today but Villareal are a decent side.We too couldnt beat them last year in attempts.It wasnt just messi but Iniesta, Keita, Toure were missing too. They are giving chances to youngsters like busquets and pedro as well. Tireness plays a part too. That is why we deserve credit for doing so well last season after a long 2007-08 and all the additional games that come with winning the champions league.
remember barca are still unbeaten in the league after 17-18 games.dont know how much exactly.anyways no team can win every game
La Liga is a joke.
king Eric
i agree on that. people say they have the 3 best players in the world.Well their performances in the Champions League are shocking. Hardly one team enters the last 4 while the premier league has the remaining three. can see us and the rentboys make the semis again unless we are drawn against each other.The physical nature of the premier league will make it difficult for the likes of real and Barca to do well here
Hi all, I think some of you have failed to see the wind-up that calling your fans glory hunters involves (Yet have all risen to it so, 1-0 to me
). As some of you correctly identified, Leeds also has a global fanbase, so it’d be hypocritical of me to slag your fans off without mentioning my own. That said, there has been a surprisingly large rise in Chelsea shirts around Leeds in recent years. That’s infuriating – especially for me as I hate them as much, if not more than I do Manu.
As Scott said, fans from within Manchester will see things differently. Some Manu fans globally only just seemed to have noticed how strong the hatred between Manu and Leeds is, referring to the Arse as your big rivals where you reside. Back home the Arse are a bit of a joke team to the entire Prem – well, their fans are anyway. Whilst they play pretty football and have been your biggest rivals competitively over the last decade or so, there’s no long-standing history of animosity between the sides at all. Arsenal have one of the most pathetically quiet fanbases you could ever imagine, it’d be pointless to try and develop a rivalry with a team incapable of a good chant or two. Whenever we travelled to Highbury back in the day, it was like interupting a Church service, such was the silence their crowd collectively created.
When all’s said and done, footballs more fun because of good rivalries and Manu-Leeds remains one of the biggest. Whether that’s because of the Yorkshire-Lanchashire (War of the Roses) thing, the teams varying success during different decades, the industrial revolution, hooliganism or whatever, it’s still a huge rivalry and as someone said earlier, you’ll rarely see an atmosphere inside Old Trafford like you will tomorrow. Even your own manager knows it’s a big one. As someone who has been to the Milan derby and was in Turkey for the infamous Galatasaray game (amongst many other terrifying fixtures) I can tell you that Leeds and Manchester can an atmosphere both as tense and deafening as them all.
Enjoy the match, but hopefully not too much.
TSS
I enjoyed readin your post there but I have but 1 request of you If you do post again on this site, and I hope you do because and outsider who’s not a twat is fantasic for banter and one of the major things about been a football fan is about opinion, if you do post again please don’t call united man u. Because the team you are talking about are not man u and have never claimed to be. If you do thanks
Hope we get a big club this time in the next round. Thanks for the gift that is Wes Brown. Hahaha