Comments on: Vidic Might Be Miserable…But We’re Singing In The Rain http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain a Manchester United blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: PeeJay http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14936 PeeJay Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:09:10 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14936 I spent my childhood between Rome and London and must say that as much as I love Manchester United I really think that Manchester is one of the ugliest places in the world and Mancunians are some of the ugliest people in the world. Nothing compared to the natural warmth of the Romans. I spent my childhood between Rome and London and must say that as much as I love Manchester United I really think that Manchester is one of the ugliest places in the world and Mancunians are some of the ugliest people in the world. Nothing compared to the natural warmth of the Romans.

]]> By: suhayl http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14547 suhayl Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:25:10 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14547 peejay you diss the city..you diss our club. So do us a favour will you...piss off. thanks peejay you diss the city..you diss our club. So do us a favour will you…piss off.

thanks

]]> By: PeeJay http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14522 PeeJay Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:44:55 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14522 Manchester is the ugliest city I've ever seen. Manchester is the ugliest city I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: United4life http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14511 United4life Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:44:03 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14511 I used to live in Salford when I was a kid and believe me the people there are friendly. They took me in their circle of friendships eventhough I am asian. So I will always have fond memories of being in Manchester. Long live Manchester and it's best team! I used to live in Salford when I was a kid and believe me the people there are friendly. They took me in their circle of friendships eventhough I am asian. So I will always have fond memories of being in Manchester. Long live Manchester and it’s best team!

]]> By: Tom F http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14494 Tom F Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:16:41 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14494 I'm from West London and have a strange affection for Manchester and Mancunians in general... I love the city and hope to come and live there one (sunny) day. I’m from West London and have a strange affection for Manchester and Mancunians in general…

I love the city and hope to come and live there one (sunny) day.

]]> By: Daniel http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14445 Daniel Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:21:29 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14445 OH MANCHESTER IS WONDERFUL! OH MANCHESTER IS WONDERFUL!

]]> By: denton davey http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14435 denton davey Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:36:39 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14435 There's an old, old saying about misery loving company, and company loving misery, and my old man, looking back at the best times of his long life, loved Manchester. I was back in M/C a couple of years ago to visit my surviving cousins and could not get over how much of the WWII wreckage was still around - after hearing that Manchester is the number-one example of post-war reconstruction ! My neighbour here in Toronto is a professional urban re-developer and he reckons that only about five per cent of the re-development has been addressed so far. That seemed about right to me. But. of course, a city is far more than bricks-and-mortar - I grew up in Vancouver (I left M/C when I was a babe-in-arms) and it's surely the most beautiful place in the world when the sun shines but it lacks "soul". I now live in Toronto which is a gritty, unlovely place with an abominable climate but Hogtown is a real city with the buzz of urban life. Thankfully, the advent of satellite TV has enabled me to reconnect with footie - and TheLads. For Mancunians, there's no place like home - even if it's Denton or Gorton ! But the weather is still pretty awful. And, I would prefer Madeira or even Serbia if that was all there was to life. There’s an old, old saying about misery loving company, and company loving misery, and my old man, looking back at the best times of his long life, loved Manchester.

I was back in M/C a couple of years ago to visit my surviving cousins and could not get over how much of the WWII wreckage was still around – after hearing that Manchester is the number-one example of post-war reconstruction ! My neighbour here in Toronto is a professional urban re-developer and he reckons that only about five per cent of the re-development has been addressed so far. That seemed about right to me.

But. of course, a city is far more than bricks-and-mortar – I grew up in Vancouver (I left M/C when I was a babe-in-arms) and it’s surely the most beautiful place in the world when the sun shines but it lacks “soul”. I now live in Toronto which is a gritty, unlovely place with an abominable climate but Hogtown is a real city with the buzz of urban life. Thankfully, the advent of satellite TV has enabled me to reconnect with footie – and TheLads.

For Mancunians, there’s no place like home – even if it’s Denton or Gorton ! But the weather is still pretty awful. And, I would prefer Madeira or even Serbia if that was all there was to life.

]]> By: Scott the Red http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14420 Scott the Red Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:46:57 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14420 Davey - it's a weird kindof affection Mancs have for our city though innit? Whenever outside of Manchester, I fucking love it when I bump in to a Manc, and a few pints later I'll find myself confessing my love for it. Does everyone feel as strongly about their city as Mancs you reckon? Davey – it’s a weird kindof affection Mancs have for our city though innit? Whenever outside of Manchester, I fucking love it when I bump in to a Manc, and a few pints later I’ll find myself confessing my love for it. Does everyone feel as strongly about their city as Mancs you reckon?

]]> By: denton davey http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14419 denton davey Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14419 All that is well-and-good, but I can distinctly recall sitting in my aunt's home near Heaton Park and watching it sheet down rain on the north-facing front while in the allotments out back it was brilliant sunshine. Twenty minutes later, the situation was reversed ! It's not something that a non-native takes to; Vidic comes from Serbia where sunshine is regular, predictable and fairly constant - same deal goes for Nani, Tevez, Anderson, and Ronaldo as well as the Brazilian kiddie corps. It's ludicrous to believe that they don't imagine sunshine when it's drizzling. BUT, on the other hand, in those other places they don't get to play for UTD, they don't get to step out onto the turf at OT, and they most assuredly do not play in the Theatre of Dreams. Like the Mastercard ad say, "priceless". All that is well-and-good, but I can distinctly recall sitting in my aunt’s home near Heaton Park and watching it sheet down rain on the north-facing front while in the allotments out back it was brilliant sunshine. Twenty minutes later, the situation was reversed !

It’s not something that a non-native takes to; Vidic comes from Serbia where sunshine is regular, predictable and fairly constant – same deal goes for Nani, Tevez, Anderson, and Ronaldo as well as the Brazilian kiddie corps. It’s ludicrous to believe that they don’t imagine sunshine when it’s drizzling. BUT, on the other hand, in those other places they don’t get to play for UTD, they don’t get to step out onto the turf at OT, and they most assuredly do not play in the Theatre of Dreams.

Like the Mastercard ad say, “priceless”.

]]> By: THIS_IS_MANCHESTER http://therepublikofmancunia.com/vidic-might-be-miserablebut-were-singing-in-the-rain/#comment-14414 THIS_IS_MANCHESTER Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:33:54 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=2571#comment-14414 as op said i think most was lost or misplaced in translation, in some interviews i have seen/read of him hes always cracking jokes, so i reckon the british press just ran with it to see if it would get under our skins as op said i think most was lost or misplaced in translation, in some interviews i have seen/read of him hes always cracking jokes, so i reckon the british press just ran with it to see if it would get under our skins

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