Originally posted by Jopub the Gooner:
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You amaze me , you really do . What is shite about that Kris.
You go round wondering why your universally hated
( unless you'd be questioning that of course )
, you have fans that follow it up with remarks about how proud you are to be thinking that you're bigger than any governing football body ( wow that's big of you , respect there son!), you have a manager and skipper who respect nothing ( please show me just how I'm wrong there)and duur........ you wonder how !?!?
I'll be fair here mate on a purely footballing
basis you have a great side and play brilliant football , and a manager who has done it all and brought you the glory your FOOTBALL deserves. For that I have untold respect and admiration for Manchester United as a football team .
But surrounding those facts are that as people, as a club, you cannot do anything nicely , with some humility, a bit of dignity, you belittle the slightest success that anyone else has and in short are percieved as the the most unsavoury lot in the game .
Of course if you want people to disagree with that all say YEAH 'Gooner git' load of shit , All together now ....insults venacular etc etc ...
Course I could be wrong, however I'm sure a few million others are'nt.
Would you say you are universally admired and respected then across the footballing world.?
Case rested .
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And what makes you think your answers are right? For all your going on about accepting what other people think, are you not discarding the points we make here about why people admire and hate United? Your answer is A answer not THE answer.
No club is universally respected and admired across the footballing world, not even your beloved Liverpool. And contrary to what you may think, United is often (I don't say always) the victim of media hacks trying to sell a story. Which just plays into the hands of those people who are already jealous of United's success. There are many instances of hue and cry over nothing in the media, avidly seized on by the legions of ABUs, only to be revealed later as the utter shite that it was all along.
Recent examples: the club vs country row (it wasn't even an issue until the media made it one), Roy Keane's book (it isn't even a tenth as controversial as the media have made it out to be. Read it before you comment) and Keane fouling McAteer (McAteer was trying to get Keane sent off. You don't expect the ref to send Keano off for tickling do you?)