At the gym this morning someone asked me had I seen Match of the day last night.



I said funnily enough I did' as I have a few friends who are City supporters. I can imagine how they would have reacted when the winning goal went in.



Then I said I see City are having a parade through Manchester this evening (and given the fact I will be getting a bus to Leigh on Wednesday for the LISA meeting) I innocently asked when the Losers parade would be.



He was not happy at all

Well' I had no idea he supported Man U.

My response was to the point you made! - and I ask again....what has the fact that Rooney plays for Man Utd got to do with him turning out for England? And what difference do his perfomances for England make to those who dislike Man Utd?

The analogy to Sam Tomkins, I feel, still applies. In all team sports fans can 'hate the club' (be they local rivals, the successful, the rich, or the arrogant!), but adore the individual when they turn out in 'representative' games (county, state, country).......as has always been, and will always be!!



I don't hate Man Utd - I'm, on the whole, 'neutral' these days over football (especially the over-paid primadonnas in the Premiership!)



For me, being a Leyther must be what it's felt like to be a City fan over the last thirty years.....living in the shadow of your record breaking neighbours, watching on year after year while they collect titles, go to Wembley, cups, gongs, open-top buses, etc, etc.........Imagine Whitehaven in '82 (where a win was needed to clinch the title) then multiply that pressure - tenfold - a hundredfold....and imagine that it was W*gan sitting in 2nd place, level on points!! Now THAT is what it feels like to be a City fan at the moment, so you can't blame them for being a bit giddy!! You also can't blame fans of other clubs offering up banter.....in the same way that Saints/Wire/Leeds/etc would (on "The Cherry & Sh[iy[/ite"icon_wink.gif if the scenario I'd just described had played out!!.....we all can but hope!!

Sorry mate but that is still irrelevant to my

post.

OK - I give up!! What point were you making?

Get over yourself will ya.............

What?

Ok-Well you did slate him in one of your post,just like lots of other people do.So that goes with him and his club. But like i said everyone will be celebrating if he makes the difference in the euro champs. So I think the answer is ( 2 faced ).

Not sure what your interference is.

Advantage United for now.

Dick, Man $hitty are biggest/best club that has ever played in Europe, did you not know that ???









How many of their current squad has graduated through their youth/academy system ??













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