I had two German fans come up to me on the tram after a United game this season (ironically against Spurs) and whine about how disappointed they were at how bland and quiet the United fans at Old Trafford were for such a famous club and stadium. In this day and age of growing booing and shite atmospheres, any bit of credit to fans for actually being good is good, and a worth championing thing IMO...
No one's saying it's never been done before.
Aye, it's fair comment that the atmosphere at Old Trafford is not what it used to be. The same is true at most PL grounds though. Including WHL. Changing demographic of fans and what not.
I just think it's weird to start a thread blowing smoke up their arse for making a bit of noise at a dead rubber game which was always going to have a party atmosphere to put the seal on an exciting European adventure in which the consensus seems to be that they over-achieved, if anything. For me real credit should only go to fans that continue to get behind their team despite suffering genuine heart-break losing a game they had a good chance of winning, or getting knocked out of a competition in which they had genuine expectations of doing well.
No doubt this will annoy you and fuel your presumption that I only give credit to United fans but Spurs' singing last night is in no way comparable to the genuine show of class when United fans gave (fat) Ronaldo a standing ovation after he'd knocked us out of the Champion's League.
That's the sort of thing which earns a set of fans real credit. Not singing a few songs on a night when the result was a foregone conclusion, towards the end of a season when their team did better than many dared hope.
