I'm pretty sure you're not from the UK judging from past conversations in the Brexit thread. It's one thing to share your own opinion but maybe refrain from judging local fans when you clearly don't understand the motives behind their opinions.
Plus your arguments bollocks, people want them to fight but the whole purpose of this thread is that this is an exceptional case.
Can I judge, say, SirAF who happens to be Norwegian? Can I judge Spielmacher who is from Austria? Can I judge all the Irish people on the Caf, or do they get a pass despite not being from the UK?
More importantly, can you please feck off with your pretentious, condescending gatekeeping? I understand you probably want foreign fans to crawl away and leave your United alone but it's not a very nice sentiment to share on a public forum.
You're not alone in this, of course - it seems to be a go-to argument when those pesky foreigners dare to express disagreement: "you just don't understand!". Here's the thing though: no football rivalry is that special. Yeah, not even United v Liverpool. Almost every country with rich footballing traditions can boast of at least one similar rivalry. The historical background might be different (though it is often rooted in, say, the rivalry between two cities) but they still work the same way: losing to the other is the worst nightmare of both sets of fans while a win means bragging rights, at least until the next time. All fans experience that gut-wrenching fear and anxiety before and during these games. This works the same everywhere, be that Boca v River, Barcelona v Real Madrid, Celtic v Rangers, Ajax v Feyenoord, Ferencváros v Újpest, or Steaua v Dinamo.
So yeah, the notion that the weirdo foreigners just don't understand it is incredibly condescending and rooted in some sort of "football fan exceptionalism". It's a football rivalry, not rocket science.
. Also as much as I like the CL (and the money), maybe realism is that right now we're nowhere near the PL title or winning the CL... maybe not ideal but a year in the EL (where we can use squad players as and when) and focus on top.4 next year should be our Step.1. It'll be hard as we'll attract different players but as long as I can see decent football and some progress, I'm ok (ish) with being patient and seeing us truly challenge in say three years. Might be the kick that this club/board needs to realise where we are and put a proper plan in place.... one that isn't a 12-month plan/reactive.
