Vanrouge
Full Member
I'll always love United exactly the same way I always have, whether they've been successful or not. That won't change until they lower me in the ground and even then I plan to come back and haunt them (in a good way).
Man Utd is like having a kid. They will drive you up the wall sometimes but at the end of the day you love them totally and unconditionally. Yes you moan like crazy about the things they do but will defend them to the hilt if somebody else dares run them down.Despite being far from a regular poster here and coming from Germany, this is a question I wanted to ask for a while now. My favourite club is Borussia Dortmund since my childhood, but I always had something for United since 2000 or so. I admired for the club for the likes of Scholes, Keane, Giggs, the Nevilles, RVN and having its very own way of handling things (despite spending a lot of money). Having (and keeping) so many talented and for me likeable players was simply fascinating for me.
But in the last few years I realized that my affection for United was dwindling and nowadays it's almost gone. I hardly visit this board these days even though I like the atmosphere in here. Maybe it got something today with Dortmund not playing as badly as before, but I think it's more because of the development of the Premier League and United being a victim of it.
Every club is now able to spend lots of money on mediocre players and since United is United, they can spend even more. Since SAFs departure (probably even during his last years) I'm missing the identity of the club. There are hardly any talented homegrown players, every season there are about five or six huge transfers, so it's almost hard for me to keep track of all the new signings and when I hear of them I keep thinking for myself: "Probably shite and gone in two years."
Don't get me wrong: United is probably still the international club that I like most, but I miss the old times, when there were about one or two big signings per season with a manager like SAF who tried to strengthen his squad and not like Moyes or van Gaal rebuilding it every year.
This sums it up perfectly for me.Yes, probably even more. However, it doesn't influence my daily life like it used to when I was younger.
Also, van Gaal is not "rebuilding the team every year" - he is merly trying to fix the mess it was.
I'm inconsolable for hours after a defeat, sad maybe but I doubt that'll ever change and I'm 38. Sure there's worse things going on in the world and I probably have more pressing matters to concern myself with but the 'what-ifs' is all I'll think about for the best part of the day after a game!As an Arsenal fan I use to not want to do anything if we had lost a game ( I know it's sad but its true). Since around 4 years ago I kind of stopped feeling like that and was convinced it was because I got so used to us failing. However lately I've realised that it's simply down to maturing. Once other things in your like become important football takes a step back and whilst I completely love Arsenal and get some of the most enjoyment in life when we win important games you just start to realise that your team not doing well isn't the worst thing in the world.
This.United is pure love for me. Always will be.
I used to join that same queue at the turnstiles every other Saturday and pay my two quid. I even watched them a few times from the South Stand during their relegation season (which will tell you that I'm no youngster, lol). And yet, even now, I'm as much a fan as I was then. And I live almost six thousand miles away and never get to see them play, unless they tour the US and play close enough to the Canadian border. As corny as it is to say this, my blood will be this same colour red until the day my number comes up. I could no sooner disavow my United fandom than I could murder my family. Ha ha, extreme, I know, but it's how I feel.And how we used to turn up on the day and pay £2 to stand in the Stretford end in the early to mid 80s. I remember wondering if true fans had moved on, or if Manchester united, no, football had moved on and left the true fans behind.
This I guess.Man Utd is like having a kid. They will drive you up the wall sometimes but at the end of the day you love them totally and unconditionally. Yes you moan like crazy about the things they do but will defend them to the hilt if somebody else dares run them down.
Really this. It's a strange question to begin with, never mind that it is coincidentally at a time when we're at our most vulnerable for decades.If you have to ask if you like United as much as you used to , you probably don't .
And that doesn't make you much of a fan in the first place
They will be back come MayReally this. It's a strange question to begin with, never mind that it is coincidentally at a time when we're at our most vulnerable for decades.
Probably not. I care less and less about football overall.
Still love the club a great great deal.
Agree with both of these. Over time, since adulthood, I have gradually cared less. I still care. But missing games doesn't bother me the way it used to, losing doesn't upset me as much as it used to - and winning doesn't fill me with the same joy either. It's good but I quickly move on, good or bad.No. I miss the team of 99.
The short answer is yes.
The longer answer is still yes but said like that guy from The Simpsons.