Ugh. No. ****ing things. They lead on to big ones being waved when you score. Then cheerleaders. Next up you have 4 quarters in the game, and people building walls to keep the North and South apart. No.
You have to wonder why fans at a Manchester derby, where one could go 3rd and the other 4th, needs artificial crowd enhancements too.
Co's it's different nowadays and the working class passion that drove the atmosphere is slowly eroding.
Surely that's just in Ull? Don't tell me it's endemic...omg...but who will we have to look up to/be envious of etc etc?
The way of the world. I know someone from Manchester who was on the books of Man City in the days of Lee, Bell, Summerbee... Only made it as far as subs bench on a couple of occasions. Moved over our way for work. wWaited decades for success. Now it is here he doesn't enjoy the muted, passionless atmosphere on his visits back there. The days of drawing their support from Moss Side, where he was from have long gone.
Reminds me of Bill Shankly's quotes: “If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, I’d shut the curtains.” “I always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside…Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves.”
FFS I meant to add, that quote was not actually from Scholes at all. It was made up by GeorgeWeahsCousin, something like that, a comedy twitter account. But, it's brilliant.
