I was mulling this over in the car this morning. Now, personally I have a great deal of sympathy in many respects for the Man Utd community over this, BUT (And it's a big but) the problem with the Munich crash is that it is the cornerstone of a lot of what Man Utd are today. Now I did a lot of "Munich Munich '58" singing in my teens, not particularly proud of it now but I didn't know any better at the time. Reading independent reports on the quality of some of the players involved and appreciating that Bill Shankly was, infact, talking complete bollocks when he said "Football isn't a matter of life and death, it's far more important than that", maybe I even (whisper it) matured a bit and realised football and death aren't the comfiest of bedfellows, I moved on. But Man Utd (And Liverpool fans) use their disasters to their benefit in many respects. Look at the behaviour of Man Utd fans when the Don died. No respect whatsoever given and as a result? Well, surprise surprise the Matt Busby minutes silence at Blackburn is poorly received in retaliation. BUT. This gets national condemnation, we are vilified for our "appalling lack of respect" for a manager who survived a tragedy and went on to build a European cup winning team etc. etc. Not a word uttered about their behaviour for the Don's death, oh no because the media have now decided we are dirty Leeds and that's that, bar the very good piece in The Guardian a while back which showed the Don to be light years ahead of his time with regards preparation, we're dirty Leeds and everything we do is nasty, they are the poor souls who have never done anything wrong ever and even if they have we'll forgive them because of Munich. It was a very sad event and I fully respect Manchester United's need to commemorate THEIR tragedy, but I do not think there should have been a minutes silence at the England game last night. I do not think YORKSHIRE Televisions Soccer Night should have had a 3 minute eulogy for Munich. This nationalisation of Man Utd is what (I think) most people detest. I, childish though it may be, ALWAYS ask "Who?" when anyone says "Did you watch the United game last night" and point out that there are 13 other Uniteds in Professional football in England. This whole "United" psyche is built on the cornerstone of sympathy for Munich and Is central to what is wrong with Man Utd (And Liverpool).
> Does anyone know if there has been more than 1 plane crash in the last 50 > years, and if so if they are mentioned on the national news/press ad > infinitum? Didn't Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper (and give me him over a > Busby Babe in terms of who I'd save first!) have a little incident with a > plane - can't understand why it isn't mentioned on News at 10? > > And seeing Dickie Bird blubbing over his best mate from Barnsley who was > on the plane - soft get! > > IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO - FFS, GET OVER IT!!! _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!!
