Unfortunately, the ground will remain empty until the product on the pitch improves. Attempts to inject life will always be undermined by a good drubbing on the park. We have a poor team and play dull rugby. All in all 18 pounds to watch a game represents relatively poor "value for money".

If we are being honest we have had a minority of buffoons following the club for years. That is one of the reasons I stopped attending away games. Yes they are annoying and should be dealt with but it is not their fault that the club on and off the field is in a mess. They are a symptom rather than the cause of the current problems.

Well, we could go back to the club's early years when they nearly got relegated to the third tier of English football if you want to get technical. However, aside from that, the only time United have ever dominated was the '90s onwards. United were getting higher attendances at Maine Road than city during their brief stay there and they won one trophy in that time.

And as for expecting success and the like, we went 26 years thinking we were never going to win the title. Hardly a case of turning up and thinking something would turn us around eventually.

It's a moot point, anyway. Success has nothing to do with the level of support. City have been turd for 34 years now and even when they were down in the third division they had a fairly large following. Difference being they thought the way to support a team was inflatable bananas and the like... That's the difference, they 'ballooned', United just got on with supporting the team.

This is the point I'm trying to make. You don't have to act like a loon, you don't have to jump around and you don't have to deliberately try to have fun to get behind the team. It works just as well with people, as you put it, "standing looking cool" but singing at the same time. That Red Army chant at Warrington was good, but did jumping around like a tw*t at the same time really add anything to it? Of course not.

You don't have to 'balloon' to support the team. That is all.

I feel like I'm going around in circles now, so I'll leave it.

PS - It's tête-à-tête.

But we did win FA cups, League Cups and European cup winners cups during that period so its not exactly a barron period where fans didnt experience the joys of winning big trophies




What did you do? Did you get lost in the moment and jump around.... bet you did
See educated

I know, I know, this is my final post, I promise...



So what you're actually saying is that success is the only thing that bouys supporters? That United's support wouldn't have been as good without success? That without success they would have had to have 'ballooned'?

Give over.

Since matty smith came to Salford i haven’t see Ratchford do any kicks in general play, does anybody notice this.