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Man Utd fans to blame? Pull the other one…
There has been a lot of abuse of utd players and it didn’t start when Fergie left. The abuse also isn’t dished out by utd fans, it is the ‘neutrals’ that do that. Beckham, Keane, Neville, Schmeichel, Cantona, Ronaldo (Mk I), Rooney and co were continuously abused by rivals. The abuse of Ronaldo Mk II has been by tabloids and rivals too – utd fans will always love Ronaldo whether he stays or goes but most would probably be quite happy for him to have a chance to win more trophies wherever he goes, should he leave. But ultimately, if he wants to go the club should allow him to do whatever he wants – he’s given us everything and we will always be grateful to him for that. United fans have shown a massive amount of patience (hope) with one Paul Pogba and only really turned against him recently after several seasons of underperformance in the periods of the season when he bothers to be available for selection. Utd fans have also been patient with Maguire despite ridicule from tabloids and other fans. There’s still a good player in there when he pulls on an England shirt so there’s a fair chance he can find his feet again at utd – maybe he just needs some time off.
Neutral fans also choose to beat down regularly on Rashford, Sancho, Fred and AWB in particular. Fred was probably the worst treated of all time and he has been given no credit from any of his abusers for going from being a laughing stock to being one of the first names on the team sheet – there’s an article in that which no-one will write. I saw a player in Fred in his first season despite criticism of him and I’m very happy for him that he’s proved everyone wrong. AWB is abused by non utd fans to a ridiculous extent despite the fact that he’s still one of the best defenders in the league. And he can contribute going forwards, despite what tabloid opinion would have you believe. Sancho has just finished a first difficult season, he’ll get better, as will Rashford.
Utd fans rightly save their abuse for the way the club is run. The transfer dealings are a shambles, we waste money on the wrong positions, waste money on ageing players and somehow tie players to contracts that no other club…
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