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Whats wrong with supporting Man U
Over my years as a strong Man U supporter, i noticed that everytime i tell some1 that i support united, they think im a glory hunter 
i mean wtf ... there are other clubs which are big like real madrid, juventus and AC Milan which are regulars when it comes to the silverware dept but u never hear their fans get flamed ... and today with Chelsea becoming the moneybags of Europe and Arsenal doing so much better than united we still get shit for supporting the club ... i mean fair enough, the first game i saw was the 99 champions league final where united beat Munich 2-1 and since then ive been a die hard supporter of the club and i dont think theres anythign wrong with that ... can some1 please enlighten me as to why united fans are scoffed at so often ????
I've actually been a Man United supporter for quite a while now, since the days of Brian McClair, Mark Hughes, Neil Webb etc. I am not English so I dont feel for a local side. Actually, I am living in Leicestershire for this year and I've been following Leicester's exploits this season. But that's another story.
Anyways, as strange as it might sound, Man United did used to be the underdogs a long time ago and as a result of my loathing of Liverpool's winning ways I pleaded allegiance to the other red one. And I still support them today.
I don't like glory hunters personally. Its them (the people with passive interests) who are ruining the sport. In a bid to sell the sport and all its merchandise to as many people as possible the spirit of the sport is being sold out.
I didn't know Real Madrid had so many supporters. All of a sudden the white kits are popping up everywhere. 
ps: watch out for the second coming of Barca!!
The word "gloryhunter" is thrown around a lot at fans because they are not 'local' or have never visited the ground. Some 'local' fans like to consider themselves more genuine than distant supporters. Perhaps it's because many of those fans pay outrageously high prices to go to the ground every week and this pisses them off. As razmataz says, gloryhunters are eating away at the soul of the sport and ultimately making it more tacky and commercial.
I think it's a childish attitude to lable all Man Utd fans not from Manchester gloryhunters. I don't determine a gloryhunter by where he is from, but by how he follows his team. A gloryhunter will lose interest when his team starts losing games. Man Utd do have a lot of fans like this. Some foreigners follow Man Utd because it's the only side they regularly saw when they grew up, others like their attractive football or idolise a certain player. If they follow the club through thick and thin then they are supporters in my view. However it is true that many people support Man Utd purely because they win a lot and supporting Man Utd is a fashionable option, but when Man Utd suffer the occasional embarrassing defeat, these people completely lose interest. Those people aren't supporters.
I suspect Real Madrid fans are accused of the same in Spain and Juventus fans in Italy. If Arsenal were to win the next ten league titles you can guarantee their support worldwide would increase massively. If after that they suffered massive problems and dropped to the bottom of the table one season their support would decline dramatically. Those people who came along for the glory ride and then jumped ship are gloryhunters.
The best thing to do is just ignore it, it's growing very old now anyway. The main problem is that football used to be a sport which brought communities together and the atmosphere inside stadiums used to be far far better than it is today. Nowadays people can't get into their ground because it's either too expensive or seats are taken by disinterested tourists and the very soul of the game is being eaten away by commercialism. Man Utd epitomise the commercialism of the game, last season they once again made more profit than any other club in the world.
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| Originally posted by raveed can some1 please enlighten me as to why united fans are scoffed at so often ???? |
I'm a bolton fan so it's not like I can be accused of glory hunting, i've seen us lose playoff finals, league cup finals, fa cup semi finals and so on 
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| Originally posted by DJ-Fuq Jealousy is a big part of it. |
The main reason i have little regard for most united fans is that people who know very little about football always support united or liverpool. Of course, it doesn't mean all united or liverpool supporters know nothing about football, but it means until they prove otherwise I assume they don't.
Living in australia i generally get similar reactions when I tell that I support Leeds, most people assuming it's because of kewell and viduka making their mark with leeds, when I'm a third generation leeds fan.
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| Originally posted by Ian^ actually to be fair, I'm not jealous of United, |
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| I think the way they run their business is despicable, how they handled the Robben saga, tried to more than half the bid when they foudn out PSV were in financial trouble, and Chelsea came along and paid asking price, pretty much spat in their faces, and make me laugh so much. |
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| Originally posted by raveed can some1 please enlighten me as to why united fans are scoffed at so often ???? |
I've been a man utd fan since 1988 or when i found out which team that my great grandfather supported (he was a manc). I only support them cuz my heritage supported them and I will continue to do so. I'll keep supporting them, no matter what they finish in the premier. That's the true english football fan....cept i'm not english..hehehe..footy and jokes go hand and hand. How cheap newcastle is....how stupid liverpool is...how evil united are. Remember as well that football is a business...you try to pay the least for the best and succeed. I hate united's tactics cuz they are evil but I bet most of football is like this and united is not the only team guilty of this. Teams stealing players and dirty handed tricks are as old as the game itself. I like the jokes with the footy...
i'm not really a glory hunter or anything, but since Tom Howard is on man united I have to be a follower. same thing with blackburn rovers, since i'm just a fanatic of american football players in premier league.
bahhahahahahah
It's Tim Howard, not Tom
btw Brad Friedel has sucked this season, although it must be said that Blackburn in general have had a very average season.
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| Originally posted by raveed Over my years as a strong Man U supporter, i noticed that everytime i tell some1 that i support united, they think im a glory hunter i mean wtf ... there are other clubs which are big like real madrid, juventus and AC Milan which are regulars when it comes to the silverware dept but u never hear their fans get flamed ... and today with Chelsea becoming the moneybags of Europe and Arsenal doing so much better than united we still get shit for supporting the club ... i mean fair enough, the first game i saw was the 99 champions league final where united beat Munich 2-1 and since then ive been a die hard supporter of the club and i dont think theres anythign wrong with that ... can some1 please enlighten me as to why united fans are scoffed at so often ???? |
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| Originally posted by Chang monkey if the first game u saw was man u winning the champions league, and then u supported them, that makes u an A* grade bum boy Glory hunter. |
Man U fans = Brazil fans
Ok, well, the subject i have up there goes to - i think - 50% of the Man U fans.
Man U doin great this year, Man U got the Champions League a couple of time = ahhh, am now a Man U fan
Brazil got the World Cup 5 times, oh, 5 times? Ok then, am a Brazil Fan.
It's the same thing, most fans have no idea about the club, players - they prolly only know Beckham (cuz the guy doesnt seem to know that he's playin soccer, not goin out - JOKE) and Gigs (which i guess most of the 50% wouldnt know of). All they know is that they're doing good and have a "good" history...That's why they decide to support this team. Why is that pissing off the rest of the football fans? well, cuz u dont pick a team just cuz it's doing good! And i repeat, that only applies to 50% of the Man U fans. I know a lot of Man U fans who basically were Man U fans the way they got out of their momies' stomach and i appreciate that....but not those new man u fans that just started sharin their love to the club the night before and going around everywhere chanting slogans (which they prolly looked up on the internet for the lyrics..lol)
Why dont Real Madrid fans, Juve, AC Milan get that? Well, things are changing, eversince Real went fkn wild and gay on buyin players, a lot of "fans" started supporting Real and now, those "fans" are getting wot Man U fans were getting. Meh, gay...i know....but what can u do? Just gotta accept the fact....But i hate it when i hear some1 tellin me: Hey, i've been supportin Man U/Real Madrid for a long time....go kiss my ass, u prolly had never heard of the club back then!
Look at me, am an Inter Milan Fan - my club is doin bad, very bad but so what? I still support it and it's surely not Ronaldo's sale that's gonna make me a Real Madrid Fan...pffft, hell no...
So anyway, point is: I hate Man U for one reason only: most of the fans just decided to support the club cuz of how many times they had the league/champions league. that is gay....Same with Brazilian fans and Real Madrid...
most of the fans of united on here are fucking glory seeking sons of bitches.....i've happily supported united since 1987....when we were SHIT!!!!!!!.....no matter what happens....i support united.
Mate,,there is nothing wrong with it but there is fuck all right with it....its all about the strength of your character...whether youre strong enough to handle the fact that no one will like you...good luck my son....
I Hate United because i don't like most of the player..
and the team won many matches by scoring in the injury time
and ruud van nistelrooy who looks like a horse is the ugliest player i ever seen..
liverpool is best
apparently Football was invented in 1993 as pay TV points out.
Damnit for being a supporter of what i thought was the most highly supported club in the world ... i seem to be fiting this battle to salvage united's reputation meself .... where all the red devils go ... fuk u guys .... u deserted us in our hour of need u glory hunters 
All this talk of gloom and doom is stupid.
United came in 3rd in 1997-1998 and came back to win three trophies the next season.
And if Ferdinand was still in the team a lot of their current problems would not have transpired. Im not saying they would be winning the league, they wouldn't have I dont think.
I have faith in Ferguson and I reckon he will set things right this summer.
I dont have a certain club i support i just love watching the game beeing played.
United has dominated the league for so long , therefore people hate them but they fall down this season.
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