Manchester United Banter Archive December 10 2018

10 Dec 2018 16:46:21
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, And Finally.....The Good Old Days?

10 Dec 2018 18:06:25
Worth the read!

{Ed001's Note - thank you mate, glad you enjoyed.}

10 Dec 2018 18:37:19
Good read that Ed, but the last paragraph is so so true. Selfies should carry a custodial sentence. Even worse, bloody selfie sticks. Now they should result in severe corporal punishment by means of rectal insertion by said object.

{Ed001's Note - the only thing a selfie stick is good for is beating the person attempting to use it.}

10 Dec 2018 20:40:16
Great read. Every generation is told by three preceding one 'it wasn't like that in our day'
I've said it to my own lads.
One of the biggest earners on you tube last year at £18m was a 7 year old doing toy reviews. The worlds gone mad.
By the way betty i'm with you on the selfie loons😂.

10 Dec 2018 21:11:11
Great read, my gf wants yo take a selfie stick on our first holiday.

I have a feeling it will break during the flight.

11 Dec 2018 01:00:41
Great article Ed. Am sure this was inspired from your catch up with your parents 😉. Makes me miss my late father and the times he was around epitomizing the meaning of “good old days” for me. There were tough times but good and great always follow after that.
And yes I agree with all on the selfie stick. Have yet to own nor use one and probably won’t ever.

{Ed001's Note - they are not here until tomorrow morning mate. I like your interpretation of 'the good old days'. And thank you, glad you enjoyed.}

11 Dec 2018 07:45:12
Ed001, great read but how did you forget George Harrison? 😱.

{Ed001's Note - easily, he is a bit boring like.}

11 Dec 2018 08:12:50
Haha, surely that's Ringo Starr?! (Albeit he was quality on Thomas The Tank Engine) .

{Ed001's Note - I have a daughter, I knew Ringo from Thomas. I remember Lennon purely because me dad looked the spit of him.}

11 Dec 2018 10:07:10
Not a fan of their music then?

{Ed001's Note - not really my thing, plus my grandad told me they couldn't play their instruments so it is obviously not really them is it? ;-)

11 Dec 2018 10:35:22
Hahaha. But to be fair the music producer Quincy Jones said the same thing about them!

{Ed001's Note - good point, maybe the old man was right all along!}

11 Dec 2018 10:49:01
The good ol’ days were right! On a side note Ed, been seeing my missus for just over a year now, a Scouser 🤦🏻‍♂️ You can’t begin to imagine how much pain I’m feeling at the moment.

{Ed001's Note - you are a brave man. Very brave.}

11 Dec 2018 10:55:04
Ha. Luckily she doesn’t like football anymore but her old man and bro are staunch fans. I’ll be up there just after Xmas. Luckily not on Sunday. Not feeling too optimistic about the game if I’m being honest unless the Jose bus turns up!

{Ed001's Note - her not liking football explains why she hooked up with you, as she won't see any played by United these days!}

11 Dec 2018 12:22:37
Luckily she doesn’t like football anymore and I only go up to Liverpool once a month. Thoughts for Sunday’s match, Ed? I’m not feeling too optimistic, hoping Jose’s bus will be turning up!

{Ed001's Note - I don't do predictions mate, bad luck!! I am the most superstitious person there is.}

10 Dec 2018 07:16:37
The abuse directed at Raheem Sterling was appalling and the people responsible need banning and prosecuting. Sadly there are still morons who think that race, or religion, or sexuality is fair game for abuse.

Watch any match and see the general abuse that is directed at players. The ball goes out for a throw or a corner and an opposition player goes to take it. Faces contort with fury, bile is shouted at them, and the hand gestures start. This is mature adults screaming abuse at young men, very threatening behaviour that is very disturbing: outside a stadium it would be illegal but in a ground it seems anything goes. Football is a passionate game but things are regressing. The world seems an angrier place right now and I worry a fan will do something stupid. We’ve already had a couple of players assaulted in recent years and yet the abuse goes on. Is it any wonder no footballer has come out?

{Ed0333's Note - wonderful and wise words my friend. Let’s hope footballing stadia is filled with people of your mindset in the not too distant future.

10 Dec 2018 08:00:23
I forgot to mention referees where Managers add fuel to the fire as well. At grass roots level referees are being assaulted regularly and I believe the example set at the top level plays a part (as well as societal issues) . Why on Earth would anyone want to be a referee nowadays?

{Ed001's Note - it is sad but people take a game far too seriously. It is not just football though, it is all walks of life, people over react to nothing.}

10 Dec 2018 08:04:02
Seems to happen with most black players who are percieved to be flashy and not humble.

Similar sort of thing happening with the stick pogba gets but on a lesser scale.

10 Dec 2018 09:28:53
DSG,

I agree it does, however, I was also trying to make a wider point about abuse generally inside grounds against opposition players, irrespective of the colour of their skin.

10 Dec 2018 09:42:17
Well said tony, It’s totally unacceptable and I applaud sterling for standing up and speaking out. I’ve always thought he got such a rough ride by the media because of the colour of his skin. I hope something is done but call me a cynic because I don’t think this issue will ever be fully eradicated. There is always one of two Neanderthals who ruin it for the majority.

10 Dec 2018 12:01:26
I agree with ed people are overreacting to everything now. christmas songs, eating animals everything. Now I have a true story that happened here in cork, hard to believe but it's true,
A young lad started school here in cork his name was Mohammad, anyway the teacher said your in Ireland now and your new name is Mike, fine said Mike and he went home and told his mother, his mother went mad, are you ashamed of your name, your family your religion and gave him a right few slaps, then his father gave him a few more slaps, he went to school bruised the next day, what happened you Mike the teacher asked,
Shortly after I became an Irishman I was attacked by two Arabs. 😀.

10 Dec 2018 12:43:29
Nice one Mike Leahy 😉🤣.

10 Dec 2018 18:08:49
Leahy, I'm assuming the irony is lost on you.

10 Dec 2018 19:26:37
Ajh you can assume whatever you like.

10 Dec 2018 21:06:03
I know how they feel, the Irish Catholic community in Glasgow have been discriminated against since we came here after The Famine.