Why I Hate Manchester United Football Club?

….Footy again, just following Doha 06’ coverage makes me in kinda sport minded.

[ Start from now, MUFC I will refer them as ‘Mangkuk’ in Aku Betul…!]

(M.U = Mangkuk)

Obvious reason I hate Mangkuk because I’m one of the foreign Kop. If you not in the EPL loop, that’s carried out the meaning that I supporting Mangkuk’s arch rival Liverpool FC. And, if you follow EPL close enough, you’ll know, just by mentioning I support Liverpool since childhood because my late father support Liverpool, you guys can simply understand why I can’t tahan Sir Alex’s regime. But let me try to point out details of the detestation and antagonism that statue in my heart and mind for all these years.

Jealousy

Hard to admit, but damn true. For all of Liverpool (and maybe also some others EPL’s team) supporters the fact that Red Devils conquering English Premiership in the 90’s really make us hate them a lot. After Liverpool domination in 70’s and 80’s we just can’t accept Sir Alex’s boy continuality winning the crown on and off the pitch.

Besides winning in playing terms, Mangkuk also overtakes or maybe just equally Liverpool popularity worldwide especially in Asia. Beckham wed Posh just polishing Mangkuk gesture on top of the club famous list, where with Jamie Redknapp and pop star wife, Louise from Eternal just shaded away thanks to Eternal broke up and Jamie long run injury problem. Liverpool proud Spice Boys reputation gone slowly.

With Roy Evens start the off tempo performance in early 90’s, then for 1^st time in EPL history 2 generals (Houllier and Roy) combined to break Mangkuk domination, maybe they just too believing in ‘2 heads better than 1’ philosophy. Then Roy left Houllier alone in desperate struggle to guide Livepool survival. While I and the rest of millions Liverpool supporters hold our breath every time Liverpool play even against team like Nottingham Forest, Mangkuk on the other hand, glide through game after game with ease. Come across at their supporter in no doubt for Mangkuk, each single gameday makes me sick and generate maximum level of jealousy and annoyance combined. Those Juve and Bayern game during their 1999 Champ League semi and final match respectively indicate the highlight of my irritation with Mangkuk and the fans, Juve lead them 2-0 after 45 minutes, but as usual Mangkuk’s fans steadily believe they can pull it off, I got one truly Mangkuker who increase his bet after half time. Crazy or what? And lucky him Mangkuk beat Juve 3-2 with 2 Beckham’s cross goals. Against Bayern… Tidak perlulah aku ceritakan apa yang berlaku, kan. Inside my heart I cried just like Bayern’s tough tackler Samuel Kaffour that night.

Berlagak, Sombong, Angkuh, Besar Kepala.

After 1999, winning 3 trophies in one season really can’t resist everyone connected to Manchester Utd to start acting like they king of everything. Berlagak gila! Suddenly their fans think they know all about football from tactics even to football’s management skill just because they choose to support Mangkuk. Arrrggghhhhh..! They want to dominate every football conversation and the rest of us have to accept and agree with their opinions. Sir Alex started to mention he believe he one of the best football manager ever. Andy or Andrew Cole publicly announced he better than Owen and Shearer and demanding regular place in England line up. But for me the most ridiculous thought ever, ‘Wes Brown will become England captain after Shearer retired’. (Its true, try search Soccernet archive and you will find the story about that). From supporters (including most English journalist) to players, manager till Peter Canyon, they all blew away by the treble and start treating others with minimum football respect. If we compare current Chelsea scenario, the only person who do all the talking are Morinho; players and supporters not really follow their manager footsteps.

So, that’s it… Jealousy and their Bigheaded attitude… these are the 2 main reason for me to hate Manchester United Football Club or Mangkuk as they known here. Again, as Liverpool’s fans, I probably will manage to list out hundreds of reason to abhorrence them, but for now let reveal these two, and this ‘Hate Mangkuk Article’ will continue just like kebencian aku yang teramat sangat terhadap mereka. Just wait…..