Manchester City became English Champions for the first time since
1968 as they beat Queens Park Rangers 3 – 2 at the Etihad Stadium with two
injury time goals. Manchester United hearts were broken as a 20th league title was snatched from their grasp despite a 1-0 victory at Sunderland.
Manchester United had opened up an eight point lead by Easter
(April 8th) but that evaporated after an erratic run much to the consternation
of United fans.
For many purported United fans in Nigeria there was shock. They have
never known it like this before. They have seen United claw
back deficits to win titles before but they have never seen United claw back a
deficit, establish a healthy lead with only a handful of games left to go and
then relinquish the lead. Never ever!
Manchester United fans have a bad habit of bragging about things
before they happen. They get over excited about events at a time when there is
very little likelihood of occurrence. A typical example is captured in a Tweet
posted by my good friend Joachim MacEbong shortly after United beat Queens Park
Rangers 2 – 0 courtesy of huge error by referee Lee Mason.
Even
if United had picked up maximum points at Wigan and against Everton, It
will still not have been enough to crown United Champions
before their visit to Etihad Stadium for the Manchester derby. Hence
this kind of braggartism and utter display of ignorance was totally out of place.
By Manchester United's standards they have been diabolical
this year with a disastrous Champions League campaign and failure in the FA and
Carling Cups now overshadowed by throwing away the Premier League title to its
so-called "noisy neighbors" Manchester City.
Yet, Manchester
United are still one of the biggest clubs in the world and over the years have
put together a rich
history, and for this reason deserve fans who share
an in-depth understanding of the game and history of the club. A
large chunk of the current crop of United fans in Nigeria seem to be
"BANDWAGONERS" which by definition is;
"In
sports, someone who shamelessly cheers for a particular team not
because he likes them or follows them faithfully, but only because that
particular team is the "popular" choice or has been or is the top team
in their specific sport recently. When that team which bandwagoners
follow falls from grace, they gleefully jump on the next teams bandwagon
and cheer for that team."
However,
for true soccer "fanatics", we couldn't have asked for a better climax
to the season. We can only hope that next season will present as much
drama as we have witnessed in 2011/2012.
By @Mos_Hygh
PS:
I have attached a few interesting Tweets posted by United fans shortly
after the team established an eight point lead. See below :D
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