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Manchester United fans believe they are on for a sextuplet. Let me stress the point, they think they are on the verge of a 6 trophy haul, of the Charity Shield, World Club Championship, Carling Cup, FA Cup, Premiership and Champions League. Let’s nip this in the bud now!

 1. The Charity Shield must not count, how many teams fans can comment here when they have won 1 trophy (or more) in previous seasons and not declared a “double”, “treble” etc…. Please comment this is an important point if you hate Manchester United.

 2. The World Club Championship was a 6 horse race where Man Utd were entered at the last 4 stage. In principle it cannot count based on the quality of the opposition and the size of the tournament.

3. The Carling Cup (aka The League Cup) is a traditional part of the 4 trophies that would be included in the English League “Quadruple”. On this occasion Manchester United were let in at round earlier (ed - should read later) than some other Premiership teams. Akin to Formula 1 where the fastest car starts at the front of the race.

 4. The FA Cup. A tournament Manchester United have historically devalued by not participating in. I need say no more.

5. The Premiership. A straight race, should count. Come on Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Aston Villa and any other team involved in the race for top spot or playing Man United…

6. The Champions League. Again a straight race, should count. Come on Inter Milan and others.

The effect on football’s future generation(s) is pending. Kids will see Man United win all six (sic) trophies and conclude there is no other team worth supporting. The death of football is waiting…. Register your disapproval here.

Ben Foster admitted using an Ipod just prior to the penalty shoot out in the Carling Cup final with Spurs to research previous penalty strategies. OK the Manc lovers will point out it is research based on information available in the public domain. Yes it is, but being allowed access during the match, surely this is wrong or unsporting at least. Where will it stop? I assume Man Utd would object if the opposition delayed every free kick while the team aligned their wall based on a review of the last 5 Ronaldo free kicks taken in a certain area of the pitch.

 No action will be taken by the FA

Former Premier League referee Graham Poll told the Daily Mail on Monday that using iPod technology;

 “had the potential to exploit a loophole in the laws which should be referred to FIFA”.

Hands up if you think this is cheating?

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Following the semi final victory over Derby County in the League (Carling) cup, Manchester United utility player John O’Shea now wants the club to go on and win all three major domestic honours as well as the Champions League in order to claim an unprecedented ‘quadruple’ of trophies in one season (see the article at Goal.com). Man United arrogance as usual. What do you think? Enter your thoughts in our Poll (closes 28th Feb before the Carling Cup final).

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John O’Shea  Claims Chelsea are more hated than Man Utd and that they play boring football.

The Sun recently reported Leeds are the most hated team, Man Utd second and Chelsea third. Manchester United, not surprizingly did not appear in the top 20 most loved clubs.

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A recent posting on Man United Devils blog about Glory Hunters has inspired this posting! The blog article discusses Man Utd “fans” who don’t live in Manchester or the surrounding area which are often called glory hunters, because they don’t support their local team. That blog’s stance is they do not agree, you will not be surprised at Hate Man Utd blog supports the idea that the majority of Man Utd fans are glory hunters, read on to hear the evidence.

A quick search of the Internet revealed plenty of details on the definition of Glory Hunter.

A glory hunter is a term used by people who are jealous of another persons team success , or who are suspect to, supporting a particular football club due to its size, quality and/or popularity in the media.

It is the latter point which is particularly relevant to Man United fans; supporting a team due to it’s size and popularity in the media. People with an inferiority complex in normal life feel they need to associate them selves with some thing big and popular, so they feel that “they belong”. As for popularity in the media, how many pages per day in a tabloid national newspaper are dedicated to Man utd; 1,2,3??? Not to mention the amount of TV coverage, not just live matches but on Breakfast TV as well, for example.

The media: responsible for the Glory Hunters.

 The article on the Internet goes on to state:

“Glory hunters usually live outside the town or area where a particular team is from, and may, in fact, live in a different country altogether. It is common for a person from a town to support their nearest most successful club as opposed to their actual town’s team. Manchester United have by far the most supporters of any English club, not only within England, but worldwide. This is due in part to their domestic and European success coming simultaneously with the introduction of televised European Cup football in the mid-1950s. Manchester United’s second coming coincided with the huge increase in the amount of televised football due to the introduction of satellite broadcasting in the early 1990s.”

With the availability of replica shirts and other merchandise, the concept of ‘the glory-hunter’ has evolved. And we all know how many Man Utd shirts we see worn on the streets of our Towns and Cities, don’t we?

Availability of merchandise - too wide spread.

 The article goes on to describe Second Generation Glory Hunters:

“People who are, or who are suspect to, supporting a successful football club although having no obvious affiliation with the team and giving their reason for supporting such team as it also being their fathers chosen team. Second generation glory hunters usually live outside the town where a particular team is from, and may, in fact, live in a different country altogether.”

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