Manchester United

So aside from my time in Ireland I have never really been a diehard supporter of any football team. I mean, Liverpool was an obvious holdover. But outside of that I typically just root against the bigname hotshot teams or against specific players that I will never ever root for AKA Wayne Rooney and Manchester United. And apparently Kenya and most of Africa for that matter suffer from the same thing that swept the soccer crazies in the states in the 90s. Only the top teams in the Championship games get televised and so naturally everyone either picks and team and sticks with ‘em or blows with the prevailing breeze. The ManU “fans” who inhabit the pub down the street are the prevailing breeze type that care about the W and not the way it was won.

I can’t wait until Tuesday night when OM gets a shot at ManU and I’ll get a chance to lay down some French chants. Dirty team, dirty players and even dirtier fans. Think USC at the end of the Pete Carrol era, just dirty. Anywho, at least the atmosphere is a little livelier, sure beats everyone going for the same team.