The Yaya Toure 'Munich' song

[Goataldo]

Oh sod it, twopenneth time I suppose.

The YaYa song is not a Munich song.

It is a song that simply contains the word 'Munich' as a reference to United fans. This might be seen as milder than singing songs directly about the crash, and maybe it is, but it still uses the term, which imo still displays a lack of respect for something which deserves to be treated with a little more decorum. It provides an insight to a certain aspect of what sort of a human being you are and it lacks class, makes us look undignified and sullies our reputation, whilst continuing to help United get that little bit more sympathy to cash in on.

Where do you draw the line with Munich songs and the like?

What's the difference between mocking Munich, and mocking Jews and singing gas-chamber songs aobut Belsen when we played Spurs? Does the 'I didn't know any of them four-by-twos so why should I care, it was ages ago' excuse still work? Or do you just hate them, or the Scum or whoever, that much that common sense and respect no longer applies to you?

Tbh I accept it as part of life, like racists, people who wear those weird midget jeans with their boxers hanging out, and Munichs - sorry, I meant United fans. I don't agree with it, and hope that common sense will prevail over time, I mean we're still evolving, right?

And it really is very easy to wind up and annoy United fans without resorting to anything so lame and sounding so narrow minded and ignorant. As an afterthought, I actually had a red mate of mine start on me live on Facebook after my reaction to our SF win, and I didn't even have to mention Munich once, it was ace.

[Goataldo]

btw posting that at 19.58 was a pure coincidence, I swears it.

[Original Dub]

[ant london]

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

I don't know any United fan who would offended by that term. Just shows a lack of class from whoever's singing it. Hardly surprising it still goes on.

[carl_feedthegoat]

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[halnone]

http://www.epltalk.com/time-for-man-cit ... ants-30867

Just read that article about this topic. I still don't know where I stand. It lacks class, but doesn't everything these days?

[rabbit]

My mate had a big fuck off parrot who he trained to say "want some Chips ?

Fuck all wrong with parrots except the idea of caging them.

[Florida Blue]

[bigblue]

[Hazy2]

M songs are shit. The club should come out and ban them, throw the wankers out and suspend them.

[Dameerto]

[Mike J]

Colin Bell today pleaded with City fans who chant vile ‘Munich’ songs to stop giving the Blues a bad name.

Some of the gloss was taken off City’s vital 1-0 Premier League win at Blackburn on Monday by the fact that a proportion of their 3,500 travelling contingent at Ewood Park made repeated chants recalling the 1958 tragedy by bellowing out ‘Who put the ball in the Munichs’ net?’ in reference to Yaya Toure’s FA Cup semi-final winner.

The offensive singing was all the more incendiary coming just a day after the BBC broadcast a docu-drama entitled United, which charted the immediate aftermath of the tragedy which cost the lives of 23 people – including eight of the famous Busby Babes and City legend Frank Swift.

Now Bell, City’s most famous player, believes the time has come for the abusive chanting to stop.

The former England star told M.E.N. Sport: “They are not true City supporters. Football is a sport at the end of the day and they are chanting about people’s lives.

“It’s gone on long enough and I appeal to them to stop.

“It’s sad and I think it is truly out of order.

“I played for City and now consider myself a supporter of the club and these chants are degrading the club. I don’t like it one little bit.”

Meanwhile, City officials are set to hold a series of behind-the-scenes meetings to determine an appropriate official response to the issue.

The Blues’ hierarchy have resisted the temptation to issue a knee-jerk response, preferring instead to adopt a measured approach to a particularly tricky problem.

Chief executive Garry Cook is acutely aware the club have worked tirelessly to eradicate such chanting in recent times and have taken out banning orders against supporters caught on camera making airplane gestures.

[david yearsley]

The king has spoken - please heed his wise words

[Chinners]

[Original Dub]

Well hopefully Colin the King's words will get through... if these people don't listen to the King, then there's no saving them.