by Blue Jam » Sat May 19, 2012 11:38 am
What I've been thinking all week is... THE RAGS NEVER HAVE OR NEVER WILL TOP THAT FEELING.
Put this to them. At work. In the pub. They will, if course, say, "Champions League 1999...", but no. They know, THEY KNOW FOR A FACT that the feeling that day can't have come close to Blue Sunday.
They know that they will never have the hunger that we had. They know that they didn't snatch a trophy from their bitterest rivals in such dramatic, impossible, unwritable, desperate, delirious fashion (while they were preparing to celebrate, while they were ordering foie gras and popping their bottles of crystal). They have never juxtaposed such desperate despair at 2-1 down at 90 minutes with such exquisite nirvana (Agueroooooooo!) in such a short space of time. They might not realise this yet, they are planning next seasons win - let's face it, even if they do - they will never experience this feeling.
Tell them this. Tell them, in detail. Tell them. They will go quiet for quite a while. They will, at the moment that realisation sinks in, know that they chose an easy ride. They will spend the rest of their pathetic, dull lives knowing, deep down, that they should have chosen the roller coaster ride.
Multiple relegations, spectacular catastrophes, decades of sneering and piss takes. All they were doing was feeding our hunger, nurturing our gallows humour. And now look at them. Defendriending us on Fakebook. Not responding to emails. We have the best humour, the strongest character. Now we have the best team. Not to mention, the finest moments in the history of football.
So, no, I don't think we can top Sunday. But I would say that, I'm soooo bloody negative!
And you know what? I wouldn't change a thing. We might have had our most exquisite moment, but there will be bigger, more spectacular achievements over the years. They will all remind us of Blue Sunday.