Ponder or Wonder?
What a weekend! The clock ticks so fast that I almost lost ground of the time. Tgk2 dah gelap, and bukak2 mata dah pagi and here I am sitting rite in front of me laptop.
Am not going to talk about what I did during the ’short’ weekend but another scenarios dat currently happening in the EPL - well I think almost every soccer league in
Am not going to talk about what I did during the ’short’ weekend but another scenarios dat currently happening in the EPL - well I think almost every soccer league in
Europe maybe which trigger this write up. Yes, another soccer stuff 
. After succesfully battling with my laziness, I picked up few office clothes plus the iron board and
. After succesfully battling with my laziness, I picked up few office clothes plus the iron board and dragged them all the way - in front of the tv to be specific to watch F1.
Since race is not started yet, I flipped to ESPN where it showed the battle of the bottom EPL league table - Soton vs Pompey @ Fratton Park - the home of Pompey.
Ironically, Harry Redknapp the current Soton manager was the former manager for Pompey. So, can u guess the receptions given to him by the home supporters? I think he did
get some threatened messages but he bravely quashed those matters - coolly sat at the ‘away team’ bench. But the FA did send their rep to accompany him just to ensure
nothing worst happened.
I can hear the home fan singing their team’s songs while putting up plycards - ‘JUDAS’, ‘TRAITOR’, etc. All directed to 1 man - Harry Redknapp who left the club to manage
Soton. It was so brave of him and seriously hard for him to face the crowd who once adored and idolized him. "But life has to go on. I made the decision and I better get
going and face the crowd. I am responsible for what I did" he said. To me, he’s a great man with a great attitude.
But not to the home fans of course. No mercy to him, to the team and shockingly to his son as well. You see, when Harry Redknapp first join Soton as a manager, he accessed
all the players and did couples of buy-transfer to get some players to the team including his son, ex-Liverpool player - Jamie Redknapp. Remember him? Well, Sporty Spice of
Spice Girls once openly admitted she ‘like’ watching him.
Well, that was years ago. Now Jamie is playing under his Daddy’s care. The lad however, was boo-ed, abusive words came whenever he touches the ball, the fans even shouted
‘JUDAS’ at him. Pity! Seems like the Pompey’s fans found him guilty for his father’s action. Makes me wonder, why the hell such thing happened? Was it the love for the
club makes the fans felt cheated if anyone in the club go off for another club? Or was it the hate for the other club that makes them acting that way? Was it both?
This scenarios has been happening for quite sometimes. When Rio first set his foot to Old Trafford, Leeds’ fans was frustrated with the moved and branded him - greedy. He
even get a hard reception when MU came to Leeds for the away game. The fans jeered him whenever he touched the ball and sarcastically cheered him when he fall or miss the
ball. wierd! 1 minute they praise you, the other they taunt u.
Soccer critics even wrote some article about the transfer stuffs - 1 of them about Gerrard of Liverpool. Well, this guy is known for his flamboyant style, marshalling the
midfield and have been putting some great contributions to the team. His style has set many admirers from clubs all over Europe to land him as their player including Sir
Alex Ferguson who wanted him to replace Keano. But report suggested, he wasn’t prepared to accept the challenges ahead - not soccer stuff but the fans. It’s like
‘do-or-die’ matter. Especially when it comes to MU. I think Liv fans would rather see him going somewhere else but not MU. The fans play the biggest role in footballer’s
career.
Come to think about it, not all players/managers were given such hard time to think of their transfer or future. Normally the good ones will be tougher. Yeah, you’re good,
you’re like the saviour to the club but then you went off to bigger, better or richer club, so you know stuff like that can make the fanatic fans pissed off. Some fanatic
fans can become aggresive and wild even bold enuff to threaten the players/managers. Yes, you’re a true fan but hey dun blow it like that. It’s the footballer’s future that
we are talking about. They have right to go whereever they wanted to. They have right to do what they wanna do.
This is more like their personal satisfaction and development. So be it. I believe as a fan myself I will have to let things off and continue supporting the club I love.
Yes, perhaps the hurt is still there but ‘banter’ing the family members wasn’t a gud idea. Leave them alone! I know 1 day MU will let Giggs go. As a fan I dun think I can
take it either. But things change. I have to accept the fact that I can’t forever watch him with the no 11 Reds jersey. However, I will forever idolized him and thanked him
for such contribution he made eversince he was 18 years old.
So soccer fellas, let’s be a true fan. Face the fact!
Glory glory ManUtd!
