Jacks -a yank perspective
Mon Nov 07, 2016 1:48 am
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/sport ... .html?_r=0
Romance Turns Sour for Swansea Fans, and Bob Bradley Is Caught in the Middle
Manchester United scoring the first of its three goals in a victory at Swansea City on Sunday. Fans began chanting their discontent partway through the match.
SWANSEA, Wales — The protests started even before the humiliation was done.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic had yet to score his second goal, which would be Manchester United’s final one in a 3-1 victory over Swansea City on Sunday, but already the dull hum of mutiny flickered around the losing team’s Liberty Stadium.
The songs began in the corner of the East Stand, where Swansea’s most vocal supporters are corralled. Each chant was greeted with a ripple of applause from the rest of the stadium.
“We want our club back,” the first chorus went. The second demanded that “greedy” members of the board leave the club. A third suggested an explicit use for “dollars,” an allusion to the recent American takeover of the team.
Bob Bradley, Swansea’s American manager, heard what he called the “back and forth” but tried to shut it out of his mind and focus on the game unfolding in front of him. The fans kept voicing their dissent as Manchester United waltzed through, almost unchallenged, once more.
Romance Turns Sour for Swansea Fans, and Bob Bradley Is Caught in the Middle
Manchester United scoring the first of its three goals in a victory at Swansea City on Sunday. Fans began chanting their discontent partway through the match.
SWANSEA, Wales — The protests started even before the humiliation was done.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic had yet to score his second goal, which would be Manchester United’s final one in a 3-1 victory over Swansea City on Sunday, but already the dull hum of mutiny flickered around the losing team’s Liberty Stadium.
The songs began in the corner of the East Stand, where Swansea’s most vocal supporters are corralled. Each chant was greeted with a ripple of applause from the rest of the stadium.
“We want our club back,” the first chorus went. The second demanded that “greedy” members of the board leave the club. A third suggested an explicit use for “dollars,” an allusion to the recent American takeover of the team.
Bob Bradley, Swansea’s American manager, heard what he called the “back and forth” but tried to shut it out of his mind and focus on the game unfolding in front of him. The fans kept voicing their dissent as Manchester United waltzed through, almost unchallenged, once more.
Re: Jacks -a yank perspective
Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:11 am
neathbluebird wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/sports/soccer/manchester-united-swansea-bob-bradley.html?_r=0
Great read, set me up for the day.
Re: Jacks -a yank perspective
Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:13 am
neathbluebird wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/sports/soccer/manchester-united-swansea-bob-bradley.html?_r=0
Great read, set me up for the day.