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Sleeping with the enemy: Pete Sixsmith tells Man Utd fans how it is!

December 13, 2012 by Dean Cruddace

Scott the Red, the driving force behind the Republik of Mancunia website certainly provoked reaction from the Sunderland faithful with …

Manchester United v SAFC Guess the Score: five each for Rooney, Poznan?

December 15, 2012December 13, 2012 by Colin Randall

Guess the score copy — Buy Two, Win Two, says Jake

This is how I have described the Poznan non-issue for readers of ESPN FC:

Hundreds of hospital wards, we are told, have been closed by the spread of Norovirus.

But another nasty bug – the Poznan virus – is doing the rounds and has affected worrying numbers of Manchester United supporters who have gone down with distressing symptoms ranging from gross over-reaction and humourlessness to an irrational desire for vengeance.

Fortunately for those whose responsibility it is to cope with this outbreak, the cause has already been identified: lingering United anger at the Poznan-style mockery indulged in by some supporters of Sunderland, to the amusement of many more (and neutrals), at the end of the final game of last season at the Stadium of Light.

The Manchester United ‘Who are You?’: go down, Sunderland, for Poznan stunt

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 by Colin Randall

who are you copy2 — Jake asks the question

In the league table of human wickedness, the Poznan mockery by Sunderland supporters – after Manchester United lost the title in extraordinary fashion despite beating us on the final day – is lower than the Inquisition, the Holocaust and 9/11. It’s not even as bad as singing ‘you’re s**** and you know you are’. But there are those from Manchester and many, many more from hotbeds of United suport in SE Asia, the USA and Woking who took it as a glaring example of Man’s inhumanity to Man. Scott the Red*, a good friend to Salut! Sunderland, was so upset he wants us to go down. Since he also believes we make too much fuss about diving, we may conclude judgement has deserted him. Scott, the brains behind both the Republik of Mancunia site and the all-club By Far the Greatest Team blog**, expects revenge on Saturday (as if United needed a trivial grievance to be favourites) …

‘Reflections’ is very much the domain of Stephen Goldsmith but he’s moonlighting, housemoving and heaven knows what else so begs other Salut folk to step into his shoes. It falls to Monsieur Salut to look at two issues that leap from the pages and screens: Manchester United’s supposed interest in Simon Mignolet and the rather fanciful notion that terrace chats should be tasteful …

Ji, Connor and a mini-Cattermole on parade as Manchester United held

October 2, 2012 by Colin Randall

On a wet night in Hetton, Pete Sixsmith assesses our strengths and weaknesses in reserve and invites suggestions for the post-Virgin Newcastle shirt sponsor. By adding the words ‘Newcastle lose Virginity’ to the headline, we could have attracted NUFC supporters in their hundreds, even thousands, but life is too short …

Sixer on MK Dons, awayday blues, John Terry bashing, misfired Liverpool moans

September 25, 2012 by Colin Randall

sixsmith writes(sky)-1 — Jakes captures Pete Sixsmith in pensive mood

It starts with back-of-envelope calculations that explain why young supporters are being driven away – or, rather, not being driven away – but Pete Sixsmith then moves smartly on to discussion of tonight’s League Cup game in Milton Keynes, a snipe or two at John Terry and a mighty defence of Mark Halsey’s Anfield performance (probably just as well Pete doesn’t bother much with Twitter) …

Crosstalk: what we told Manchester United about Poznan, O’Shea and McClean

August 16, 2012 by Colin Randall

Salut Soviet copy small — Jake's vision of plenty

Goldy came up with the idea of introducing a new category reproducing articles inspired by collaboration with the sites of other clubs. Here is the first example, an interview with our old friend Scott the Red for The Republik of Mancunia. Crosstalk seemed better than Crossfire as a generic title …

Man United fans: please get over Sunderland doing the Man City Poznan

July 3, 2015July 20, 2012 by Colin Randall

Stephen Goldsmith has more important things to be getting on with but found time to deliver a heartfelt plea to Man United supporters: develop a sense of proportion about that spontaneous spot of fun at the SoL at the very end of last season. He thought it was the Proznan – a calming drug for women who’ve been reading 50 Shades of Grey – until his girlfriend put him, and our headline, right …