Is all this banal chatter by the Man Untied fans some kind of cognitive behavioral therapy?
designed to ease the pain of the weekends utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, and abjectly wretched defeat by Everton?
Does it work?
Are you feeling any better?
Good point Mr B.
CBT would normally involve a therapist or counsellor, teasing out the ‘patient’s’ thoughts – on the rather dubious theory that thoughts govern our behaviour and both can be changed. Saturday’s dire result clearly led to the voluntary expression of many confused and anguished thoughts and I doubt such public soul baring did anything to ease the pain, the shock, the devastating blow to Mancs’ self-esteem and identification with success and self-glorification.
I’m not sure any type of therapy would help United fans – apart, perhaps, from opiates and allowing time to heal. It’s impossible to analyse the root cause(s) of United’s disshevelled, lack-lustre performance.
One sad case, obviously in a state of denial about Rednose’s competence as regards team selection, posted an especially banal Q – reminding us all of SAF’s "fantastic" record and seeking confirmation that he was "irreplaceable".
Poor chap – I fear for his mental state if United’s decline continues at the present rate and they end up without any trophies this year, as seems increasingly likely to many – apart from the die-hard fans unable to face reality.
Should we have a "Be nice to United fans week" ?
OK – what about a day – or an afternoon ?
Or would a minute’s silence be asking too much ?
February 25th, 2010 at 12:30 am
If it works I may try it
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February 25th, 2010 at 12:35 am
LOL! hope Chelsea win it!
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February 25th, 2010 at 12:57 am
At least we’re *ahem* HERE when we lose..lol
anyway… we’ve been at the Arsenal fans for ages now….
dR bad
chelsea fans.. like their football…. are not exciting enough to bother with mostly..lol?
ps: if i was a psychologist… i would say you were feeling a little left out..lol?
Edit: well NAILED Deano..lol
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it’s like watching Germany win world cups in the old days..
February 25th, 2010 at 1:45 am
I’m worried about them… they aren’t clashing with Liverpool anymore…
Either twhat you say or too much Absinthe.
Maybe they thought Arsenal were a soft target — bit like Gooners’ goal keepers.
@ dR bad — pmsl … don’t you like us anymore…
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February 25th, 2010 at 1:51 am
It’s said to be effective for those with schizophrenia.
So what are you actually getting at?
Should we be a little concerned?
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February 25th, 2010 at 2:33 am
no shame in loseing to everton bud ..i’m sure your aware of that .. lol..
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February 25th, 2010 at 2:54 am
you also lost against everton.
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February 25th, 2010 at 3:05 am
its the return of the chelsea fans thought you had fallen down a hole or were humping slags with the chelsea squad
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February 25th, 2010 at 3:29 am
Good point Mr B.
CBT would normally involve a therapist or counsellor, teasing out the ‘patient’s’ thoughts – on the rather dubious theory that thoughts govern our behaviour and both can be changed. Saturday’s dire result clearly led to the voluntary expression of many confused and anguished thoughts and I doubt such public soul baring did anything to ease the pain, the shock, the devastating blow to Mancs’ self-esteem and identification with success and self-glorification.
I’m not sure any type of therapy would help United fans – apart, perhaps, from opiates and allowing time to heal. It’s impossible to analyse the root cause(s) of United’s disshevelled, lack-lustre performance.
One sad case, obviously in a state of denial about Rednose’s competence as regards team selection, posted an especially banal Q – reminding us all of SAF’s "fantastic" record and seeking confirmation that he was "irreplaceable".
Poor chap – I fear for his mental state if United’s decline continues at the present rate and they end up without any trophies this year, as seems increasingly likely to many – apart from the die-hard fans unable to face reality.
Should we have a "Be nice to United fans week" ?
OK – what about a day – or an afternoon ?
Or would a minute’s silence be asking too much ?
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