Man United or Man City? Dad auctions his son's allegiance

[prophet]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29736422

I think this is pretty cool that he's doing this and all proceeds are going to charity but for me I fail to grasp his trail of thought. Sure they live in Manchester and the boy will likely wind up picking the team his friends in school all support but if the Dad is from down South and supports Watford surely you'd want your child to support them too? If I had a son I'd be wanting him to support Bradford with me, regardless of where we were living.

Still though, which one do you reckon is the lesser of two evils? Man Utd have been worldwide scum for years but they're slipping whereas City are scum at this moment in time and SKS supports them. Toughie.

[Hanley!]

Indeed, SKS are scum.

[PorkChop]

I'd support Man City all day, given the choice.

When I was a kid, everyone followed United because they were good. It was so fucking annoying. All their fans were (and still are, but to a lesser extent because they support Chelsea now) phony, glory-hunting, plastic fans. They don't truly support the team, they just associate themselves with them as they feel that United's success will give meaning to their dull-as-dishwater lives. They're the first to brag when United win, but on the rare occasion United lost, they didn't care. 99% of United fans are terrible.

I always liked Man City as a kid for this reason. I wanted them to upset the United fans and claim Manchester as their own. They had some good players too - Nicky Summerbee was one of the best crossers of the ball in the league, and Shaun GOATer was nodding them in from 6 yards. They had character and heart - they weren't a plastic team like their red counterparts, at least until Sheikh Mansour came along, flashing his cash.

I'd still support City given the choice, because of my deeply ingrained hatred of United and Alex Ferguson's smug, purple-nosed face chewing his Wrigleys in disgust after his team were only awarded 5 minutes of extra time for no reason when they were losing at 90 minutes. But the amount of people wearing Man City shirts that I see walking around town now appalls me - simply put, where were you when you were shit?

[Chewy]

City in a Johnny Manziel cocaine heartbeat*