Talk of not being rivals anymore is foolish and disrespectful to the actual rivalry. A lot of clubs, clubs more successful than both of us would love to have something that we share. Love it or hate it we need to never allow it to be diluted.
The concern to me is that if there is a further gulf ( and this is all hypothetical ) is that younger generations don’t experience it or aren’t as exposed to it, worse still you lose a lot of that young generation as we’ve seen before.
However, the vast majority will continue on with it regardless of each other’s situation good or bad. There’s been to much gone on to simply dismiss it or be pompous enough to suggest we’ve moved on. I’d be repulsed if that ever happened.
I have complete authority to confirm that even if (and again a massive if ) we were playing a champions league semi final the night you were away to Fleetwood I’d still be checking my phone to see how yous were getting on ( there’s a compliment in there believe it or not ).
The concern to me is that if there is a further gulf ( and this is all hypothetical ) is that younger generations don’t experience it or aren’t as exposed to it, worse still you lose a lot of that young generation as we’ve seen before.
However, the vast majority will continue on with it regardless of each other’s situation good or bad. There’s been to much gone on to simply dismiss it or be pompous enough to suggest we’ve moved on. I’d be repulsed if that ever happened.
I have complete authority to confirm that even if (and again a massive if ) we were playing a champions league semi final the night you were away to Fleetwood I’d still be checking my phone to see how yous were getting on ( there’s a compliment in there believe it or not ).