Joe Opio

My friends who support Man United now are in such a doldrum of despair that one of them in a group text said,

I don't know what to tell my son anymore because I just bought him a Man United shirt.

And when he asks me, daddy, what's going wrong?

I don't know what to say.

Child abuse.

And this was like his depression and like multiple people, Man United, they'll look at me and go, man, I don't even want to talk about, but like with like a deep despair.

And I think a lot of football fans can acknowledge going through this in some way, shape or form, right?

You're a Barcelona fan.

This man looked at me with a joy that seemed honestly delusional.

And he went, oh...

man, rebuilding is going to be fun.

He's like, oh, you should see the kids coming up in the academy.

Ooh, the world that we're getting ready.

Then I was like, yeah, but you guys are terrible.

Then you're like, yeah, but ooh, that means we're going to rebuild this.

Do you understand what I'm trying to say right now?

Yes.

Because now, that's not a foregone conclusion.

There is no guarantee that Barcelona will get better.

I always look at it the same way.