You can’t win if you’re in charge of the official Man United Twitter account.
Nearly every tweet is greeted by throngs of fans asking them to ‘Announce Bale’ or ‘Sack Van Gaal’. Still, sometimes you can leave yourself open for the obvious gag.
The club recently brought out a new range of adidas training wear, going from the previous blue to a rather fetching white with red trim…
New year. New Manchester United training wear. Time to #BeTheDifference in 2016: https://t.co/AW27GC3k0B pic.twitter.com/WDvG3u695K
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 1, 2016
On Friday, the official account tweeted a photo of the first team in training ahead of their FA Cup clash with Sheffield United. Of course they were resplendent in their new garb.
Due to the amusing nature of the image including Morgan Schneiderlin, Daley Blind and Chris Smalling, the accompanying description was thus…
Hands up if you like our new white @adidas training kit. 🙌 #BeTheDifference https://t.co/fQGexdw3px pic.twitter.com/xOvPbh2YJb
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 8, 2016
Now it’s all well and good that Messers Schneiderlin and Smalling are eagerly raising their hands in imaginary appreciation of the new kit, but it makes it seem as though the third wheel is less than impressed.
And of course, p*sstakers weren’t going to let the opportunity pass…
https://twitter.com/Bellenderhund/status/685446326918709248
@ManUtd @adidas Blind hates it apparently
— Nobody🇰🇪 (@bramwel_shem) January 8, 2016
@ManUtd @adidas blinds not keen
— CC (@RenzucC97) January 8, 2016
@ManUtd @adidas Daley Blind thinks you're a dick.
— Sambo (@2srewobmas) January 8, 2016
Others had an even more predictable response…
https://twitter.com/himansh97mufc/status/685432386054664192
@ManUtd @adidas Hands up if you want LVG out!
— Shibani (@shibani_mufc) January 8, 2016
@ManUtd @adidas hands up if you want giggs as manager And lvg as his assistant ☝🏼️☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼
— nicolas escobar (@nico_escobar) January 8, 2016
