Manchester City’s request for Valentine’s Day poems goes as badly as you’d expect

It was always going to end badly, wasn’t it?

Manchester City’s social media team marked February 14 with a special Valentine’s Day poetry competition for all their followers. Unfortunately for them, it was swiftly gatecrashed by followers of Manchester’s other football club.

‘Let’s see who’s got the best #ValentinesDay rhymes,’ a tweet from City’s official Twitter account read, encouraging followers to complete a special City-themed Valentine’s Day poem.

Let's see who's got the best #ValentinesDay rhymes 💙

Roses are red,
Manchester is blue,
__________
__________ pic.twitter.com/W3GxxUkwbM

— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 14, 2018

Spying an opportunity, some United supporters used this as a chance to remind City and their fans that their recent successes have come as a result of their extremely wealthy owners. Y’know, the sort of thing you’d expect, really.

Here’s a sample of the replies the tweet received.

Roses are red,
Manchester too,
Where were your fans,
In 2002? https://t.co/ziPRZWVJzG

— Retro United (@Retro_Utd) February 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/surajkaranje/status/963797661500497920

Roses are red
Pizza is great
You didn’t exist
Before 2008

— Ewan (@ewan__67) February 14, 2018

Roses are red,
Manchester is blue,
Pep's buying the league
Instead of shampoo.

— Shot on Goal (@shotongoalx) February 14, 2018

Ah, of course…

With a good few hours of Valentine’s Day still remaining at the time of writing, we can almost certainly expect a few more of these before the day is done.