No blue I know thinks we should avoid the subject of Heysel. I don't know about the ones you talk to
And if you're talking about weaponising Hillsborough, of course they have. I'm not the first to say that nor will I be the last
We should avoid the subject of Heysel though. It has become the biggest excuse in the History of Football. We have let a succession of owners, managers and players get away scot free from their inadequacies and instead blamed Heysel.
Quite rightly they were banned for longer than the rest of English team but it didn't stop them in their tracks the way it has stopped us. We have been stuck in a rut since the mid 80's. Potentially our finest hour was snatched away from us because of the European ban but it is no excuse for the chronic mismanagement that has occurred since then.
Instead of taking a good hard look at ourselves and the way the club has been run we look for the easy way out and blame them for 30 odd years of failure. Until we stop taking the easy way out and stop blaming Heysel we will never move forward. Maybe if we put more energy into driving our club forward instead of attacking their lot then we might finally move forward.