ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[Wat Tyler]

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Relax Real Madrid will win!

 

[summerisle]

Dreading the next 4 weeks,it will be every corner you turn,flags, banners,replica shirt wearing nobs etc etc. Whilst we will be invisible in the City. At least 2005 we finished 4th and harbored hopes of being in it ourselves the following campaign,we also had the Carsley derby that season to hold onto. This time it's bleak for us.

Just laugh.

 

[davek]

Thats basically it. I ember something similar in 2005 when utter weapons were going on about how they were going to "take the p@ss" out in Turin. Thankfully it passed off peacefully and the have a go heroes were left well behind.

The attitude of a section of their fans is incredulous. Still some of them can't seem to see the link between trying to physically intimidate opposition teams and people then lobbing bottles/smashing buses. Like there is no connection between them. And then the same people can't seem to see a connection between criminal damage, smashing glass and people's property whilst they are in it, and physical attacks. It's not to excuse any of the actions but there is something of a continuum of violence that they seem to want to ignore actions they partake in that fit upon it.

I've seen many who should know better coming out with "chucking a faint bottle isn't the same as leaving someone in a hospital" as if anyone has ever said it is. This is now used as the measuring stick to carte blanche attack anyone who tries to challenge the idea that physical intimidation of opposing teams supporters or fans is unacceptable.

I have to say, as someone who's mum was hit in the face with a glass bottle (not a fanta bottle as it is incorrectly being reduced too) by some moron at a pub on years years eve who launched it into a crowd and who saw first hand both the physical and psychological damage it caused to her, I will happily meet any Kopite who wants to minimise this sort of behaviour as essentially harmless. Thats not to underplay what's happened to that poor fella, who I wish a speedy and full recovery, but you can't stamp out hooligan behaviour by minimising the bits you don't want to talk about.

Anyway, I hope the guys going out there get home safely. Anyone who has travelled abroad to watch football general have their wits about them, and fingers crossed the celebrations are kept in the stadium and there is a respectful tone taken in and around the stadium and in Rome later. The last thing we want are more casualties.

Sorry to hear about that terrible family incident mate. Horrendous gets who could commit a stunt like that.

 

[LucyLastic]

Ronaldo Shevchenkod.

 

[Dan Tanner]

Dreading the next 4 weeks,it will be every corner you turn,flags, banners,replica shirt wearing nobs etc etc. Whilst we will be invisible in the City. At least 2005 we finished 4th and harbored hopes of being in it ourselves the following campaign,we also had the Carsley derby that season to hold onto. This time it's bleak for us.

I was driving down Gorsey Lane in Litherland just over an hour ago, thats 23:50 to be exact when I could see what looked like someone robbing a house. As i got closer near to the junction with Sterrix Lane, theres some cockspanner up a red ladder in a Liverpool kit hanging flags and bunting, its 10 minutes to midnight and this 40 plus year old is hanging tat outside his house in his liverpool togger. I actually spun back around to check I wasn't hallucinating, but there he was in all his finery looking pleased as punch (and just as ugly) proudly smiling at the cars going past. Insanity, utter insanity...

 

[Saint Domingo]

Progressing through the tie has actually hidden what an utterly awful performance that was. They could have been hit for a cricket score by an Italian team not even fabled for their attack. It could have been an even bigger turnaround than Barca PSG which had everything going in Barca’s favour and they had Messi Suarez Neymar. They completely fell apart in the second half, should have conceded 2 penalties, did concede 3 goals, had the post hit, gave up countless chances in the box, ceded the entire midfield to the likes of De Rossi and Naingollan.

Everything apart from the overall result of the tie was absolutely terrible, one of the worst semi final performances in the comps history.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Roma rightly furious about the refereeing over two legs. It will get swept under the carpet though, the media is not interested unless your club can generate more clicks than the one that’s gone through, UEFA are not interested unless you have morevtv watching fans. Any club outside of Real Barca United and Liverpool (maybe Bayern although uefa don’t mind shafting them) will struggle to have success when it comes to the CL.

 

[Pete_b]

Roma rightly furious about the refereeing over two legs. It will get swept under the carpet though, the media is not interested unless your club can generate more clicks than the one that’s gone through, UEFA are not interested unless you have morevtv watching fans. Any club outside of Real Barca United and Liverpool (maybe Bayern although uefa don’t mind shafting them) will struggle to have success when it comes to the CL.

 

[Saint Domingo]

First game without Klopp’s assistant and they looked utterly rudderless. Be interesting to see how they fare v Chelsea.

 

[arbok]

Liverpool playing Real Madrid in the Champions League Final feels like Everton getting relegated. Actually that might feel even better, at least Everton would have a shot at winning the championship.

Even if they lose the final, they'll still be able to crow about how they made it to the champions league final. I don't live in England, so I can't imagine how you guys feel.

 

[Khalekan]

Just laugh.

lol

 

[ToffeeDan]

To illustrate their luck - using an FA Cup style competition as an illustration

Liverpool are Wolves (ranked 21st out of 37) - so "Wolves" are in a competition with the entire Premier League and 17 of the 24 teams in the Championship

They played:

Queens Park Rangers in the Play offs (2nd leg at home)
In the main draw they got Sheff Utd, Norwich and Leicester
In the last 16 they drew Crystal Palace (2nd leg at home)
In the quarter finals they drew Newcastle United and the ref helps them along
In the semi-final they drew Cardiff and the ref helps them along (whilst Man City played Man Utd)
In the final they ("Wolves") will play Man City

Now tell me they haven't been lucky.

 

[tommytowne]

Was to be expected, we all knew that.
Hats off to the team in getting to the final and so it begins in earnest now. First word I heard on radio when I just switched on, Liverpool.
I suppose the one thing that is going to be interesting over the coming weeks is how high they build themselves up because they will have an almighty way to fall when true European royalty turn them over.

 

[ToffeeDan]

Roma rightly furious about the refereeing over two legs. It will get swept under the carpet though, the media is not interested unless your club can generate more clicks than the one that’s gone through, UEFA are not interested unless you have morevtv watching fans. Any club outside of Real Barca United and Liverpool (maybe Bayern although uefa don’t mind shafting them) will struggle to have success when it comes to the CL.

You only have to look at the new CL draw for next year when the minnows get to fight it out for EIGHT places whilst the big teams get 24 places directly