ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 3

[DOMNOLAN]

I said earlier, I dont think even Benitez did this. Cant recall anything Dalglish said either.

I know there was the small team comment. It was a bit dumb but I dont think he actually meant any offence by it (he was just referring to tactics in a 2nd language). Its not even derby game next and they are winding themselves into a fury. Hopefully Ancelotti is sensible enough to throw something out about player safety before the match.

In honesty if they want to spend the game trying to kick us, great. Their improved record stems back to Houllier telling them not to do that. The game being broken up, lots of green kicks, yellow cards and maybe a sending off will suit us.

Dont expect James to play though! I'd have a midfield 3 of Allan, Doucoure and Davies with the 4 CBs.

Benitez was forced to issue an apology for saying something along the lines of “drawing against a tiny club like Everton is unacceptable”

 

[hallamblue]

Benitez was forced to issue an apology for saying something along the lines of “drawing against a tiny club like Everton is unacceptable”

He said something along the lines of how difficult it was to play football when the small clubs come to Anfield and don't try and play. Made it sweet when we beat his team 3-0, and when we knocked them out of the FA Cup while he was writing his penalty takers out on a piece of paper lol

 

[BlueStevie35]

Seems there's a bit of fighting going on between local and non local reds on Twitter, mostly caused by Peanut Head calling for all the fan groups to band together and do a video in support of Herr Funboy and getting a crap ton of abuse because of his live stream antics

 

[Blue Magic]

Klopp is going to have a very public meltdown sooner rather than later.

Im calling a Cantona kick on the Fourth Official.

Lucky it’s not at Goodison otherwise it would be a ball boy.

 

[longers]

How much of a bell do you have to be to go to your barber with your champs league medal you got for doing nothing and then think... you know what would be cool and make killer content ? me wearing a medal and miming grime music whilst my barber films me.

 

[Pilks]

So let's just get this straight, Klopp 'deserves a medal' for keeping them where they are after their entire season got derailed after Pickford attacked St Virgil with a meat cleaver, because his influence is so great that his absence means a collapse is inevitable...

Is it just me, or is that exactly the same as saying 'Klopp has built a one man team and deserves no plaudits whatsoever'?

Seems to me it is

And sorry, but I don't buy that his head is falling off over his mother either. I had to get on with it at work after my parents died, and during the terrible time while they were dying of cancer. I bet other people did also. She was 81, circle of life. It is what it is. He isn't a 12 year old orphan carrying a teddy bear. He's a big boy, he declined the offer of time off, it is what it is.

He's a complete bell. Can't stand the man. Not going to be hypocritical about it.

 

[macdog]

Exactly. We all have such stories. When my mum died the home she was in refused to inform me, then refused to tell me anything about burial arrangements. Then my criminal sister tried to dud the rest of us out of our inheritance, then the crooked solicitor tried to dud us out of our inheritance. Went to work every day while all this was happening, at times barely able to think straight. Life is tough.

 

[Khalekan]

He even mocked us today in the press conference.

Said about us having the chance yesterday to go equal on points and the players succumbing to the pressure of being on the same level of Liverpool as too much.

In fairness that opinion is common currency round these parts as well

 

[MikeH72]

May be fake but you never know with these morons

KeEp It ScOuSe

 

[PaulPowersTash]

So let's just get this straight, Klopp 'deserves a medal' for keeping them where they are after their entire season got derailed after Pickford attacked St Virgil with a meat cleaver, because his influence is so great that his absence means a collapse is inevitable...

Is it just me, or is that exactly the same as saying 'Klopp has built a one man team and deserves no plaudits whatsoever'?

Seems to me it is

And sorry, but I don't buy that his head is falling off over his mother either. I had to get on with it at work after my parents died, and during the terrible time while they were dying of cancer. I bet other people did also. She was 81, circle of life. It is what it is. He isn't a 12 year old orphan carrying a teddy bear. He's a big boy, he declined the offer of time off, it is what it is.

He's a complete bell. Can't stand the man. Not going to be hypocritical about it.

The program / article is a classic piece written to gain clicks & hits.
When you see the words: Talksport / Darren Lewis / Daily Mirror in it - just
how serious can you begin to take it? Liverpool's paid shill that is Oliver Holt
wrote a piece in the Sunday times which, whilst shorter and more eloquent
was exactly the same. As much as I despise them, they have the media eating
out of their hands. That article is the exact reason I binned of talksport 14 months ago.
I have honestly not listened to a single word of it since. My life is much more relaxed and better
for it. It's wind up journalism (if you can call it that) presented by a bunch of washed up,
unprofessional, know nothings. Let's face it, if you were any good at your job, you wouldn't
be working at, or presenting on Talksport would you? Bin it off! I guarantee you will feel
all the better for it.

 

[Saint Domingo]

KeEp It ScOuSe

‘Keep it scouse’ , there’d be about ten people there if that was the case.

 

[PITA]

RS showing a total lack of class. No story here. Move on.

 

[catcherintherye]

KeEp It ScOuSe

Imagine having to write "keep it scouse". You know you've lost your club when you actually have to write those words.

 

[catcherintherye]

‘Keep it scouse’ , there’d be about ten people there if that was the case.

The issue is, there are a load of lunatic scumbags, who don't even really watch football who want to performatively latch onto anything to show they are not controlled by the MSM and will go and break down restrictions. Unfortunately we know we've got our share in Liverpool too. This is just perfect for them whoppers, and frankly thats who they are appealing too.

 

[catcherintherye]

The program / article is a classic piece written to gain clicks & hits.
When you see the words: Talksport / Darren Lewis / Daily Mirror in it - just
how serious can you begin to take it? Liverpool's paid shill that is Oliver Holt
wrote a piece in the Sunday times which, whilst shorter and more eloquent
was exactly the same. As much as I despise them, they have the media eating
out of their hands. That article is the exact reason I binned of talksport 14 months ago.
I have honestly not listened to a single word of it since. My life is much more relaxed and better
for it. It's wind up journalism (if you can call it that) presented by a bunch of washed up,
unprofessional, know nothings. Let's face it, if you were any good at your job, you wouldn't
be working at, or presenting on Talksport would you? Bin it off! I guarantee you will feel
all the better for it.

I sometimes like Adrian Durham, but for the most part left well alone.

Had Italian friends growing up, who always told me about the culture around Italian football. Proper honest discussion and debate. Liekwise in Spain, it's held akin to to opera and theatre.

What we get here is the Sun-ification of discussion. Just a rolling list of headlines and shock jock statements to win some inane banter war.

There was a time a few years back, that you sort of thought fan media would do better. But in many ways thats now gone worse than the TV companies. Idiots on a screen screaming at a camera about how unhappy and angry they are, in their own bedroom.

As for Liverpool and that specific piece, that they are having to put such articles out, tells you everything you need to know about where they are at though. It will always be sychophantic, like I said to you the other day, they have always been the establishment club of the British state (like Rangers North of the border). Souness, Emlyn Hughes, Keegan, Paisley were all massively in bed with Thatcher and good mates with her when they were screwing the city (and therein a lot of their fans over). That will never change, but what they are saying is now massively different,

It's gone from "greatest team thats ever played" (despite the fact it has done nothing any other side has done previously, no treble, no double, no season unbeaten, no breaking the points record set etc) to "Jurgen deserves a medal for being 6th/7th in the league". I imagine you are quite defensive of Pep, but even with your injuries last season (every bit as bad as theirs this season) had you fallen to 6th or 7th I doubt you'd have had an analysis of "he deserves a medal". It's fair enough to say that you'd want him to stay, and that overall he deserves a poor season, but again the commentary is rubbish.

I also think it's instructive of where they are at. A serious team, with serious and high expectations would not be sticking that stuff out, or allowing their mates in the media to stick it out. As a player you here that, and it just tells you that actually 6/7th is good enough, and the current run is good enough. You're essentially giving players an excuse, and footballers in the end are just humans, and if you give us an excuse it's likely we will take it.

You can see the difference between them and a serial winner Roy Keane in mindset. It's not bias from Keane, christ knows he's buried enough United players, but you can see, his expectation's are high and he wants to win, or at the very least compete to win every season. He was only partially correct with bad champions, they are going to probably be the worst champions of most of our lifetimes in how big the drop offin points and position is going to be. And no amount of Darren Lewis telling them they're great and deserve a medal is going to change it.