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

In someways it's just perfect.
They win it once in 30 years. It has a huge asterisk attached to it. They did it in an empty stadium with nobody watching and they don't get the parade they so desperately wanted. It's book ended between 2 titles for City (hopefully!) and it has effectively been forgotten already.
If Calsberg did Premiership titles...

Exactly and it's been an embarrassing defence if that's what you call it.
 

That's the difference between us and them, we don't see the need to define our supporters, based on political beliefs, religious beliefs, where we come from or anything else. You have fans who are Scouse, Wools, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Southerners, Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Muslim, Atheists, Polish, Russian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Serbian, Australian, American, Greek, even Colombians. What unites us is a loving Everton, nothing else matters.

We had this debate on here a few weeks ago, I've always viewed Everton as a North End club and Liverpool have more supporters in the South End, religion slightly intertwines we this, because areas like in the North End, that were slum clearance areas from Scotty are mainly Catholic. Yet areas like L8, Aigburth, Speke, Netherley, Belle Vale, Garston, Mossley Hill and Halewood tend to have more Protestants and tend to be infested with RS.

The most Irish Catholic areas of the city, such as Scotty, Crocky, Noggsy, Fazakerley and Canny Farm tend to be home to loads of Blues, especially Crocky. Of course it doesn't matter anyway, but their claims to have this special link to Ireland is ridiculous, considering areas like Garston, Dingle, were orange lodge areas. They don't have a community program like we do and they ruined the area they play in, turning it into a no go area after dark, with their messing about. Not to mention the nonsense about them being loyal supporters, when they have only know success for half a century.
As I resemble that remark I'll point out that its total rubbish.
As for Garston and Dingle being mainly Protestant. Isn't the whole point to march around and wind up the local Catholics.
You always get the odd one of course, but usually being a Blue (and a rs for all I know) was always Pan Denominational
 

They’re now comforting themselves with the hope climate change will see the stadium under water in the future.

I think the whole of Liverpool would have something to worry about given that Liverpool One, the Albert Dock, the Three Graces, etc would all be going underwater at the same time.
 
He's class...when he used to be fit.

But he's not exactly been fit


@catcherintherye quite a surprising €40mil fee mentioned...theyre hitting his release clause.
Nothing terrible there injury wise that a decent thorough medical wouldn't pick up on. alonsgside his undiagnosed asthma The right kind of profile player to bring in if there's a senior centre half to bed in against whilst he settles in. A lot of money for a 21 year old - but for a centre back with 2 knees that's what you pay as Red Bull never sell cheap.
 
They’re now comforting themselves with the hope climate change will see the stadium under water in the future.

I think the whole of Liverpool would have something to worry about given that Liverpool One, the Albert Dock, the Three Graces, etc would all be going underwater at the same time.

They have to get to grips with the fact that the Liver Birds are blue and therefore would never fly away and risk our stadium being under water.
 
He's class...when he used to be fit.

But he's not exactly been fit


@catcherintherye quite a surprising €40mil fee mentioned...theyre hitting his release clause.

An interesting signing for them, and if you discount price probably a good one. I was quite critical of Davies and to a degree Kabak (Davies hasn't played which has born that out).

It feels more like FSG going back to core principles, buying younger players who they feel for whatever reason have lost appeal to the market. I see a lot of sense in that for them. Almost a reset and start again for them, and look to identify players for 2-3-4 years down the line.

The only cautionary notes would be, he's really fallen quite a way behind Upemecanno over the last couple of years, and perhaps allied to this, he has had a string of fairly serious injuries I believe he's only played about 15 league games over the last 2 years.

I would imagine they really wanted Upemecanno who looks likely to go to Bayern, Kouliably (who I also think will end up at Bayern) but for whatever reason they are not in the picture for either of those so have moved for plan B. So there's a realism of where they are at, but looks quite decisive once that has sunk in.

The fee does seem large to me. Depending on what exchange you use, around 35m. Leipzig will have a sell on attached in their too. And whenever you buy from the RB Franchise there are generally lots of additional fees on top (you essentially have to siort out the agents/players demands etc) partly due to the lower release clauses. Cautiously it depends to be around 50% on top of the book price, but in transfers like Haaland went over the 100% mark (ie the real fee was well over double the advertised amount). I think thats what led them to move on from Werner last summer who's fee would have been a lot higher for Chelsea. You also have to factor in, you have to pay most/all up front.

In terms of the wider point, it seems to suggest that FSG feel that either the market prices will not decline, they feel that younger players value will hold better than older players, or they have just made a mistake. I'm not sure I would be spending £35m on Konate if I felt a 30% decline in prices was coming, as I don't think he's anything like a 45m player.
 
They’re now comforting themselves with the hope climate change will see the stadium under water in the future.

I think the whole of Liverpool would have something to worry about given that Liverpool One, the Albert Dock, the Three Graces, etc would all be going underwater at the same time.

I mean the fact they are cheering on climate change, which would basically destroy the entire City financially and probably do enormous adverse damage to their football club as well in the process, purely because it it would cause harm to us is just indicative of the sort of petty minded stupidity they have become synonymous with.

Why are they so weird? Who honestly wants climate chnage to destroy the City their clubs based in?
 

In someways it's just perfect.
They win it once in 30 years. It has a huge asterisk attached to it. They did it in an empty stadium with nobody watching and they don't get the parade they so desperately wanted. It's book ended between 2 titles for City (hopefully!) and it has effectively been forgotten already.
If Carlsberg did Premiership titles...
Impossible I've seen the celebrations all the players and manager were waving to fans all round the stadium some were taking selfies of that magical night, unless you are telling me it was all a sham and they staged the most pathetic embarrassing cringeworthy staged managed celebration in history.
 
Impossible I've seen the celebrations all the players and manager were waving to fans all round the stadium some were taking selfies of that magical night, unless you are telling me it was all a sham and they staged the most pathetic embarrassing cringeworthy staged managed celebration in history.
Next you'll be saying that Hendo didn't need to be wearing full kit (including shinpads) as he wasn't playing that night ...
 

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