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

[Mutzo Nutzo]

It’s not attributed to his post at all, it’s every post you make. If I’m wrong I apologise.. but that’s my opinion.

He's a kopite - the mask has slipped on a number of occasions.

 

[ste d' indica]

Yep & while I see your point, ultimately the blood is on the hands of that absolute spoofer, who was running around that week saying everything is fine & shaking hands with people in hospitals.

I dont disagree there should have been more action from Liverpool, but all anger needs to be focused on the tories, their ability to divert & distract is frightening.

Irresponsible actions shouldn't be forgotten either in the correct assignment of the majority of blame.

Not to mention LFC fans now blaming everybody else.

 

[Kurt.]

Yep & while I see your point, ultimately the blood is on the hands of that absolute spoofer, who was running around that week saying everything is fine & shaking hands with people in hospitals.

I dont disagree there should have been more action from Liverpool, but all anger needs to be focused on the tories, their ability to divert & distract is frightening.

As is yours it would seem

 

[nikom court]

The government are the blame here, they should have stopped it & made the call, which obviously in hindsight was Bananas. I'm all for blame on this one & there is literally blood on hands, but that blame lies at the hands of Boris and co who wanted to down play everything at the time. Their inaction led to the excess deaths of thousands.

One scary thing to remember about that week is as of the Friday morning, the weekend PL fixtures were going ahead until Arteta had contracted the virus from the greek team.

im suprised you havent mentioned jordan pickford there lol

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

Governments inaction to blame, not UEFA, them or the horseracing authority.

Sorry mate UEFA can’t be absolved of any blame that easy, they knew the situation, they knew what was happening in Madrid they are a massive organisation with access to all the information they needed to cancel that game same with Cheltenham. It’s true the government should’ve stepped in and done something, but UEFA can’t be let of the hook that ease.

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

Its not a decision on a global pandemic, its a decision on the safety of their fans, players and city. IIRC Everton did just that a few days later.

I dont believe you do, from memory; arteta contracted covid on the Thursday night & the PL announced the fixtures abandoned late on the friday afternoon, I dont think any club made an independant decision

Didn’t Everton send all the training staff home from FF earlier in the week over fears about the virus could be wrong but there’s something in the fogs of my brain seems to remember this.

 

[number4.]

Sorry mate UEFA can’t be absolved of any blame that easy, they knew the situation, they knew what was happening in Madrid they are a massive organisation with access to all the information they needed to cancel that game same with Cheltenham. It’s true the government should’ve stepped in and done something, but UEFA can’t be let of the hook that ease.

it's not about absolution, but the ultimate blame lies with Boris and his mates, who were shuffling paper pretending everything was fine

 

[ste d' indica]

Didn’t Everton send all the training staff home from FF earlier in the week over fears about the virus could be wrong but there’s something in the fogs of my brain seems to remember this.

Yep:

Everton players and staff in self-isolation as Premier League crisis grows

An unnamed player 'reported symptoms consistent with coronavirus'.

metro.co.uk

The game was off before the PL made any formal decision.

 

[Brisan123]

Every post you make is a thinly veined defence of them ... I just find it oddly strange

I’m waiting for the @kieran moment
It’ll come , just a matter when

 

[mahermi1]

There is no apology whatsoever there - every question raised in Nikom's excellent post should be answered; but no decision on a global pandemic should have been left to a football club. Governments inaction to blame, not UEFA, them or the horseracing authority.

C'mon fella, the club could have put a complaint in beforehand, they knew the score, everyone did. But no, they were quite happy to have the advantage of fans, for one of those" great nights at Anfield", you know the ones, where the crowd suck the goals in. On the other hand, just maybe the crowd revenue, was just a bit too much to turn down, profit over people was the Liverpool answer.

 

[mahermi1]

Irresponsible actions shouldn't be forgotten either in the correct assignment of the majority of blame.

Not to mention LFC fans now blaming everybody else.

It's never their fault Ste..

 

[Marius57]

I hate the government as much as the next person, and believe they have handled the pandemic extremely badly. And yes, they should have stepped in, as should uefa, as should LFC as a club.

But, all of those Liverpool fans, chose to go to the game, despite the fact the media was awash with the dangers. People aren't excused idiotic choices just because they weren't instructed exactly what to do. They have free will and regardless of what the government have advised, doesn't take away that they made a choice to risk their health and well being.

Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should when all the dangers are well known about.

 

[PITA]

C'mon fella, the club could have put a complaint in beforehand, they knew the score, everyone did. But no, they were quite happy to have the advantage of fans, for one of those" great nights at Anfield", you know the ones, where the crowd suck the goals in. On the other hand, just maybe the crowd revenue, was just a bit too much to turn down, profit over people was the Liverpool answer.

Obviously they were just making sure that they had enough to avoid having to use the furlough scheme.

 

[Yarrgh]

I’m waiting for the @kieran moment
It’ll come , just a matter when

The hunt is a foot.

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

There is no apology whatsoever there - every question raised in Nikom's excellent post should be answered; but no decision on a global pandemic should have been left to a football club. Governments inaction to blame, not UEFA, them or the horseracing authority.

The club could of took a stand and said we won't allow Athletico fans into the ground seems as they're not allowed in their own stadium back in Madrid, it was well known that we was two weeks behind the likes of Spain and Italy and your right that the Government and mayor Joe should have done more, but the club definitely could have made a point and put it's fans and people from the city first and said they arnt allowed so don't bother coming, but typicall RS wanted the crowd in for a last ditch attempt to stay in CL plus didn't want to lose any money