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

[ste d' indica]

I don't watch their games but whenever I see highlights they seem to get at least 1 or 2 major decisions in their favour each game. How did Fabinho stay on the pitch there?

Some officials just flat out favour them, others feel the need to keep the narrative going, all of them are terrified of backlash from their lunatic fans - in the ground, online, Tesco on a Sunday. Thy see Klopp and the players raging at the officials and think its acceptable behaviour.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Michael Oliver and VAR particularly biased as usual yesterday, it must be said.

Fabinho with two very clear yellow card offences in the first half. Kane had a word with the referee after his third offence in the second half, and God only knows what Oliver said to fob him off but at that stage he still hadn't even as much as given a warning to him.

After his fourth or fifth foul he finally gets booked for a forearm smash on Son, for which VAR didn't even bother to look if the yellow was too lenient.

For most teams he's sent off after three fouls, and without those fouls that elbow gets either a straight red or upgraded to a red with VAR intervention.

Of course Liverpool and their ever-present squad cannot be allowed any disruption towards their quadruple.

To think Allan got a straight red and three game ban for a professional but not at all dangerous tackle, Richarlison the same a couple of years back for literally moving his head in the direction of another player without touching him, and who was it that got made an example of and was the first and only player in Premier League history to be sent off for diving/exaggerating contact in the area for us?

Another thing I noticed yesterday (only because the referee did it to Gordon recently) was them constantly be allowed to take corners with the ball outside of the triangle. I'm not sure which game it was for us but recall the referee waltzing over and making a big deal about moving the ball literally about 2mm back onto the line, yet Arnold was constantly taking it about 1cm offside and nothing was done.

It's these marginally decisions, along with the 50/50s or decisions where the referee genuinely has no idea (say for a throw or if it might have deflected wide/over) and just decides to give the ball to Liverpool, that will win them countless points over the season.

Add to that the failure to correctly discipline the likes of Thiago and Fabinho, yet harshly discipline opposing players, and it's pretty obvious to understand why they feel they are above the rules.

 

[Yarrgh]

Sniff it mutants. What are you gonna do with all them banners youve been making in your ma's box room?

I would guess they'll use them to clean up the masturbatory emissions after their mother's underwear become too crusty to use.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

“Laugh at them all you want but we’d kill to be in their position right now while we are in a relegation battle after spending £500 million. And what have we got to show for it? I hate Klopp with a passion but what I’d give to have him and be ‘another’ European final. We need to focus on ourselves no wonder we haven’t won anything for 27 years. I expect to be called a Kopite now but I’m just realistic and care more more about Everton”

Come on where are you ye lizzards?

I don't think you're a kopite. However, if you think the fact that we laugh at their (relative) miseries has anything to do with us not winning stuff for 27 years, you're seriously mistaken. Not realistic at all.

 

[DualityNSNO]

I don't think you're a kopite. However, if you think the fact that we laugh at their (relative) miseries has anything to do with us not winning stuff for 27 years, you're seriously mistaken. Not realistic at all.

Don't think that's what the lad is implying at all - we do need to take a look at ourselves as we're a shambles and, despite the fact I've kept getting hate for saying this in the past, we're not this massive club we were (or we think we are), haven't been in ages.

I know everyone's about to lose their heads over this one as it is 'controversial', but honestly we're not - we've won nothing, anything we've gotten the chance to win - we've bottled every time to massively weaker teams, we've spent poorly; we're the only ones who keep saying we're big and good basically, even without the relegation fight currently. Our biggest European achievement in forever is signing Carlo Ancelotti for a year, who INSTANTLY bailed as soon as the Madrid (REAL MADRID BTW) job was open.

It's not the 80s. No one in the present day cares about how big we were back then, honestly. Ask anyone on the street. Call it short term memory or whatever you want, but "short term memory" can't apply to stuff that's over 25 years old ffs.

You can laugh at "bandwagon" fans and "current generations" and whatever the hell, but these people are absolutely justified - a lot of those are fans of at least moderately successful teams, just like some of the older posters on here became fans of Everton because of our success back then.

At least some of you've seen us win stuff lads, us younger folk have only seen bottling and pain lol






At least there's no neg rep anymore, waiting for the barrage of middle fingers instead lol

 

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

I see Wheezychest FC dropped points last night.
The cult must be heartbroken at losing a grip on one of the four trophies they might win.
However, if Satan is on duty today, and I know he/she usually takes Sunday off, the Geordie cavemen will sneak a last minute winner at Citeh.

"And I guess that's why they call it the blues."

 

[mahermi1]

Michael Oliver and VAR particularly biased as usual yesterday, it must be said.

Fabinho with two very clear yellow card offences in the first half. Kane had a word with the referee after his third offence in the second half, and God only knows what Oliver said to fob him off but at that stage he still hadn't even as much as given a warning to him.

After his fourth or fifth foul he finally gets booked for a forearm smash on Son, for which VAR didn't even bother to look if the yellow was too lenient.

For most teams he's sent off after three fouls, and without those fouls that elbow gets either a straight red or upgraded to a red with VAR intervention.

Of course Liverpool and their ever-present squad cannot be allowed any disruption towards their quadruple.

To think Allan got a straight red and three game ban for a professional but not at all dangerous tackle, Richarlison the same a couple of years back for literally moving his head in the direction of another player without touching him, and who was it that got made an example of and was the first and only player in Premier League history to be sent off for diving/exaggerating contact in the area for us?

Another thing I noticed yesterday (only because the referee did it to Gordon recently) was them constantly be allowed to take corners with the ball outside of the triangle. I'm not sure which game it was for us but recall the referee waltzing over and making a big deal about moving the ball literally about 2mm back onto the line, yet Arnold was constantly taking it about 1cm offside and nothing was done.

It's these marginally decisions, along with the 50/50s or decisions where the referee genuinely has no idea (say for a throw or if it might have deflected wide/over) and just decides to give the ball to Liverpool, that will win them countless points over the season.

Add to that the failure to correctly discipline the likes of Thiago and Fabinho, yet harshly discipline opposing players, and it's pretty obvious to understand why they feel they are above the rules.

And yet their fans constantly complain they are never given a fair deal, realised how it's all about the narrative, because if you hear lies often enough it becomes the truth, how long did Trump get away with it.

 

[PhilM]

One thing I've noticed is that Liverpool fans always tend to value winning the CL over the league whereas City fans value the league over the CL, with some of them booing the CL anthem. Why is this the case? Is it more to do with the political leanings of these clubs? Liverpool probably have more leftist remainers as their supporters and City have more brexiteer fans, but I'm not very sure.

 

[mahermi1]

I see Wheezychest FC dropped points last night.
The cult must be heartbroken at losing a grip on one of the four trophies they might win.
However, if Satan is on duty today, and I know he/she usually takes Sunday off, the Geordie cavemen will sneak a last minute winner at Citeh.

"And I guess that's why they call it the blues."

Can just see Newcastle doing it to, nothing at all to play for, a superhuman effort to help their kopite mates.

 

[blueconverse]

Oliver is a proper little worm isn't he

 

[mahermi1]

Any explanation for it?

Not yet no, but rest assured I'm working on it.

 

[NathDogg]

Oliver is a proper little worm isn't he

Odious little turd was doing his best to hand them the points last night - some terrible decisions.

 

[mahermi1]

I don't watch their games but whenever I see highlights they seem to get at least 1 or 2 major decisions in their favour each game. How did Fabinho stay on the pitch there?

Was that even mentioned on motd ? I very much doubt it, or if it was it was glossed over, media outlets seem terrified to upset them and are absolutely dying for a City slip up. Didn't see all of their match but I noticed Spurs missed chances that they normally bury and of course Liverpool's goal was a big deflection.

 

[Saint Domingo]

The refereeing was once again disgraceful but the bias has become so ingrained that most people just shrug their shoulders about it.

The title race would have been over months ago with any sort of event refereeing. They don’t get 4 points out of us and Spurs if rules of football are followed. If they’d have got a winner in those five minutes of added time it would have been a direct result of refereeing bias.

Fouling players on the break deliberately is a yellow card (unless you’re an Everton player to receive the only straight red in the history of football for that transgression). Intentional forearm smashes to the face are red cards. Stamps with the studs up can be red but at least a yellow. These are just the basic rules of the game yet for that lot they’re out the window.

Mane and Fabinho could have received a red card each in each of their last three games! Yet not only are they not given, but barely any foil is ever blown up against them so they can just keep the pressure up on the opposition with both sides knowing the ref won’t blow for anything. Then the five minutes of injury time, do we just keep playing until they get a winner?

It absolutely stinks and for once it was good that Liverpool were too poor to take advantage of it but it’s becoming it increasingly clear this season that it’s one rule for them and one rule for the other 19 teams.

Swap Allan and Richarlison for Fabinho and Mane and see what would have happened these past few games. Well they’d have both beens evening three match vans from the first one but the media would probably want Richarlison in jail for an eye gouge, a two footed lunge at a goal keeper, and an elbow smash to the face. Allan would probably be banned for the season for multiple yellow card tackles.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

“Laugh at them all you want but we’d kill to be in their position right now while we are in a relegation battle after spending £500 million. And what have we got to show for it? I hate Klopp with a passion but what I’d give to have him and be ‘another’ European final. We need to focus on ourselves no wonder we haven’t won anything for 27 years. I expect to be called a Kopite now but I’m just realistic and care more more about Everton”

Come on where are you ye lizzards?

There are about 42,000 threads of us beating ourselves up and analysing where its all gone wrong.

This one is for laughing at them and how weird they are.