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

[magicjuan]

Their ex employees in the media along with Mr Suarez's antics have sufficiently patronised "der neutrals" into disliking them more than any champions of the last twenty years.

...spot on there Chico. They let the mask slip, and what 'der neutrals' saw, they didn't like

I firmly believe the introduction of the Hillsborough anniversary turned off a lot of external support. At first, to them, it was 'wouldn't that be nice', but just a small moment of consideration and it all appears wrong, squirmish, awkward. Have they now failed the memory?
It was a crass thing to do, the meeja jumped on it, fuelling 'der dream', and I personally felt a bit repulsed by it. For 25 years Hillsborough families have acted with probity, passion and conviction, everything was above football. Rightly so. I wondered how they felt when it was connected in this manner?
Maybe I missed the point but the connection, to me, was wholly inappropriate. I believe a lot of others felt the same.

 

[Guest89]

I don't recall a situation where so much pleasure was expressed by so many people at so many different football clubs at the demise of an underdog. Let's face it, under normal circumstances we all want the underdog to do well.

Liverpool, this is what your arrogance, your cheating and diving, biting, ignorance and smugness gets you.

How does it feel to be the least liked club in the league?

I remember back in about March I think, one of the journo did a column of why the country should want Liverpool to win the leage. And one of the reasons was it'd be good for England's chances in the World Cup, as Liverpool were likely to contribute the most players to the squad (which was correct).

However, I personally disagree. I think a country being united behind a common feel good factor is far better for the country going into a World Cup. And I agree with the above, I can't think of a season where so many other sets of fans have taken so much joy in a club failing at winning the league when they came so close. After the Chelsea and Crystal Palace games, came the biggest collective agreement I think I've ever seen on twitter.

 

[bizzaro]

I literally cannot stop filling my pants every time I stop to think how it all come tumbling down for them.

Normally I'd want them nowhere near a title place as the sweat on would be unbearable, and at times it did seem that way. I do however think the end was worth it as they flunked it in tremendous fashion. Every single one of them is utterly gutted right now, it's one of nature's great events.

What made it worse for them was believing their own hype and acting like they won it - see the t-shirts on sale like utter balloons and yet none of them pulled up those selling those t-shirts. They condoned it as part of the make us believe cringe they invested in.

Not one bit of class was shown. It wasn't about them winning it, it was going to be about how much they were about to get to gloat. See Luis Garcia rolled out at Anfield before the Chelsea game as one of many examples.

In the end it was a Holy Trinity of events that wrecked the whole thing for them:

1 - Steven Gerrard's slip which will be the ever lasting image of his failure to life the trophy they and him wanted the most. After making sure the camera heard his especially designed "don't let it slip" moment in the huddle when they won the title by beating City at home. They threw it away in the next home game by Gerrard slipping. Karma how could I ever doubt you?

2 - Jose Mourinho pulling their pants down. They hate him for some reason and antagonised him in the build up the game. Mourinho played an injury hit team beautifully and showed them how it's done when it comes to the crunch. He then fist pumped the winner in their faces and tremendously rubbed it in with circus comments going down the tunnel. He plays them like a boss vintage violin, and let there ever be no mistake that he detests them as deeply as we do. Mourinho gets it, a man of good judgement.

3 - Crystanbul. Is it out on DVD yet? For the past nine years we've had to endure continual referencing, bumper stickers and even plays about them drawing a Champions League final and having to win it on penalties. Coming from three back was upgraded to a "Miracle". So then the Miracle Of Selhurst Park happened and that title they'd been dreaming over was gone for good.

Town was jam packed full of hotel reservations for the weekend just gone. It was meant to be St Stevie's coronation. Instead they were left to try and put on a brave face and seek for some fallen pride to make themselves feel good about their pathetic out of town lives.

It's a boss end to an all round good season. Everton look like they're on the up and they just blew their best chance of a title for a generation leaving their heroic captain like an incomplete jigsaw soon to be forgotten on a shelf.

Their ex employees in the media along with Mr Suarez's antics have sufficiently patronised "der neutrals" into disliking them more than any champions of the last twenty years.

Their defiant words this week don't even begin to mask the broken hearts and self loathing.

It's ace.

Maybe a change of pants mate?

They're fuming and reacting to little things right now its ace as you say.

 

[royalblue66]

Went in the local on Sunday night, a few Kopites by the bar and the looks I got when I reminded the Landlord that MOTD was on, so sweet, end of a wonderful Season if only the sewer rat could have been given a red in the last game that would have been the icing on the cake but I am still very happy,thank you Lord thank you.

 

[ScouseBlueBoy]

If it was 'meet and right' for Libervomit to be Champions because of Hillsborough, then surely it was 'meet and right' for Juventus to have won the European Cup, when it was eventually played?

 

[Tubey]

Trying to make emotional capital out of Hillsborough in relation to actual football on a pitch is just about the most disgusting thing that shower of filth have ever done.

Despicable. Legit makes my stomach turn.

 

[davek]

I literally cannot stop filling my pants every time I stop to think how it all come tumbling down for them.

Normally I'd want them nowhere near a title place as the sweat on would be unbearable, and at times it did seem that way. I do however think the end was worth it as they flunked it in tremendous fashion. Every single one of them is utterly gutted right now, it's one of nature's great events.

What made it worse for them was believing their own hype and acting like they won it - see the t-shirts on sale like utter balloons and yet none of them pulled up those selling those t-shirts. They condoned it as part of the make us believe cringe they invested in.

Not one bit of class was shown. It wasn't about them winning it, it was going to be about how much they were about to get to gloat. See Luis Garcia rolled out at Anfield before the Chelsea game as one of many examples.

In the end it was a Holy Trinity of events that wrecked the whole thing for them:

1 - Steven Gerrard's slip which will be the ever lasting image of his failure to life the trophy they and him wanted the most. After making sure the camera heard his especially designed "don't let it slip" moment in the huddle when they won the title by beating City at home. They threw it away in the next home game by Gerrard slipping. Karma how could I ever doubt you?

2 - Jose Mourinho pulling their pants down. They hate him for some reason and antagonised him in the build up the game. Mourinho played an injury hit team beautifully and showed them how it's done when it comes to the crunch. He then fist pumped the winner in their faces and tremendously rubbed it in with circus comments going down the tunnel. He plays them like a boss vintage violin, and let there ever be no mistake that he detests them as deeply as we do. Mourinho gets it, a man of good judgement.

3 - Crystanbul. Is it out on DVD yet? For the past nine years we've had to endure continual referencing, bumper stickers and even plays about them drawing a Champions League final and having to win it on penalties. Coming from three back was upgraded to a "Miracle". So then the Miracle Of Selhurst Park happened and that title they'd been dreaming over was gone for good.

Town was jam packed full of hotel reservations for the weekend just gone. It was meant to be St Stevie's coronation. Instead they were left to try and put on a brave face and seek for some fallen pride to make themselves feel good about their pathetic out of town lives.

It's a boss end to an all round good season. Everton look like they're on the up and they just blew their best chance of a title for a generation leaving their heroic captain like an incomplete jigsaw soon to be forgotten on a shelf.

Their ex employees in the media along with Mr Suarez's antics have sufficiently patronised "der neutrals" into disliking them more than any champions of the last twenty years.

Their defiant words this week don't even begin to mask the broken hearts and self loathing.

It's ace.

Fantastic post.

Sums up everything about that run in and it's consequences: Istanbul forever linked now with Crystanbul; Gerrard forever linked with a pathetic personal failure rather than a glorious lifting of the EC; the pro-Kopite media's hubris pushed right down its stupid face.

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. A harsh and pitiless outcome that will scar them for years to come.

What was most noteworthy for me was way the Kopites used every ounce of propaganda they could squeeze out of any issue (and indecently at times, as we know). They thought that the way they'd steamrollered the media in the past few years concerning various boycotts and vendettas against owners could be applied successfully here and they'd simply force their team over the line by influencing anyone and everything connected to their games. I must admit I thought they had the ball rolling in that direction too. The fact that they were ultimately powerless to influence anything is a massive kick in the bollocks for them. In fact, now it's even sinking in that it had the reverse effect of heaping a ton of pressure on their own team and probably freaked them out so much they froze at the crucial moment.

Whatever way you look at it, it's as sweet as a nut.

 

[jaycee]

I'm not over this "celebrating" in the city centre last night. What the hell is that all about?

Although it's not surprising, I know all the hotels in town have been fully booked out with Norwegians since The Huddle.

it was actually a protest march against those nasty oil barons buying the title, they all walked home

 

[hullefc]

Coates is included in the Uruguayan and was lent out by Rodgers in January. Bad management by Rodgers to lend out a defender when they had such a small squad. I wonder if Coates could have stopped Crustanbul? LFC definitely are 'all fur coat and no knickers'.

 

[Fuleco]

Coates is included in the Uruguayan and was lent out by Rodgers in January. Bad management by Rodgers to lend out a defender when they had such a small squad. I wonder if Coates could have stopped Crustanbul? LFC definitely are 'all fur coat and no knickers'.

Think it just means Uruguay don't have any decent defenders to be honest.

 

[CrabbyPaddy]

Coates is included in the Uruguayan and was lent out by Rodgers in January. Bad management by Rodgers to lend out a defender when they had such a small squad. I wonder if Coates could have stopped Crustanbul? LFC definitely are 'all fur coat and no knickers'.

I agree. Don't rate Coates very highly but there is no way he is worse than Skrtel and Sakho.

Rodgers is clueless when it comes to defenders. I think the only real reason he played Sakho so much was due to the fee he paid for him, as it wouldn't fit their supposed 'shoestring' media image if they have a defender worth in excess of 18 million sitting on the bench. He dropped him the first chance he got against Newcastle (when the league was all but over), even though he'd barely played this season through injury.

Bit him on the arse in the end.

 

[Boxcar Ira]

Sounds like it's a City fan. Regardless, such sensible discourse will not be welcomed on RAWK

"You do not speak against the Cult. All independent thought must be exterminated."
5 times, YAWN, etc.

 

[Piijt]

I literally cannot stop filling my pants every time I stop to think how it all come tumbling down for them.

Normally I'd want them nowhere near a title place as the sweat on would be unbearable, and at times it did seem that way. I do however think the end was worth it as they flunked it in tremendous fashion. Every single one of them is utterly gutted right now, it's one of nature's great events.

What made it worse for them was believing their own hype and acting like they won it - see the t-shirts on sale like utter balloons and yet none of them pulled up those selling those t-shirts. They condoned it as part of the make us believe cringe they invested in.

Not one bit of class was shown. It wasn't about them winning it, it was going to be about how much they were about to get to gloat. See Luis Garcia rolled out at Anfield before the Chelsea game as one of many examples.

In the end it was a Holy Trinity of events that wrecked the whole thing for them:

1 - Steven Gerrard's slip which will be the ever lasting image of his failure to life the trophy they and him wanted the most. After making sure the camera heard his especially designed "don't let it slip" moment in the huddle when they won the title by beating City at home. They threw it away in the next home game by Gerrard slipping. Karma how could I ever doubt you?

2 - Jose Mourinho pulling their pants down. They hate him for some reason and antagonised him in the build up the game. Mourinho played an injury hit team beautifully and showed them how it's done when it comes to the crunch. He then fist pumped the winner in their faces and tremendously rubbed it in with circus comments going down the tunnel. He plays them like a boss vintage violin, and let there ever be no mistake that he detests them as deeply as we do. Mourinho gets it, a man of good judgement.

3 - Crystanbul. Is it out on DVD yet? For the past nine years we've had to endure continual referencing, bumper stickers and even plays about them drawing a Champions League final and having to win it on penalties. Coming from three back was upgraded to a "Miracle". So then the Miracle Of Selhurst Park happened and that title they'd been dreaming over was gone for good.

Town was jam packed full of hotel reservations for the weekend just gone. It was meant to be St Stevie's coronation. Instead they were left to try and put on a brave face and seek for some fallen pride to make themselves feel good about their pathetic out of town lives.

It's a boss end to an all round good season. Everton look like they're on the up and they just blew their best chance of a title for a generation leaving their heroic captain like an incomplete jigsaw soon to be forgotten on a shelf.

Their ex employees in the media along with Mr Suarez's antics have sufficiently patronised "der neutrals" into disliking them more than any champions of the last twenty years.

Their defiant words this week don't even begin to mask the broken hearts and self loathing.

It's ace.

 

[deipnosophist]

I don't recall a situation where so much pleasure was expressed by so many people at so many different football clubs at the demise of an underdog. Let's face it, under normal circumstances we all want the underdog to do well.

Liverpool, this is what your arrogance, your cheating and diving, biting, ignorance and smugness gets you.

How does it feel to be the least liked club in the league?

They exposed themselves : their personally autographed picture of Dorian Gray was revealed.
12,000 miles away, I am insulated from 'ground zero Merseyside'. Hence, 3 weeks ago, I accepted with ungrudging insouciance and mild ambivalence, them winning the title. But in their non-salubrious Nuremberg-rallyish fervour, their Jonestown-like cultism (aided and abetted by a sycophantic ,fawning media), did they undo themselves. They were exposed.
Toward humility, toward non-hysterical celebration, toward respectful appreciations....they have learned... NOTHING.
...it's sad really

 

[Ozdec]

Fantastic post.

Sums up everything about that run in and it's consequences: Istanbul forever linked now with Crystanbul; Gerrard forever linked with a pathetic personal failure rather than a glorious lifting of the EC; the pro-Kopite media's hubris pushed right down its stupid face.

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. A harsh and pitiless outcome that will scar them for years to come.

What was most noteworthy for me was way the Kopites used every ounce of propaganda they could squeeze out of any issue (and indecently at times, as we know). They thought that the way they'd steamrollered the media in the past few years concerning various boycotts and vendettas against owners could be applied successfully here and they'd simply force their team over the line by influencing anyone and everything connected to their games. I must admit I thought they had the ball rolling in that direction too. The fact that they were ultimately powerless to influence anything is a massive kick in the bollocks for them. In fact, now it's even sinking in that it had the reverse effect of heaping a ton of pressure on their own team and probably freaked them out so much they froze at the crucial moment.

Whatever way you look at it, it's as sweet as a nut.

They will think that they didn't show their support enough though - There will be a collective belief that they let the team down and needed to try harder.