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

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davek said:
Liverpool really need to take the white bed sheets and pillow case off, clear their throats and say sorry.

Maybe Moneyball-bollocks John Henry will deliver the necessary apology this week when he comes over for his little glory trip at Wembley?
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Unless someone is threatening to take money away from them they will NEVER apologise. Lines have been drawn under it, the club has moved on, Suarez has scored again.............
 
davek said:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/20/liverpool-luis-suarez-anti-racism

National black and civil rights organisations accuse Liverpool FC of continuing 'to incite racial intolerance' and call on them to fully apologise over the actions of their Klansman, manager and players.

Oh dear...............

"LFC actions, in vehemently rejecting the findings of the FA inquiry, their public displays of support for a player found guilty of racist abuse and his subsequent refusal to shake the hand of Evra at a recent game is completely unacceptable. These actions we believe could be considered as inciting racial intolerance. Whilst the subsequent apologies for the failure to engage with the traditions of a pre-game 'hand shake' are to be welcomed, there remains deep concern about LFC's absolute refusal to accept the findings of the FA's investigation. As such these apologies fail to meet the test of genuine remorse and understanding. This is further negated by LFC's failure to apologise for racism either through the club or Suárez.
"Neither have LFC recognised or acknowledged the consequent damage to race relations resulting from their actions and recognised by many people of all races across the country. As a result efforts to combat racism in football and the wider society in general have been critically undermined. Compounding these serious errors is the failures of Liverpool's civic leaders, many of whom have remained silent on these critical issues and have failed to publicly condemn LFC's decision not to robustly and effectively challenge racism.,,,,
The club failed the city, the nation as a whole and in particular Britain's black communities. Their abysmal lack of leadership on this issue has given a green light to racism. They must make urgent repetitions and make a clear and unequivocal apology.""
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Can only think that any of their supporters from ethnic minorities will desert them if they continue to dig their heels in...
and it will certainly put off any potential new ones....hopefully they will pledge their allegiance to us instead.
 
EFCNIK said:
Cardiff. We all know decent reds at least.

Cardiff can **** off.
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It will make the south even more intolerable than it is now, but that is less annoying than having to listen to the whole Kenny is ace / league next year / better than Barcelona / five times refrain that will be heard when that lot win.
 
My fave quote from the 'Daily Mail' link above:

"Suarez never thinks he's doing anything wrong...must be why he's settled in at Liverpool so well."

Yep, he's "one of our own" all right.
 
Maybe Suarez will take the microphone before the game, personally apologise to United's supporters, and kiss Patrice Evra's right buttock in the middle of the pitch in front of all of them by way of an apology.

Something like this:

[video=youtube;EAQU5Y-f-d8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAQU5Y-f-d8[/video]
 
They wish to move on from the affair and draw a line under it all, the punishment has been served and they wish to put it all behind them.

I'm sure they do, but unfortunately that's not how it works in life as sinners are always reminded of their sins.

I'm sure their jovial support will have reminded German supporters of incidents from the war, a 'they bombed are chippy' banner springs to mind.
They constantly point out that they have been victorious against teams in days gone by.
They repeatedly bring up their History and celebrate it, so it is they who choose to pull stuff from the vaults, but it seems that in those vaults is a box with a big lock where they can selectively place the stuff that brings shame upon them.

Half-Hearted apologies that don't address the actual problem or show remorse to the victim (only covering their own backside because we can all see their hoop) aren't worth the time required to listen to, and in no way 'make things right again.

just imagine... The S** decide to apologise for what they did, would the supporters collectively say "well, better late than never, cancel my usual newsagent I would like The S** from now on please."


The irony of it all is that had they done the right thing in the first place then it is quite possible that everyone would have moved on, "sorry Patrice lad, it's a word that isn't quite so offensive in Uruguay but I now understand that it is here and in France, and I apologise for offending you, now lets go and get a scran somewhere."
They chose not to do that though and made the whole affair far worse, and thus deservedly setting themselves up for criticism, any attempts to apologise after that are futile (although still should be made) as the whole world can see through them.

They should be reminded of what they are at every opportunity by everyone and not allowed to sweep this aside.
 
Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
They wish to move on from the affair and draw a line under it all, the punishment has been served and they wish to put it all behind them.

I'm sure they do, but unfortunately that's not how it works in life as sinners are always reminded of their sins.

I'm sure their jovial support will have reminded German supporters of incidents from the war, a 'they bombed are chippy' banner springs to mind.
They constantly point out that they have been victorious against teams in days gone by.
They repeatedly bring up their History and celebrate it, so it is they who choose to pull stuff from the vaults, but it seems that in those vaults is a box with a big lock where they can selectively place the stuff that brings shame upon them.

Half-Hearted apologies that don't address the actual problem or show remorse to the victim (only covering their own backside because we can all see their hoop) aren't worth the time required to listen to, and in no way 'make things right again.

just imagine... The S** decide to apologise for what they did, would the supporters collectively say "well, better late than never, cancel my usual newsagent I would like The S** from now on please."


The irony of it all is that had they done the right thing in the first place then it is quite possible that everyone would have moved on, "sorry Patrice lad, it's a word that isn't quite so offensive in Uruguay but I now understand that it is here and in France, and I apologise for offending you, now lets go and get a scran somewhere."
They chose not to do that though and made the whole affair far worse, and thus deservedly setting themselves up for criticism, any attempts to apologise after that are futile (although still should be made) as the whole world can see through them.

They should be reminded of what they are at every opportunity by everyone and not allowed to sweep this aside.
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Spot on
 
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