That's a RAWK Roundtable of a post!
I have to agree: that full "Liverpool Football Club" title they give themselves is laughably pathetic. They're like some hopelessly dated minor European royal puffing out their chest giving it the full "I am Prince von Wangleburger of Hohenzollern-Mecklenburg".
No one cares about their self important full title. To everyone else they're just 'that club' - forever mired in controversy.
They just strike me as the attention seeking kid in school, or the one in the friendship group that is affected.
What's interesting is the collective DNA forces them to behave in such a way. Jesus we've all had disappointment as fans, losing the semi final to them was just pitiful. Indeed we can all have a bit of a laugh, or moan or cry about it now. Where it differs is that they think it is a world changing event that they need to share with everyone else. Anybody who doesn't share this vision is then hounded out.
I said it's a cult, but it has more in common with a Ghetto. The inward looking theatrical nature of them allows for such comical mistakes as the continued Suarez debacle. It's not just they are complete idiots, but that they exist in this paranoid parallel universe where the world exists to undermine them.
It's a comical mixture of grandular fever and paranoia that exists normally in individuals who are sectioned for being neurotic, but has become normalised behaviour for them. That is the only way you can explain away the idea that Alex Fergusan was taken time out of his schedule to plot a way to get a mid table teams striker banned for 8 games. Only those who are both delusional in their view of themselves and completely paranoid about the world could hold such an illogical position. But that's the concrete basis of Liverpool fans, delusion and paranoia.
I would say Rodgers has been smart enough to tap into that. I don't think he is though, he's just struck lucky. He's struck lucky with a bunch of whoppers who require inane nonsense over tangible data. The way they "defend" their managers is not the measure of a great fan, or a loyal one, it is representative of a mentally ill individual who splits their own feelings and emotions onto another person or object.
They hated Hodgson not just for poor results, but because "he didn't get what Liverpool football club was about". This was put down to him not knowing how to manage a big club (another delusional statement when one considers his track record). The truth is, he didn't play along with their delusion, he didn't pander to their ego's enough.
Lots of people on here defended Moyes, or Kenwright or Martinez. But not out of some mad desire that they were the chosen one, but because in our situation they are the best we could get. We don't invoke the memory of managers from 50 years ago in doing so.
What's always the amusing moment in all of this is the inevitable fall out. Redmen TV were going on about how they hated the fans were "split" on Rodgers (ie people disagree). The fact disagreement is so feared shows again the attitude of a Cult. Evidence is slowly showing Rodgers up. Like the crack addict their fans demand their fix of drama and excitement. It's not about winning the league, it's about all the attention they get. They aren't getting any now and they have no obvious target to blame. It's going to be a fun few months watching more of them find Rodgers out while others try to find some conspiracy to blame.
