ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 2

[Khalekan]

4-1 is massively easier to come back from than 3-0 tbf.

Indeed.....away goals in the first leg are absolutely crucial.

They make a comeback much more possible.

IMO it is inconceivable that Barcelona won’t score at least one goal in Mordor.

In which case the RS need five goals.....at the bare minimum.

This is not Huddersfield or Bournemouth or Watford or some other bunch out for a day trip.

This is yer actual Barcelona coming to town

 

[Chegsy]

....Suarez hasn’t changed, he’s still brilliant and horrible. The only difference is, Suarez is brilliant and horrible against Liverpool as opposed to being brilliant and horrible for Liverpool.

Don’t see the fuss with him celebrating, especially in a CL semi. You’d think he’d riled up the RS fans or kissed the badge in front of them the way some of them are reacting to it. Have only seen a replay but looks like he was just happy to score and celebrated with his team.

 

[Maine road Man]

The entire history of football has been determined by which team can collect the best managerial talent to orchestrate the best playing talent. Money is one component but as United are showing now it’s not everything. Barcelona didn’t win loads between the dream team and Messi’s arrival despite having a huge budget. Mansour gave you the opportunity to get to a level playing field with the rest of the top 6 and it’s been your own good work that has meant you reached that level then surpassed it through top recruitment of both players and managers. Everton fans are envious because we wasted cash on Koeman Walsh and Klaassen. Hopefully we have not wasted our window to get up there with you. Some Everton fans should remember as well that 10 years ago when you were starting the Mansour project off you were nowhere near this level and therefore we should give Silva and Brands some time rather than demanding top 4 football in their first season.

We used to be the Mersey millionaires FFS, so we can’t say anything about spending money. The groups of fans that annoy me are the ones who try and make out their success is more worthy, or righteous, and has a mythical quality to it ‘we did it the right way’ ‘our money is earned the right way’. Basically kopites and United fans. It’s no surprise Liverpool have had relative success under FSG because they went out and identified a top manager, threw money at him, and promised him virtually unlimited funds to spend world record fees on any player in any position he wanted with no trophy target to achieve in his first four seasons. Them trying to then claim that City beating them over recent seasons is down to ‘oil money’ or ‘financial doping’ is hypocritical and laughable.

Good post mate.

 

[Eggs]

Don’t see the fuss with him celebrating, especially in a CL semi. You’d think he’d riled up the RS fans or kissed the badge in front of them the way some of them are reacting to it. Have only seen a replay but looks like he was just happy to score and celebrated with his team.

....football matters to him, winning matters to him, it’s what makes him a top player.

 

[royalblue66]

It wasn't fair the way Liniker and Ferdinand celebrated the free kick from Messi. they are supposed to be neutral, fuming I tell ya.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

It wasn't fair the way Liniker and Ferdinand celebrated the free kick from Messi. they are supposed to be neutral, fuming I tell ya.

is there video of that doing the rounds anywhere? Could do with a chuckle.

 

[Rob17896]

Let harmony be restored.

I think that play acting in football is so common place now that assigning it to some foreign sorts is from another time now. There is being cute and clever and there is pushing over the line into outright cheating. I would condemn anyone who did the latter, but appreciate the snide of those in the first category as that's just part and parcel of the game. The best teams have always pushed at that line to gain the advantage.

In an ideal world, all players would still possess the Corinthian spirit. Alas, that probably wasn't even the case when the Corinthians played.

I know, but I was drunk at the time of the incident!

 

[Rob17896]

Are Nige supports palace. So like every other football supporter in the country probably loved every minute of your lot getting snotted.

Blue to the core Sir. That was the upside of the game.

 

[Prevenger17]

It really is a beautiful morning. Was like seeing the Night King get shivved

 

[Eggs]

is there video of that doing the rounds anywhere? Could do with a chuckle.

....it’s in ‘Today’s Football’ thread (page 2131).

 

[royalblue66]

is there video of that doing the rounds anywhere? Could do with a chuckle.

Everton news, Liverpool Echo,they are fuming.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

is there video of that doing the rounds anywhere? Could do with a chuckle.

Amazing lollol

 

[MikeH72]

*Kopite receieves a load of backlash on twitter for calling someone a mong or tweeting about Munich:
“We live rent free in your heads lollollol”

Cretins

The fact they constantly have to keep reassuring themselves and everyone else how boss it is supporting der reds, says to me that it actually causes them more frustration, pain and anger than your average football fan. When it all comes down to it, I think they just take footy way too seriously.

 

[Jacob]

I didn't know Raymond Chandler or Mickey Spilllane were RS ???? Rawk is waxing lyrically this morning (amongst the swearing about Barca being cheats/Suarez not being able to walk round town with his family/Messi etc etc zzzzz that is)……………

mikey_LFC
Believer

Take it as a sign of respect. They were rattled. Underdogs in their own backyard, it rarely happens. We backed a tiger into a corner and felt the repercussions.

If last night was a boxing match it was two elite boxers but one demonstrating their ring craft and dynamism and one demonstrating their chin and ruthlessness. We controlled the spaces, pinned them back against the ropes and would be winning on points except for the couple they landed on our chin.

That's left us wounded, battling against the odds with a mountain to climb after six rounds gone. But we've got more fight and spirit than most, and we're about to be given an all mighty boost. We need to stick to our game plan in the second half and just be more clinical. Capture the moments when they're offered to us.

One of Klopp's all time favourite films is Rocky and its a script on that proportion that we need to write. Klopp lives for the fight, for the show of character. If anyone is capable of turning this around it is us, with a rocking Anfield crowd behind them. We've seen the impossible before and we will again. Let's make it Tuesday night. When our backs are against the walls and then piece by piece things start to go our way, the sense of inevitability builds. The opposition feels powerless against it. They are swallowed into a cauldron with no way out.

Think AC Milan, three goals in 6 minutes. Think Dortmund, 3 goals in 30 minutes. Think Olympiakos, 3 goals in a half. Think Man City, 3 goals in 20 minutes.

We've comeback against better sides, against lower odds, with worse players. Nothing is impossible. Remember the feeling of momentum, of inevitability that happens when the pieces start to fall into place. Remember the disbelief when leaving the ground, the elation as dreams become reality. Remember the glow that you wake up to the morning after the night before.

We've seen it before and it is glorious.

Feel the pain now and remember it. Get all the disappoint out of your system. Heartbreak builds character.

On Tuesday night, we go again. We go with absolute everything we've got.

We're not going anywhere.

 

[Maine road Man]

I honestly don't care about the lack of history or whatever. I've always liked City - one of the branches of my mum's family are City fans - and I'm glad you guys are the top team in Manchester now, G-d knows you've had to put up with years of grief from United fans. I just hope the same thing happens to Everton one day. I don't like HOW City's owners made their money, but City are hardly the only club with unscrupulous owners.

I'm not a member of Bluemoon, but I lurk there. It's where I learned the term 'rag'.

Generally GOT is OK with non-blues - there's a couple of Sunderland fans and a Spurs fan who post here regularly - except kopites, because they never manage to behave themselves.

We refer to United as "rags" because during the depression of the 30s they were skint. So skint they came to us to help them out as they couldn't afford kit for their players. We cobbled together some clober ready for the rag and bone man hence the term rags.

They also played at Maine Road during the war when Manchester was targeted by the Germans as trafford park had several munitions factories and heavy industry surrounding old Trafford.

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