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

[CrabbyPaddy]

My mate who's a Bolton fan just called them a cult to me because he's seen loads of them spouting crap today about Bony going for levels of money the "reds can't compete with".

They're such a pack of whoopers. They spent near 120 million last summer, and it probably would have been double or treble that, had half the Western World not rejected them.

Bunch of lying fannies.

 

[efcfanwirral]

dont think this has been posted yet...comedy genius http://www.theguardian.com/football...vid-squires-steven-gerrard-liverpool-farewell

 

[The Cowboy]

Found it......it was Chelsea, obviously.
http://www.chelseasupportersgroup.net/2011/02/the-liverpool-myth/ in case you anyones interested.

There's definitely some interesting points to be made there. Don't appreciate the clear pandering to Everton fans to try and garner support for the article, it was rolling along perfectly well until that point.

I did particularly like the line " In fact, the more Liverpool stopped winning things, the more “history” became the currency for their beliefs." Very salient.

Gets a bit tin-hat at points, but I do like the gist.

 

[CrabbyPaddy]

Captain Fantastic, team player, sacrifices everything, blah blah blah.
He's as selfish off the pitch as he is on it.

He's full of [Poor language removed]. He had no intention of ever leaving Liverpool because he would have been exposed massively. When Lampard left Chelsea, he was 36 and there were a host of clubs straight after him. Has that been the case with Gerrard?

Not at all

 

[TheFinnFan]

Found it......it was Chelsea, obviously.
http://www.chelseasupportersgroup.net/2011/02/the-liverpool-myth/ in case you anyones interested.

Brilliant and so true

 

[ste d' indica]

Ian Ayre hits back at Gerrard saying he'd have signed a contract in the summer and putting to bed the myth that Gerrards a team player.

Soon to be endlessly spun as "he's earned the right", "he's a legend for the club".

 

[graeme2911]

dont think this has been posted yet...comedy genius http://www.theguardian.com/football...vid-squires-steven-gerrard-liverpool-farewell

post the picture here - get it the recognition it deserves!

 

[efcfanwirral]

post the picture here - get it the recognition it deserves!

Here we go!

 

[deipnosophist]

"I would love to see some genetic research on those who choose to be a Blue and those who opt for the Reds in Liverpool. If, as neuroscientists are attempting to locate at the moment, there is a “god gene”, I would imagine it is more prevalent in Liverpool followers than Everton supporters. (This doesn’t mean they are closer to god but more disposed to believing in one)."

...dog gene, surely...

 

[deipnosophist]

Found it......it was Chelsea, obviously.
http://www.chelseasupportersgroup.net/2011/02/the-liverpool-myth/ in case you anyones interested.

well written piece that

 

[BlueLlama]

This Squires lad clearly hates them, ace

 

[Brad McEachern]

Found it......it was Chelsea, obviously.
http://www.chelseasupportersgroup.net/2011/02/the-liverpool-myth/ in case you anyones interested.

For a piece written by a Chelsea supporter, that was a good read.

I thought it made a solid case for LFC being a cult and thinking it's some sort of religion. Such as many ex-Kopites becoming pundits regurgitating the history of LFC like a religion does in order to create a back story on which to build a myth, them admiring guys like Shankly, Dalglish and Stevie Me in saint like fashion and how LFC supporters blindly follow their club in cult like fashion that's scary, embarrassing, mind numbing and incredibly annoying.

But my favorite part was Torres becoming Judas in the eyes of the Kopites because he had the gull for wanting out of the cult err....club so he can go to Chelsea.

"Fernando Torres angered his followers by becoming an apostate and daring to say that he was moving somewhere else that might be bigger. And just like across the muslim world the same reaction happened on Merseyside. Book burning, shirt burning. And to back up the meme theory, this was transmitted through the media. It was considered a subject for debate even though the conclusion was never in doubt (as it never is with religious followers). TORRES DID NOT MOVE TO A BIGGER CLUB. HE IS A BAD MAN. HE HAS LIED.

And so Torres has moved from saint to apostate to sinner to Judas figure. And he has been replaced by a second coming, by a brighter future because religions don’t like to lie down and admit defeat. They are never wrong. Every Liverpool follower is now saying exactly the same thing. They did best out of the deal. They got two for one. They traded in someone past his best. They are happy. The religion was challenged but it has come out on top. They will never walk alone".

 

[toffeejack]

They're such a pack of whoopers. They spent near 120 million last summer, and it probably would have been double or treble that, had half the Western World not rejected them.

Bunch of lying fannies.

bony, a whole £3m more than what they spent on lallana just a few months back

 

[LinekersLegs]

@SportsPeteO: Liverpool have recalled winger Jordon Ibe from his loan spell with Derby County. #LFC #DCFC

They are also still trying to get Origi from Lille, an extra 6m on top of the original 10m was the last rumoured cost.

 

[LinekersLegs]

@RorySmithTimes: Bit late to this, but if Liverpool's transfer committee have really recommended Fiorentina's Neto, they should all be sacked immediately.