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

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Prevenger17 said:
I love how they have to describe him as "tattooed" to highlight what an undesirable he his. The LFC cheerleaders are effectively stepping up their smear campaign against a 20 year old to make him sign on the dotted line. It will get even worse once they get eliminated from the FA Cup, and it won't stop until the shirtburners are on the move and young Sterling is browbeaten into playing for them. Classy as ever.
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Worst possible time to play Villa too. Especially when Benteke seems to eat their centre halves for dinner.
 
Prevenger17 said:
I love how they have to describe him as "tattooed" to highlight what an undesirable he his. The LFC cheerleaders are effectively stepping up their smear campaign against a 20 year old to make him sign on the dotted line. It will get even worse once they get eliminated from the FA Cup, and it won't stop until the shirtburners are on the move and young Sterling is browbeaten into playing for them. Classy as ever.
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I'd missed that until @Jamo Martinez pointed it out!

Given that it describes about 75% of footballers you'd think it would appear in more of their football related articles - or even in their other articles about Sterling such as this one.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-star-raheem-sterling-wins-4843052
 
LinekersLegs said:
I'd missed that until @Jamo Martinez pointed it out!

Given that it describes about 75% of footballers you'd think it would appear in more of their articles - or even in their other articles about Sterling such as this one.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-star-raheem-sterling-wins-4843052
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They're mobilizing now, no doubt about it. I genuinely think it's a disgrace, and Sterling is paying the price for defying their narrative. Reade, Dalglish, Aldridge, Maddock, Lipton and their ilk should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. Unfortunately for Sterling, shame just isn't a currency they deal in.
 
Prevenger17 said:
They're mobilizing now, no doubt about it. I genuinely think it's a disgrace, and Sterling is paying the price for defying their narrative. Reade, Dalglish, Aldridge, Maddock, Lipton and their ilk should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. Unfortunately for Sterling, shame just isn't a currency they deal in.
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Apparently it is a tactic that Fenway sports group have used quite a bit over here in the US although this pipe stuff could just be the Mirror being their usual charming selves.

If it is an organised attempt to smear they are going to have a lot harder time doing it to henderson, Skertel and particularly Flanagan all of whom have also rejected their contract offers.
 
LinekersLegs said:
Apparently it is a tactic that Fenway sports group have used quite a bit over here in the US although this pipe stuff could just be the Mirror being their usual charming selves.

If it is an organised attempt to smear they are going to have a lot harder time doing it to henderson, Skertel and particularly Flanagan all of whom have also rejected their contract offers.
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The Mirror have been at this a long time before FSG showed up, though I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sponsored discrediting of Sterling performed on their behalf. The problem is, as it has always been, that Liverpool have a massively disproportionate presence in the media, because the combination of banal, hollow posturing and treacly sentiment you associate with tabloid journalism, is a particular brand of writing that ex-Liverpool players and LFC fans slide into with ease, moreso than the denizens of any other club.

Sterling has become a symbol now, and it's a symbol of something that they do not like. He represents the fact that they are not a big club anymore, not the all-conquering global brand that they've built themselves up to be. They're a selling club, like most of us. And if they can't hold on to a 20 year-old boy who's had one decent full season, even after throwing money at him, even after running one of the most intense media campaigns to discredit and intimidate him, then they will realize how far from the elite they have fallen.

If I were any of them, however, I'd console myself in the fact that it won't take long before the delusion takes hold again and they will thumping their chests with equal fervour next season, always next season, hailing some new great hope or other. Good luck, Jordan Ibe.
 

Prevenger17 said:
The Mirror have been at this a long time before FSG showed up, though I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sponsored discrediting of Sterling performed on their behalf. The problem is, as it has always been, that Liverpool have a massively disproportionate presence in the media, because the combination of banal, hollow posturing and treacly sentiment you associate with tabloid journalism, is a particular brand of writing that ex-Liverpool players and LFC fans slide into with ease, moreso than the denizens of any other club.

Sterling has become a symbol now, and it's a symbol of something that they do not like. He represents the fact that they are not a big club anymore, not the all-conquering global brand that they've built themselves up to be. They're a selling club, like most of us. And if they can't hold on to a 20 year-old boy who's had one decent full season, even after throwing money at him, even after running one of the most intense media campaigns to discredit and intimidate him, then they will realize how far from the elite they have fallen.

If I were any of them, however, I'd console myself in the fact that it won't take long before the delusion takes hold again and they will thumping their chests with equal fervour next season, always next season, hailing some new great hope or other. Good luck, Jordan Ibe.
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The office Kopite is already spouting that Ibe is better than Sterling.
 
Sapie88 said:
Oh god.

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lol
 

BlueLlama said:
Of course I value his opinion as he is Brummie living in Southampton who to my knowledge hasn't watched a game in 6 years
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I find Liverpool and Man United have the largest contingent of fans that know precisely zero about football. It's a unique brand of fan who barely watch the matches and often don't know if they won or not at the weekend. You approach a random Irish lad with an Everton jersey and you can be sure he knows his stuff.
 
If Sterling stays, the YNWA Psychopaths will no doubt become experts at the shisha pipe.

You know, I am sick to the back teeth of this YNWA garbage. It is utterly meaningless. The only purpose it serves is that it enables us to identify sick morons on facebook.
 

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