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

[atrottel]

Every time I see a list written
downwards
like
this
I read the first letters to look for hidden swearwords.

Ironically it spells a German word that I imagine Klopp used frequently in his homeland.

 

[JimEFC]

We made a profit in the transfer window this year

from that RAWK thread.... lol

It's not selling - it's making a profit

 

[JimEFC]

let's all stand up in the arbitrary 64th minute or something.

or better yet, let's all walk out because we're de best club in de weeerld.
let's do it when we're 2-0 up on sunderland and then let sunderland get 2 goals back and draw and miss out on the europa league - cos we're too big for the europa league anyway.

 

[toffeejack]

Can't say I blame Herr Klopp for that. He'd probably heard all about the fast paced, high octane, form out the window derby games with us and then saw the offering we brought forth and laughed it up. Even when Rodgers beat us 4-0 it was largely against the run of possession etc. Let's face it, if we smash them and Koeman is laughing on the sidelines we'd be drooling over Gifs and pictures for years to come.

On a side note, those games have got less poisonous recently with both sets of fans behaving themselves better in terms of chanting and missiles etc I think largely in part to the Justice campaign all coming to a head and merseyside being brought together because of it. Still a long way from the "friendly derby" but think the fact we're complaining about the manager rather than the supporters is a really positive sign. Get everything back to taking the mick over what happens on the pitch

for me, it's purely to do with liverpool buying less hateable players. I mean you look at players like lallana and they're not highly unlikeable characters.
i grew up watching absolute scum like carragher, mascherano, gerrard, fowler, kuyt, reina, skrtel and suarez who would all horribly cheat their way to victory aided by disgusting officiating. They would win a lot of those games through massive controversy. At least recently due to our total ineptitude we're losing deservedly.

 

[MikeH72]

I heard they had complained to the FA, about playing Swansea early K.O on Sat after midweek European matches.

Hang on, what?

 

[PhilM]

from that RAWK thread.... lol

It's not selling - it's making a profit

In all fairness though and trying to disregard me how much it pains me to say this, the fact they're playing better and spent so little is worrying.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

There has always been a tension at Liverpool between the out of town glory hunters and the local lads. Ultimately the locals have lost their club and I think it's starting to sink in what that means. My own take on this is that FSG are seriously hacked off they got made fools out of over the ticket fiasco and is in no small part why Ayre is leaving. Not extending Anfield seems to be part of a game for me, that they try to win back the propaganda war, turn fans against the locals who moved out of Anfield for the protest.

Well get ready mate, because it'll happen here soon enough if Moshiri gets his way and makes us into a force in the game again

I've already braced myself for being accused of all sorts for being a Wool if Everton ever start winning stuff

At the end of the day, it's the out of towners, international fan base and glory hunters that make a club truly big, and if our goal is truly to be become a proper big club again, it's something we're going to have to make peace with

As much as some use it as a stick to beat Liverpool with, the fact that ferries and planes from Ireland, Europe, Scandinavia, and the Rest of the World bring thousands of day trippers over every weekend to watch "Der Tricky Reds" is a symbol of how big they are

In my opinion, it's an outdated thought process to put so much importance on being from the city/town that a club plays in. If you "get" the club in question and love it for the right reasons, it shouldn't matter where you come from. I've met Evertonians from all different ends of the world who are just as passionate and dedicated to Everton as anyone else would be

I really think we need to get away from focusing on the whole "we're better because more local fans go the match" narrative that always seems to get pushed when discussing Liverpool, and is even promoted by the club with the "We go the match" campaign. It's something that's commendable about Everton, and something we should justly be proud of, but it's also rather hollow when you see just how many fans Liverpool have all over the world

Fact is, if we want better coverage in the media and to be taken more seriously in the press, we're going to need more fans, and common sense dictates that the well's going to run pretty dry on Merseyside eventually, meaning we're going to have to get more Wools, day trippers and international support

 

[Prevenger17]

Well get ready mate, because it'll happen here soon enough if Moshiri gets his way and makes us into a force in the game again

I've already braced myself for being accused of all sorts for being a Wool if Everton ever start winning stuff

At the end of the day, it's the out of towners, international fan base and glory hunters that make a club truly big, and if our goal is truly to be become a proper big club again, it's something we're going to have to make peace with

As much as some use it as a stick to beat Liverpool with, the fact that ferries and planes from Ireland, Europe, Scandinavia, and the Rest of the World bring thousands of day trippers over every weekend to watch "Der Tricky Reds" is a symbol of how big they are

In my opinion, it's an outdated thought process to put so much importance on being from the city/town that a club plays in. If you "get" the club in question and love it for the right reasons, it shouldn't matter where you come from. I've met Evertonians from all different ends of the world who are just as passionate and dedicated to Everton as anyone else would be

I really think we need to get away from focusing on the whole "we're better because more local fans go the match" narrative that always seems to get pushed when discussing Liverpool, and is even promoted by the club with the "We go the match" campaign. It's something that's commendable about Everton, and something we should justly be proud of, but it's also rather hollow when you see just how many fans Liverpool have all over the world

Fact is, if we want better coverage in the media and to be taken more seriously in the press, we're going to need more fans, and common sense dictates that the well's going to run pretty dry on Merseyside eventually, meaning we're going to have to get more Wools, day trippers and international support

Good post there Mike. It's a global game, so success and "keeping it local" rarely go hand in hand.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Good post there Mike. It's a global game, so success and "keeping it local" rarely go hand in hand.

I still think we should be proud of the clubs local roots and EiTC, but we also should try to be more willing to court the global market as well

It's what we need to do if we want to be a "big" club at the end of the day, and it's pretty hollow to mock other clubs, Liverpool included, for doing so

 

[Prevenger17]

It's what we need to do if we want to be a "big" club at the end of the day, and it's pretty hollow to mock other clubs, Liverpool included, for doing so

It's a lot of fun though

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

It's a lot of fun though

Don't you feel though that ultimately the joke is on us?

"Ha Ha, lot's of people from outside your City/Town support your club!"

"Err, I know, that's why we literally have a bucket of money from global merchandising and worldwide coverage from all the big media outlets"

"......Oh. Well, still, you're crap cos all your fans are from out of town!!!"

"Fair enough, I guess I'll just have to console myself with all this money and global prestige then"

"Yeah! You......do that...I guess"

 

[Goat]

Well get ready mate, because it'll happen here soon enough if Moshiri gets his way and makes us into a force in the game again

I've already braced myself for being accused of all sorts for being a Wool if Everton ever start winning stuff

At the end of the day, it's the out of towners, international fan base and glory hunters that make a club truly big, and if our goal is truly to be become a proper big club again, it's something we're going to have to make peace with

As much as some use it as a stick to beat Liverpool with, the fact that ferries and planes from Ireland, Europe, Scandinavia, and the Rest of the World bring thousands of day trippers over every weekend to watch "Der Tricky Reds" is a symbol of how big they are

In my opinion, it's an outdated thought process to put so much importance on being from the city/town that a club plays in. If you "get" the club in question and love it for the right reasons, it shouldn't matter where you come from. I've met Evertonians from all different ends of the world who are just as passionate and dedicated to Everton as anyone else would be

I really think we need to get away from focusing on the whole "we're better because more local fans go the match" narrative that always seems to get pushed when discussing Liverpool, and is even promoted by the club with the "We go the match" campaign. It's something that's commendable about Everton, and something we should justly be proud of, but it's also rather hollow when you see just how many fans Liverpool have all over the world

Fact is, if we want better coverage in the media and to be taken more seriously in the press, we're going to need more fans, and common sense dictates that the well's going to run pretty dry on Merseyside eventually, meaning we're going to have to get more Wools, day trippers and international support

WOOL

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

WOOL

You live in Birkenhead

 

[Goat]

You live in Birkenhead

I do NOT!

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I do NOT!

Yes you do

If you were any more of a WOOL, you'd be drenched in mint sauce