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

[brigadier]

Clear all the streets around a football ground that's about to hold around 50,000 fans and is smack bang in a built up residential area? Good luck with that. And it's not like Merseyside Police could smuggle the bus in.

Not when they advertise it .

 

[Alan Whittle]

3 blerts run on the pitch at West Ham; media bedlam.
Coach attacked at Liverpool; Ooh well, what an atmosphere!

 

[Seathestars]

Yeah it's funny how Liverpool are releasing official club statements, condemning the behaviour of their fans.Yet they knew that this was going to happen for weeks.But they did nothing to try and stop it.Those supporters dragged the name of their club, through the gutter.But as we know that's not the first time that has happened.When we beat Bayern Munich in 1985, we went about intimidating the opposition, in the right way.

By the fans singing them off the park, and by outplaying them and outfighting them on the pitch, especially in that second half!To be fair to Liverpool though, this despicable pre match behaviour for european games has only been a more recent trend.I don't know about bans but Uefa need to impose sanctions on Liverpool for this.

The message has to go out, that the gutter like behaviour of their fans before the game is not acceptable.And to be honest such behaviour is an insult to people like Bill Shankly Bob Paisley Joe Fagan and Ronny Morans memory.I don't think they would want their name, to be associated with the actions of a shower of thugs.And that's exactly what those people, that were throwing objects at the Manchester City bus are.

39 Italian families would disagree. Once again the cancer of hate that runs through their club brings shame on my beautiful City, and that is why I detest everything about them.
2 policemen injured, you know, those people who do the most dangerous job possible in the name of our protection. Let’s not water it down, they are a horrible vile set of supporters.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

39 Italian families would disagree. Once again the cancer of hate that runs through their club brings shame on my beautiful City, and that is why I detest everything about them.
2 policemen injured, you know, those people who do the most dangerous job possible in the name of our protection. Let’s not water it down, they are a horrible vile set of supporters.

I looked at a video about the Heysel tragedy on youtube recently.The footballing tragedy that has been brushed under the carpet.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

 

[macdog]

You can imagine the outrage and bleating if the shoe had been on the other foot and that was an RS bus hammered by City fans. Calls for bans, royal commissions, public whippings and bloody assizes.

 

[matty1878]

They ain’t winning the UCL can’t wait to pee my pants when they’re out nxt round

 

[PhilM]

All I keep hearing from their lot is that it was a minority of fans and that it can't be attributed to the club and shouldn't overshadow their game.

Do one! The club openly asked for the welcoming and even Klopp discussed it beforehand: as a result, they must shoulder some of the blame.

Liverpool fans attacked the bus of the opposition - a direct attack at their players. I expect if it happens to them then they'll be so calm - not.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

A little story here to cheer us all up!

As September arrived and the first leg at the City Ground approached, Liverpool embellished their unbeaten start to the season with a 7-0 demolition of Spurs at Anfield, Terry McDermott completing the rout with one of everybody's favourite goals. "Deep down we were scared," Birtles says. "But Brian Clough told us we didn't need to worry about the opposition. He said we were better than them and we had nothing to be afraid of as long as we played our own game.He always said that, he wasn't one for filling your head with tactics or warning you what opponents might do. He'd just say go out and play.

According to Kenny Dalglish, who generously acknowledges that Forest left Liverpool looking like the European novices, the holders would have been better accepting a 1-0 defeat and trying to overcome the deficit at Anfield. "In Europe a 1-0 defeat in a first leg away from home is not normally a bad result," Dalglish says. "But because we were playing familiar league opponents we foolishly went chasing the game and got punished when Colin Barrett scored." Birtles remembers it well. "After I'd scored Phil Thompson told me a single goal wouldn't be enough to take to Anfield," he says. "So when we scored again, cocky young thing that I was, I went up to him and said: 'Will two be enough then?' He was speechless.

 

[BlueShark]

I look forward to the entirely predictable appeals for calm from the RS before the second leg.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Hahahhaha, watch out lurkers coz we’ve just signed a new boss scout and we are back!!!!

You better watch your backs coz where coming for you next season! We will also have a better stadium on the way on the royal blue docks Hahahaha much better than rubbish Anfield.

Just wait until next season hahahahaha!!!! Aldo stinks of piss hahahhaa !!!

 

[ToffeeDan]

Clearly we won't be reciprocating with the now customary Merseyside visiting team welcoming committee on Saturday

 

[goodisonopheliac]

As their fans have kindly pointed out on Twitter, they could play Gerrard's baby team against us and still win.

 

[Seathestars]

As their fans have kindly pointed out on Twitter, they could play Gerrard's baby team against us and still win.

Are they his babies though?

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Hahahhaha, watch out lurkers coz we’ve just signed a new boss scout and we are back!!!!

You better watch your backs coz where coming for you next season! We will also have a better stadium on the way on the royal blue docks Hahahaha much better than rubbish Anfield.

Just wait until next season hahahahaha!!!! Aldo stinks of piss hahahhaa !!!

Are you a red or a blue?To quote Otto the bus driver, i just had to ask!