The stand out feature of this past week has been the way the media and LFC supporters have called into question the integrity of Everton Football Club. The moment Gerrard slipped and presented Ba with a goal and subsequent defeat, the knives have been out first for Mourinho and then now fully focused on us.
So much so that Martinez has had to deal with the issue in the press and at his press conferences. 'What will Everton do against City? 'Will Everton go all out to win even though it may help LFC win the league?' Time and time again the RS dominated sports media have tried to focus on the integrity of our manager, the professionalism of our players and how 'bitter' our supporters are for not wanting LFC to win the league.
This has been a constant theme on the comments section in the Guardian, Telegraph, Independent etc.. LFC supporter after LFC supporter, taking their cue from writers and commentators, have tried to cast a cloud over Everton Football Club. Not one LFC supporter has taken on another LFC supporter and told them to wind their neck in, when commenting on them questioning the integrity and professionalism of our manager and players. They start their comments with, 'I'm sure Everton will try and win the game'. Says it all to me. Why are they doubting what we will do? Maybe it's a guilty conscience after the way they celebrated their lose against Chelsea in 2010 enabling them to win the league and deny Manu the title.
We are under the microscope this afternoon in our game against City. Anything the RS media and supporters perceive as us 'not wanting to win' will be pounced on shouted from the rooftops that we have 'sold out' the Premier League as a competition. We are so 'bitter' we would rather lose than win. We are the anti-Christ and should be banned from ever playing again.
If we don't win we will be in for a slaughtering in the media and on the internet. It has got to the stage now, that the fate of this years Premier League, has come down to the 90 minutes at Goodison today.
There is one thing that this week has re-enforced and it is my opinion about the vicious and corrupting influence of the RS media, and that is them questioning the integrity of Everton Football club, our manager, players and supporters.