Liverpool thread 2017/18

[Dubai Blue]

As much as I can't stand the Scousers, UEFA need to get to grips with the Italian authorities and this whole Ultras bollocks.

It really isn't acceptable in this day and age for people visiting the capital city of a European country to have to be ferried about in buses for their own safety and to be forcibly kept in a stadium for up to 2.5 hours after a game has finished.

It wouldn't be allowed in any other other walk of life, but football supporters continue to be treated like shit in too many of these places and it's about time that UEFA did something about it.

That said, I hope Roma batter the dipping bastards on the pitch tonight.

 

[Sergio<3]

Come on Dzeko and the boys

 

[TonyM]

Liverpool FC have advised their "supporters" than under no circumstances should they walk to the stadium as they fear they will be attacked by Roma Ultras.

Should they take a bus?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

The difference being that was Chelsea and this is Liverpool. The media virtually ignored that Chelsea CL triumph, partly because the way they won it was so dour. Technically they won't have usurped our title win, after all everyone knows winning a title is more difficult and winning it the way we have won it is truly immense but you won't hear a fucking dickie bird about our record breaking season again in the UK media if Liverpool win their cup.

The media have ignored most of Chelsea's success for the same reason they don't give us full credit. They regard Chelsea and City as "new money" clubs which are not part of the established corrupt cartel. A lot of it is driven by subtle racism. Both us and Chelsea have the "wrong sort of foreign owners."
I am not sure this will ever change. Even this season most of the sports media couldn't wait to get on the "City are not great yet" narrative. It was the same in 2014 when we scored the highest number of goals in football history (156 in all competitions) and the papers carried on sticking the boot into Pellegrini.
On a positive note I believe that being outside the football establishment helps to give us a competitive edge. We will never be fully accepted.

 

[Rolee]

Thuggish behaviour lends itself to thuggish behaviour
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[hammersmithlad]

Should they take a bus?

That would just be hilarious, just hilarious if this happened.

It would be like trying to create the Welcome to Klanfield atmosphere, only this time the shoe is on the other foot!

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Seems a reasonable link to me. All deluded cult members.

Yes the irony wasn't lost on me. It was a desperate overblown radio report with no substance and the reporter was trying to create a false link with the LFC fans. When I was a lad LFC fans were mostly Orangemen.

 

[goater555]

Can hear them in the background

http://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/lazio/roma/campo-de-fiori.html

 

[Vienna_70]

BBC News channel has effectively become LFCTV for the day. Not just the sports news section but the actual proper news. I am literally going to have to not watch the news for months if these ****s win the CL. Out of interest what was the coverage like when we were over in Madrid for the semi a couple of years ago? Was it blanket coverage across BBC News or just the regulation mention in the sports news bulletin?

According to BBC’s sports bulletin last Tuesday morning, an English club hasn’t been in a CL semifinal for about six years, so there was obviously no coverage at all two years ago.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Given the leniency that both Real Madrid & Liverpool seem to get from referees, will they even bother appointing one for the final if Liverpool get through?