Liverpool now want to just participate in the PL and the CL, or so it appears. The fact is that there is too much football and the football bodies / authorities still seem protectionist so do not work collaboratively. I have some empathy with Klippety on this one but do know that had City taken a stance of their first team squad and manager refusing to play in the FA Cup, which is the effect of what Liverpool, as we know them, have done, they would probably, have been slated by the media. Liverpool get an easy media ride.
The Rags were even lauded in some quarters for playing in the `World Cup Final` and rejecting the FA Cup, apparently for the wider good of the English game ! Another sign of different media treatment.
No slip ups tomorrow night from us and then Wembley beckons again. But, of course, does it really count if the Scousers aren`t in it? Liverpool won UEFA`s and FIFA`s equivalent of the Community Shield which apparently is more important that the English Community Shield, a `competition` they did not even qualify for and lost after being invited along.
Hey ho. The world`s mad and the football world even madder.