Liverpool Thread - 2021/22

[oakiecokie]

I don't know why they do it to themselves. I think the majority of their fans think it's their divine right to win the quadruple..

Unless we get a positive result today it may unfortunately become our worst nightmare.

 

[old blue]

Whenever I went to Cup Finals – and I went to several at the old twin towers Wembley – Abide With Me was a really important moment. I'm not a Christian, or religious, so it had nothing to do with any of that, but it was a song that emphasised the gravitas of 100.000 people all being gathered together in a high state of expectation.
They bang on about history, but there is no set of supporters that is more utterly blind to what history actually means outside of their own FERAL little bubble.

Amended slightly.

 

[LGWIO]

I get, whilst not condoning, why scousers may boo the anthem. Up to them

But how many of the liverpool support yesterday were actual scousers? Would i be generous in saying 50%? Less?
Lets stick with 50%.
so half may have a genuine perceived grievance from 40+ years ago with the establishment.
the other half who have no actual geographical or family link to liverpool booed anyway.
Those same supporters will be in their locals in plymouth/wycombe/crewe/cambridge etc etc cheering on england in the world cup.

another bit of proof , if needed that liverpool fc is a cult and not a football club.
Utter bunch of weirdo’s.

Its simply peer pressure, being part of that crowd and going along with it irrespective of whether they understand what they are doing it. I shake my head in disbelief and embarrasment when I think that I stupidly went along with the crowd on a few occasions, but then doing that as a 13,14 or 15 yr old is different from doing it when older and you actually have a bit of real world experience.

...but contrary to you next comment, I am afraid that I would possibly get kneecapped if I cheered England on in my local

 

[urban genie]

And then they cry when people call them thieving cunts




If you cannot click on to see, basically calebrating robbing krispy creme signs and shoplifting WHS smith and greggs at the services, wierdos

 

[LGWIO]

The best way to prevent the mass hysteria is by ignoring the hype. It’s not our job to stop Liverpool. City are the only team currently doing just that. The other teams need to stop rolling over. The quad is not happening anyway. Champions league is 50/50.

It is all a media construct to shift copy / induce clicks. In reality, has the "Quad" ever actually been on? City have been in control of the league since Christmas and everyone else has been chasing. "Ours to win", of course but I would suggest it is more "yours to lose". Think it was just after the end of yesterdays game that I heard the first commentator actually use that line of reasoning rather than going for the glory quote.

I don’t know why some people are trying to convince themselves that they’re not that good. We’re an exceptional team, and there’s barely been a cigarette paper between us in recent years. They’re extremely dislikable, but to pretend they’re not an outstanding side just seems a bit churlish. Stopping them winning the league (and probably the quadruple) would make this one of our most rewarding titles to date.

I think it has always been thus, the team that is at the top has more of a focus on their closest challenger.....and I think that is perhaps the best word, the fact that we are over the last couple of years "challenging" City (the champions), which obviously shows that you are the champions/best team and that we are challenging you for it.
The fact that you are the only centurions, that you finished with so many wins in a row are what put you there. The football that has slowly developed since your take over and "re-birth" as a force and brought about your current style and control of games. All of that has forced other teams to develop and improve.

I get people saying that if we diminish and disrespect what the dippers have achieved, we also diminish our own achievements. There's no doubt that the challenge of livarpoo has forced us to raise our own game and not become complacent.

For their part, the dips are an extremely effective team, but comparing their football to ours is comparing McDonald's to a Michelin starred restaurant. Their midfield in particular exerts precious little control in their games, but their forwards do tend to bury their chances. Paradoxically this makes their games more exciting as there are more mistakes and potentially more excitement than our metronomic strangling of games.

As you say, its a two way thing. City have been the benchmark for the last 10 years and so every other club has to aspire to those standards (and with the money available in the Premier league that should be easier with good recruitment (or access to a good database :-P )
And with that improvement comes a need for your own improvement. stay still and you fall behind. Challenges and improvements benefit all.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Its simply peer pressure, being part of that crowd and going along with it irrespective of whether they understand what they are doing it. I shake my head in disbelief and embarrasment when I think that I stupidly went along with the crowd on a few occasions, but then doing that as a 13,14 or 15 yr old is different from doing it when older and you actually have a bit of real world experience.

...but contrary to you next comment, I am afraid that I would possibly get kneecapped if I cheered England on in my local

Has it become a ‘professional scouser’ thing now tho? Booing anthems and not supporting england. Do everton fans do it ?

 

[shackattack]

Has it become a ‘professional scouser’ thing now tho? Booing anthems and not supporting england. Do everton fans do it ?

As someone said above re peer pressure - if you support liverpool you would go along with the scouse not english bile as to not do so would alienate you. I think like united their fanbase has changed over the years and most on a matchday at Anfield have no affiliation with the city.
Everton would have to get to a final to even hear the national anthem but I can't recollect us booing the anthem.

 

[Bilboblue]

Think you should look into the reasons why we boo the National Anthem as you seem ill informed. I would say more but my posts do not seem to be getting past the mods even though they are all, as is this, extremely polite and respectful and just point out certain facts.

Think you should fuck off.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I’d probably love him if he was our manager. But he’s not, so I think he’s a dickhead. Glad Guardiola has a bit more decorum about him.

You don't have to be nice guy to be a brilliant manager. I have heard from a very solid source (and LFC season-ticket holder) that Klopp has been brutal and ruthless behind the scenes and when he first came in a lot of people disliked him at the club. His exact comment was: "Don't get taken in by all the smiles." But, like Bobby Manc with us, he has shaken the place to the rafters. Personally I think Klopp is right up there as one of the greatest managers, not least because of what he achieved at Dortmund.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

There are strong economic reasons why specific industries, and areas closely associated with them, were left to decline in the 80s; Liverpool isn't unique in this regard, think of Manchester's and (much of) Yorkshire's dependency on coal mining in that era; the 80s were a very hard time for pretty much each and every (once) industrial northern city.

The (red) scousers are like that "four yorkshiremen" Monty Python sketch, always after recognition for their plight and seemingly needing sympathy from one and all whilst never being able to bring themselves to acknowledge anybody else's predicament, "yeah, but we had it harder!".

Booing the national anthem 30 odd years later is simply a symptom of the inferiority/superiority complex that the pathetic twats of that city have and is one of the strong economic reasons why they faced the "managed decline" of their region.

Scouse not English? Just fuck off with that shit! Get over yourselves you bunch of whining cvnts!