After a careful selection of cliche posts on RAWK the award has to go to this beauty….
We are Liverpool FOOTBALL Club. We are not a sports washing vehicle for murderous despots who are willing to throw multiple billions at a reputation cleansing project. We operate within the rules of the game, but are trying to compete with a regime that doesn't.
The playing field is nowhere near level. We are playing a legitimate game against someone who has bought all the cheat codes. Facts are, those with the cheat codes should come out on top almost every time.
Personally, I wouldn't want us to be like them. We are human, and as such we will be affected by injuries to crucial players. We will play below par once in a while and lose too. This is the nature of life and the nature of the game. The sports washers? Well they are playing a different game altogether. With unlimited unearned wealth they can play fantasy football manager and build a virtual club. One top player is injured, and they just slot in another off-the-shelf purchase to take his place. They don't have to worry about injuries. They don't have to worry about finances. They have no jeopardy to be concerned with. It's all just like a soulless computer game, but one real football clubs have to try to compete with.
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To me, we can only be ourselves and concentrate on ourselves. We can only strive to be the best Liverpool we can be, then see where that takes us. Even as it stands, we are the best non-sportswash team on the planet, with the best non-fantasy football manager in the game. I'd take that every single time over being a soulless abomination like Abu Dhabi FC.
We are what we are, and I'm more than happy with who and what we are too. Yes, we'll lose the odd game. No, we won't be perfect. It's probable we won't win the league, but we'll give it our all anyway. The odds are against us, but if one team, one club, one manager can beat the odds, you know who that is. I'll take that.
The soulless, robotic, cheat-code sports washers might Lance Armstrong their way to another meaningless title, but I thank my lucky stars Liverpool FC are nothing like them. We are what we are, and I'm glad of that.
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