Liverpool Thread - 2023/24

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M18CTID said:
I've said in the past that the day I start bragging that we have more fans in Ulan Bator than the likes of United and Liverpool and wearing it as a badge of honour like fans of both those clubs do then that's the day I'll want shooting and that still stands even though our fanbase is clearly growing exponentially.

However, what I will do is point out to all the dickhead United and Liverpool fans that their comments that City will continue to remain irrelevant in the wider scheme of things despite how many trophies we win is proving to be complete and utter bollocks. This notion that they have that only their clubs and a select few others can pick up shit loads of new fans worldwide is as blinkered as it gets, and it's a notion that is unravelling before their very eyes given the turnout we've seen on this Far East tour with the amount of fans that want a piece of City being off the scale. It's an old fashioned view that doesn't stand up in today's world where social media interaction plays such a big part in shaping the modern-day fan. And although I'm not big on social media myself, I can see that City have got that side of things down to a fine art. Even if you go back a decade and look at that Harlem Shake video the players did, it has nearly 10 million views on YouTube. You do of course need a successful football team as well and by winning the treble and the CL in particular it's elevated the size of our fanbase to another level. Now some of those fans may well drift away at some point in the future but this is also the case for United and Liverpool, etc, but as with those two clubs many of them will get the City bug and become fans for life.

It's clear that some of us older fans don't quite get how many of the younger generation go about supporting their clubs and how some of them may view other clubs too. I got talking to a couple of lads from Preston on the platform at Deansgate station following the treble parade. Both were in their early twenties and pissed up, and both said they'd had a great day. But here's the rub - one was a Preston fan and I could kind of understand that he might want to see the parade as a neutral and get to see our players and manager displaying the trophies. However, to my astonishment his mate was a United fan. Now I wouldn't have been seen dead at United's treble-winning parade in 1999 but maybe some of these younger fans aren't as bitter as us older lot.

That's the reality and no amount of bitter pontificating from fans of other clubs will change that. Do they think City fans in Japan, South Korea, and elsewhere are that arsed about the ongoing Premier League investigation or lemon-sucking cunts saying our success is tainted? Going off some of the footage I've see over the past week or so, clearly not!
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Japan.

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More dodgy sportswashing money into the coffers off the scousers. they won't spend it will they?
 
M18CTID said:
I've said in the past that the day I start bragging that we have more fans in Ulan Bator than the likes of United and Liverpool and wearing it as a badge of honour like fans of both those clubs do then that's the day I'll want shooting and that still stands even though our fanbase is clearly growing exponentially.

However, what I will do is point out to all the dickhead United and Liverpool fans that their comments that City will continue to remain irrelevant in the wider scheme of things despite how many trophies we win is proving to be complete and utter bollocks. This notion that they have that only their clubs and a select few others can pick up shit loads of new fans worldwide is as blinkered as it gets, and it's a notion that is unravelling before their very eyes given the turnout we've seen on this Far East tour with the amount of fans that want a piece of City being off the scale. It's an old fashioned view that doesn't stand up in today's world where social media interaction plays such a big part in shaping the modern-day fan. And although I'm not big on social media myself, I can see that City have got that side of things down to a fine art. Even if you go back a decade and look at that Harlem Shake video the players did, it has nearly 10 million views on YouTube. You do of course need a successful football team as well and by winning the treble and the CL in particular it's elevated the size of our fanbase to another level. Now some of those fans may well drift away at some point in the future but this is also the case for United and Liverpool, etc, but as with those two clubs many of them will get the City bug and become fans for life.

It's clear that some of us older fans don't quite get how many of the younger generation go about supporting their clubs and how some of them may view other clubs too. I got talking to a couple of lads from Preston on the platform at Deansgate station following the treble parade. Both were in their early twenties and pissed up, and both said they'd had a great day. But here's the rub - one was a Preston fan and I could kind of understand that he might want to see the parade as a neutral and get to see our players and manager displaying the trophies. However, to my astonishment his mate was a United fan. Now I wouldn't have been seen dead at United's treble-winning parade in 1999 but maybe some of these younger fans aren't as bitter as us older lot.

That's the reality and no amount of bitter pontificating from fans of other clubs will change that. Do they think City fans in Japan, South Korea, and elsewhere are that arsed about the ongoing Premier League investigation or lemon-sucking cunts saying our success is tainted? Going off some of the footage I've see over the past week or so, clearly not!
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Great Post.
 
This is pretty much correct. What Klopp seems to be doing… I don’t like it

 
Goater=Legend said:
'peak years'

Hes still only only 30, he should be still at his peak.
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Or even approaching it. I would say most midfielders of his type peak at 31-32.

Their enhanced reading of the game compensates for the slight drop off in endurance and speed over that period. I would say Fernandinho peaked at 32, possibly even 33.
 
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