If the absolute jokes that get paid to report on football in this country really had an unbiased view and truly wanted to right the wrongs of the game then why didn’t (or as they like to rehash things from years ago) don’t they look back at the £50 million the scousers wrote off in the so called development plans for the ghost stadium in Stanley Park. Any real ‘investigative’ journalist would look into that loss and see it for the sham that it so clearly was and report on it accordingly. The lack of any real coverage at all about it tells you all you need to know about the ‘journalists’ or ‘experts’ we are dealing with here.
Allow me to do it for them. During the financial year of 2010/2011 the scousers made losses of £49.4 million which was quietly, more importantly without question, reported it was that particular failed stadium strategy which was the reason they had to take a £49.6 million pound hit, which presumably means the would have made a 200k profit if it wasn’t for that ‘unfortunate situation’. It was all readily and quickly agreed by the press, (those that did bother to mention it) that it was the inept decisions of Gillett and Hicks which was the reason for this even though they were only in control of Liverpool for a little over 2 months of that year. The fact that the blame was pinned on them losing around £5 million a week during the 10 weeks they were in charge on planning a stadium was clearly bollocks to start with though it seemed not worth looking into. Nothing to see here they whispered.
However, if you take a look into their transfer dealings during that year, which FSG were in control for 9 1/2 months, they will see a net loss for almost that amount after they splurged £23million on Suarez, £35 million on Carrol, £16million on Henderson, £20 million on Downing and £8 million on Adam. £102 million in total. Yes they got £50 million for Torres and £6 million for Babel but they were the only outgoings of note at the start of King Kenny’s second spell that year so that is about a £46 million shortfall. But yet, the press that actually bothered to mention it quickly agreed the reason for that year’s loss was in fact due to the outgoing owners 2 1/2 months of madness where they lost nigh on £50 million due to planning a stadium and now how these new owners knew what they were doing and were taking the scousers back to the very top where they so rightly belonged.
Though, If they did indeed want to look deeper into that year’s accounts these bastions of light and truth would also see Roy Hodgson’s dealings during his short spell in that same financial year saw him take around a £3 million loss during that period and you are now pretty much coming up with that magic number of a £49.6 million loss. But no, it was all about those pesky ex owners seemingly losing that amount in that crazy 2 1/2 months and what a great set of owners they had now who would right the wrongs of those mad 10 weeks and how it was the kind of day the sky sports reporter lived for on the day of the takeover. It really was a ‘boss’ day all round.
I also presume the crooks at UEFA went through that seasons accounts with a fine tooth comb as FFP was to come in the following year, but it seemed just like the media they already had tunnel vision on one particular club’s dealings and the scousers were allowed to do as they pleased. Spend,Spend,Spend, quick.
So forgive me but what I’m saying is at no point has this clear as day fallacious set of accounts ever been or will ever be questioned by the media in this country as the overwhelming majority of the press are duplicitous arseholes with obvious vested interests and are without an ounce of journalistic integrity or any real moral standing.
They are nothing more than a stain on our game fixated on one club through either personal or financial motives and must be treated with the contempt they so richly deserve, as the only thing driving them, other than the things I’ve just mentioned, is acute bitterness and more importantly inherent envy.
Fuck em!
