Media Thread - 2021/22

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Was anyone hurt in Paris, this to me is the most important question. It seems the authorities had some concerns, slowed access towards the turnstiles and delayed the kick off to allow all to access.. with no one hurt. Any one who has been to any away game in Europe knows it is a very intimidating position with regards to policing. But to reiterate, no one hurt so job done.

Ah, but none of this matters, C. The Dippers lost, the treble up in smoke, or was it pepper spray?, and so we need another narrative that is gonna fill the sports pages until the season starts.

The DT this morning headline with Liverpool 'victims of Uefa lies'. I don't know whether the hack is taking the piss with the word 'victims' but it might have been uttered by some Dipper 'victim'. And they claim that the Parisian police tear-gassed disabled fans - disabled and blind! And Dipper fans were attacked by local gangs after the game. And they want the Stade de France stripped of major events until it's proved they can hold them safely. Two points jump out at me: unless you stage major events at a stadium how will you know they can stage them safely, and would Aldridge and the rest of the ex-Dipper apologists tell us that our coach journey, which ended up with the coach deliberately and wantonly wrecked by hooligans and scumbags was 'perfectly safe'? The outfall of this game has got more fuckin' legs than a millipede.

I await further accusations as to Parisian, French, and Uefa shortcomings in the wake of a Dipper reverse.

I just wonder how much of this would have made the papers had the Dippers gone on and accomplished their usual 'denouement' (see what I did there?) and beat Real on penalties?

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I think if you compare the media coverage of the antics in Paris with the instant condemnation of our pitch invasion and calls for immediate reform it exposes the inherent bias in the media. Roy Keane condemning on-pitch violence was a particular highlight.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

One thing that really surprises me about the local French youth is that they are all wanted to be in the Liverpool end and not Real.

Why would that surprise you? Think about it. Which supporters were more likely to be jibbing in? They knew they could just blend into the crowd at that end.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Mea culpa time.
My future son in law, in his early 40s, is a seasoncard holder at Klanfield. He runs his own successful employment bureau business - high tech clients only, no riff raff, and went to Paris with his mates. All had "proper" tickets. They got there early, and had no problems getting in. In fact, he had no problems whatsoever (apart from the result) and remained safe throughout his stay. He and his mates then flew to Glasgow yesterday, to enjoy a couple of days golfing.
His cousin, in his 30s, also went, again with a proper ticket. He was caught up in the queues and tear gassed. He got in the ground at half time, but was sick all through the match, and wished he hadn't gone.
Like the majority of posters on here (?), he's a genuine supporter of his club and has no time for the morons who bring shame on their team.
I've posted this just to bring a bit of balance to the general condemnation of the events that took place. Not all fans can be tarred with the same brush.

What I find weird is that NOBODY will condemn the actions of few (well, quit a few) morons that ruined it for the well behaved fans with genuine tickets, not even the genuine ticket holders. From just the few interviews I've managed to stomach watching I've their heard fans blame EVERYONE but their own.

Maybe the media are being selective with the interviews they are showing (highly likely), but then social media has been a fairly similar story.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Was anyone hurt in Paris

Only about 50,000 Liverpool fans' feelings.

 

[55yr old teenager]

Does anyone know if UEFA have had anything to say yet?

 

[dadnlad]

Mea culpa time.
My future son in law, in his early 40s, is a seasoncard holder at Klanfield. He runs his own successful employment bureau business - high tech clients only, no riff raff, and went to Paris with his mates. All had "proper" tickets. They got there early, and had no problems getting in. In fact, he had no problems whatsoever (apart from the result) and remained safe throughout his stay. He and his mates then flew to Glasgow yesterday, to enjoy a couple of days golfing.
His cousin, in his 30s, also went, again with a proper ticket. He was caught up in the queues and tear gassed. He got in the ground at half time, but was sick all through the match, and wished he hadn't gone.
Like the majority of posters on here (?), he's a genuine supporter of his club and has no time for the morons who bring shame on their team.
I've posted this just to bring a bit of balance to the general condemnation of the events that took place. Not all fans can be tarred with the same brush.

correct not all fans are the issue but it's time they started calling their own out fake tickets or forcing way in caused issues for genuine ticket holders instead of blaming everyone else

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

Mea culpa time.
My future son in law, in his early 40s, is a seasoncard holder at Klanfield. He runs his own successful employment bureau business - high tech clients only, no riff raff, and went to Paris with his mates. All had "proper" tickets. They got there early, and had no problems getting in. In fact, he had no problems whatsoever (apart from the result) and remained safe throughout his stay. He and his mates then flew to Glasgow yesterday, to enjoy a couple of days golfing.
His cousin, in his 30s, also went, again with a proper ticket. He was caught up in the queues and tear gassed. He got in the ground at half time, but was sick all through the match, and wished he hadn't gone.
Like the majority of posters on here (?), he's a genuine supporter of his club and has no time for the morons who bring shame on their team.
I've posted this just to bring a bit of balance to the general condemnation of the events that took place. Not all fans can be tarred with the same brush.

I always try and be objective and no things are ever black and white. One thing did occur to me though, there were numerous reports of LFC fans with genuine tickets not getting into the ground at all.
Thus I would have expected huge gaps at the LFC end, yet it looked absolutely rammed at kick off. This can only mean one thing, a fair chunk of these people had gained entry by nefarious means.
i‘m sure there are a lot of decent people who support LFC but that club should also take some responsibility, especially when Klopp advised fans without a ticket to travel anyway.

 

[moomba]

Season done now so time to get United back at the top:




Great line in the article:

"Although City won their fourth Premier League title in five years - beating Liverpool by a point - that was their only silverware of the season"

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[jrb]

Sky claiming 500,000 at Liverpool’s parade.

Confirmation if we ever needed that these parade figures the scousers put out are just made up.

Why is it so exact and why did it look like less than 10x that?

They use that figure every time they have a parade. Never less or more. Strange that.