Re: Liverpool laughing stocks?
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:38 pm
yeah - really! I DID expect it to be manU who went for this first!seanworth wrote:not really.thebish wrote:I had expected it to be ManU who went for this first...
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yeah - really! I DID expect it to be manU who went for this first!seanworth wrote:not really.thebish wrote:I had expected it to be ManU who went for this first...
boltonboris wrote:Read that earlier today.. It's all well and good saying that, but the gulf between Liverpool and Man Utd / Chelsea, will just get bigger and bigger.. What can he blame it on then?
If you heard the guy issuing the statement, you'd have found it difficult to pick which of the two he was from, the amount of times he mentioned Utd. Don't think they haven't been having meetings and discussions about this. On top of Ferguson's comments the other week, I would say we're seeing the start of a concerted campaign.thebish wrote:I had expected it to be ManU who went for this first...
Lord Kangana wrote:If someone could explain how Barca and Real do it, there your answer would lie.
Wouldn't surprise me when they're playing each other!thebish wrote:Lord Kangana wrote:If someone could explain how Barca and Real do it, there your answer would lie.
do they pixellate out the opposition players' faces?
Worthy4England wrote:Wouldn't surprise me when they're playing each other!thebish wrote:Lord Kangana wrote:If someone could explain how Barca and Real do it, there your answer would lie.
do they pixellate out the opposition players' faces?
Liverpool manageing to totally ignore the past few seasons and that Citeh (massive you know) and even the Spuds are as big a draw these days.mrplow wrote:Interesting article in today's Guardian about TV rights.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011 ... ay-tv-deal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"What is absolutely certain is that, with the greatest of respect to our colleagues in the Premier League, but if you're a Bolton fan in Bolton, then you subscribe to Sky because you want to watch Bolton. Everyone gets that. Likewise, if you're a Liverpool fan from Liverpool, you subscribe. But if you're in Kuala Lumpur there isn't anyone subscribing to Astro, or ESPN to watch Bolton, or if they are it's a very small number. Whereas the large majority are subscribing because they want to watch Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal."
It's not ignoring City and Spurs, Liverpool are a massive draw worldwide, and behind only possibly United in terms of global fanbase. Us and them would do fantastically well out of it, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs and City would probably do about as well as they do now out of it, and everyone else would be fecked. It's perfectly understandable that LFC would look to do that - we've been doing it since before the Bad Yanks were in charge. Ian Ayre's only doing his job in trying to maximise revenues.bobo the clown wrote:Liverpool manageing to totally ignore the past few seasons and that Citeh (massive you know) and even the Spuds are as big a draw these days.
The meeja will rsist it until they can include Wet Spam too.
Liverpool are fast becoming the sort of cancer on English football that Stretford used to be.
It is VITAL that they blow it this year. They've spent future years income this summer and need ECL games/money next season or they'll be doing a Leeds/Newcastle. The sooner the better too.
That's great! Except that most Liverpool fans that you know and have seen will have fck all say on it either way.blurred wrote:It will ruin English football, and most Liverpool fans that I know and that I've seen are not in favour of it in the slightest.
I am willing to tackle the problem of Mancs throughout the Northwest...jmjhb wrote:A possible solution would be the killing of gloryhunters.
People supporting their local team would be spared, but sorry plastic fans, your time is up.
What a simpleton.mrplow wrote:Interesting article in today's Guardian about TV rights.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011 ... ay-tv-deal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"What is absolutely certain is that, with the greatest of respect to our colleagues in the Premier League, but if you're a Bolton fan in Bolton, then you subscribe to Sky because you want to watch Bolton. Everyone gets that. Likewise, if you're a Liverpool fan from Liverpool, you subscribe. But if you're in Kuala Lumpur there isn't anyone subscribing to Astro, or ESPN to watch Bolton, or if they are it's a very small number. Whereas the large majority are subscribing because they want to watch Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal."
The second exception being that most Liverpool fans he's seen now constitute a small minority of their global fanbase. They may wallow in the pull of their club, one day its going to bite them on the arse. That day is drawing near.CrazyHorse wrote:That's great! Except that most Liverpool fans that you know and have seen will have fck all say on it either way.blurred wrote:It will ruin English football, and most Liverpool fans that I know and that I've seen are not in favour of it in the slightest.
blurred wrote:It's not ignoring City and Spurs, Liverpool are a massive draw worldwide, and behind only possibly United in terms of global fanbase. Us and them would do fantastically well out of it, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs and City would probably do about as well as they do now out of it, and everyone else would be fecked. It's perfectly understandable that LFC would look to do that - we've been doing it since before the Bad Yanks were in charge. Ian Ayre's only doing his job in trying to maximise revenues.bobo the clown wrote:Liverpool manageing to totally ignore the past few seasons and that Citeh (massive you know) and even the Spuds are as big a draw these days.
The meeja will rsist it until they can include Wet Spam too.
Liverpool are fast becoming the sort of cancer on English football that Stretford used to be.
It is VITAL that they blow it this year. They've spent future years income this summer and need ECL games/money next season or they'll be doing a Leeds/Newcastle. The sooner the better too.
That being said, this idea is a catastrophically bad one, and should never see the light of day. It will ruin English football, and most Liverpool fans that I know and that I've seen are not in favour of it in the slightest. There's a reason the PL has such a draw outside the UK, and that's because it's a competitive, honest league. Barcelona and Madrid are huge in Spain, but there's no real desire to see La Liga. If we got rid of collective bargaining it'd end up with an English version of that (even moreso than there is now), and the PL would suffer for it in the long run.
Down with this sort of thing.