I insisted from the start that it wasn't on and that it wouldn't happen. It's one thing being a dreamer, but the people who take joy in this sort of thing and get pleasure from saying "I told you so" are f*cking c*cks, and need an attitude adjustment.
Indeed you did - which is why i was surprised at your attack
I don't think ANY liverpool fan gets pleasure from seeing their team lose - even if they predict things don't look good
I remember the summer of 2009 and i said at the time (undrer the alias of JuniorGaltieri if anyone thinks I'm lying and wants to look it up) that the loss of Alonso was absolutely cruciual to the way we play and losing him would be as big a blow as losing either Gerrard or Torres (the 2 players who got all the plaudits for the season that had just gone)
It was actually bigger than that
People told me it wouldn't be a problem and Man Utd losing ronaldo would be a bigger blow
I can assure you I took absolutely no pleasure in seeing how that season panned out, and saying to some of those fans who argued with me 'I told you so' even though i did - and got f*** all respect for it!
As an intelliggent chap Bar I'm surprised you don't share my concerns about how foolish the blind-faith brigade consistently make us all look with their brash and arroganr claims
Most knowlegeable fans in the game?
One peak at some of the outrageous posts on this website shows that not to be the case
To be fair Jim, I think from looking at some of the posters who are clearly living with their heads in the clouds, i'd take a guess that those particular posters would be amongst our 'younger' fans. There are a lot of intelligent posters around here, and i'd say the majority of them are realistic enough, and those of them saying stuff like "we're going to win the league" are clearly taking the p*ss. There
are some though that are serious, and they're the same ones who will see a transfer rumour that they like, and thus take it as gospel. These people don't use their heads, but I think you have to recognise that sort of poster, and just realise that they're either probably young, or not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Most of the negative posters (which the exception of one or two) come across to me as very intelligent and well informed, and even though I may agree with a lot of negative views posts, some of them, I feel are just a bit unnecessary and uncalled for. I think a winning mentality is what's needed for success, and that has to be present from top to bottom.
You may think, okay, this is just a message board, what possible difference can that make on the confidence/mentality of the team? None surely? Well, say the dominant atmosphere around here was of pessimism, lack of faith in the team and manager and complete doom and gloom - what's likely to happen is that mindset of the people who post here is going to stick, and they're going to spread it to other LFC fans they talk to. Before long this negativity could spread, and if continued to do so, you get 40,000+ LFC fans going to games with gripes and chips on their shoulders, and no faith in the team's ability to achieve. The support will be poor, and when things go wrong, the crowd will turn on the team, which will not help the players on the pitch. Games will be lost without the support of the fans, the media get's on the case, and suddenly the team is in freefall.
This is a very extreme and exaggerated scenario, I realise that - but it's what we'd be dealing with if everyone was of the same mindset as the people I complain about on here. If your girlfriend/wife puts on a little bit of weight, and asks how she looks, do you tell her she looks fat? If a friend in a band plays a song and asks you what you think, and it's not that good, do you say it was sh*t? Sometimes you just need to give the benefit of the doubt for the greater good.
