KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum well done Ian about time, we spoke back to Dave

Because apparently it has become the Liverpool Way to criticize our own more than anyone else, and to lash out at those who demand our club be treated with respect.

Dave the motormouth Whelan he should be put back in his box good man Ian

After the professionalism of Rodgers in the press conference last week it seems as though Ayre has learned nothing. Best thing would have been to say nothing. The club made an approach to speak to Martinez through their chairman and went about business in a clean manner. There has been no outcry from Swansea of any note regarding the acquisition of Rodgers. Having carried this out properly Ian Ayre has dropped himself right in it big time.

There was no mileage at all in making such a public personal insult because the next bit of talkimg is the stuff done on the pitch.

What Ayre has done is exactly what Ferguson would have done and rather than not complain we would have called him a nobhead so in my book Ayre is a nobhead

might be tricky to do business with whelan now.

Oh no! What a terrible loss!

not really but you never know in the future mate.

Dave Whelan is 75 years old. Everyone probably knows what it's like when you get someone of that age in the family... an uncle or grandad who often say the most embarassing things at the wrong time and the wrong place.

If we had to make the point as a club Ian Ayre should've done it without the attempted clever remark. He should've made an allowance for Dave Whelan's advanced age and just quietly made the point.

And now Whelan has responded with this:

‘Isn’t he the lad who suggested that the top six should keep the money from the Premier League deal and the rest of us should have nothing?

‘He’s clearly a knowledgeable person on football and I wish him good luck with his new manager.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footbal...d-comedian.html

Moral victory to Dave Whelan I suggest. Our PR/communications have been a disaster over the last year or so. Where was Ian Ayre during the Suarez affair?

And I have a feeling that the appointment of Rodgers fell into place more due to luck than design. Even by the time of the unveiling, the dof/sporting director issue hadn't been clearly ironed out. Rodgers felt the need to step in and add his clarification to a question that had been directed at Ian Ayre. For one awful moment I thought they were seriously contradicting each other - I'd still like to see a replay if i could find it anywhere.

So I think Ian Ayre and our communications team need to zip up for a while and get our house in order before we start attemptiing clever remarks about others.

Furthermore... getting into a puplic fight with Wigan is embarrassing. We used to joust with Fergie and Mourinho. Now we're picking fights with Wigan? And in the market for players that were about to be signed by.... Swansea?

So let's take a look at ourselves first and get our act together - pronto.

lets move on and leave this wigan stuff behind i say

It's called getting your own house in order first which I think is the correct way of doing things.

All Whelan did was put his little insigificant club in the spotlight for 15 mins- Here's hoping that he keeps his mouth shut for next season and only worries about his own team not US