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Maybe I can shed some light on this from a different perspective. I'm a 24 year old American so I haven't been a fan as long as most of you. In fact I've only supported Liverpool for the past 4 years and I've never had the fortune of being at Anfield. Hopefully I can make it there in the future, but anyways given my background I see nothing wrong with the show.
I know a lot of you grew up with the "behind closed doors" mentality but to be honest I don't feel like this violates that. Granted there has only been one episode, but so far Rodgers is not giving away his strategies for each match or anything of that nature. To me it just seems like a show that will give us an intro into the players lives, a view at what it looks like inside Melwood, and a few moments of Rodgers giving an inspirational speech. After watching the first episode I didn't see anything that gave away the preparation of the team for matches or dealing with transfers and contracts.
Also, I don't know how sports work in England, but over here you can't watch a game that doesn't show the manager's prep talk before the game or at half time. We even have a sports reporter talk to each manager at the end of half time to get his (or her) thoughts on how the 1st half went. So all in all given the response from most of you, this seems like a show that's targeted to the American fans and I can tell ya that none of us think anything is "wrong" or "abnormal" about showing behind the scenes footage. In fact, how upset some you are about it is actually strange to me. I guess it all depends on where you're sitting. 4 years my mate what went before ? To be honest I had no idea what the Premier League was before that. I liked watching the World Cup but that was the extent of my knowledge. Solar, I haven't watched the docu yet but i will do out of curiosity, i have a feeling though at the moment it maybe a bit frilly for our taste this side of the pond, especially at this time as we are not achieving much you could say its all fur coat and no knickers!   Yeah, we haven't done too well in the past couple of seasons so I get that. As for the rest of what you said I have no idea what any of that means 
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I don't see any problem with a documentary about the club and what is happening within the club so long as our transfers (or lack of) are kept behind closed doors.
In Australia at both AFL and NRL games there is footage in the rooms before the game, interviews with coackes and players whilst they leave the field or half time and it for those who can't be at the game it gives a real sense of being there and experiencing it live.
We are now in an era of transperancy and this sort of thing gives the fans, especially the new ones or those that don't live in Liverpool an opportunity to get a sense of what Liverpool is about and ties them the wee bit closer to the club.
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Under 18 Player
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I don't see any problem with a documentary about the club and what is happening within the club so long as our transfers (or lack of) are kept behind closed doors.
In Australia at both AFL and NRL games there is footage in the rooms before the game, interviews with coackes and players whilst they leave the field or half time and it for those who can't be at the game it gives a real sense of being there and experiencing it live.
We are now in an era of transperancy and this sort of thing gives the fans, especially the new ones or those that don't live in Liverpool an opportunity to get a sense of what Liverpool is about and ties them the wee bit closer to the club. i agree with all that.
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This used to be a FOOTBALL club ffs,whats next X-factor style win an LFC playing contract  did we not do something like that in Vietnam a few years back?
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LoL Solar, and there lies the problem, we cover up the problems by wearing the fancy fur coat but in reality we cant even afford a basic pair of knickers,Im hoping that explains everything for you? 
Life is beautiful when you find Love when you find the place your meant to be when you find the one to give your heart to as for me this is you this is Love
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I watched the first episode when it aired for the first time yesterday... and to tell you the truth it was really TAME! They edited out all the controversial stuff about Kenny (probably a good idea) and it just wasn't that great. Some nice human touches with the latino lads playing Monopoly - but the narration was poor and the bit about our history was really glossed over and not at all riveting. Hardly any good footage - lots of repeated non-distinct shots from games - and not the inspiring programme it could have been. I know this was 'dumbed down' for the American sports audience but so far they have missed an opportunity to introduce our club to that culture. Normally stories of our exploits made the hair on your neck stand up but this was all sort of blah! Hope part 2 gets better. Spot on. I found it very boring but at least it can only get better.
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Liverpool Legend
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I think your comments to Solar lads are really nasty.
Here's a lad from a continent away who has decided at the tender age of 20 to follow premiership football and he has chosen well in Liverpool FC.
He posts on here regularly and has a good knowledge of the club and one day I am sure he will vist the fantastic city of Liverpool with all its history and the waterfront and then pay a visit to L1 and see Anfield and Goodison seperated by Stanley Park.
What the F*CK is wrong with that ?
Very disappointed with some of the comments.
IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD SPEAK SOFTLY - BOB PAISLEY
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Are you in the right thread Stanley??? I've just read back through and can't see any unpleasantness aimed at Solar....
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Are you in the right thread Stanley??? I've just read back through and can't see any unpleasantness aimed at Solar.... Vietnam is Solar's personal fault and he should be admonished for not supporting Liverpool before he was 20. And generally I thought the tone was wrong he was a lad trying to understand the mindset over here and putting his outlook in a friendly way and he was slapped down. Did not think it was nice. And it was Solar that hunted out the film of everton last night which was good of him. Cut the guy some slack on this.
Last edited by Stanley Park; 18/09/12 09:24 AM.
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