Funny isn't it. Not a single newspaper reported interest in Liverpool Football Club from New England Sports Ventures (NESV) until the club went public with the latest developments. Now every newspaper out there claims to know everything NESV will or won't do. Ignore the scaremongering and pay attention to Martin Broughton and him only.
I wasn't sure about Broughton when he was appointed. I didn't like the idea of a die-hard Chelsea supporter heading the club - I still don't - but he is a top professional who will do his very best to get Liverpool Football Club the best outcome. The reason he will do this is because he has credibility, he's paid a vast amount of money to do so, but most importantly to me, he's a genuine football fan like you and I.
Some of our members were discussing silly internet gossip that suggested that the current situation was just 'spin' and that the club don't have a buyer lined up and that the board has no intentions of selling. Seriously, that is the most insane claim I have ever heard associated with the club. So let's get this right. Broughton, Purslow and Ayre have conspired to make it sound like we've found a buyer. NESV are in on it and Tom Hicks and George Gillett are heading to court as part of the fantasy. Never have I head so much [oops] in all my life.
The truth of the situation is this. Broughton, Purslow and Ayre are on the verge of owning the **** out of the current owners. Now it's true that we could lose the court case but it wouldn't be the end of the world because I know for a fact that there is a plan B that involves Broughton and Co. colluding with the Royal Bank of Scotland. This option is already in place if needed. Talk of administration and points deductions, ignore it. What will be will be. All you need to ask yourself is one question. Say it out loud: "Do I trust Martin Broughton?". If not, why not? He has no reason to **** us over. If the answer is yes, then why worry, because he will see us through this.
There are newspaper reports today claiming that if we suffer a setback then NESV will pull out. Now even if that were true, so what? **** 'em if that's the case. They'd clearly not be the ones to own our fine club. We'd battle on together and face the next hurdle. But I cannot stress this enough, the press have not got a clue. They are speculating, unless of course you see hard quotes and I didn't see a single one from NESV saying this would be the case. The hacks are full of sh*t and they don't give a **** about you and I. Why you follow them on Twitter I do not know. I used to, then I realised they were just a bunch of tools. There are more informed fans on Twitter worth paying attention to, people who stand to gain nothing by making claims unlike the press who need to sell papers to keep their job.
During the summer there was a huge attempt to smear and discredit the current Liverpool board, especially Christian Purslow. I refused to take part in such when I realised that there was no proof whatsoever that Purslow was at Anfield to screw us over. Because I refused to drop personal details relating to Christian, I even lost friendships but it just didn't feel right and maybe those friendships weren't genuine in the first place. Nobody can pull my strings. I'm not a puppet, I will only pass on to you guys what I believe to be true and if I have doubts, I always try to include such in anything I write. Everything that comes from me is always in good faith and no incentives will ever change that. I'm proud to say that I've worked like that for 12 years now. Even the club has offered me incentives in the past to work with them rather than against them and I even said 'no ta' to them. Read about it in my infamous book when published - monitor the site for forthcoming details!
In a couple of email exchanges that I had with Christian, he talked of his love for Liverpool Football Club and it became clear he was a family man who was upset at some of the smears thrown at him by internet warriors. Give these numpties a blog or a box to stand on and they think they know everything. I think they're total scum. By all means question and debate but when I see people demanding answers and writing lists of demands like a group of 10-year-olds, as if they are the appointed almighty for us all, then I not only question their state of mind but I also question their real motives and intentions.
The current board, that's our board and not the one the owners think is in place, may not have achieved anything yet but they have shown the doubters wrong, because had we believed the numpties, they were all appointed to deliberately mislead us.
Now standing up to the owners is of course a very brave and ****ing cool thing to do but that doesn't mean that anyone involved in such is immediately cleared of any wrong doing. For example. While I have absolute faith in Martin Broughton, there are things that Christian Purslow has done that have angered me. I was seriously [oops] off with him when he tried to pull the wool over our eyes about the Xabi Alonso transfer and where that money went (and other monies received since then) and I must say I find it hard to believe any true Red wouldn't have given Kenny Dalglish a stab at the job ahead of Roy Hodgson. Minor things possibly but maybe (most likely) there are other factors that you and I don't know about. The Alonso one I think we'll all agree on but the Dalglish snub, maybe that's just a personal opinion I'm letting get in the way. The point I'm trying to say is, while I believe Purslow and Ayre are on side, Broughton is the one I actually trust 110%.
If we do win the court case, then I expect apologies to be published towards the current board members by those who didn't just question them but actually villified them. If we don't win the court case, then by all means wait and see what happens, but I do think that some people out there are going to eventually look pretty stupid. I am the first to put my hands up and say I trusted none of the ***** but over time I grew to realise that maybe I was allowing myself to fall for what others were saying. We are all that desperate to see the owners removed and for the club to bounce back that we'll believe anything anyone tells us. That's a dangerous situation to be in. Make your own mind up and don't fall for what others feed you, especially those with an agenda and also the press. Stick with what Broughton says and NESV should they publicly comment.
It's going to be an interesting week. Broughton believes we will succeed but we only need a numptie in court on the day to shaft things. Don't count your chickens and all that. Just be patient and if it does go t*ts up, don't panic because we will come through this. That I can promise you.
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