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Mark Pierpoint
1 Posted 04/05/2014 at 16:26:51
Good article, Paul. Overall I would agree with much you say in the ratings. Personally thought that Lukaku had a quiet game. Whilst the goal was welcome and well taken I think we should be looking elsewhere given the costs involved.
David Hallwood
2 Posted 05/05/2014 at 10:22:34
Sorry Paul, can't get my head round any supporter wanting their team to lose, regardless of who benefits, especially when CL qualification was still up for grabs (albeit 5,000/1 outsider). In addition what's to say that the RS are going to get maximum points off Palace & the Barcodes? This is pure 'Premier League Predictor', who would have thought that Chelsea would've only got a point out of Norwich & Sunderland at the Bridge-nothing is nailed on in football.

You made no mention of Dzeko disgraceful time wasting antics or the fact that buying the title does little for the long term health of football, or even the fact that the team is from Manchester; its just wrong on so many counts.

Yes like us all, I hate the RS, and laughed and laughed when DJ Beater slipped and played in back two dozen times because its one of the highlights of the season. BUT willing the shite to lose is fundamentally different to wanting your team to lose to get at them

Jim Harrison
3 Posted 05/05/2014 at 10:55:42
I agree with David, on both not wanting to win and Dzeko.

In the end the result hurt me. I was on my feet for large parts of the second half, bouncing up and down in the living room willing the goals to come.....for Everton that is. I don't really care what happens now. They maybe classless, do we have to follow suit?

As for Dzeko, the ref should have ordered the stretcher on earlier, and not let him just run straight back on as if nothing happened. He did well to stick to his guns and book him but his actions had already had the desired effect by taking the intensity out of the match. It was all plain sailing after that.

Back to wanting to lose, the Arse only just sneaked it yesterday. They might have been a lot more nervous if we had won..........who knows, but either way, I couldn't imagine actually celebrating a loss?

Steve Brown
4 Posted 05/05/2014 at 11:04:56
Sorry I read until the comment in Alcaraz and then gave up. What match were you watching Paul?
Phil Sammon
5 Posted 05/05/2014 at 11:10:21
'it's a bit like those loonies who kill the kids to get at the ex-missus'

Let's just get one thing clear. Wanting a football team to lose is not like killing children.

Steve Brown
6 Posted 05/05/2014 at 11:12:36
As an additional point, could we have a rest now from the applicants for sainthood like David #2 and Jim at #3, as the criticism of your fellow blues is not right.

I would bet there wasnt a blue at the game or watching on TV who didnt cheer when we scored two goals. Sure some of them also enjoyed the fact that the result didnt help Liverpool, but to equate them to people who kill their kids is a complete disgrace David. It's you who has the warped perspective I respectfully suggest.

David Hallwood
7 Posted 05/05/2014 at 15:34:46
My apologies Phil(#5) and to all Twebbers, my analogy was way over the top.
David Hallwood
8 Posted 05/05/2014 at 15:36:55
Sorry pressed the button too soon, but I wasn't in any way comparing the killing of children to a football match, it was just an analogy and as I've already admitted one in extremely poor taste.
Jim Harrison
9 Posted 06/05/2014 at 02:47:22
Steve, in expressing an opinion I have done no different to those who have expressed theirs, kind of what forums are about.
James Lauwervine
10 Posted 06/05/2014 at 10:40:48
Paul, I think that was Alcaraz's worst match of his career, at least I can't imagine him playing any worse. I confess I'm judging from the TV coverage alone.
No mention of Dzeko. A total disgrace and an embarassment. Should have been sent off. Someone should crack his shoulder with a shovel and show the cheating twat what real pain is.
I watched it on TV and the game was totally ruined by the commentary. This is not a new concept but I have never heard such incessant shit in my life. Tyler is a fucking fool and next time we shouldn't let him into the ground.
Laughed my arse off last night though...
Chad Schofield
11 Posted 07/05/2014 at 00:10:14
I'm guessing that the comments have now been edited to a degree, because David Hallwood seems to be having a slight episode after Phil has made a point about something not written!

It was a very strange day and while I don't want Liverpool to win the league, the people I watched it with wanted us to win and for them to mess up... although nobody predicted how it would pan out on Monday night. Certainly though there were many people talking about the strange torn dilemma up until halftime. Not sure if becoming slightly more well oiled or the fact that seeing is losing spurred this on.

I've never spoken to more Liverpool fans at length about football, most of whom had seemed to expect that they'd be winning the league (as well as everything else domestically and in Europe) for the next decade. It would be awful if they won... not because Rodger's hasn't got them playing well, but just the arrogance stoked very much by the media. As a fellow Blue said, even at Man U's height the majority of their fans were not as awful as most RS fans have been since they got into pole.

Trevor Whyte
12 Posted 07/05/2014 at 02:52:41
Strange to give a match report and ratings to a game after writing "I wasn't paying a great deal of attention to the match in all honesty" ... and not even aware to the scoreline at times.

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