I wasn't going to discuss as I wouldve expected a backlash of abuse for my views - I kept quiet on my own opinions until last night I discussed it with my dad - a season ticket holder for 30 years or so. Reading some of the comments here, it appears i am not as much a minority as I thought
Whilst i will admit, having read a fair bit about the case it seems so harsh on Michael Shields to have been imprisoned, I did feel that on Monday night, the club getting so involved with it all felt 'weird' - it felt to me at least, that i was almost being force feed into supporting the campaign otherwise i wasn't a true 'supporter' if that makes sense. I do feel that the club is the wrong vehicle for this campaign - why? I know this is a very big IF but........say for example, as a result of the clubs backing, Michael Shields was freed but a few years down the line, by some bizarre highly unlikely chance, details emerge that in fact he was involved in some way, how woul everyone feel, how would the club look etc
I also suspect that - although Elvoz says the locals are very much behind this, that may not be the case - what led me to think this, again this kind of leads to me saying it felt like a force feed campaign to support michael shields otherwise i''m not a true lfc fan was the reaction from the kop.......Ok they held a mosiac up, but then the "Free Michael Now" chant came across as very half hearted and was led by people who feel very strongly that he should be freed, but it also had a feel of a lot people joining in the chant cause the guy next to him was and they didn't want to look a cunt.
It was not like, say JFT 96, which is a passionate and emotional affair that effected the club and the city, and as such the response when the kop held up that mosiac resulted in a much more passionate response from the whole of anfield - you could feel the emotion and everyone was involved in that protest.
As I said, on monday - the chanting of "free michael shields" didn't come across like that at all - it to me sounded more 'hollow' as a result of people joining the chant to fit in with the crowd.
Again, i want to say what has happened must be a terrible thing for Michael Shields, his famiy and his friends, and it is great that he has so many supporters, and I have nothing against the campaign or anything like that - my only issue was that some people seem to think that if you don't support the michael shields campaign then you are not a 'proper' fan.
Whilst i will admit, having read a fair bit about the case it seems so harsh on Michael Shields to have been imprisoned, I did feel that on Monday night, the club getting so involved with it all felt 'weird' - it felt to me at least, that i was almost being force feed into supporting the campaign otherwise i wasn't a true 'supporter' if that makes sense. I do feel that the club is the wrong vehicle for this campaign - why? I know this is a very big IF but........say for example, as a result of the clubs backing, Michael Shields was freed but a few years down the line, by some bizarre highly unlikely chance, details emerge that in fact he was involved in some way, how woul everyone feel, how would the club look etc
I also suspect that - although Elvoz says the locals are very much behind this, that may not be the case - what led me to think this, again this kind of leads to me saying it felt like a force feed campaign to support michael shields otherwise i''m not a true lfc fan was the reaction from the kop.......Ok they held a mosiac up, but then the "Free Michael Now" chant came across as very half hearted and was led by people who feel very strongly that he should be freed, but it also had a feel of a lot people joining in the chant cause the guy next to him was and they didn't want to look a cunt.
It was not like, say JFT 96, which is a passionate and emotional affair that effected the club and the city, and as such the response when the kop held up that mosiac resulted in a much more passionate response from the whole of anfield - you could feel the emotion and everyone was involved in that protest.
As I said, on monday - the chanting of "free michael shields" didn't come across like that at all - it to me sounded more 'hollow' as a result of people joining the chant to fit in with the crowd.
Again, i want to say what has happened must be a terrible thing for Michael Shields, his famiy and his friends, and it is great that he has so many supporters, and I have nothing against the campaign or anything like that - my only issue was that some people seem to think that if you don't support the michael shields campaign then you are not a 'proper' fan.
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