A couple of letters from the Football365 website...
Liverpool: Pride Of Britain
As a Newcastle fan, it's always made me cringe when people in and out of the media have proclaimed us the 'best fans in England'. I've never thought it was a tag we deserved. We may well have a hardcore of support - especially at away games - but often at home we sit there waiting to be entertained and far too often my fellow fans have been quick to turn on the team. Booing may show how you feel, it may be justified and as a paying customer it may be your right, but it rarely inspires improvement and it hardly shows you support. Do you want to be a consumer or a supporter?
For along time I've felt it but last night finally sealed it. Liverpool have the best support in this country, their singing, their scarves held aloft, the pure energy you can feel buzzing through the TV screen. It's enough to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. I can only imagine how the players on the pitch feel. I almost expected the Kop to collectively suck the ball in past Valdes.
Well done Liverpool fans, you are a credit to us all.
Let,s hope Arsenal, Man Utd and Celtic all do well tonight - I'm still hopeful of seeing an all British line-up in the semi finals of the Champions league one day - maybe this will be our year.
And just so this email's not just about the Big Four, can I just say, as a Napoli fan, how happy I am that Valencia literally gave Inter a kicking and bloody nose. They've become insufferable this year. Just a shame Lyon capitulated to Roma. The thumb-sucking Totti is the most unpleasant player in all of Italy. Which is saying something.
And on the West Ham debate. I have a lot of sympathy for the fans, but those Icelandic owners came in hoping to make a fast buck on the new TV deals and they only have themselves to blame for the farce. Anyone who had seen Charlton over the last five years knew nice man Curbs was never going to be the man to give a kick up the backside to a cliquey, underperforming bunch of prima donnas who had started to believe their own hype. I'm sure they'll go down. I just hope the Toon can get Ashton in the fire sale.
Jimmy the Fish
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...As a neutral I can only applaud the way in which Liverpool's players and fans rise to the big European occasions. Thye were magnificent last night, the only worry being that they cannot put the ball in the net, at one point outshooting Barcelona 10-0 last night but with nothing to show for their dominance. If Benitez can rectify this problem in the summer they may be a real force in the Premiership next year.
But for this year, why can't they go all the way in Europe? I for one will be right behind them. People will claim that Barca were poor last night, but Liverpool were so determined not to let them play. Anyone who witnessed Chelsea's miserable first-half performance will see that Barca's performance was infinitely better than theirs, and anyone who does not give Liverpool the credit they deserve is either jealous or a fool.
Jamie Bedwell, Antalya
Liverpool: Pride Of Britain
As a Newcastle fan, it's always made me cringe when people in and out of the media have proclaimed us the 'best fans in England'. I've never thought it was a tag we deserved. We may well have a hardcore of support - especially at away games - but often at home we sit there waiting to be entertained and far too often my fellow fans have been quick to turn on the team. Booing may show how you feel, it may be justified and as a paying customer it may be your right, but it rarely inspires improvement and it hardly shows you support. Do you want to be a consumer or a supporter?
For along time I've felt it but last night finally sealed it. Liverpool have the best support in this country, their singing, their scarves held aloft, the pure energy you can feel buzzing through the TV screen. It's enough to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. I can only imagine how the players on the pitch feel. I almost expected the Kop to collectively suck the ball in past Valdes.
Well done Liverpool fans, you are a credit to us all.
Let,s hope Arsenal, Man Utd and Celtic all do well tonight - I'm still hopeful of seeing an all British line-up in the semi finals of the Champions league one day - maybe this will be our year.
And just so this email's not just about the Big Four, can I just say, as a Napoli fan, how happy I am that Valencia literally gave Inter a kicking and bloody nose. They've become insufferable this year. Just a shame Lyon capitulated to Roma. The thumb-sucking Totti is the most unpleasant player in all of Italy. Which is saying something.
And on the West Ham debate. I have a lot of sympathy for the fans, but those Icelandic owners came in hoping to make a fast buck on the new TV deals and they only have themselves to blame for the farce. Anyone who had seen Charlton over the last five years knew nice man Curbs was never going to be the man to give a kick up the backside to a cliquey, underperforming bunch of prima donnas who had started to believe their own hype. I'm sure they'll go down. I just hope the Toon can get Ashton in the fire sale.
Jimmy the Fish
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...As a neutral I can only applaud the way in which Liverpool's players and fans rise to the big European occasions. Thye were magnificent last night, the only worry being that they cannot put the ball in the net, at one point outshooting Barcelona 10-0 last night but with nothing to show for their dominance. If Benitez can rectify this problem in the summer they may be a real force in the Premiership next year.
But for this year, why can't they go all the way in Europe? I for one will be right behind them. People will claim that Barca were poor last night, but Liverpool were so determined not to let them play. Anyone who witnessed Chelsea's miserable first-half performance will see that Barca's performance was infinitely better than theirs, and anyone who does not give Liverpool the credit they deserve is either jealous or a fool.
Jamie Bedwell, Antalya
RAFA 
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