LFC v Napoli post match thread

[Shaggy]

Yeah, there is a danger of everyone taking up entrenched positions. But last night is only evidence that Gerrard can be a f*cking good player when he wants to be.




Did you admit you just nicked them off Lecter and dww?

Absolutely not. And besides I used the work of Paul Tomkins, of course. And his CV which I have now memorised, including all those **** clubs and all those sackings.

Some of the Chelsea supporters were liking the changes to Mourinho. They weren't trying to wind me up and really seemed to believe it.

Though when I asked them if they'd swap Hodgson for Ancelloti then suddenly Hodgson wasn't so quite great.

It's unreal.

[red g]

In my book you have to earn respect

Hodgson has done nothing on or off the pitch to do that

At times hes been downright disrespectful to our fans the club and its former manager and the "football" has been a ****ing insult

where do i send my fiver?

[BigChief]

come on Lector, get it all out

I feel chastened.

[BigChief]

Some people (non lfc fans) have said to me that Hodgson was a tactical genius last night. After recognising it wasn't working he made all the right decisions.

Suspect there won't be a lot of agreement but an interesting perspective.

Roy is a damned man, whatever he does. If he makes the right decision, the case will be "why did he set the team up all wrong in the first place?"

GOD FORBID we climb up the table, there will be a mass suicide rally led by Shaggy on this forum followed by 90% of e-voters.

[Shaggy]

GOD FORBID we climb up the table, there will be a mass suicide rally led by Shaggy on this forum followed by 90% of e-voters.

[Neil Young]

BigChief talk heap rubbish. How.

[BigChief]

BigChief talk heap rubbish. How.

Peace pipe full of good ****.

[JHP]

Roy is a damned man, whatever he does. If he makes the right decision, the case will be "why did he set the team up all wrong in the first place?"

GOD FORBID we climb up the table, there will be a mass suicide rally led by Shaggy on this forum followed by 90% of e-voters.

I've never felt he was good enough for LFC but I would love him to turn it around and prove me and everyone else wrong. I'd happily sign his name if he won the league next year - I assume winning this year is a bit too optimistic.

Or even sing his name

[Beastie]

Just returning to football violence in Australia. The A league was formed after the existing national comp was disbanded and new clubs formed to rid the game of off field violence. The original clubs were established by ethnic groups, South Melbourne were Greek in origin and their local rivals were Melbourne Croatia. Each group brought their own historic hatred to the games. I cant remember if any of the of the existing clubs were awarded any of the new franchises.

On another point, Gerard's performance yesterday can only strengthen the case for spending that extra cash for world class players. It must have been obvious even to somebody who doesn't understand the game the difference he made when he came on.

[danperkins]

Roy is a damned man, whatever he does. If he makes the right decision, the case will be "why did he set the team up all wrong in the first place?"

GOD FORBID we climb up the table, there will be a mass suicide rally led by Shaggy on this forum followed by 90% of e-voters.

If Roy somehow does manage to climb up the table which will be highly interesting, there will literally be a mass suicide

[BigChief]

If Roy somehow does manage to climb up the table which will be highly interesting, there will literally be a mass suicide

Certainly a lot of e-reps will be slaughtered here for sure.

[Mostar]

Just returning to football violence in Australia. The A league was formed after the existing national comp was disbanded and new clubs formed to rid the game of off field violence. The original clubs were established by ethnic groups, South Melbourne were Greek in origin and their local rivals were Melbourne Croatia. Each group brought their own historic hatred to the games. I cant remember if any of the of the existing clubs were awarded any of the new franchises.

On another point, Gerard's performance yesterday can only strengthen the case for spending that extra cash for world class players. It must have been obvious even to somebody who doesn't understand the game the difference he made when he came on.

Between Greece and Croatia? Since when? If you said between Serbia and Croatia I would believe that as they are deeply rooted reasons behind ethnically based hatred ..

[Beastie]

Yes that did always confuse me but I never bothered to look up the history. Being an old season ticket holder of South Melbourne, I can tell you the violence was real.

[banditos]

Yes that did always confuse me but I never bothered to look up the history. Being an old season ticket holder of South Melbourne, I can tell you the violence was real.

Hey mate, nice to see another Melbournian on here. To be fair, the football violence in Oz was never that bad, although it did get bad press bacuase it was something different. The disbanding of the old NSL set-up was to get rid of those old ethnic allegiances altogether, for marketing reasons more than to avoid violence. Sth Melbourne only really appealed to Greek Melbournians, Knights/Croatia to Croats etc.

You still based in Melbourne? Red's games still get a big turn out at the Celtic Club?

[banditos]

Between Greece and Croatia? Since when? If you said between Serbia and Croatia I would believe that as they are deeply rooted reasons behind ethnically based hatred ..

Sth Melbourne Hellas and Melbourne Croatia were the two big teams in Melbourne, the only two in the National League and as their names suggest, they were very much ethnic clubs. Obviously the club rivalry was also an ethnic rivalry.

The association of football with ethnic minorities in Australia has, up until the last 5 years or so, really held back the game. If you were of 'White Australia' stock, you played Aussie Rules or Rubgy. I used to get in fights all the time at highschool because I was a 'skip' playing 'wogball'.