Loyalty, something that is thrown around all the time in the game, but is there any? And should we kid ourselves its only the fans who show it?
With the current Suarez situation going on and we are all asking for loyalty, should we really expect it? In all honesty i think the Suarez situation is slightly different due to the situations he has found himself in during his career here and the way we have backed him over his 2 and a half years at the club, i kind of expected him to feel endebted to us and give us another year due to that and then we have this situation next summer, however i cant say i didnt expect to see it at some point with the type of character he is.. He has very much disapointed me with how he has gone about things this summer..
But lets look at the flip side in the current squad.. Two players.
1. Jay Spearing, now i will be the first to admit that i dont think Jay has the quality to take u to the next level, but the lad would cut a nut off to play his career at this club, yet we are happy to F**k off that loyalty bacause he
isnt good enough2. Stewart Downing, he also wants to stay, i dont think its money, id imagine Newcastle would pay him the same wages and he would start every week but from what i hear he wants to make it work here and doesnt want to give up without a fight.. But we are happy to F**k him off because
he isnt good enough.
Now im not saying that being brutal isnt necessary in the game but can we bemoan
loyalty when we wont give it to players unless they are good enough?
Im saying to an extent as much as it hurts the players such as Suarez and Torres of recent times may look at us and say, well i like Liverpool but
they arent good enough.. So im off to fulfill my career...
The way we want to move Downing and Spearing off for the same reasons?
To an extent is it not double standards?
Look id love us to be at a stage where we are good enough to have players like Suarez and Torres not feel the need to go elsewhere to fulfill their ambitions but probably only the same way wee Jay would want to be in the side everyweek..
We arent and maybe we need to look at a more measured approach to getting back to the top, maybe we need more of a team than a star who we rely on and focus our game through?
The game and the world hs changed, the likes of Barnes and Dalglish stayed at the club because we were the best at that point, but also the money in the european game wasnt as much of a draw then, i heard Barnes say Real came in for him in his heyday but why would he leave?
Can we honestly say he would say the same had he been at his level and we were where we are now if he played in the modern game?
Probably not.
Its hurts where we are but maybe if we looked at a different approach rather than get fully attached and focused on one man?
The day of this fella are over id guess
Steven Gerrard - Liverpool LegendWe should be thankful to him for resisting the pull of anything but the shirt he loves and we love