I find it sad and a bit pathetic to have people wish and hope for a takeover of the club by owners that will "splash the cash". Do you really want to give in to the mentality of Manchester City and their oil money? To what United has become after Ferguson? Is anything acceptable as long as it gives us trophies? Do you want to practically buy them outright, like City did and United is trying to do? We almost won it a few years ago spending half of what City did. Leicester won it last year. Right now we are above (in the table) both Manchester teams which have become a symbol of what too many teams in football have become: buying enterprises with a "buy till you make it" motto. Sad.
We have the coach to take us to great things. Look what he did with Dortmund. Am I saying we should not buy? Of course not. We have to buy, we have to get reinforcements. But we cannot buy an entire team or let money dominate over football itself. Over actually trying to train a group of people into a great team, instead of buying finished products like Real Madrid. One of the things I`m proudest of Liverpool as a club is that we have a sense of honor, of not being willing to sell our souls. I have seen this tarnished by what we have done to Southampton and by buying a certain Italian player, but I still believe we are better than many big successful clubs. If you had been a City fan your entire life, would you mindlessly celebrate the clubs recent successes knowing that they are in majority owing to money? I for one hope this never happens. The day we become Mansour City is the day I`ll take a break from football and start watching more NBA and their admirable salary-cap system.
I've just read this, mate, and I am absolutely in agreement. This shameless parade of people desperate to flog the club to a Chinese consortium they know nothing about is crazy.
FSG? Yes they have their faults, and I'm not entirely convinced of their motives, but they have done some things that suggest that they give a hoot about the fans and the history (ticket price climb-down, staying at Anfield instead of new-build, turning up to the odd match). Is their player recruitment model going to bring success? Who knows? Hasn't yet.
But look at Venkys at Blackburn. Look at that pillock at Hull a couple of years ago or the one at Cardiff, or Blackpool, or Mike Ashley. They come in and do what they want, ride roughshod over the fans and the club for their own gain and aggrandisement. How does anyone on here know the Chinese won't do the same?
Or we get what Mancfester City have, or Chelsea. Buy success (now and then) at a cost to the soul of the club and the identity, and lose the local fans in favour of corporates and tourists (I know, it's started) or those who can afford £70+ a ticket.
Right now, better the devil we know.
Is this supposed 'take-over bid' still a genuine prospect, anyway? I haven't seen or heard anything on hear for months that suggests anyone knows anything about it, other than "Hooray, some foreigners say they want to give us loads of money and buy us success!"
Last time anyone offered ME a deal like that it was via email and it was some dodgy scammer in Nigeria...
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