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Liverpool FC get ready to administer Preparation H.

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A new wave of optimism is sweeping the streets of Liverpool, Nando is staying, and Kenny Huang looks like a spot on fella! Hooray! From what I can tell though, everybody has a sense of reservation about the whole thing. As usual with Liverpool FC, it’s impossible to anticipate what kind of mood you’ll be in by the next week, reds fans, welcome to the world of bipolar.

While some fans have been foaming at the mouth at the thought of Cole becoming the player he always should’ve been and Roy Hodgson playing the way ‘we should be playing’, the majority of fans are treating this whole revolution like someone who’s been burned on one too many 1st dates. A mistrust’y mist hangs around Anfield at the moment and I for one don’t blame anyone for it.

‘The gruesome past’ has been confined to history, despite it being only 3 years ago, and it’s hard to avert your eyes from the bright light from the East which promises so much! The over-riding feeling is one of an anxious wait. We were swept up in the glee of the dollar in 2007 as those brave new custodians swaggered and boasted in front of the camera.

Now, we’re battered, bruised, divided but not quite conquered. Somehow the fans kept their heads (mostly) and we can look to the future. Martin Broughton seems to have delivered on his promise, although I still recall DIC being hours away from a takeover and look how that left us. I’m going to declare myself ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the whole thing, but I’m already thinking of football matters.

If this nice Chinaman swoops in with a week or so to go before the transfer window shuts, should we expect a transfer flurry? I’m not so sure. We have to remember that although Mr Huang won Philanthropist of the Year in 2009, he’s a businessman, not an oil rich Sheik. His main aim, and which I fully understand, will be securing the stadium construction. A new stadium would be key to any potential deal because that is the revenue maker. The lure of sponsorships and corporate boxes is very tempting to a man of astute business intelligence.

As a businessman, I think we’d be in good hands off the pitch. As a footballer, I think there will be no squad overhaul so it isn’t worth fantasizing about. If it wasn’t for that devilish nemesis of ours, ‘the injury’, we’d have a fantastic 1st team, this is still the core of the squad that finished 2nd two years ago, if not with added flair. If Hodgson gets them playing well together, which would require great man-management (which he seems to have in abundance) then we could have an exciting season.

From what I hear, Maynor Figueroa is the next signing, and that would be a decent appointment indeed. Surely all we need is an experienced back-up for Torres, but they’re few and far between, maybe Mr Kuyt can stake a claim?

I have no doubt that we can dispatch any team at Anfield, but when it comes to playing away from home, I hope Roy can give a better showing for Liverpool than he did for Fulham. They had a shameful away record under his tenure, but that all seems to have been forgotten! Who cares anyway?

The season is only around the corner and I can’t wait to see regular football again, it’s not as though I’m ‘expecting’ anything, not a lot of Scousers are, but I’ve missed all the talking points. We may have to have our hard hat on though because there’ll be an even bigger focus on Liverpool over the next month than we’re used to, and that means regular bombardments of horrendous punditry.

Liverpool have been the club on everyones lips for ages, whether as victims of mockery, jealousy or adoration. The slanted London media love to stick the boot in whenever possible, but with their number 1 target Rafa leaving, and the darling Roy in, it will be interesting to see how we’re portrayed. The potential of a new ‘accepted’ owner will of course quieten things down and I also wonder what the future holds for those relying on protests for publicity.

Will the protest groups and SOS retreat to their corners? I hope so. I also hope Chris Purslow will stay out of the limelight. He’s been far too prominent in the last year or so and I don’t like to think of myself as too old-school but when it comes to football, the only thing that should be in the press is the football itself. No comments from some board member, no tip offs, inside scoops, no ex-players spewing bile to gutter-press papers. Just pure and simple football, the way the great man wanted it.

Two weeks to go then and all to play for, on and off the pitch. I expect, should Huang take over, a barrage of information about the guy that will simultaneously worry and relieve, accompanied by a bucket-load of Liverpool-Chinese puns in which I invite comments below to pre-empt the headlines.

It’s no understatement to say the current ownership has been the equivalent of severe hemorrhoids on the backside of the club, so bring out Kenny Huang to take the pain away. Once they leave us (for good), it will be a welcome relief to be able to sit in peace and watch football the way it was intended to be watched; in an over-priced, uncomfortable seat, in the rain, listening to morons all around shouting rubbish at both teams…

Ahh, the beautiful game!

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3 comments

  • red2death says:

    You’ll never shout rubbish alone, my friend!

  • Jonski says:

    One pun I heard is we will change our anthem to “You’ll Never Wok Alone”

  • Lee says:

    to be honest mate. I am expecting a squad overhaul. a goal.com exclusive has revealed that number being thrown around for transfers is £150m considering that company backing Huang is government owned and has assets worth £209 billion. they sell a couple of shares and in comes the money to us? espn soccernet has claimed that if he takes over we stand to become the most powerful club in the world as a result.

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