The stark comparisons were laid bare for all to see. Manchester City in their magnificent Commonwealth Games Stadium with their oil-rich owner Sheik, whatever his name is owner, in town to witness the destruction of one off the games former aristocrats in Liverpool.
3-0 was a harsh result for Liverpool, but few will doubt that the fat-cats of City with their billionaire owners may have moved ahead of former greats of the game in Liverpool. While the board of Liverpool continue to prevaricate over its new owners and the necessary needed to bolster the squad, the city machine moves on apace.
They took us apart many times in the game, exposing the deficiencies in the Liverpool team, lack of pace and creativity being the most obvious things that new manger, Roy Hodgson needs to address and quickly if he wants to return the Reds from the wilderness.
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NOTHING is permanent – Not even the current flash-in-the-pan success of the arrogant, envious vultures at the COMS as THEY will find out soon enough. What if (WHEN) they don’t have CONSTANT success year in-year-out for 10, 20 odd years as LFC, MUFC and AFC all have? As make no mistake – THAT Is what MCFC AND CFC (Chelsea) aspire to but their plans (like their owners) are short-term. WHEN their owners leave as they one day will – WHAT do they have to fall back on? Liverpool are THE most successful English club with DECADES of success to fall back on and build back towards, Likewise United and Arsenal. But City? Chelsea? They have a few transiatory successes in recent years (decades in City’s) case AND? That’s it. We’ll find what City AND Chelsea are REALLY made of WHEN they fall on hard times as Liverpool currently have done – Liverpool are showing the steel in their soul by ‘toughing it out’ as United did in THEIR 26 year barren spell without the Title and as Arsenal did in THEIR 18 year desert spell between ’71 and ’89.
I ask you; Will City or Chelsea show SIMILAR fortitude WHEN the bad times return for them as they surely will? I think not and THEIR fall WILL coincide with Liverpool’s rise again as at the end of the current storm there IS a ”Golden Sky” and our emblem isn’t the Liverbird for NOTHING – It ALWAYS rises from the ashes – As shall we……………………
YOUR TIME AS TOP TEAM IS OVER ,GET USED TO IT BUDDY (YANK TERMINOLOGY)
LIVERPOOL IS NOT AS WEALTHY AS MANCLAND OR LONDON ,SO THEREFORE ECONOMIC RECOVERY WILL BE MUCH HARDER FOR YOU TOSSERS
YOU WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS ,RELEGATION AWAITS
ALL SCOUSE ARE GAY
Liverpool seem to be a spent force that no one really wants to buy!.Albert Riera was correct in calling it a “sinking ship”.
I am a fan but have to admit that we’re full of defensive minded boring players.No flair and no creativity means Torres will leave sooner then later…
What is Simon W waffling on about. ‘Will City show SIMILAR fortitude WHEN the bad times return’. I think the 30 thousand City fans who watched them week in week out in the 3rd tier a few years ago know more about fortidude and bad times than Liverpool fans will ever know. This is City’s moment, they deserve it!