I am beginning to feel like a conspiracy theorist, but I cannot help but question, why Liverpool? I watched the sports news this morning and heard the FA are charging Liverpool with misconduct for being unable to control their players. This is regarding the Jay Spearing unjust sending off after which the Liverpool players surrounded the referee Kevin Friend to protest the daft decision.
However, I view this as another blatant example of the FA’s double standard. Where are the charges against Manchester United when their player surround the referee protesting everything from a throw in to a foul, to last night’s X Factor voting results? They descend on the match officials with the viciousness of a weight watchers group at an open buffet, and not a whimper from the FA. Personally, I am not a fan of players surrounding the referee at all, and neither was the great Bill Shankly. I recall reading in his biography a few years back how he at first discouraged his players from putting pressure on the referee, until he saw that teams that did tended to get the more favourable decisions. From then on he actively promoted his players to do so. And it had worked as it was this period in which Liverpool began their rise to the top of European football.
However, during the time when that team from Manchester began dominating, Liverpool teams appeared to be soft in my opinion. To simply roll over quietly while decision after decision went against us. That seems to have change upon the second coming of the King. Now we are vocal in our beliefs. We speak up when we believe we have been wronged and I personally want to see more of it. Not because I believe players should be putting pressure on the referee, but because if other teams are doing it, getting away with it, and getting success from it, then why shouldn’t we? But to be cited for what occurs at Old Trafford every fortnight is ridiculous.
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I agree the more the club is at the FA the better for us in the long run. We may get charged and fined Kenny may get banned to the stands, but Fergies hadthat done but he still carries on. The FA will eventually back down because of the stature of our club globally. When the FA try and promote the league they do it by promoting the likes of Man Utd n Liverpool and they need them onside, well thats my take on it then again i could be talking rubbish but thats how i feel.
1 rule for 1 team and another for the rest it seems.
Totally agree with this. I’ve said for years that we – club as a whole – need to show a bit more backbone and, well, become a more ugly club. I’m sure we can all be proud of our clubs integrity and tradition but sometimes, you have to win ugly and I think that that includes taking the FA and other clubs to task when things are clearly going against us unfairly.
The FA has been a promotion agency only to some clubs taking the side of Rooney in his appeal. But strangers like Luiz Suarez is being the victim of the RACIST FA. why, why, why and why only Luiz Suarez? Either the FA is worried the LUIZ SUAREZ is better than wayne rooney and if he is at his best and given the same conditions and protections, he will rock the world as he has done in winning the South American CUP. And given his age and his passion, he will outclass and be better than Rooney. The newspapers and TVs are onle showing the other side of Luiz Suarez and trying to stop him giving his BEST form for LIVERPOOL FC. Suarez is Just a Great, not great but AWESOME PLAYER that terrorize defenders. Referees are just undermining his potential and giving him his merit on the pitch. They just have to treat their eyes to see must clearly.
Sell Suarez = keep Carroll and play to his strengths for once. Incidentally the youths were completely outplayed by local ASwansea boys who cost nothing – vastly overated – half of them should go now
Kenny should bring his video screen to the hearing and run a montage of ManU, Chelsea, etc doing the same where no charges were ever made. Maybe mix it up with footage of Suarez getting worked over and not getting the calls. Friend is a real character, all of the trouble he caused in one game. Kenny was brilliant to use the video evidence at his press conference.
nice article, i especially like the part where Liverpool should, and i quote, “remove their gloves, get down in the mud and scrap. Fight, and fight for everything and not accept anything that may be even the slightest bit unfair.” Finally someone who sees sense