Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Liverpool thread

[double0]

Imagine they backed Saurez with shirts etc throughout his shameful racial episode.

Once a scumbag always a scumbag... Ironic anytime he touched the ball he got the loudest boos (what filth what a cheat)

 

['O Zio]

As nauseating as it is to hear about "European nights under the lights" at Anfield....it's not a myth. Happened too many times for it to be a coincidence. Not simply just winning games but the way it happens - epic comebacks, steamrolling top opposition. How many times did Ferguson's United hammer top European opposition? They were the top side in England for 20 years while Liverpool were in a cycle of mediocrity yet it's probably Liverpool who have made more memorable European history.

For me it comes down to mindset. We laugh and mock their fawning histrionics but perhaps it is exactly that self-belief larger than the universe that absorbs the place on nights like last night. Like a self-fulfilling prophecy - their fans were thinking it's possible, the media were not ruling them out, Klopp was optimistic. What other club going into a second leg 3-0 down with arguably the greatest ever player coming to town believes they have a chance?

The "Anfield on a European Night" thing isn't a total myth, obviously there have been some historic moments there, but it's the way the TV crews ham it up and make out like it's always this massive atmosphere that's unrivalled in all the lands. So even when the atmosphere is pretty flat, you'll still have the commentators banging on about how "special it is to be at Anfield on one of these fabled European nights". Even if it was half empty due to heavy snow or something I guarantee the commentators would still mention the "Anfield on a European night" line without fail. That's where the "myth" comes into it IMO.

You're probably right about the self-fulfilling prophesy a though. As arrogant and annoying as they are, in situations like yesterday where you've got to "do the impossible" I suppose it does help to have relentless self-belief. That's a valid point.

 

[Ionman34]

Got a call from the old man today, telling me that the dippers were camped outside the Barca fans’ hotels letting off fireworks all night. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[dontcallme]

Got a call from the old man today, telling me that the dippers were camped outside the Barca fans’ hotels letting off fireworks all night. Can anyone confirm this?

There were videos of it in one of the threads here.

 

[robbiedee]

So Liverpool were bloody brilliant last night, only a fool would argue otherwise, but this...THIS...this is why we need to get to that final and put a stop to all this...pleeeaaaaaaasssssseeeeee football gods...please...

Fuck I hope Ajax win. I can't even imagine how obnoxious a Spurs final would be.

It's really win-win for us.

Spurs can't handle us, because they've never been in this position before.

Ajax are probably just a step behind where they need to be. They remind me of Alaves in 01 - a good team of capable technical players up against a team that's a bit battle hardened who will do the necessary on the day.

I think if it's Spurs, we win it comfortably on the scoreboard.

If it's Ajax, we win it, but they'll take the game to us and it could be a tight one but experience will win out.

Spurs just don't have a Champions League Final aesthetic, they don't belong there.

Ajax will probably be more challenging opponents, but I'd rather play them in the final as they are a proper European Giant worthy of doing battle on the biggest stage. They deserve to make the final after how they have performed in the competition this season and I think they will get the result they need.

Liverpool 3 - Ajax 1 would be my prediction for the final.

There is so much more of this gobshite over on RAWK but I found myself getting a bit cross so left quickly...

 

[NickHSpurs]

So Liverpool were bloody brilliant last night, only a fool would argue otherwise, but this...THIS...this is why we need to get to that final and put a stop to all this...pleeeaaaaaaasssssseeeeee football gods...please...








There is so much more of this gobshite over on RAWK but I found myself getting a bit cross so left quickly...

And THAT is why no-one else wants them succeed, shame as they're such a good side to watch but ruined by idiots like these.

 

[Insomnia]

So Liverpool were bloody brilliant last night, only a fool would argue otherwise, but this...THIS...this is why we need to get to that final and put a stop to all this...pleeeaaaaaaasssssseeeeee football gods...please...








There is so much more of this gobshite over on RAWK but I found myself getting a bit cross so left quickly...

 

[Insomnia]

 

[michaelden]

What does the Queen Mother do round about March?

 

[Dillspur]

Enough of the love in, time to get this back on track. Just heard a pool fan say "it's the type of European night that ONLY happens at Anfield"

Roma did the same thing to Barcelona last year.

Barcelona had an incredible comeback against PSG a few years ago.

I know I'm bias, but i think the Spurs City game had more drama.

 

[Krule]

Enough of the love in, time to get this back on track. Just heard a pool fan say "it's the type of European night that ONLY happens at Anfield"

Roma did the same thing to Barcelona last year.

Barcelona had an incredible comeback against PSG a few years ago.

I know I'm bias, but i think the Spurs City game had more drama.

Me too...that was a match all about Liverpool dominance whereas the City game was a ding-dong battle with two teams just slugging it out.

 

[Joely]

Game at the Nou Camp could and maybe should have been 3-3 but Barca got away with it. For all their technical and intricate play, this Barca team are lacking physically and were bullied all over the pitch by Liverpool. In the last 3 years they've been taken apart in the knockout away legs by Juventus (3-0), Roma (3-0) and now Liverpool.

Even when we lost 4-2 to them at home, always felt we were in the game.

 

[pffft]

What does the Queen Mother do round about March?

Well, in 2002 she died in March. Pretty certain she didn't do that every year though.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

So Liverpool were bloody brilliant last night, only a fool would argue otherwise, but this...THIS...this is why we need to get to that final and put a stop to all this...pleeeaaaaaaasssssseeeeee football gods...please...








There is so much more of this gobshite over on RAWK but I found myself getting a bit cross so left quickly...

The one Scouse fan at work thinks very much the opposite to those twats. He really wants Ajax to go through because, like me, he believes they (Liverpool) will steamroll through them, but he's worried about us because he thinks we have their number.

And yeah, he is a ****.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

 

[Donki]

Hard not to be impressed by their squad and manager tbh no matter how difficult it is to say. I can only see them improving next season, one of their players will be moving anywhere.

 

[KingKay]

Liverpool’s greatest comeback of all time lasted a day

 

[Julmust]

What bothers me the most about Liverpool is, as has been mentioned before, the way that everyone hypes Anfield as the pinnacle of atmospheres. I've been to football games in Germany, Sweden, Argentina, Scotland and the Netherlands that all had an equally electric atmosphere in a mid-season league game as Anfield had against Barcelona.

I'm not denying the atmosphere was great the day before yesterday, but it's nothing special. Even the Emirates would've been rocking under those conditions. Also, even when Liverpool were thumping Barcelona 4-0 in a CL semi, (credit where it's due, they were amazing), they had periods of silence in the stadium. In contrast, Ajax's stadium yesterday was roaring from the first whistle until Moura's last goal, but no one talks about their stadium the way they talk about Anfield.

I wouldn't put all this hype on the Liverpool supporters if it weren't for the fact that they buy in to it more than anyone. Lots of them literally think they have the stadium with the best atmosphere in the world. The fact is that on a global, or even on a European level, they are bang on average. And compared to English teams, there are a bunch of clubs that are on par with them in terms of atmosphere.

It's like that John Lennon quote when asked whether Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world: "He's not even the best drummer in The Beatles".

The reason they beat Barcelona 4-0 is that the team played unreal football. Any other team in any other stadium that played the way that team played on Tuesday would've beaten Barca too.

 

[sebo_sek]

What bothers me the most about Liverpool is, as has been mentioned before, the way that everyone hypes Anfield as the pinnacle of atmospheres. I've been to football games in Germany, Sweden, Argentina, Scotland and the Netherlands that all had an equally electric atmosphere in a mid-season league game as Anfield had against Barcelona.

I'm not denying the atmosphere was great the day before yesterday, but it's nothing special. Even the Emirates would've been rocking under those conditions. Also, even when Liverpool were thumping Barcelona 4-0 in a CL semi, (credit where it's due, they were amazing), they had periods of silence in the stadium. In contrast, Ajax's stadium yesterday was roaring from the first whistle until Moura's last goal, but no one talks about their stadium the way they talk about Anfield.

I wouldn't put all this hype on the Liverpool supporters if it weren't for the fact that they buy in to it more than anyone. Lots of them literally think they have the stadium with the best atmosphere in the world. The fact is that on a global, or even on a European level, they are bang on average. And compared to English teams, there are a bunch of clubs that are on par with them in terms of atmosphere.

It's like that John Lennon quote when asked whether Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world: "He's not even the best drummer in The Beatles".

The reason they beat Barcelona 4-0 is that the team played unreal football. Any other team in any other stadium that played the way that team played on Tuesday would've beaten Barca too.

TBH I don't care what they say about Anfield. In fact I've always been impressed with their support.
And the silent spells - that can just as easily be said about WHL.
This is a pointless argument.

 

[sebo_sek]

Right, last night was brilliant and I fully take my hat off to them and am fully prepared to give them credit where credit's due.

I think the difference with Man Utd is, they always used to get bigged up all the time, but they were dominating domestic football and competing on a European level as well i.e. they deserved to be getting bigged up. Whereas with Liverpool you have this fawning attitude in the media even back when they were finishing 6th/7th/8th and at the start of the next season they'd be talked about as potential title challengers every year without fail even if they'd finished 7th the year before etc. The trouble with that is, that it's a bit of a boy who cried wolf scenario where everyone's so sick of people fawning over them all season long every season, that when they genuinely do something special and deserve the plaudits, it's hard to get behind them because I'm so sick of them.