Originally Posted by LONERIDER37:
“Disappointed Felliani hasn't received a ban for his elbow, not from a football point of view just because of a "it should have happened" point of view.”
I'll second that - bizarre decision as the elbow was as clear as day. I do not get it at all - my son said it maybe was cos Can says it was not that bad. No idea if that is true but if it is I do not feel it is within Cans remit to decide how bad it was.
Not punishing MUFC for the chants too? - that was maybe more understandable as what can MUFC really do to stop it? Punishing a club for their fans behaviour away from home I think is bit dodgy but the thing is tho that EUFA have done that before I think so there is some precedent.
I just hope that our 'fans' do not retaliate and behave as badly at OT on Thursday - I have seen much on LFC sites asking for restraint but you cannot legislate for a few idiots and for sure LFC like all clubs have some idiot fans. I fear the atmosphere will be poisonous on Thursday. MUFCs official words after last week were welcome in condemning the chants but I would have liked to have seen a direct apology to LFC and the families of the 96 which as far as I can see did not happen.
Originally Posted by Sebastian1992:
“I'm not sure the problem is they were let go too soon, I think that unfortunately, the replacements were just not good enough.”
Agreed.
I know we have not fully agreed on Glen and Clyne but that discussion has been done to death now and I am not going there again but I do certainly agree that Pepe, JAR, Dirk and Glen had all dipped in their form at the end of their LFC careers so changing them was not in itself a wrong decision. The point that you make is right - none of the replacements were good enough and that in turn made fans question the sales as they recalled when those players were all really good - at their peak - but their peaks were long gone.
Originally Posted by misawa97:
“FSG have already said they asked him to stay. He hasn't been pushed and seemed he told them he wanted to leave a few months ago.
I'm not sure what Ayre's remit is but I fail to believe his not good at his job. If he was really that bad he would of been found out ages ago.”
Ian Ayre? - not sure what I think. I would never be a fan of a chief exec or whatever cos their jobs are less glamorous than managers and players and others with a greater direct involvement in what we as fans see and they also have to make unpopular decisions. We also see their failures if we do not secure players transfers ...., etc. Ticket prices, putting the interests of corporate fans above other fans, sacking managers (in partic for me Kenny - and more importantly the way it was done), seemingly putting money above all other factors in the club, the inefficiency of the ticket office, the seeming lack of real heart at the club these days are just some of the things which have annoyed in the past - but whether I like it or not the truth is probably that all chief execs at all clubs are like Ayre was and indeed had to be at our club.
There is not too much room for sentiment any more and if he had not been like that we would have fallen even further behind. Looking at things like the development of Anfield, pre season tours and merchandise sales we have got so much better under Ayre - and much of that means income which means we can buy better players which means success on the pitch - what we as fans all want above anything else so maybe he was not as bad as he was sometimes made out to be. He was an easy target - and still is - when he does not get players in we have no idea of the constraints being put on him in the negotiations for example
Also for all his faults Ian Ayre is a LFC fan who has followed the club all his life so he does know what the club is about and should know how the ordinary LFC fan thinks. Those rejoicing cos he is going maybe should hang fire a bit and be careful what they wish for - I would want a person with a knowledge of football (which Ayre was) to be in that job and if FSG brought an American businessman in it would not sit easy with me.
Watch this space I suppose and see what happens.