by iwasthere2012 » Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:38 pm
I probably should just enjoy the fact we won another trophy, but I have to say the enjoyment yesterday was really tarnished for me by the general biased build up in the media and the deflation afterwards.
I think it is starting to wear on me, to the point where I avoided the build up all together, because I'm sick of it.
There is no impartiality. It's a serious issue when you can't get fairness on the broadcasting channels, from your own FA or from the referee on the pitch.
It took away from the whole experience for me. I know a lot of people don't like Niall Quinn any more, but in fairness if he wasn't there in the Sky panel to talk up the club, the aftermath would have been like a morgue, which it pretty much was anyway.
We'd just won the cup and they just kept going back to , 'What does this mean for Liverpool now?'
The penalty was just dismissed as ... yes it was a definite penalty ... let's move on.
There's no great fanfare, it's just a case of move along quickly. Even in winning we just seem to get ignored and they still talk about their darlings.
We all know this is the case, but it's probably the first time I really felt 'what's the point any more?'
It will take something special for it to ever change, but I think it'll take some level of integrity in the way games are officiated also.
Someone mentioned that they will have to take a leaf out of rugby's book. I agree with this. Until the game is seen to be clean at all levels,
I can't see this malaise stopping.
It grinds you down, but fuck it. We won despite all. We are showing a bit of bottle again. Who knows how the season may end.
