Hutch's Shoulder wrote:I can't agree with not doing the guard of honour.
It is okay for fans to show their feelings, but the club needs to look at the wider picture, dispassionately. Not doing will be portrayed negatively and overshadow anything else we do this season, and possibly next. If we regain the title next season the media will encourage teams not to give us the guard of honour because of our 'disrespect' etc. Better to get it over with and take whatever positives we can from it, in terms of motivating the players, both for the dipper game, the FA Cup (if we are still in it by then) and CL, and next season. If our players had lost some of their desire through winning nearly everything domestically for two seasons, what better way to restore it than having to symbolically hand over a trophy to their opponents?
It wont be pleasant, but it is the best approach for the club in the future.
salford city wrote:It's nice to read a post like that and makes you realise just what the whole of the football community outside of the red scouse thinks of them. Horrible fucking excuses of humanity. Be some fun Thursday night as no way will they not travel to our place
Mase wrote:salford city wrote:It's nice to read a post like that and makes you realise just what the whole of the football community outside of the red scouse thinks of them. Horrible fucking excuses of humanity. Be some fun Thursday night as no way will they not travel to our place
They’ll turn up 100%
I just hope GMP won’t pull any punches like Merseyside Police seem to.
patrickblue wrote:Mase wrote:salford city wrote:It's nice to read a post like that and makes you realise just what the whole of the football community outside of the red scouse thinks of them. Horrible fucking excuses of humanity. Be some fun Thursday night as no way will they not travel to our place
They’ll turn up 100%
I just hope GMP won’t pull any punches like Merseyside Police seem to.
You know they'll be outside pissed up and complete with pyrotechnics.
And when it all goes tits up, it'll be police brutality, City fans, Rag fans and Everton fans to blame.
The one certain thing is, they'll be the victims
Crossie wrote:It’s a fucking game, they won this time. We win it the previous 2 times and 4 times in 8 years. We should be respectful and continue to be professional no matter what goes on off the pitch. We must hold ourselves to the highest standards otherwise we are no better than them.
Crossie wrote:It’s a fucking game, they won this time. We win it the previous 2 times and 4 times in 8 years. We should be respectful and continue to be professional no matter what goes on off the pitch. We must hold ourselves to the highest standards otherwise we are no better than them.
Mase wrote:There’s a fine line between being respectful and taking it up the arse on a regular basis.
carl_feedthegoat wrote:Mase wrote:There’s a fine line between being respectful and taking it up the arse on a regular basis.
Exactly.
Class went out of the game as soon as bent officials started calling the shots.
Mase wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:Mase wrote:There’s a fine line between being respectful and taking it up the arse on a regular basis.
Exactly.
Class went out of the game as soon as bent officials started calling the shots.
I hear what they’re saying and I agree to a certain extent. But we’ve been shat on so many times, and by a team that’s smashed our bus up, robbed our employees, hacked in to our system - at some point enough is enough.
No one is going to congratulate us and call us class for doing a guard of honour. It’s a lose lose situation.
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