by Dalglish » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:04 am
I believe Benitez showed the players a video of the Cardiff Cup Finals over recent years as a prelude to the game . He also included clips of the crowd and you would like to think he is trying to get across to the players what it means to the fans or to put it another way the people who pay their wages :rock:
An old friend of mine was once travelling from the then Speke airport to a European fixture and came across the entire Liverpool team walking through for their plane. circa late 70's .....
he struck up a conversation with Phil Neal and was blabbering on about how many games he'd been to , the places hes watched the team, his aspirations and expectations etc.....when Ronnie Moran came over and said something to Phil and then it happened ...Phil replied "hang on a minute Ronnie, i'm talking to a fan! I'M TALKING TO A FAN !!!!!!
Last Saturday I and some friends booked a meal in the Vale, the LFC hotel for the weekend in Cardiff. We did the sae 2 years ago and met Phil T, Houllier, Sammy Lee, Ian Rush , Ron Yeats etc.....had a fantastic night and briefly saw many playes as they were taken to their conferene rom for Match debriefs, meal etc..... It was all relaxed and convenial and we tried not to be too obverbearing or pushy and it turned out to be a memorable night.
THIS last Saturday didn't see a single player of backrom staff apart from the Club Doctor in the residents bar ...Transpires there is now an underground access corridor for VIPS and Players etc to get around the hotle without being interrupted or bothered by "Fans" :rock:
And they say the fans are important ? :rock: