Reg » Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:17 am wrote:I forgot to mention the stadium redevelopment investment as well, add that to the tally.
I don't snipe, I just get peeved by your constant criticism of everything to do with the owners, Ayre and the manager. Over 2 years, it gets tiresome.
Football is flawed, the EPL is flawed (the economics simply don't work), the transfer system is flawed etc.. we all know that, it's whether despite all the obstacles we're moving forward. I believe we are, I don't see flashing red lights as I did under the previous owners when I complained loudly - or when Rafa was having a breakdown, during Hodgson's disastrous management, or when we splashed out on certain completely senseless buys (Carroll, Allen etc..) etc... we're not in that same situation anymore.
Club finances are solid, Ayres is growing the business and increasing income, we're redeveloping the stadium, at some stage we'll probably sell naming rights to pay for all that.
More importantly within the space of a few months we've rebuilt and recovered from the loss of Suarez and to me we've already got a formation that doesn't need Gerrard any more. So what is there to complain about? This ain't happy-clappy, this is a pragmatic assessment.
The club is moving forward, we have a positive future compared to ManU and Arsenal who are losing momentum and Citech who are in danger of stalling.
Did I feel good 4 months ago - No. Do I feel good now - Yes.
I really don't understand why you get peeved, you are on a forum where fans will have different opinions and ideologies on what success is and whether we are on the right track or not.
Rather than sit their sulking like a teenage girl and throwing in the odd grandad insult which you have done in the past, everyone would appreciate reading more thought out debate from you. At least it seems I am getting that from you this time round.
Believe it or not I have been posting on this forum for a number of years now, including the Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum era. I, like everyone else, saw what those two idiots did to our club and that raised a healthy level of scepticism in me after they were forced out. These new owners have done a a reasonable job so far in fixing up the financial, administrative and commercial side of our club but unfortunately that hasn't translated to results on the field yet and unlike you that's all I really care about. Not saying these things aren't important, I'm just saying they are not (and never will be) as important as where we finish in the league and the strength of our squad to compete for trophies over the next few years.
Agree with you that football is flawed, but that doesn't excuse our owners, executives and manager from having a clear strategy, direction and position in being successful in acquiring the players we are targeting. With the rubbish I have witnessed over the last few seasons UNDER the FSG tenure from Dempsey to Sigurdsson to Eriksen to Willan to Salah to Mkhitaryan to Konoplyanka to Remy and recently Sanchez, just to name a few the list is just way to long to not question what is actually is going on in the midst of all our player acquisition activity. Sure these aren't the same flashing red lights we saw with the previous regime but its enough for me to flag them as a yellow light.
And this doesn't even begin to cover the influx of kids and "moneyball" players that now mostly compromise of our squad. We hardly have any players in the 25-30 age bracket that are at their peak and that is what ultimately wins you a title or trophy over the long run. You maybe optimistic about everything right now. But what about over the summer when you see new players come in? Or even in a year’s time when we struggle to finish 4th again if we continue down the same road? You may think that Arsenal, United and City are going to go away. They aren't. They will be there next season and the season beyond that buying quality and further strengthening their sides while we continue to trawl kindergartens and bargain bin players across Europe. Don't believe me, than look at players we will bring in over the summer to replace Mig in goals, Gerrard in the middle and partner Sturridge up front. They will be nowhere near what we need to strengthen our spine. We saw it last season and the season before that. It certainly won't be changing anytime soon.
That’s enough to make me despondent but because I love this club to bits I will continue questioning the idiocy in all this madness that you and others continue to defend, until one day you realise they just are worth defending anymore.
. Most will say jac that we almost went bust but that was never, never, ever going to happen. No way was R.B.S going to do that after they called in the debt and technically when they did we should have automatically went into administration and fell foul of the premier leagues rules,but we didn't because they took us as an asset and were never going to foreclose. Liverpool football club is renowned the world over and is a British institution and they were never going to pull the plug on that especially seeing as RBS was mostly owned by the British tax payer at the time.
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