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by **112-1077774096** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:38 am

i thought i would give a couple of difficult decisions to see what we would all do

1. you play for liverpool youth team having been picked up as a youngster, you love the club as does all your family. as the years go by you progress as far as the reserves but never get to play in the first team, it also looks like your chances of first team football are very slim. another club comes in for you, lets say a championship side. would you go? decide ths based on your love of liverpool that you have now.

2. you play for liverpool youth team having been picked up as a youngster, you love the club as does all your family. you make it to the first team and become an england regular. you captain the club you have loved all your life. another club makes an offer for you, they are obviously not as succsesful as liverpool as we are the most sucsessful english club. they offer you a pay increase, a large one but cant gaurentee that you will win things. based on your love of liverpool now what would you do?

i could never see myself playing for another team, no matter what, the club pays me well now ad i will be set up for life, sure i want to be a winner becasue im not just in it for the money but i want to win with the club that i love. im just wondering what we would all do.

i have a special dilema for Judge: you can give yourself a blow job, would you do it? and if you did, would you swallow

by **bigmick** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:25 am

The first one's obviously a no-brainer. If you had a forward thinking Father/mentor, you may have even considered before signing for this mystery "hometown" club whether your chance of future developement and success would be best served by signing for a bigger rather than smaller outfit. Certainly if my son turns out to be a player, (and like all Fathers I consider it an absolute certainty) I would strongly advise him to join a club where he has a chance of first-team football as a young man. Now if he's Owen/Gerrard/Fowler sort of class then that would mean anywhere really. Darren Potter? not so sure that Tranmere may have been a better bet as his first port of call.
As for the second situation, and I can't for the life of me think of who you are referring to

, it's not so simple. Can we blame the bloke for wanting to try somewhere else, to live and work in a different part of the country/world, to play with different players, under different managers and ultimately become the best footballer he possibly can? Is it a betrayal when the club has nurtured and groomed him into the footballer he is today, or given the fact that he didn't cost a penny does he owe nothing? Indeed, can it be argued that he is doing us a favour when we recieve a fat fee. My view is that as long as that player doesn't sign for Manure and we DO get a fat fee then fair enough.
As for the third one, my feeling is that if indeed our friend the Judge is enough of a contortionist to do the biz, then chances are he'd go the whole hog.

All only IMHO of course.

by **The Canadian Red Army** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:08 pm

i would stay with the club

by **KennyisGod....still** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:09 pm

You'd like to think he'd stay, but if he did go then you'd hope he considered seriously where he was goin. If you wanna leave to win stuff, thats easy, sign for Celtic or (my preference) Rangers. That way you're guaranteed medals and trophies!! You wanna leave for the challenge, go abroad to Italy or Spain. You want money, Barcelona/Madrid/Chelski. But stay in this country and, deserved or not, you're gonna get alot of unwanted attention from dissatisfied fans, you aint gonna be welcome within miles of your home town ground and you aint gonna be appreciated when you return. Probably. Liverpool fans are recognized as being the most knowledgable fans in the country, and they tend to appreciate players that come back more than most teams fans.....but I get the impression that a couple of players wouldn't be too welcome should the second one move and both come back to play against us. I believe if Owen did return with Madrid he'd get his name chanted before the game, but wouldnt appreciate the crowd durin it, specially if he scored. And to be honest, he'd have no hidin place as he sat warmin the bench for the first 60 minutes!! Be horrible to see Gerrard get that too, as jus like Owen, he was/is a hero to so many ordinary people that pay so much money year in year out to watch them play.
But.............. You got a job. You took the apprenticeship, got paid whilst learnin your trade, and maybe had time off to go to college and study.... Then you're taken on, learn the secrets of your employer, maybe help them become challengers within their field.... and you get head-hunted. What would you do? Boils down to the same thing really, jus a lot more passion involved than industrial stuff ever has.
Players move on, fans get over it, and sometimes that same player regrets what he's done.... if you consider yourself a fan you have no choice but to thank him for his outstandin service and wish him well, tho not at our cost. Owen played us for a monkey too long, cost us dear financially. 8M was a steal compared to what we paid for some of the dross we have on our books. If Gerrard goes, then his legacy will be a good one hopefully, and maybe that way both parties do well out of the deal.
For what its worth, I want him to stay. If he looks ahead to next season with a fit Alonso, hopefully a fit Cisse and whatever signins Rafa's allowed to make this summer he'll see he can get the best of both worlds, jus may take a little time. End of the day, "Good things come to those who wait..." as the Guinness adverts used to say.

by **JBG** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:54 pm

peewee wrote:i have a special dilema for Judge: you can give yourself a blow job, would you do it? and if you did, would you swallow

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