Liverpool FC Forum

Igor Zidane wrote:Well for my two penneth this smacks of double standards to me , i'm a scouser and very proud to be one , i don't read the NOTW because it's a poo paper and secondly it doesn't feel right (with it's close association with the rag), i didn't buy the Gerrard book for the reason it was publicised in the NOTW . So why wasn't Gerrard given such a hard time ,he should have been publicly lambasted as Bascombe has.

I probably will now buy the paper (as woof said i think ) out of pure curiosity ,to see what he has to say about Liverpool FC.

Fare doo's i say . The lads looking to futher his career , which he has every right to do.

adamnbarrett wrote:

Igor Zidane wrote:Well for my two penneth this smacks of double standards to me , i'm a scouser and very proud to be one , i don't read the NOTW because it's a poo paper and secondly it doesn't feel right (with it's close association with the rag), i didn't buy the Gerrard book for the reason it was publicised in the NOTW . So why wasn't Gerrard given such a hard time ,he should have been publicly lambasted as Bascombe has.

I probably will now buy the paper (as woof said i think ) out of pure curiosity ,to see what he has to say about Liverpool FC.

Fare doo's i say . The lads looking to futher his career , which he has every right to do.

to be fair you could say he was badly advised by his agent.

Also, he did get a very hard time from other forums such as RAOTL and in fact still does at times.

stmichael wrote:I'm not a scouser myself but I was speaking to a Scouse mate of mine yesterday on this issue. He was saying that the one thing that’s always pi$$ed him off about the city is the holier-than-thou ‘honest working class folk hero’ sh#t that gets shoved down your throat, and the tendency toward cheap and empty soundbite sentimentality. In other words, anger and grief often being displayed purely and simply for public consumption.

I think a lot of people out there reckon that shouting ‘Justice for the 96!’ when they’re surrounded by a crowd of people makes them a better scouser or a better red. As far as I'm concerned, keep to your principles by all means, and if someone is reading the S*n tell them the score, but a man’s life and career is nobody’s business but his own.

Sean wrote:Can I assume that because Sky Sports is owned by Rupert Murdoch Liverpool fans should cancel the Sky subscriptions to stop us lining the pockets of the guy who owns the Sun newspaper ?

heimdall wrote:Everybody who criticises him for this is being a damned hypocrite, you would all do exactly the same!!

This is really me off, leave the man alone he's only taking care of himself and family, anyone who places the wishes of the mob above himself is a damned fool. If he was going to the Sun then ok I would totally agree but he isn't so you lot can all back off! You'd all take the job if you were him and if you didn't then you'd end up bitter twisted and weak for not having the courage to be your own man but instead always following the flock!! Baaahhh!

Good luck to you Mr Bascombe, I for one may actually pick up the NOTW now to read your articles although I hope for your sake you move on to a quality broadsheet paper soon.

ste123lfc wrote:Wot the fuck has it got to do with anyone on hear what paper he writes for. The guy has a family to support and if anyone on hear says they wouldn't do the same if offered a big pay rise is a liar.

Bamaga man wrote:

I told him he has to do what's right for himself and his family, regardless of what some random people on the internet will say about him. It's not like any of those people will be putting food on his table. He's getting married soon, and no doubt will start a family at some point. He'd have been an absolute moron to turn this down and stay at the Echo just because he was worried about what some people who don't know him think.

Exactly.