maguskwt » Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:12 am wrote:ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:46 am wrote:dont talk f**king stupid, tom werner says in an interview a few months ago that they want to sign an american player because it`s the quickest way to build their fanbase in the states and then a few months later we just happen to sign a yank, not only that he`s 29/30, is going to cost a good few quid, at that age has little sell on value, and happens to be the player mentioned in the interview?
i bet you believe in father christmas as well dont you?
easy enough to understand now?
Take it easy ycsatlkjda;dfjad;ldsfja;dljf, so what if our owners want to sell a few shirts and want to build a fanbase in the states? Modern club football needs to rely heavily on global fanbase and the revenues it makes. As long as the player we bought is not some useless player and as long as he contributes to the quality of the team. As it is Dempsey had a better season than our players like Henderson, Adam, Downing and Carroll combined. And he seems to be a hardworking player as well. Didn't the mancs buy park ji sung to build up fanbase in korea and asia as well? Now they're buying the japanese fella. As long as the player we're buying is not some scrub I couldn't care less.
sorry mate.
i have said in a few threads that dempseys not the worst player in the world (and neither is borini probably) but they just seem to me to be the type of signings everton would make. they are not the type of signings the likes of chelsea or united would make.
english footy isnt a traditional 2 horse race like scotland or spain where 2 clubs have generally dominated since the dawn of time, teams have to work hard and aim high to stay at the top in england.
over the past 50 years we havent been out of the top flight and in fact we havent even finished outside the top 8! over a span of 50 years thats an amazing achievement. look at some of the teams above us in that same period, city have been relegated 5 times including to the 3rd tier of english footy, chelsea 4 times including a 5 year spell in the second division during late 70`s, spurs went down in the 70`s and so did man united.
and united`s relegation wasnt a one off freak season, the year before they escaped relegation by one place and over the years they have often finished mid table, hell, they finished in the bottom half twice under ferguson!
we as liverpool fans should realise that our place at the top isnt set in stone, we earned the right to stay at the top by signing good players and having great managers, i think as a fanbase we have become blase to what can happen. the history of english footy is full of fallen giants who once dominated the game, the likes of preston, huddersfield, leeds and wolves were all big clubs who were the top dogs at one time or another.
to me we gradually seem to be lowering our sights as a club, at one time it was the title we aimed for, then it was finishing in the top 2, then when the CL expanded to 4 teams it was the top 4 we aimed for and to be honest most fans would regard a 5th place finish next season as a decent season.
looking at how we have lowered our expectations and looking at the type of players starting to come into the club i genuinely worry that we are becoming also rans.
i can understand how people are preferring to look on the bright side of things but believe me there were plenty of leeds fans when the bremners and giles started to be replaced with the cherry`s and curries who said dont worry the club knows what they are doing but then those players started to be replaced by the harts and the aging frank worthingtons and the rest is history. giants dont fall straight away, they dont fall flat on their face, they gradually sink to their knee`s first. seen it all before, loads of times.
i`m not saying we will end up in the lower divisions or anything like that but put it this way i wouldnt put any money on us not finishing outside the top 8 in the next 50 years the way things are going.
