Liverpool FC Forum

parchpea » Sun Aug 21, 2016 6:26 pm wrote:If this is a genuine interest in a stake we should take it or someone else will and we will then be behind that club as well.

I know FSG own the club but its really not fair of them to put their ego before it and stand in the way of what could be a great new chapter for us, back in the big time again.

parchpea » Sun Aug 21, 2016 6:26 pm wrote:If this is a genuine interest in a stake we should take it or someone else will and we will then be behind that club as well.

devaney » Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:42 pm wrote:How anybody can feel qualified to criticise FSG when they haven't got a clue about the terms of any offer is beyond my comprehension. FSG have done a lot commercially to increase the value of LFC. Why should they simply sell on their hard work to some Chinese parasite?

Klopptomaniac » Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:57 am wrote:I've read a few stories going about and not sure how I feel about this. This is the direction football is going in tho, not an English owned club in sight with the premier league turning into a billionaires playground. We either evolve or get left behind, not sure I like it mind

ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:11 am wrote:

Klopptomaniac » Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:57 am wrote:I've read a few stories going about and not sure how I feel about this. This is the direction football is going in tho, not an English owned club in sight with the premier league turning into a billionaires playground. We either evolve or get left behind, not sure I like it mind

That's the way I see it too, FSG have done a lot of good things (especially deciding to stay at Anfield) but they don't have the resources of the likes of Abramovitch or Mansour. I had rather hoped that these mega rich owners would get bored after a few years but Abramovitch has been at Chelsea 13 years now and even City's owners are approaching a decade in charge there (2008-2016). It looks like these mega rich owners are here to stay unfortunately.
If we don't win the league this year it will have been 27 years since our last title win, that's a long time, unless you are approaching 40 you won't really remember us winning a trophy we once regarded as our bread and butter.
The sad thing is that as the season's roll by we are not getting closer, in fact if you look at our average finishing position over the years we are gradually getting further and further away, people often forget that Roy Evans never finished lower than 4th when he was in sole charge, it's just that only the top 2 qualified for the CL back then. These days we'd all celebrate if we finished 4th, where Roy got slagged off for finishing 3rd and 4th if Jurgen did it it would be seen as an achievement.
Speaking of the CL we have qualified for it once in the past 7 years and that was a wash out, who would bet against that stat being 1 in 8 at the end of this season?

Klopptomaniac » Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:31 am wrote:

ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:11 am wrote:

Klopptomaniac » Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:57 am wrote:I've read a few stories going about and not sure how I feel about this. This is the direction football is going in tho, not an English owned club in sight with the premier league turning into a billionaires playground. We either evolve or get left behind, not sure I like it mind

That's the way I see it too, FSG have done a lot of good things (especially deciding to stay at Anfield) but they don't have the resources of the likes of Abramovitch or Mansour. I had rather hoped that these mega rich owners would get bored after a few years but Abramovitch has been at Chelsea 13 years now and even City's owners are approaching a decade in charge there (2008-2016). It looks like these mega rich owners are here to stay unfortunately.
If we don't win the league this year it will have been 27 years since our last title win, that's a long time, unless you are approaching 40 you won't really remember us winning a trophy we once regarded as our bread and butter.
The sad thing is that as the season's roll by we are not getting closer, in fact if you look at our average finishing position over the years we are gradually getting further and further away, people often forget that Roy Evans never finished lower than 4th when he was in sole charge, it's just that only the top 2 qualified for the CL back then. These days we'd all celebrate if we finished 4th, where Roy got slagged off for finishing 3rd and 4th if Jurgen did it it would be seen as an achievement.
Speaking of the CL we have qualified for it once in the past 7 years and that was a wash out, who would bet against that stat being 1 in 8 at the end of this season?

IMO it's a matter of time til the breakaways start happening. Not a clue in what format but it will happen eventually, the money dictates that

devaney » Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:42 pm wrote:How anybody can feel qualified to criticise FSG when they haven't got a clue about the terms of any offer is beyond my comprehension. FSG have done a lot commercially to increase the value of LFC. Why should they simply sell on their hard work to some Chinese parasite?