'Steve McManaman attack on fans totally out of order'
SO low has Steve McManaman’s stock fallen among Liverpool fans since walking out on the club on a Bosman free transfer almost nine years ago that there are those among them who find him only marginally more palatable than Gary Neville.
Feb 9 2008 by Tony Barrett, Liverpool Echo - www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steve-mcmanaman-attack-fans-totally-3492288
'In the immediate aftermath of the Sunderland game, McManaman lived down to their expectations once again when he launched an ill-informed attack on those fans who stayed behind on the Kop to protest against the club's American owners.
Totally dismissing their cause, McManaman used his status as Setanta's resident “expert” to tell viewers: “We shouldn’t be talking about this protest, they’ve (Hicks and Gillett) come in and put money into the club. Why don’t the fans just let them get on with things?
“All the fans should just go home; they are making it worse.”
Get on with what, Steve? Get on with the shambles that saw Hicks admit that Jurgen Klinsmann was approached behind Rafa Benitez’s back?
Get on with their ongoing personal feud which saw Gillett refuse to put his name to a press release confirming refinancing was complete?
Get on with pushing £30m of interest a year onto the club?
As for the assertion that “they put money into the club,” even the world’s most creative spin doctors would struggle to make people believe that.
The facts are there Steve. Try checking them before you lambaste those who once paid your considerable salary.'
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McManaman was on Setanta sports aboot a week before our final in 2007 vs Milan when he was asked if he wanted to say anything like 'do you wish Liverpool good luck next week?'. He ended up going on aboot Everton and everyone knows hes a fan of everton growing up so he didnt want to see us winning anything. He basically saw his arse.....He then said something aboot Robbie being his mate and would like to see him do well,but has no wish for lfc to win anything. He didnt work on tv a lot after that for a long time so om guessing his agent told him 'Dont make it so fucking obvious dickhead'
The manner in which he said this wasnt Jokey either.
^ Certainly a prick / in the 'big-time Charlie' side of things for me at the time - and was never a legend or anything like as a player. An utter gobshite about us throughout his 'Setanta chief pundit' gig... the amount of pro-Liverpool articles from him shortly after that... certainly had the hallmarks of his agent doing some much needed PR / repair / scrub work for him.
... which was obviously well before he started lazily spouting shite on BT Sport... "Yep.", "Very much so." and "Nothing in that decapitation there for me, Fletch. Get on with it".
Some info and videos on Steve McManaman as a Liverpool player...LFCHistory.net Player profile page:
www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/371LiverpoolFC.com Player profile page:
www.liverpoolfc.com/history/past-players/steve-mcmanamanWikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McManaman'
Steve McManaman Liverpool FC Goals':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/7BGNvUMKWsE'
Steve McManaman - 100 players That Shook The Kop':-
www.facebook.com/100067014341562/videos/519209308247876'
Steve McManaman Goals Fest Liverpool FC':-
www.dailymotion.com/video/x5yoc2n'
Liverpool - Steve McManaman (goals)':-
www.dailymotion.com/video/x35d92o'
Steve McManaman - 7 of his best goals in a Liverpool shirt':-
www.facebook.com/IFLLiverpool/videos/1066057676803977'
1992 FA Cup Final: Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/IIKtBgpigzM'
Liverpool 2-1 Bolton Wanderers, League Cup Final 1995':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/AHsMYY7ZjA4'
Great goals from Steve McManaman':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/BYYPagk1p1g'
Steve McManaman - "The Winner Takes It All"':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/AL6To4n5tgcLiverpool 4-3 Newcastle - 1996:-
https://www.youtube.com/v/Us9tcKJUG7ULiverpool 4-3 Newcastle - 1997:-
https://www.youtube.com/v/8rAMcdce_uE'
Celtic 2-2 Liverpool':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/QHoBCKCmdxg'
Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/zHUBs-Uwevs'
Coventry v Liverpool, 98/99 | Retro Goal':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/EX1MlBesPuA'
McManaman goal vs Sheffield Wednesday':-
https://twitter.com/FootballRemind/status/1543300321270812674McManaman goal vs Villa:-
https://twitter.com/MyGreatest11/status/1367052334283558913'
McManaman double, Liverpool v Leeds 1996':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/4TAbwfsFF4k'
Steve McManaman - Liverpool Fc - Football Focus Feature - December 1996':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/2Q2_NbgIhDM'
Steve McManaman Feature/Interview 1996':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/20RfZIcFx0E'
LFC Quiz Rivals: Fowler v McManaman | 'You've upset me with that stat'':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/ooHdrixxS_g'
Liverpool's Spice Boys: A Brief History Of':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/s0xklr8sqXo'
Liverpool players joking around before the 1996 FA Cup Final':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/HcVOCKsuT6o'
Steve McManaman Commentary “Yeah” Compilation':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/SZ2RxNEVhHw'
Steve McManaman All 23 Goals & Assists For Real Madrid':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/lLJqXwS9ALIMcManaman goal for Real Madrid in the 2000 Champions League Final:-
https://twitter.com/classicshirts/status/1094898895455481857'
The Summer Football Came Home | England Euro 96 Documentary | ITV Sport':-
https://www.youtube.com/v/muLV_Bep-esSome articles on Steve McManaman...Steve McManaman - The Running Man:
www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/4612McManaman info at MyLiverpoolFC.org:
https://myliverpoolfc.org/mcmanaman.htmReds crush Roker dream
(1992):
www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/630McManaman conjures up Cup win
(1995):
www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/1431LFCs failure to appreciate his value led to exit
(claims it was financial):
https://punditarena.com/football/jeff-simon/steve-mcmanaman-liverpool-appreciation-real-madrid-moveWhy I had to leave Anfield
(claims it was not financial):
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/mcmanaman-leave-anfield-watching-rob-12285678McManaman agrees £14m deal with Real Madrid:
www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/176Appreciating the genius who left after giving everything for LFC:
www.thisisanfield.com/2020/05/appreciating-steve-mcmanaman-the-genius-who-left-after-giving-everything-for-liverpoolThe Brilliance of Steve McManaman:
https://anfieldindex.com/49990/the-brilliance-of-steve-mcmanaman.htmlSteve McManaman: the man no English export can touch
(2017):
www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/4163McManaman at Real Madrid:
https://thesefootballtimes.co/2020/04/02/steve-mcmanaman-at-real-madrid-the-most-successful-english-player-to-head-overseasMcManaman profile at Real Madrid:
www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football-legends/steven--mcmanamanMcManaman profile at EnglandStats:
www.englandstats.com/player.php?pid=1060Steve McManaman interview with Sid Lowe in 2003
(+ views on pundits):
www.theguardian.com/football/2003/aug/29/newsstory.sport^ Q:"What next? Will you become a pundit?"
A: "God, I hope not. I would just hate to see myself up there like a lot of them are now, sniping and criticising. I think it's absolutely awful. And the fact that they do it for a few quid just irritates me."
Steve McManaman player profile info at Transfermarkt:
www.transfermarkt.co.uk/steve-mcmanaman/profil/spieler/3980---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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