Jesus.
I.
Jesus Christ.
First of all, MOTM Enrique for that belter of a save at the end. Skillz.
I don’t really know what to say about that performance, other than this.
I expect there’ll be people in this thread shortly reminding us of our Carling Cup win and the fact that we’ve got an FA Cup semi-final in just under two weeks. I want to make it perfectly, absolutely clear that I think that’s brilliant. I really, really do. I was made up when Kenny took us back to Wembley and we lifted that cup, and I will be even more made up should we beat Everton and eventually lift the FA Cup. But, then, we won’t have our fucking goalkeeper for that. I won’t talk about that because I might actually fucking cry. Anyway, where was I? Cups are ace. Cups are bloody fucking brilliant. I love cups, right? Cupsy cups cups. Cups are awesome.
This is the thing. What I’ve just seen, and what I saw against Wigan, and what I saw against QPR, is a group of individuals that love cups even more than me. We’re not finishing fourth, so what the fuck is the point in us trying in the league anymore? There isn’t any point, is there? Because we’re not finishing fourth. So that’s it. Fuck the league, fuck pride, fuck playing for the shirt, fuck it all, because we’re not going to be in the Champions League next season, so let’s just play for the cups. It’s logic. Of course it’s logic, because there’s people on here who think exactly the same, isn’t there? They’ll be in this thread in a bit and they’ll be telling us that the league doesn’t matter now, we don’t need to finish as high as possible, it doesn’t make a difference to us, let’s just concentrate on the cups. I wonder if I’ll read someone saying - what was it? – oh, yes, “Fourth is no better than finishing 14th” again. That was brilliant, that was. Can’t remember who said it but it gave me a hearty chuckle so ta for that.
Those players should be embarrassed. How fucking DARE they turn out a performance like that in front of the people who spend vast amounts of money following this team up and down the country come rain or shine? They should be fucking ashamed, every single one of them, of this complete and utter capitulation in our league form. And so should the fans who aren’t arsed about it either. I don’t give a shit about getting called a member of the “Sky generation”, I only give a shit about this club. I want the absolute best for us in everything we do. We’re a long, long way from the “absolute best”, yes, so in place of that, I just want those who are getting paid thousands of pounds a week to show something resembling the pride that myself and 99% of everyone on here has in this great club. We’re Liverpool Football Club, for fuck’s sake. Liverpool. Football. Club. 18 league titles, eight League Cups, seven FA Cups. Five European Cups. That’s who we are, but that isn’t who we were today.
In 2009, we were fighting to win the league. In 2012, we can’t be bothered fighting to finish in the top half.
