*For anyone interested, this will be a longer than usual match missive. But it sadly needs to be.
Second time in four games I’m sadly left talking about things I should
NEVER have to talk about as a Liverpudlian, as, like the very ugly scenes in our end at Leicester, an even more sizeable group of absolute gobS, who need a
SERIOUS education on how to behave at the match, shamed every last decent Liverpool supporter out there with the woolest of wool behaviour that had us looking like Everton fans to the watching World.
I
wanted to talk this morning about how, for an hour or so at least, the brilliant party atmosphere that started Tottenham, and continued last week at Chelsea, had the arl’ place absolutely bouncing. I
wanted to talk about how, in that first half, Liverpool gave the side in second place in the league an absolute doing in a football lesson so good it should have had them 3 or 4 goals clear by the break. Showing why they are 5 games clear of everyone else in this league and why, if the last two weeks had mattered, we’d have won both games and be flying toward another 90 plus point season. ‘
Best team in Europe? Yers having a laugh!’ was the perfect, appropriate, mocking response to Arsenals continued, arrogant delusions. I
wanted to talk about how, when they naturally slackened off second half, and Arsenal upped their work rate to come back, nobody was remotely bothered with said party continuing apace. I
wanted to talk about the brilliant individual games two younger lads coming in, Curtis Jones and Conor Bradley, had in showing how big a part of our continued future both are to be relied on. How Luis Diaz continued his brilliant season. How Chiesa can no longer leave now the masses have finally discovered his awesome song that has been belted out for long periods the last two weeks haha. I SO
wanted to talk joyously about all that and more as the summer long party mode everyone is in continues to ramp up a gear by the passing week …..
But then the 67th minute happened that totally flipped all the euphoria on its head and left you as utterly embarrassed and ashamed as you’ve EVER been to be a Red stood on the Kop. And the worst part of all, a lot of it was from locals who should know
FAR better about our march going culture and how you conduct yourself at the match. You might not like Trent leaving. You might not like how it’s all unfolded. Thats sound and perfectly understandable. But if you’ve nottin’ good to say bar outright abuse, say nottin’ at all and save it for the boozer after! Don’t shame every last one of us with
PROPER Blue S behaviour in our ground!
And don’t let ANYONE tell you it’s nothing new, as has been falsely written, that I’ve read this AM and we’ve booed loudly at the game before. That’s utter codswallop and anyone that has, has been swiftly put in there place as we’ve more often than not been great at self policing and adhering to our own high standards that (always used to), have us a cut above any other set of supporters out there. I say ‘
always used to’, as, after that disgrace yesterday, we can no longer mock Everton fans. We can no longer mock Utd fans. City fans. Arsenal fans for their schizophrenic support. We can no longer criticise ANYONE when we drag ourselves down to their gutter level and become ‘just another fanbase.’ I was just a little too young for Keegan’s last season but he never got that. As unhappy as many were with him. The closest I remember was the back end of McManaman’s last year when it was getting ugly among us with shoutouts. But never anything like yesterday’s disgrace. A lot of the absolute tedium under Rafa the back end, and under Hodgson, elicited booing. But always AFTER the final whistle. Never DURING the game. As it’s detrimental to the team and why you are there. To
SUPPORT.
To boo Trent yesterday was to boo the whole team. Plain and simple. He’s a vital, respected member within that team that’s just had an absolutely phenomenal season. And you think it’s NOT affecting the other 10 on the pitch as you totally flip the atmosphere and turn it ugly? You think disrespecting one of them to those disrespectful levels at the match isn’t to disrespect them ALL?
REALLY?!!!!! 
People need a SERIOUS education on our unique fan culture and why you never,
EVER, resort to the woolest of wool, base Evertonian behaviour toward a player representing your football club wearing the shirt. We act a certain way because of history, because of custom and because of an adherence to a perceived RIGHT way of doing things. Thats evolved over time and been passed down from generation to generation. And self policed at the game. We don’t follow the generic norm of other clubs. We like to be different and pride ourselves as such. European in our supporting outlook and fan culture. Not like the rest of England. Doing our thing and setting standards and trends for others to follow. Being Scouse.
Honestly, I
should be waking up this morning buzzing at the awesome Champions we are adorning right now. Instead of being as ashamed of our support as I’ve EVER been in 45 years going the match. And if you condone those that dragged our name through the mud yesterday to a World wide audience, I have no time or respect for you either. And you don’t belong anywhere near my football club until you educate yourself on what we are and how we conduct ourselves. YNWA and support isn’t something you pick and chose to do at will. Having an opinion on the man is one thing. How you express that is a WHOLE other.
And now, sadly, Arne needs to wake up, read the room, and not have Trent any part of any of the last two. We can’t have this disrupting our celebrations as it will just get uglier and uglier. The start yesterday, when he came on, was shock from many. But that quickly turned to anger when it continued with lads fronting each other up all over the Kop. If he starts/ comes on the last two, they'll be full on fights in our end.
A terrible end to a lad who’s given everything, and won everything, in two decades at your club. And one of the most shameful days Anfield has ever had to endure.
Please don’t let that
EVER happen again and make us the World wide, hypocritical laughing stock we are this AM.
Kelleher, Nunez set to leave
Konate uncertainty
Frustrated Elliott could go
Doak valued at £30m
Kerkez & Huijsen targeted
Isak, Ekitike, Sesko all admired
I loved that Lavia, after he decided to be an A coming off in front of us trying to skit us. got reminded that he could have been a champion now if he’d joined the right club! I love that the chorus to the new Arne Slot banger song really took off and had us bouncing as it boomed out over and over. I loved that I didn’t get in until half 1, having had to come back on the train up the Leeds line before driving back down the ‘62 from there, with Euston being shut and direct trains home not possible. And not feeling tired at all. Just still buzzing off the first of 21 aways between yesterday and the end of next season letting everyone know what we are. CHAMPIONS! Everything we were deprived of 5 years ago. 
