mathewsss
Champions League
Re: Liverpool Thread
I think I was a bit surprised to see some of these interviews, especially the one by Johnson on the official website. I think Liverpool's PR deptt. is not very good tbh.
To be fair though, regarding the interviews, in this day and age the media prints every little detail and are also asking the players these questions. We have all these media analyzing using slo-mo replays, and analyzing every player's minutest movmements. So it's no surprise to see interviews about these things as well.
In Shelvey's case, in fact LFC asked him to remove his comments about Ferguson. And to be fair I don't blame Shelvey for criticizing Ferguson who was jumping all over the technical area when he made the challenges. Your club has enough characters (Ferguson, Ferdinand, Rooney) who try to influence referees to give red cards or penalties. The day before the match Ferguson was saying that United never get penalties at Anfield !! And anytime there's a challenge from an opponent United players are in the ref's face asking for red-cards (See Kompany last year, and now Shelvey...I'm sure there are more examples of this)
I know I'm biased, but I just don't understand Liverpool's PR policy. So since Sunday, I've now heard from Shelvey, Rodgers, Gerrard and Johnson that:
1. Shelvey shouldn't have got a red. But if he did get a red, so should Evans (not true, and every single podcast/journalist pundit I've seen agrees)
2. Luis Suarez should have had a penalty (general opinions split, I've seen em given)
3. Valencia should not have had a penalty (personally I don't think it was, but pundits seem split)
4. Now, Valencia was not touched (this is simply not true. there are pictuers of Johnson colliding with the back of Valencia, even though he was going down)
5. Reputations determine penalties
I mean, is this what LFC do now? They get in on a Monday morning and say, alright Stevie, Glen - you two are on press duty this week, go do some interviews where you degrade the ref's decisions. Oh Jonjo - get on Twitter asap and accuse Fergie of something. Luis....actually, Luis just keep your mouth shut.
It beggars belief.
I like Liverpool and want to see them back in the fray (especially compared to sugar daddy clubs) but this victimhood (it's the refs fault, it's the posts fault, it's Fergies fault - could it possibly be your inability to score goals?) is something that needs to be removed from your psychology. Winners don't look for excuses.
I think I was a bit surprised to see some of these interviews, especially the one by Johnson on the official website. I think Liverpool's PR deptt. is not very good tbh.
To be fair though, regarding the interviews, in this day and age the media prints every little detail and are also asking the players these questions. We have all these media analyzing using slo-mo replays, and analyzing every player's minutest movmements. So it's no surprise to see interviews about these things as well.
In Shelvey's case, in fact LFC asked him to remove his comments about Ferguson. And to be fair I don't blame Shelvey for criticizing Ferguson who was jumping all over the technical area when he made the challenges. Your club has enough characters (Ferguson, Ferdinand, Rooney) who try to influence referees to give red cards or penalties. The day before the match Ferguson was saying that United never get penalties at Anfield !! And anytime there's a challenge from an opponent United players are in the ref's face asking for red-cards (See Kompany last year, and now Shelvey...I'm sure there are more examples of this)
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